colleen hoover is probably at the top of my "will never read from" list... even the "not so bad" books people find excuses for-- which, if some people enjoy this author, that's cool, but the fact that they feel the need to justify it for some of her books is kinda telling lol.
I'm going to advocate for Carrie Soto is Back. I resisted, and I'm so glad I gave in. It was a great book and I really like how many faults the main character has. Don't worry about the tennis part, legit, i know nothing about it and it really doesn't matter. The way the book is written, there is no assumed knowledge for you to have about tennis. It's a book that is legit worth the hype. And I say this as a girlie who has resisted soooo many books
I'm never going to read the seven husbands of evelyn hugo because I'm tired of seeing it everywhere for years. There's also a story called Susanna's seven husbands by Ruskin Bond, which got made into a bollywood movie starring Priyanka Chopra. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with this book except for the similar title, but in my head I'm convinced that I only need 1 of them in my life 😂😂 It makes no sense
It's totally okay not to like everyone's favourite books, even if they're popular, just means you have an opinion 😆 Like this might sound weird but I would never want to enjoy every book I read, because it would mean I don't have taste and/or I'm only sticking to books I know I'll enjoy, which is not how I like to live my life, I like trying everything haha
Not trying to convince you to read Carrie Soto is Back, but I will say, I was in the same position as you when it came out. It sounded like something I wouldn't enjoy, I bought it upon release and it took me over a year to get to it but once I did I did not put it down, it was a one day read for me! And a five star. Carrie is one of the most beautifully complex woman I have read in a while, she is brusque, and single-minded to the detriment of everything else in her life, and a little arrogant(is it arrogant if she can back it up with literally having been the best?), and yet you are on her side, you get where she is coming from. Her relationship with her dad/coach, with the sport, with her fellow players, with SPOILERS, and most of all with herself is just so complicated and rich and wonderful.
This is exactly how I felt about it! I absolutely loved the talks of intersectionality too, and the discussion of how women are seen as "outdated" as a certain age. I wasn't expecting to love it that much either but it ended up being a five star book for me too.
I am here BEGGING you to give Carrie Soto is back a chance. I haven't read any other tjr books so I can't 100% guarantee that it doesn't have similar elements to daisy Jones or Evelyn hugo, but based on what you said I'm willing to stick my neck out haha. While it uses a season of professional tennis as a backdrop for the story, it is SO much more about her relationship with her dad/coach, her struggles with self-identity and being th best, and provides a look at the differences in how the public views men and women know profession tennis. EASILY one of my favorite books I read this year so far!!
These books by Taylor Jenkins Reid are referred to as California Dream Crossover Series afaik. So the idea is that some characters of these books appear in the other books, and each one explores a different side of the LA stardom between 1950-80. Carrie Soto appeared in Malibu Rising, and her book is about sports stardom. Evelyn Hugo is set in Hollywood, while Daisy Jones is about the music industry.
Books, even paperbacks, are expensive so it is okay to play hard to get when it comes to buying. Last year, I got some 'popular' books and they disappointed me. The books that I really liked were the lesser known recommended books or the impulse buy where I got lucky.
Same! Last yr, i was buying popular booktok rec but failed to realize that it just wasnt my genre. Hated most. My spontaneous buys were the best books ive read
I agree with your stance on the romance in fantasy. It needs to take a backseat for me to really enjoy the world of the book. I'm also never gonna read Fourth Wing, ACoTaR, or any of those because I don't vibe with them. Its refreshing to hear I'm not alone in not reading tiktoks most popular books. Would love to hear unpopular book recommendations. Always looking for those!
Carrie Soto is Back was actually amazing, I was shocked by how much I loved it, and I have never cared about tennis, sorry lol, the relationship she has with her trainer dad is gold (but complicated) I took notes, I underlined lines which I never do....but yeah if you ever change your mind in the future you might like it :) I'm currently doing the audiobook for Wayward Children #9, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire and all thanks to you! I binge read all the previous books last year because of your incredible reading vlog for them
@@meozones Oh love that, thank you for sharing :) I felt so invested in it! I hear the audiobook is good too, might do it in the future if I feel like a re-read.
@@devonmunn5728 I read that hack piece on the Feminist Book Club site about it, pretty ridiculous if you ask me. The real problem is with publishing houses giving more money and space to white writers, that's the issue they should be complaining about.
What annoys me the most about the Lessons in Chemistry US cover is just that it gives the exact opposite vibe of what the book is actually like. 😐 But I understand Jesse. It took me a very long time to pick up that book because it was too darn hyped for the longest time. Then I fell in love with its UK cover and caved 😬
Oh, I recently read Icebreaker, and ohh boy, it was not worth it! So much insta love, so much relationship drama, so many explicit scenes, and no plot to make it worth it
I have to say that "Carrie Soto Is Back" was not something I expected to like a lot, but I really enjoyed it! Would definitely recommend it, as I flew through it in 2 days
Wow!! I agree with you so much!! Don't waste your time with Ice Breaker, mostly smut and no real hooking plot line. I also refuse to read the last 2 books of Shatter Me. It ended so well with the 3rd book. I refuse to break that beautiful ending!!
JESSE PLEASE READ THIS WOVEN KINGDOM!!! It's similar to Shatter Me in a lot of ways, but it's also way better. It's just so good and one of my favorite series, and I cried like 3 times while reading the second book. If you give it a chance, I think you'd like it (even if you don't enjoy it, you certainly won't hate it). Also, Realm Breaker is also a book I really enjoyed personally, and it's not really that similar to Red Queen. I'm fairly new to your channel, so I don't know your reading tastes, but you could still enjoy Realm Breaker even if you didn't enjoy Victoria Aveyard's other books, so please please consider reading it!! Loved this video, keep it up! ^^
Carrie Soto Is Back is no Evelyn Hugo, but I surprisingly really enjoyed it. I do not care about sports even a little bit, and yet I found this book super compelling. Lessons in Chemistry was fine, but I don’t think you’re really missing much
i'm a huge tjr fan so i felt a similar pressure to read carrie soto even though I wasn't super interested in the description...and I'm so glad I did!! it was one of my favourite reads last year. carrie's character journey completely captivated me, her relationship with her father was so well-written, and even the tennis matches (which I had no interest in beforehand) felt so intense and immersive and made me want to get into watching tennis. I've read all of tjr's books and it definitely feels distinct from daisy jones and evalyn hugo. i would highly recommend giving it a try
As much as I love dragons, I am never going to read Fourth Wing and its sequels. And I’m also tired of seeing it everywhere, I even found fourth wing merchandise at Books A Million…
Omg, I feel the same way with Victoria Aveyard. Everything I’ve read by her felt so unoriginal. I gave her a second chance with Realm Breaker and I was let down yet again. It was a Throne of Glass dupe with a mix of The Fellowship of the Ring except it was poorly executed.
12:53 towards the end Red Queen series was like losing fuel with the finish line in sight. I’ve read the first book in the Realm Breaker series and (bc it’s the first book) there’s a lot of world building, and it reminded me of The Hobbit (which I never read so take the comparison with a grain of salt), it’s epic, adventurous and is definitely building to something big
The only books I need you to finish like- today JESSE! is the Strange the Dreamer Duology, I know you read fhe first one but got gotta pick up again and reread it so you can read the second one as well. In fact you could make it a 24 hr Reading Vlog out of it, and I would love you forever.
This woven kingdom actually surprised me a lot. I think the series is definitely the best of taherahs works. I didn’t like the shatter me series because the plot and world felt so underdeveloped but this woven kingdom is not like that at all
it's the way i went into twisted love as a joke, and in the end i ended up reading the whole series T-T it was like i knew the books were not the best, but especially the second book was by far the best one story wise! out of all the books that was the one that actually had good romance, and not just two people thirsting over each other. as for haunting adeline i feel the same, just no... it' something about that "dark romance" genre that i'll never understand at all, it scares me for sure...
Anything by Colleen Hoover. And probably Cassandra Clare books. I read the first one, City of Bones?, and got turned off by the incest. And even after being told the incest isn’t actual incest, there’s too much pseudo incest for me to want to continue.
Hi Jesse, I finished reading The Merry Adventure of Robin Hood I didn’t love it but didn’t hate it . Popular books I’ll never read as usual anything by Colleen Hoover, Where The Craw Dads Sing, and Twilight . Thank you for adding Lessons In Chemistry because I’ll never read that book either or Zodiac Academy and as well as Fourth Wing . Regardless I’m excited for my next book 📖 ❤
10:16 - 😂😂😂 I'm dying, because I know there are definitely readers who would ride or die for that narration style specifically but I also can't blame anybody who wouldn't. Some things simply aren't for everyone, and that's okay!!! 🤭💖😁 LOLL
Omg I really agree with you on This Woven Kingdom! I did read it and loved it so much but then I read the blurb of the next book and decided it was going to be like shatter me: too focused on the romance and not enough on the plot for my taste
The only one I would recommend to give a try is 'Lessons in Chemistry', but maybe as an audiobook sample! I think it is a book you can fairly quickly see if you like the writing style or not. It was one of my favorite books last year (read it in January 2023).
You should definitely read Lessons in Chemistry! It’s phenomenal and worth all the hype. Trust me I avoided it for so long because I thought I would be disappointed no matter what because of all the hype but I most definitely wasn’t. It has become one of my favorite books and changed how I rated books. Just be aware that it is a fairly heavy book so don’t go into it expecting rainbow’s sunshine and chemistry because that is most definitely not what you will get.
Funnily enough, I feel the same about Mafi, except the other way around. I enjoyed This Woven Kingdom. Then I read the first chapter of Shatter Me in a bookstore and knew it wouldn't be something that I'd like.
I DNF’d Lessons in Chemistry 😮 I did like the show though. This makes me curious if you would ever read Divine Rivals since you love RR writing but it’s definitely a romance.
Any more of Emily Henry's books. I liked Book Lovers. I might have liked Beach Read if I'd gone in with accurate expectations. But I'm never going to love her books. I definitely agree that Lessons in Chemistry is EVERYWHERE. My local supermarket has copies of it. They don't have Iron Flame.
I do want to read her books though I know her debut novel didn't handle the representation of the Indigenous main character well (especially with her being adopted) though after that her books are everywhere and I have seen everyone reading her books
I know The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is like THE book but I loved Carrie Soto so much, it's literally my favourite TJR book. And I was sceptical at the beginning, cause I don't really care about tennis, and like yeah, I still don't get those tennis descriptions, and yeah there are some predictable moments, but the story slayed. The main difference between Carrie and Daisy and Evelyn is that Daisy and Evelyn are secure in their position in history, as these legends in their field. Carrie is not, all she has is tennis and her records and as long as she is the best, it's great, she'll be remembered. But when it looks like someone might take those records away, she's convinced she'll be forgotten. So she returns, and it's really heartbreaking, that she'll either win and get what she wants, or she'll lose and will fall even further down. And of course along the way she's learning there's more to life than just winning 🤩And this is personal but I kinda identified with Carrie, so I'm a bit biased, but something about this desire to be remembered, to be the best at all cost just spoke to me. I'm not sure if I'm doing the book justice with this description but of course I won't judge if you're not going to read it. 💕
I think I recall you saying you never want to read the "game of thrones" series A Song of Ice and Fire. But in a video a few months ago you talked a few times about traits you want to see in a book and it vexed me that the answer was right there. You want books that have stakes and kill main characters when they mess up or books that sacrifice characters for a better story? ASOIAF. Also with as popular as the show and book series are I was spoiled for multiple deaths but it barely lessened the impact. I was a big time hater of the show and the series because of that annoying popularity but It's actually incredibly valid. I had to eat so much humble pie for being wrong (about the books at least, the show was a masterpiece for the first 5 seasons but even the bad seasons are a lot better than a lot of tv before or since) Also they're so much detail woven in that rereading the series multiple times I'm still going WOW when I realize bits of foreshadowing and things that connect later on and in previous history/lore. It's truly such an experience.
You should totally read this woven kingdom. It’s an amazing series and way better than shatter me. Though I loved shatter me as well. It’s different than shatter me. Shatter me is more a dystopian book while this is a fantasy book with a bit of romance. It’s so good! You should definitely at least try it! This only has three books so far and I don’t think there will be many more.
I finally finished Red Queen series a couple years ago. I still need to read her new one. I like Zodiac Academy but I read it when I don’t want a serious book 😂 Like, it seems fanfiction-y, but I love it. 😅
Most of these are also on my "not interested" list! The only one of these I might read is Carrie Soto - I just read Evelyn Hugo and really enjoyed it, but haven't read any of the author's other books yet.
What I notice is that when you read more works by authors, the works tend to be similar. Like with Nicholas Sparks with Message In A Bottle & Lucky One. I only read Daisy Jones & The Six. I didn't like it but I am still eager to read her other works. Yea! I feel you with the underwhelming feeling in the Shatter Me series. 😢 I am not gravitated to Lucy Score's book for some reason.😅
What bothers me the most is that before book 2 came out, it had 500 5 star ratings from fans who were anticipating it, and I suspect book 1 went through the same treatment, artificially boosting it's popularity. I watched Regan from Peruse Project review it and it sounds absolutely silly with huge plot holes that are illogical, so I will be skipping reading them for sure.
@bibliobibuli_ I just didn't love the writing, the plot was what got me to pick up the book, the writing got me to put it down. I might try out the show
there's nothing anyone could say to make me read colleen hoover's books, fourth wing (includes iron flame), any book by sarah j. maas (acotar series or the other series that i forgot the name of 😂), haunting/hunting adeline, and many more that i don't remember their names just now 😆😪
Whenever someone asks me about my opinion on FW, I’m just gonna show them your reaction 3:14, cause nothing ever has described my feelings towards this book more than you in this moment 😂 + Lessons on Chemistry & Red Queen & Zodiac & FBAA are in my TBR (has been for a long while just like many other books) + I loved the Shatter Me series and I think we needed more than just 3 books in order to understand the past of the characters and how did their world came to be the way it is in the story. Also, I just really love long series. I just started reading This Woven Kingdom, the start is a bit slow but I think I'm gonna like where this is going, especially that the book is talking about geneies. + I really hated Evelyn, I just DNFed it. + Same opinion about the whole Twisted series. Honestly, all men written by Ana are the exact same man but in different fonts 🙃
Every book you mentioned is on my ‘won’t read list’ except Realm Breaker….I’ve also never read anything by Victoria Aveyard so hopefully I like it….since I bought the first two books already 😂
I’m interested if you have any books/series from a long time ago that you’d re-recommend. Like I’m talking years, the 2000’s era of books. The ones people never talked about or the forgotten books that get overlooked bc they’re older!!
I probably will never read: Haunting Adeline (Just no), Hooked, anything from Sarah J. Maas (don't hold me to it tho, my curiosity might win) or anything from Ali Hazlewood
Jesse. Thanks for showing me all the HigH Fantasy books that I need to avoid!! There are 2 books on your list that I do want to read. Lessons in Chemistry - the TV Show looks good - and Carrie Soto - because Evelyn Hugo was wonderful and they do have a slight connection!! The rest I can ignore. Especially Icebreaker. I live in Canada and Hockey is way over saturated up here!!
Good call on Twisted Love ... that book made me so angry I wrote an essay of a review on it on Goodreads (it got a 1 star from me) ... On Icebreaker ... I think this is one that you should actually rethink. If you're in your romance era, this one is a really good one. I think you're anti-Icebreaker for the wrong reasons tbh. It's less Hallmarky, and more focuses on communication and relationships outside of the main couple (friends, roommates, family, coaches, etc.). While the romance is obviously the main plot, a lot of the book is actually really intentional about making the characters well rounded people with dynamic, non-stereotypical relationships with their friends and family. While I don't think it's God's gift to the romance aisle, it's still a genuinely decent read that I recommend!
I probably won't be picking up any more Jennifer L. Armentrout. I dnf'd my reread of the Covanent Series because I realised that that her writing style isn't what I enjoy anymore. I'm much more in my thriller era, and know I'll end up burning myself out if I pick up a fantasy (at this time. I am open to maybe picking up JLA again in the future)
I might check out "Fourth Wing," but I won't read "Iron Flame." "Lessons in Chemistry" sounds depressing. I will also probably never read the Hunger Games series, the Divergent series, Game of Thrones or ACOTAR. I don't see myself finishing "Anna Karenina" because I don't like Oblonsky and Levin enough to spend 200 pages with them, let alone 800+ pages.
I just finished Lessons in Chemistry and I went in thinking that I might not like it and I actually did like it. I kinda want to watch the show that was made for it even if that means getting Apple TV for a little bit. I love the dog 6:30 is the best!
I have friends who've read "Lessons in Chemistry," and I can't manage any kind of interest in it. Even as the TV adaptation keeps getting awards or whatever, I just know it's not my kind of book (or show), and I'm okay with that.
We need to spend more time talking about how overhype can be off putting sometimes!! Also I am absolutely behind the idea of not needing to read every single book ever put out by a favourite author. I was so underwhelmed by shatter me so I am not going to be reading more mafi either :/ I dnfed after the original tbr. No interest in zodiac academy for me at all. I haven't read any victoria aveyard before but strongly get the vibe that they are not for me??
Popular books I’ll never read: anything new by Sara J Maas. I liked ACOTAR and then read throne of glass and that’s where it all fell apart for me. SJM has writing quirks that are really noticeable to me reading her books back to back and I can’t unsee them now.
I haven't read Fourth Wing or Iron Flame....yet. But my completely off-the-cuff guess based solely off of people's extremely divided reactions about Iron Flame would be that probably/maybe Iron Flame improves upon whatever it was that people who really loved Fourth Wing liked about Fourth Wing BUT perhaps/likely did not improve whatever it was about Fourth Wing that people who weren't so hot on Fourth Wing didn't like about Fourth Wing-so, basically, the people who enjoyed Fourth Wing enjoy Iron Flame even more while the people who didn't so much like Fourth Wing enjoy Iron Flame even less.? But that's just me shooting in the dark and possibly way off mark.😂🤷🤷♀️🤷🏻♂️ Loll
The pokey eyes is how I feel with Fourth Wing. I've seen it EVERYWHERE, and I'm just not convinced it's going to be that great for me. If I want dragons, I'll just go to an actual fantasy (not romantasy) with dragons. As for me, I will NEVER read ACOTAR. Or any Sarah J. Maas series. Ever. Another pokey-eyes phenomenon, but also when she was first being professionally published years ago I tried a book and the style wasn't for me. And from what I've heard about her books over the years....yeah. I'm good. I'mma just stick with my old school Tamora Pierce over here.
I honestly love how you match the mug! My views on the books: 1. I have fourth wing so I'll read it, but I doubt I'll pick up book two. I'm just not going to read a book that people who really liked the 1st one spoke negatively about (+ 5 book series? Seriously?) 2. I was interested to read it because of the hype but now I just don't care about it. 3. My tbr is full of romance, but since I've heard it's a bad book, I'll take it as a sign to not pick it up. 4. TJR books just aren't for me. 5. Currentlyu not in a mood to read 3+ book series, plus my bestie didn't love it, so... 6. Read it. It's meh. It wasn't horrible to me but wasn't special. Read book two and they just get lower and lower star ratings from me, the 3rd book was a dnf, so bye bye. 7. Too many books, plus I heard bad things. 8. I've seen so many booktubers not like it, plus my bestie, so I'll take that as a warning to not buy the book. 9. The reviewer is a red flag, so me no touchy their books 10. This book is a series. The 1st one is 550+ pages. Just not into it. 11. JUST NO
there's another book called Icebreaker by AL Graziadei and it's EXCELLENT. will forever preach that Icebreaker while ignoring this one 😂 (for those curious: it's a queer hockey romance. it is YA but it's very well written and deals heavily with depression, family expectations, and the pressure on athletes)
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I won't read books I don't like but I WILL watch 1-2 hour video essays on them with absolute glee
Same
colleen hoover is probably at the top of my "will never read from" list... even the "not so bad" books people find excuses for-- which, if some people enjoy this author, that's cool, but the fact that they feel the need to justify it for some of her books is kinda telling lol.
I do intend to read her books but not buy them (especially with how she handled her sons SA allegations)
I'm the type I only like one of her books and don't like the rest and won't read them😂
I'm actually cackling at your voice for twisted love. Never thought you had that in you 😂😂😂
I know that was really good actually, as in voice actor quality.
Same! Hahaha. My husband was looking at me weirdly while I was laughing here
"Jolly Jesse Jeans on"
*zones out*
"WHAT IS THIS, THE DISNEY CHANNEL?!"
LMAOOOOOOO 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm going to advocate for Carrie Soto is Back. I resisted, and I'm so glad I gave in. It was a great book and I really like how many faults the main character has. Don't worry about the tennis part, legit, i know nothing about it and it really doesn't matter. The way the book is written, there is no assumed knowledge for you to have about tennis.
It's a book that is legit worth the hype. And I say this as a girlie who has resisted soooo many books
I do not plan on touching the ACOTAR series, icebreaker, or Hooked
I am curious to pick up the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo..but also you will NEVER catch me reading Colleen Hoover. Just No.
I'm never going to read the seven husbands of evelyn hugo because I'm tired of seeing it everywhere for years.
There's also a story called Susanna's seven husbands by Ruskin Bond, which got made into a bollywood movie starring Priyanka Chopra. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with this book except for the similar title, but in my head I'm convinced that I only need 1 of them in my life 😂😂 It makes no sense
I'm never reading seven husbands as I read the description of it and it gave me 0 interest.
@@vrindam1247 not reading something just because it is popular is your loss. That book is fantastic.
@@thehappyrecluse I'm okay with that loss. There are too many books in the world, I'm anyway not going to read them all 🤷🏻♀️
I enjoyed Evelyn Hugo. Very good.
It's totally okay not to like everyone's favourite books, even if they're popular, just means you have an opinion 😆 Like this might sound weird but I would never want to enjoy every book I read, because it would mean I don't have taste and/or I'm only sticking to books I know I'll enjoy, which is not how I like to live my life, I like trying everything haha
Not trying to convince you to read Carrie Soto is Back, but I will say, I was in the same position as you when it came out. It sounded like something I wouldn't enjoy, I bought it upon release and it took me over a year to get to it but once I did I did not put it down, it was a one day read for me! And a five star. Carrie is one of the most beautifully complex woman I have read in a while, she is brusque, and single-minded to the detriment of everything else in her life, and a little arrogant(is it arrogant if she can back it up with literally having been the best?), and yet you are on her side, you get where she is coming from. Her relationship with her dad/coach, with the sport, with her fellow players, with SPOILERS, and most of all with herself is just so complicated and rich and wonderful.
Wow! You perfectly managed to capture how I felt after reading Carrie Soto is Back!
This is exactly how I felt about it! I absolutely loved the talks of intersectionality too, and the discussion of how women are seen as "outdated" as a certain age. I wasn't expecting to love it that much either but it ended up being a five star book for me too.
Wow, you sold it to me. I was hesitant about reading it, too. But I think i will pick it up.
I am here BEGGING you to give Carrie Soto is back a chance. I haven't read any other tjr books so I can't 100% guarantee that it doesn't have similar elements to daisy Jones or Evelyn hugo, but based on what you said I'm willing to stick my neck out haha. While it uses a season of professional tennis as a backdrop for the story, it is SO much more about her relationship with her dad/coach, her struggles with self-identity and being th best, and provides a look at the differences in how the public views men and women know profession tennis. EASILY one of my favorite books I read this year so far!!
These books by Taylor Jenkins Reid are referred to as California Dream Crossover Series afaik. So the idea is that some characters of these books appear in the other books, and each one explores a different side of the LA stardom between 1950-80.
Carrie Soto appeared in Malibu Rising, and her book is about sports stardom. Evelyn Hugo is set in Hollywood, while Daisy Jones is about the music industry.
Books, even paperbacks, are expensive so it is okay to play hard to get when it comes to buying. Last year, I got some 'popular' books and they disappointed me. The books that I really liked were the lesser known recommended books or the impulse buy where I got lucky.
Same! Last yr, i was buying popular booktok rec but failed to realize that it just wasnt my genre. Hated most. My spontaneous buys were the best books ive read
I agree with your stance on the romance in fantasy. It needs to take a backseat for me to really enjoy the world of the book. I'm also never gonna read Fourth Wing, ACoTaR, or any of those because I don't vibe with them. Its refreshing to hear I'm not alone in not reading tiktoks most popular books. Would love to hear unpopular book recommendations. Always looking for those!
Carrie Soto is Back was actually amazing, I was shocked by how much I loved it, and I have never cared about tennis, sorry lol, the relationship she has with her trainer dad is gold (but complicated) I took notes, I underlined lines which I never do....but yeah if you ever change your mind in the future you might like it :)
I'm currently doing the audiobook for Wayward Children #9, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire and all thanks to you! I binge read all the previous books last year because of your incredible reading vlog for them
Yes! For me the relationship with her dad was definitely the highlight of the book!
@@meozones Oh love that, thank you for sharing :) I felt so invested in it! I hear the audiobook is good too, might do it in the future if I feel like a re-read.
Agreed. Loooved Carrie Soto is Back! I am sure it’s not for everyone, but definitely it was for me!!!
That book did get some flack because the author wrote another book with a Latina main character when TJR isn't Latina herself
@@devonmunn5728 I read that hack piece on the Feminist Book Club site about it, pretty ridiculous if you ask me. The real problem is with publishing houses giving more money and space to white writers, that's the issue they should be complaining about.
What annoys me the most about the Lessons in Chemistry US cover is just that it gives the exact opposite vibe of what the book is actually like. 😐
But I understand Jesse. It took me a very long time to pick up that book because it was too darn hyped for the longest time. Then I fell in love with its UK cover and caved 😬
That cover is a crime against that poor book! Now she's judged on the wrong basis. :(
Oh, I recently read Icebreaker, and ohh boy, it was not worth it! So much insta love, so much relationship drama, so many explicit scenes, and no plot to make it worth it
This is how you do it. I love most of these books but the way you presented your reasons got me chuckling 😁
I have to say that "Carrie Soto Is Back" was not something I expected to like a lot, but I really enjoyed it! Would definitely recommend it, as I flew through it in 2 days
Wow!! I agree with you so much!!
Don't waste your time with Ice Breaker, mostly smut and no real hooking plot line.
I also refuse to read the last 2 books of Shatter Me. It ended so well with the 3rd book. I refuse to break that beautiful ending!!
The voice for twisted love 😂😂😂 bruh I died laughing! I very much agree with your opinion on this book tho
_NO. THE END_
That cackled me 😂
that voice you used to narrate twisted love was TERRIFYING lmao
I love the matching your mug!! Also I love a video from you!!
JESSE PLEASE READ THIS WOVEN KINGDOM!!! It's similar to Shatter Me in a lot of ways, but it's also way better. It's just so good and one of my favorite series, and I cried like 3 times while reading the second book. If you give it a chance, I think you'd like it (even if you don't enjoy it, you certainly won't hate it). Also, Realm Breaker is also a book I really enjoyed personally, and it's not really that similar to Red Queen. I'm fairly new to your channel, so I don't know your reading tastes, but you could still enjoy Realm Breaker even if you didn't enjoy Victoria Aveyard's other books, so please please consider reading it!! Loved this video, keep it up! ^^
Carrie Soto Is Back is no Evelyn Hugo, but I surprisingly really enjoyed it. I do not care about sports even a little bit, and yet I found this book super compelling. Lessons in Chemistry was fine, but I don’t think you’re really missing much
i'm a huge tjr fan so i felt a similar pressure to read carrie soto even though I wasn't super interested in the description...and I'm so glad I did!! it was one of my favourite reads last year. carrie's character journey completely captivated me, her relationship with her father was so well-written, and even the tennis matches (which I had no interest in beforehand) felt so intense and immersive and made me want to get into watching tennis. I've read all of tjr's books and it definitely feels distinct from daisy jones and evalyn hugo. i would highly recommend giving it a try
As much as I love dragons, I am never going to read Fourth Wing and its sequels. And I’m also tired of seeing it everywhere, I even found fourth wing merchandise at Books A Million…
Omg, I feel the same way with Victoria Aveyard. Everything I’ve read by her felt so unoriginal. I gave her a second chance with Realm Breaker and I was let down yet again. It was a Throne of Glass dupe with a mix of The Fellowship of the Ring except it was poorly executed.
12:53 towards the end Red Queen series was like losing fuel with the finish line in sight. I’ve read the first book in the Realm Breaker series and (bc it’s the first book) there’s a lot of world building, and it reminded me of The Hobbit (which I never read so take the comparison with a grain of salt), it’s epic, adventurous and is definitely building to something big
I am currently trudging through Haunting Adeline, and I can confidently say I don't recommend the book to anyone!! So I back your decision 😊
The only books I need you to finish like- today JESSE! is the Strange the Dreamer Duology, I know you read fhe first one but got gotta pick up again and reread it so you can read the second one as well. In fact you could make it a 24 hr Reading Vlog out of it, and I would love you forever.
The voice for twisted love was so unexpected, I almost cried laughing 😭
This woven kingdom actually surprised me a lot. I think the series is definitely the best of taherahs works. I didn’t like the shatter me series because the plot and world felt so underdeveloped but this woven kingdom is not like that at all
Icebreaker was okay, definitely not horrible, but I thoroughly enjoyed the next book in the universe, Wildfire, so much more
it's the way i went into twisted love as a joke, and in the end i ended up reading the whole series T-T it was like i knew the books were not the best, but especially the second book was by far the best one story wise! out of all the books that was the one that actually had good romance, and not just two people thirsting over each other.
as for haunting adeline i feel the same, just no... it' something about that "dark romance" genre that i'll never understand at all, it scares me for sure...
I was both scared and intrigued by that voice you used for "Twisted Love"
'Jolly Jessie Jeans' - Oh yeah, the way I can imagine all your Disney character backstory.
Anything by Colleen Hoover. And probably Cassandra Clare books. I read the first one, City of Bones?, and got turned off by the incest. And even after being told the incest isn’t actual incest, there’s too much pseudo incest for me to want to continue.
Lessons in Chemistry is soooooo good! Like amazing!
Hi Jesse, I finished reading The Merry Adventure of Robin Hood I didn’t love it but didn’t hate it . Popular books I’ll never read as usual anything by Colleen Hoover, Where The Craw Dads Sing, and Twilight . Thank you for adding Lessons In Chemistry because I’ll never read that book either or Zodiac Academy and as well as Fourth Wing . Regardless I’m excited for my next book 📖 ❤
You narrating twisted love has me *dying* 😂😂😂😂 what’s up with the Death Metal voice jesse?
10:16 - 😂😂😂 I'm dying, because I know there are definitely readers who would ride or die for that narration style specifically but I also can't blame anybody who wouldn't. Some things simply aren't for everyone, and that's okay!!! 🤭💖😁 LOLL
Omg I really agree with you on This Woven Kingdom! I did read it and loved it so much but then I read the blurb of the next book and decided it was going to be like shatter me: too focused on the romance and not enough on the plot for my taste
The only one I would recommend to give a try is 'Lessons in Chemistry', but maybe as an audiobook sample! I think it is a book you can fairly quickly see if you like the writing style or not. It was one of my favorite books last year (read it in January 2023).
I loved how your mug matches your shirt.
You should definitely read Lessons in Chemistry! It’s phenomenal and worth all the hype. Trust me I avoided it for so long because I thought I would be disappointed no matter what because of all the hype but I most definitely wasn’t. It has become one of my favorite books and changed how I rated books. Just be aware that it is a fairly heavy book so don’t go into it expecting rainbow’s sunshine and chemistry because that is most definitely not what you will get.
Funnily enough, I feel the same about Mafi, except the other way around. I enjoyed This Woven Kingdom. Then I read the first chapter of Shatter Me in a bookstore and knew it wouldn't be something that I'd like.
I DNF’d Lessons in Chemistry 😮 I did like the show though. This makes me curious if you would ever read Divine Rivals since you love RR writing but it’s definitely a romance.
That book isn't high on my TBR but say if I'm looking to get a book and if there isn't anything else I wouldn't mind getting it
Any more of Emily Henry's books.
I liked Book Lovers. I might have liked Beach Read if I'd gone in with accurate expectations. But I'm never going to love her books.
I definitely agree that Lessons in Chemistry is EVERYWHERE.
My local supermarket has copies of it. They don't have Iron Flame.
I do want to read her books though I know her debut novel didn't handle the representation of the Indigenous main character well (especially with her being adopted) though after that her books are everywhere and I have seen everyone reading her books
The facial expressions in this video were top-tier 😂
I know The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is like THE book but I loved Carrie Soto so much, it's literally my favourite TJR book. And I was sceptical at the beginning, cause I don't really care about tennis, and like yeah, I still don't get those tennis descriptions, and yeah there are some predictable moments, but the story slayed. The main difference between Carrie and Daisy and Evelyn is that Daisy and Evelyn are secure in their position in history, as these legends in their field. Carrie is not, all she has is tennis and her records and as long as she is the best, it's great, she'll be remembered. But when it looks like someone might take those records away, she's convinced she'll be forgotten. So she returns, and it's really heartbreaking, that she'll either win and get what she wants, or she'll lose and will fall even further down. And of course along the way she's learning there's more to life than just winning 🤩And this is personal but I kinda identified with Carrie, so I'm a bit biased, but something about this desire to be remembered, to be the best at all cost just spoke to me.
I'm not sure if I'm doing the book justice with this description but of course I won't judge if you're not going to read it. 💕
That voice for Twisted Love 😂🤣😂🤣
I think I recall you saying you never want to read the "game of thrones" series A Song of Ice and Fire. But in a video a few months ago you talked a few times about traits you want to see in a book and it vexed me that the answer was right there. You want books that have stakes and kill main characters when they mess up or books that sacrifice characters for a better story? ASOIAF. Also with as popular as the show and book series are I was spoiled for multiple deaths but it barely lessened the impact. I was a big time hater of the show and the series because of that annoying popularity but It's actually incredibly valid. I had to eat so much humble pie for being wrong (about the books at least, the show was a masterpiece for the first 5 seasons but even the bad seasons are a lot better than a lot of tv before or since) Also they're so much detail woven in that rereading the series multiple times I'm still going WOW when I realize bits of foreshadowing and things that connect later on and in previous history/lore. It's truly such an experience.
Carrie Soto is Back is my favorite TJR book. Hope you change your mind about it because it was amazing.
I kind of want to read Carrie Soto Is Back
You should totally read this woven kingdom. It’s an amazing series and way better than shatter me. Though I loved shatter me as well. It’s different than shatter me. Shatter me is more a dystopian book while this is a fantasy book with a bit of romance. It’s so good! You should definitely at least try it! This only has three books so far and I don’t think there will be many more.
I finally finished Red Queen series a couple years ago. I still need to read her new one. I like Zodiac Academy but I read it when I don’t want a serious book 😂 Like, it seems fanfiction-y, but I love it. 😅
Most of these are also on my "not interested" list! The only one of these I might read is Carrie Soto - I just read Evelyn Hugo and really enjoyed it, but haven't read any of the author's other books yet.
What I notice is that when you read more works by authors, the works tend to be similar. Like with Nicholas Sparks with Message In A Bottle & Lucky One. I only read Daisy Jones & The Six. I didn't like it but I am still eager to read her other works. Yea! I feel you with the underwhelming feeling in the Shatter Me series. 😢
I am not gravitated to Lucy Score's book for some reason.😅
I loved the Lux series! ❤️
I´m so sick of seeing fourth wing everywhere, can we just stop?!
Right?! It’s nothing profound and not very well written.
What bothers me the most is that before book 2 came out, it had 500 5 star ratings from fans who were anticipating it, and I suspect book 1 went through the same treatment, artificially boosting it's popularity. I watched Regan from Peruse Project review it and it sounds absolutely silly with huge plot holes that are illogical, so I will be skipping reading them for sure.
I DNF'ed Lessons On Chemistry😬
@bibliobibuli_ I just didn't love the writing, the plot was what got me to pick up the book, the writing got me to put it down. I might try out the show
Same I started reading and it was so much depressing and who gonna through some bad situations like that it feels to real
@@avdhutdeshmukh2123 😬 I hope you are alright
@@dianaisme Yeah I am okay, thanks for asking😊
Me too.
I agree we don’t all to love the same books. Still love ur videos. We shouldn’t spend time reading books we don’t want to.
there's nothing anyone could say to make me read colleen hoover's books, fourth wing (includes iron flame), any book by sarah j. maas (acotar series or the other series that i forgot the name of 😂), haunting/hunting adeline, and many more that i don't remember their names just now 😆😪
Whenever someone asks me about my opinion on FW, I’m just gonna show them your reaction 3:14, cause nothing ever has described my feelings towards this book more than you in this moment 😂 + Lessons on Chemistry & Red Queen & Zodiac & FBAA are in my TBR (has been for a long while just like many other books) + I loved the Shatter Me series and I think we needed more than just 3 books in order to understand the past of the characters and how did their world came to be the way it is in the story. Also, I just really love long series. I just started reading This Woven Kingdom, the start is a bit slow but I think I'm gonna like where this is going, especially that the book is talking about geneies. + I really hated Evelyn, I just DNFed it. + Same opinion about the whole Twisted series. Honestly, all men written by Ana are the exact same man but in different fonts 🙃
I loved Fourth Wing and Iron Flame so much that I have hard time reading any other Fantasy right now.
Every book you mentioned is on my ‘won’t read list’ except Realm Breaker….I’ve also never read anything by Victoria Aveyard so hopefully I like it….since I bought the first two books already 😂
I’m interested if you have any books/series from a long time ago that you’d re-recommend. Like I’m talking years, the 2000’s era of books. The ones people never talked about or the forgotten books that get overlooked bc they’re older!!
I feel like you would actually enjoy the Lessons in Chemistry maybe just find a different cover so you don’t want to rip your eyes out.
I will never read game of thrones and unless if the name of the wind guy comes out with the last book… I’ll probably never read that either 😂
Yay 😂
Iron flame (I enjoyed 4th wing but it's a 2 star at max), anything by coho, inheritance series, twisted love series, crescent city & Co, etc
Honestly, if the only problem you had with the shatter me series, give this woven kingdom a chance because it does in fact have a plot
I probably will never read: Haunting Adeline (Just no), Hooked, anything from Sarah J. Maas (don't hold me to it tho, my curiosity might win) or anything from Ali Hazlewood
Hooked was so bad
Jesse. Thanks for showing me all the HigH Fantasy books that I need to avoid!! There are 2 books on your list that I do want to read.
Lessons in Chemistry - the TV Show looks good - and Carrie Soto - because Evelyn Hugo was wonderful and they do have a slight connection!!
The rest I can ignore. Especially Icebreaker. I live in Canada and Hockey is way over saturated up here!!
"Haunting Adeline, NO THE END." 😂
Good call on Twisted Love ... that book made me so angry I wrote an essay of a review on it on Goodreads (it got a 1 star from me) ...
On Icebreaker ... I think this is one that you should actually rethink. If you're in your romance era, this one is a really good one. I think you're anti-Icebreaker for the wrong reasons tbh. It's less Hallmarky, and more focuses on communication and relationships outside of the main couple (friends, roommates, family, coaches, etc.). While the romance is obviously the main plot, a lot of the book is actually really intentional about making the characters well rounded people with dynamic, non-stereotypical relationships with their friends and family. While I don't think it's God's gift to the romance aisle, it's still a genuinely decent read that I recommend!
I probably won't be picking up any more Jennifer L. Armentrout. I dnf'd my reread of the Covanent Series because I realised that that her writing style isn't what I enjoy anymore. I'm much more in my thriller era, and know I'll end up burning myself out if I pick up a fantasy (at this time. I am open to maybe picking up JLA again in the future)
I might check out "Fourth Wing," but I won't read "Iron Flame." "Lessons in Chemistry" sounds depressing. I will also probably never read the Hunger Games series, the Divergent series, Game of Thrones or ACOTAR. I don't see myself finishing "Anna Karenina" because I don't like Oblonsky and Levin enough to spend 200 pages with them, let alone 800+ pages.
I feel you on Carrie Soto 😬
I just finished Lessons in Chemistry and I went in thinking that I might not like it and I actually did like it. I kinda want to watch the show that was made for it even if that means getting Apple TV for a little bit. I love the dog 6:30 is the best!
I have friends who've read "Lessons in Chemistry," and I can't manage any kind of interest in it. Even as the TV adaptation keeps getting awards or whatever, I just know it's not my kind of book (or show), and I'm okay with that.
Fourth Wing, romance, fantasy and dragons. Those 3 separately dont work for me. I can't imagine how a disaster it will be together.
We need to spend more time talking about how overhype can be off putting sometimes!! Also I am absolutely behind the idea of not needing to read every single book ever put out by a favourite author. I was so underwhelmed by shatter me so I am not going to be reading more mafi either :/ I dnfed after the original tbr. No interest in zodiac academy for me at all. I haven't read any victoria aveyard before but strongly get the vibe that they are not for me??
Popular books I’ll never read: anything new by Sara J Maas. I liked ACOTAR and then read throne of glass and that’s where it all fell apart for me. SJM has writing quirks that are really noticeable to me reading her books back to back and I can’t unsee them now.
I haven't read Fourth Wing or Iron Flame....yet. But my completely off-the-cuff guess based solely off of people's extremely divided reactions about Iron Flame would be that probably/maybe Iron Flame improves upon whatever it was that people who really loved Fourth Wing liked about Fourth Wing BUT perhaps/likely did not improve whatever it was about Fourth Wing that people who weren't so hot on Fourth Wing didn't like about Fourth Wing-so, basically, the people who enjoyed Fourth Wing enjoy Iron Flame even more while the people who didn't so much like Fourth Wing enjoy Iron Flame even less.? But that's just me shooting in the dark and possibly way off mark.😂🤷🤷♀️🤷🏻♂️ Loll
I gave in and read twisted love .... And it was an experience 😂
I couldn’t finish the book Lessons in Chemistry.
Why? No shade I’m just curious.
a little life and haunting adelaine are my biggest "nopes"
The pokey eyes is how I feel with Fourth Wing. I've seen it EVERYWHERE, and I'm just not convinced it's going to be that great for me. If I want dragons, I'll just go to an actual fantasy (not romantasy) with dragons. As for me, I will NEVER read ACOTAR. Or any Sarah J. Maas series. Ever. Another pokey-eyes phenomenon, but also when she was first being professionally published years ago I tried a book and the style wasn't for me. And from what I've heard about her books over the years....yeah. I'm good. I'mma just stick with my old school Tamora Pierce over here.
Here after Having a summer of broken rules I’m excited to read it spefically because I’m a swiftie
Coho, sjm, cassie clare...Ive seen enough of the books on booktube or the conducts of certain authors to avoid books 😂
I try to avoid problemstic books as much as possible and Fourth Wing is def high on thr list of problematic books
I honestly love how you match the mug! My views on the books:
1. I have fourth wing so I'll read it, but I doubt I'll pick up book two. I'm just not going to read a book that people who really liked the 1st one spoke negatively about (+ 5 book series? Seriously?)
2. I was interested to read it because of the hype but now I just don't care about it.
3. My tbr is full of romance, but since I've heard it's a bad book, I'll take it as a sign to not pick it up.
4. TJR books just aren't for me.
5. Currentlyu not in a mood to read 3+ book series, plus my bestie didn't love it, so...
6. Read it. It's meh. It wasn't horrible to me but wasn't special. Read book two and they just get lower and lower star ratings from me, the 3rd book was a dnf, so bye bye.
7. Too many books, plus I heard bad things.
8. I've seen so many booktubers not like it, plus my bestie, so I'll take that as a warning to not buy the book.
9. The reviewer is a red flag, so me no touchy their books
10. This book is a series. The 1st one is 550+ pages. Just not into it.
11. JUST NO
Uh oh, Icebreaker and Twisted Love are both current reads of mine. Hope they’re worth the read. 😅
You know there is not a single book on this list that I would argue against. I'll pass on them with you.
I love the matching mug and shirt. Eating
Didn't Victoria Aveyard attack someone on Twitter for pirating her books? Lmao 😂😂😂
there's another book called Icebreaker by AL Graziadei and it's EXCELLENT. will forever preach that Icebreaker while ignoring this one 😂
(for those curious: it's a queer hockey romance. it is YA but it's very well written and deals heavily with depression, family expectations, and the pressure on athletes)
I literally forget all of the popular books that I have no interest in reading, until I see their cover / hear their title.😅😅🙃👀 🤣
(Lessons in Chemistry is possibly one, though.)
If you don’t want to read Lessons in chemistry but you’re still interested in the story I recommend the series