I was part of an HP group on Facebook, everyone used to praise Rowling. Since CC came out, her reputation went down to the rabbit hole. Memes all over the place. and nobody takes her statements about the franchise seriously now.
personally, harry potter was a type of book that needed to stay the same...it was based off of 7; 7 years at hogwarts, 7 parts of voldemort’s soul; the “magic 7” (the actors), the 7 weasleys, it was all based off of 7 and their was no reason for the 8th book it was really just a money grab.
EXACTLY. At first I did not get that or approve... but now I've thought about it, it's not as crazy as it seems. It's obvious that he didn't love her, but he's the kind of person who would have sex with someone he doesn't love.
I've read Cursed Child when it first came out. But it changed already known canon, the second task in GoF. And I hated it for that. I never could finish it again. And I didn't really like the plot
Things I liked about ‘The Cursed Child’: 1- The cover. ( gotta admit it was pretty.) 2- Scorpius Malfoy’s character. Things I disliked about ‘The Cursed Child’: The Cursed Child. 🙏🏼
Okay, but how the hell is not liking "The Cursed Child" an UNPOPULAR opinion? I havent found one person who doesnt think its complete and utter fanfiction 😂😂
Correction, BADLY written fanfiction, it's almost as if they'd gotten inspiration from My Immortal, if you've read Harry Potter fanfiction, you've heard of that mess
a lot of people don't like it they say they've read the script and it's horrible and recommends not to read it and you have your own opinion and others have
I think if it were put as a stand-alone it would be better. I personally think it’s fun and pretty decent. Not something I get invested in, but something fun to read when I’ve got nothing else. I think it’s good.
I didn’t read the Cursed Child because I felt like it was a sin to write an EIGHTH book when the whole fucking series is about the number seven. Also i thought it’s just another way to make money which i think is sad. And what I heard from others it wasn’t even that popular. Those who read it told me it’s crappy, so I guess you really aren’t alone.
mellow It’s just disappointing that the Cursed Child and the Fantastic Beasts movies were all made to take advantage of fans for money. JK really just needs to let Harry Potter go and stop beating a dead horse. She got her 1 billion pounds (the first author to reach that amount in net worth). I think she really needs to let the series go.
@@molly386 ?? im sorry but there are people who are enjoying the fantastic beasts, so you're just saying fuck those people because you feel a certain way
I just learned from an informative video that Divergent came because Hunger Games popularized the sub genre of YA distopia. Then many other like The Maze Runner appeared.
Well not really. I own all of the divergent books and the author claims in the back that the book had nothing to do with the hunger games. She tried writing it 2 years before and abandoned it. 🤷🏽♀️
THANK YOU. “Insurgent” is too romance-filled, and I couldn’t even finish “Allegiant,” I lost interest so quickly. “Divergent” is much better than the other two. I have the same feelings about “The Hunger Games.” The first book was good, but it just went downhill from there.
Mmm yeah I agree, I can't bring myself to read allegiant after insurgent...that was a fail but I loved divergent and four...four was actually pretty interesting
I've never read anything by Sarah J, Maas, but people always tell me to read them because they're feminist. And when I ask people how they're feminist, everyone just says that it has badass female characters. And I mean, this whole badass female character thing isn't feminism, because it's all about making women strong in a very masculine, patriarchal idea of strength. So having "badass female characters" isn't enough to truly make a book feminist
AceOfBooks I wouldn’t categorise ToG as feminist but ACOTAR is in my opinion, don’t know if you’ve read it but the relationships in it are totally different from ToG. And I feel like ACOTAR is so much better than ToG in so many aspects, though some people say that there are way too many sex scenes but i didn’t really mind it in the books because overall they’re very good. The relationship between Feyre and Rhysand is so different from those in ToG.
I haven't read ACOTAR but some of the reviews I've seen of it say that there are problematic relationships, and like sexual assault and stuff like that. I'm interested to hear your perspective. What makes them feminist?
AceOfBooks I want to explain it to you but I feel like I might spoil the book for you so I’ll don’t get too much into details. It’s true that there is one problematic relationship but it’s not going to stay that way, so Feyre (the main character) got out of that toxic relationship and went into a really healthy relationship with someone who truly loved her and not only wanted to possess her. As why it is feminist, first Feyre really evolved throughout the books she stands ups for herself and she doesn’t rely on a man nor does she lets someone take decisions for her and that’s really something I like and appreciated about this book and I thought that was something to highlight, and yes she was in that problematic relationship but then she got with someone who truly respected her and treated her as an equal, never belittled her and always respected her choices, I really think that their relationship is beautiful. And there are some parts of the books that I especially like that truly represent that. The main reason why I think this book is feminist is her relationship with Rhysand. Of course this is only my opinion and I hope you’ll give acotar a try because it a book I truly enjoyed reading. As someone who is used to seeing possessive and downright obsessive man characters in books, acotar was really a breath of fresh air for me and made me realise that the way relationships were portrayed in certain books that I’ve read were just wrong and not romantic at all as it is portrayed to be. There’s so much more about he characters and their relationships with one another so I’ll just let you discover it.
See, I'm not trying to argue because I haven't read the book, but I've seen multiple reviews where people explicitly say that Rhysand physically hurts Feyre in the first book. I also hesitate to call a book feminist just because the main character is your typical "badass chick" who stands up for herself and doesn't need a man. That's not feminism, that individualistic bullshit. Feminism is about standing up for other women (and other marginalised groups) and taking action against unjust expectations, laws, norms etc (basically smashing the patriarchy). Too often I hear "she stands up for herself and makes her own decisions, therefore feminism" you're setting the bar waaaay too low.
AceOfBooks Maybe I’m setting the bar too low and I’m actually trying to work on that so if you have any feminist books recommendation then I’m open to anything. But this is what I received and felt from that book, and maybe I categorised it wrongly by calling it feminist, but I’m saying it again and you’re probably getting tired of me repeating it again 😅 but i really appreciated the relationship between Rhysand and Feyre in the way that they are equal as persons and neither of the two is overpowering or controlling the other and that’s why I said the book is feminist even though that now after looking back at it I shouldn’t have categorised it as feminist. Besides that, there are positive and negatives reviews about every book and it’s normal though I really don’t recall Rhysand abusing Feyre in any way maybe you confused him with Tamlin. I really think that you should try to read the book and form your opinion about it instead of basing it on reviews because everyone’s opinion is different. And if after reading it you still don’t like it then I’ll respect your opinion not everyone can like the book, I just recommended it for all the things I’ve said before and because it’s a really nice book that I think is worth the “hype”.
The books she dislikes -Breaking dawn (1:17-3:52) -The cursed child (4:10-7:14) -Shatter me (whole series) (7:18-8:50) -Throne of glass (whole series) (9:02-13:20) -Uprooted (13:33-15:02) -Me Before You (15:07-17:55) -Divergent (18:03-19:22) And that’s some of the books she dislikes.
The thing about this video is that you din't force your opinion to anyone. You just expressed yourself with points and with reason. That's something incredibly rare 'cause you made me agree with you using logical arguments. You explained your opinion without shading a different one and that won me. You are so amazing!
Don’t mind me just time stamps 01:20 Twilight 03:52 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 07:18 Shatter Me 08:52 Throne of Glass 13:22 Uprooted 15:03 Me Before You 17:56 Divergent
Clare Flattery Have you read it though? Have can you call blasphemous a book / play you have never even read ? You can hate it all you want of course but at least read it and proceed to hate on it ONCE you have read it . That way it won't sound like you are parroting what other people say and being a bandwagoner .
Anna Zenelaj I don’t even have to read it to know it’s awful. It completely disregards a lot of things about the original books one big thing being that the entire thing is impossible because time travel in Harry Potter was already established in the third book as being that you could never really change anything because it already happened. And while that does have plot holes of its own it’s a completely different type as in the cursed child and before you say it no just because it’s a different type of time turner doesn’t mean that it’s ok
As soon as you said series, I knew it was going to be a Twilight book. And I knew exactly why you were going to hate it too. The imprinting on an infant thing was always weird to me as well.
I always think how weird it would be for Nessie when she older and Jacob says "oh by the way I was in love with your mum and use to fantasise about her and oh did I mention I was about to kill you and would have if I hadn't suddenly imprinted on you". It just never sat right with me.
Rachel McDonald exactly, the imprinting itself (while has some creepy connotations but is explained away in the book as best as possible) wasn’t really ever my problem with the book, even as a kid reading it. my big problem was the “your egg that’s been in you for your whole life is what drew me to you, i’ve never been in love with you or really truly cared, my wolf side just detected that ONE egg would turn into the infant i eventually imprint on in a few years.” like..... what????
@@lightworthy Lol there are thousands of eggs in a young woman. What are the chances of her having that particular child even if she hadn't become a vampire? Also it's interesting to imagine it being a boy which was a 50% chance =P
Sadly, people responsible for potter wiki consider CC canon. I didn't read it and probably never will, because from what I heard about it it sounds like a really bad fanfic. And I generally don't like ff anyway. But if I wanted some I could find better for free without the excuse that it's meant to be seen not read as a book. Will Just, did the time travellers get older by how far into the past they went? Because that's what JK said happens in an article for pottermore. Though she'd probably try to weasel out of it by saying they used something else than time turners to travel.
That's what I said - it was a reply to the original poster - it doesn't matter if you like it or not, as long as you ACCEPT it as canon. If you don't, you're a fake fan.
You can hear the anger in her voice when she talks about a lot of these. Like, her voice gets increasingly angrier, not louder, but angrier. I love it tbh😂 You're awesome, and gained a new subscriber
I love the book me before you im not offended obviously that you disagree but i just wanted to say one thing. I as a disabled person find it so predictable and boring to read positive upbeat hopeful books about disabilities. Its refreshing to read the more realistic side ... whether its realistic for all its just nice to hear a different opinion xx
good review I do actually plan to read all of these books except for twilight and cursed child (i've already read it) because these books are so popular and so many people like them, like how everyone keep telling me to read divergent, and some people say it's terrible. "Me before You" sounds kinda depressing though I am all for depressing books. also have you read Out of my Mind? it's one of my all time favorites if you have not read it you might not like it in the middle but the ending may surprise you.
I don't know what it is about you but the way you talk is so gripping and like I could listen to you talk all day. I love how well you explained your reasons for disliking each book and I thought that each point was really valid. Even though I do like one of the series you hated, I totally understand why you wouldn't like it because you explained it so well. ☺
Rhys Cass Yes!!!!! I'm actually new to her channel, but she's so eloquent with her enunciation and she organizes her thoughts so well!! I wish I could do that
I agree so much about Breaking Dawn. I adored Jacob. I loved the idea that Jacob still deeply cared for and loved someone despite not imprinting on them. He went against something that tried to determine his fate. Then he imprinted on Renesme and I was like... Ffs.
I think that Stephanie Meyer didn't wanna leave Jack like the most unhappy character in the saga. But he and Bella's daughter is not a good idea... Generally I don't like the end of this book
Well Meyer left out stuff which is why publishing professionals said her editors should have been fired. In the Twilight guide, she goes into more detail on imprinting, when the wolf imprints on someone who is an infant the love they have for them is like a brother. When they are ages 5-17 that brotherly love is best friends. Once the imprint is of consenting age their friendship turns to love. Renesmee is half human and has the same chromosome make up as Jake. They imprint to make stronger wolves. Jake and Nessie's children will be vampire-wolf hybirds and be very powerful for the pack.
I forced myself into liking that book because it had a strong message but it was not at all what I expected and it was wayyy too predictable. I didn't hate it but it wasn't a 5 stars for me.☺️
Honestly I haven’t read Me Before You but I loved the movie and wanna read the book. I liked the message because it is very realistic. When someone is paralyzed and loses everything that was important to them, it’s natural they will fall into depression. He dedicated his life to sports and the suddenly everything he dedicated his life to was over. It’s completely understandable that he would want to end his life. If I had that happen to me I would make the same decision tbh. I liked the dynamic of her trying to show him the the value of life and that life was bigger than his disability and I liked that it didn’t have an expected ending. It didn’t end the way I thought it would and I liked that it wasn’t super predictable. That’s just my opinion on it.
It's been awhile since I have read the book and watched the movie but I loved the book, not quite the movie. I agree that the message is not for everyone, the topic euthanasia has always been controversial. With that being said, I loved how the book was able to depict and provide different point of view of the topic and one that is generally considered problematic. In terms of Will's choice at the end, many of the characters in book did in fact disapproved it, but I love how the book was able to show that at the end of the day, it is Will's choice and he was able to make that choice on his own. I don't know, personally I like how the book tackled a problematic issue, providing different view point of the issue. I would say, this is a book that people should go in open minded, but at the end of the day, it is a topic that have a very divided opinions therefore the book may likely not click with everyone.
I remember that when I read the book I HATED IT , don’t get me wrong I usually enjoy a book where I can cry I don’t need happy endings, but to me it was horrible , it didn’t feel like it had a message behind it ...
Yes, I honestly think it is more controversial to keep someone who is in inmese pain alive in your book because if not then it's "ableist". No, people who are disabled can achieve amazing things if they have the opportunity but some of them literally want to just end it and they can't. That's what I like about the movie (I stopped reading the book halfway because the writing didn't work for me at all).
I kinda agree with both opinions. Like I interpreted it as him wanting to die not because of his disability but because he couldn’t cope with the strong change that came with it. But I can just imagine what this book could do to someone who went through something similar, so I definitely understand her view on this book
Don’t worry. No one liked that one not cannon “Harry Potter” “””book”””. (I watched a Seamus Gorman video and he made me take an oath never to say it again.) Also I hated Jacob’s imprinting too.
I actually liked the book, AND DON'T YOU DARE SAY "YOUR NOT A REAL HARRY POTTER FAN". It doesn't make me any less a Harry Potter fan. So yeah, begone negative commenters!
it's litterally a fanfiction - Rowling didn't write it at all. She approved it and slapped her name on it for publicity, at least that's what I think. It sucks so much, though
I FELT THE SAME shatter me and throne of Glass series are one of my favorite series. But i mean, she has her own opinions, i actually like a lot of the books she said she hates
This was my first video and yes, I love both Throne of glass and a court of thorns and roses. And I agree that all the male characters are the same. But I've never heard this book described as feminist. But, celaena/aelin has so much to offer everyone.
I completely disagree with you about "me before you". You're not okay with Will's decision and that is completely okay, but the book wasn't a guide at all and the message was not that every disabled person is unhappy. This whole story is based on Will's character. He was very active and had so much fun in his life and after the accident he just had to change his life completely and was forced to live it against all of his character traits. So I think that you did not really get the message of this book.
Jojo u shouldn’t be offended because that is her opinion and she is entitled to it I mean u r too if ur going to get upset then why watch this vid I totally agree with her i don’t see anything wrong with what she said
@@emilysmith707 She said she was okay with her opinion.. She just pointed out that she didn't really get the whole meaning of the book. She wasn't trying to be rude or anything
I know it's the vlogger's opinion,but I totally get the author. I mean,if i'm Will,I wouldn't want to live in my prison that is my body as well. There's nothing for me but endless pain for myself and my love ones. But that's just my opinion.
I actually quite enjoyed your reasons for disliking the ToG series. It was clearly stated, but not bashing. I myself am a lover of the series, mainly for the complexity of certain characters. Thank you for your opinion!
Yeah me to except for the claiming part because they claim each other not just one claims the other because there mates/equal (but that's just my opinion)
To be fair, I think he only got /really/ bad in Eclipse. And in comparison to Edward, he's tame. Midnight Sun is the king of "here's the insights of an abuser" Its easy to ignore Jacob when you have /that/ as the first option
I kind of disagree, bc a lot of characters have toxic traits but are still rather likeable, and have at least some redeeming qualities. I wouldn't say Jacob was just a toxic character all around. He was flawed like anyone else and came off as pushy sometimes- but he was a kid who was trying to steer Bella away from the Cullens, thinking that would keep her "safe." I think he had decent intentions, (despite being overly persistent in pursuing her in New Moon.) Unless there's something I'm completely missing? Idk, I haven't read the series in quite some time so feel free to correct me.
The only thing I'll say in defense of Cursed Child is that I had the real privilege of seeing it live last year with the original cast (I hadn't read it before), and those actors really made the lines work. Scorpius was hands down incredible, and he had some iffy lines to work with. What would have been "eh" if I just read it worked with him acting it. Also, the visuals are stunning. But then, it is a play, and not a book. After seeing it, I insisted my family not read it first until we were all in the same room and could act it all out. Way more fun.
I once watched a review of the cursed child and the reviewer said basically the same thing "the people who've seen the play like it, and the people who read the book hate it". Watching a play and reading a play are very different experiences and they probably shouldn't have released it as a book to begin with
I completely agree! It irks me so much seeing people trash it when it wasn't supposed to be read as a novel anyway, but seen as a play. Like if we had just read the script to the Harry Potter movies without actually seeing the movies, I'm pretty sure people would have HATED it. Because, just like in this case, it's not someting that is meant to be read but something that is meant to be seen, to be acted out. Sorry for this mini rant xD
That's how I feel about Shakespeare. After years of being forced to read Shakespeare in school, I never cared for his work. But then I saw Hamlet with Benedict Cumberbatch without having read the play or really knowing the story and I was completely blown away. I loved it (and not just because of BC but he was great as usual)
This "if people had seen the play first, they would not trash it that much" is crap. I saw it first, I still hated the story and I turned in my seat a couple of times and looked at my bf in shock what was happening and how it didn't make any sense. So no. The story has logical problems and the time travel background is awful compared to the original, as well as the characters. There was even magic they got wrong. Maybe I'm just a geek, but I couldn't enjoy the play in theatre as much as I would have with an amazing story. The actors, the lighting and the magic on stage was incredible, though.
Before I say everything I respect your opinion and I hope you respect mine. Here we go: Me Before You, literally his whole reason for not wanting to live was because he used to be adventurous and wild and used to be able to do able body things. When that's stripped away from someone it does make life hard. He wasn't born disabled or disabled during childhood, he was disabled during adulthood. So his entire "living life to the fullest" view was taken from him and now he believes there is no hope. It's called depression. *ending spoiler* Sure some may not commit suicide, but he felt in that moment that that was what would make his life better. Your whole "it isn't really how people are" is not true, nothing is original which means that has happened in life. Everything else though, I agree with the rest of the books but not Me Before You.
exactly - he was suffering and he didn’t want to live like that. and while some people can live life as a disabled person and enjoy it, there are others who just cannot find themselves enjoying life.
One of my best friends in high school was in a (skiing) accident where she broke her neck. Last I spoke to her she told me she was beginning to lose feeling in her fingers sometimes. The doctors told her it’s not if her injury eventually paralyzes her, it’s when. She told me when it happens she will be taking assisted suicide. Her life includes riding horses, playing with her little siblings, helping on the farm, playing basketball. Everything dear to her rests on motion... so, the plot of Me Before You makes total sense to me, knowing her.
The place in Switzerland where Will goes is actually a real place. People do go there and do use that so I think it’s very important for that kind of story to be told because weather or not you agree with his choice, people make that choice every day. I think that’s the brilliance of it. There will be people like you who are outraged by it and there will be people who understand. It starts a very important narrative and the fact that you so vehemently oppose its story just proves that it did its job.
The Throne of Glass series is actually my favorite book series. But I agree with your opinion about characters. It is just comforting to know it will end well. 😂
I also love the series, but I'm kinda annoyed that SPOILER no one important for Aelin died in the final book. It feels like Manon is the main character in the end because she lost the Thirteen (I cried sooo much!) and Gavriel's death just didn't do it for me. I think Sarah J Maas should've killed Fenrys off (he isn't in a relationship so that wouldn't have a HUGE effect but it would still hurt Aelin deeply) not because I don't like him but because I think it would work out well
@@kage3069 Spoilers I totally understand why you think that, and I finished the series not too long again, but Aelin had lost so many people throughout her journey in the book series, but the one thing she didn’t lose was who she was and the scars that had shown all she’s been through. In Kingdom of Ash she doesn’t lose anyone important other than herself basically. She lost her scars and everything she was, and was prepared to die for them all. She also lost her magic (mostly) right after she finally started liking herself with it and it itself. The other characters had experienced loss before, sure, but not to the heartbreaking degree that Aelin had, with a few exceptions. I think Kingdom of Ash showed other characters finally understanding the torment Aelin had went through her whole life. Also, Fenrys dying, I think, would have been too far because he was the only way Aelin could comprehend the horrors she had faced in Maeve’s grasp. It just wouldn’t have been fair to do that to the characters. Thank you, sorry it is so long I just finished reading the series and I have a lot of pent up opinions about it!
**Spoilers!** I didn’t like how at the end of the series, the other characters and couples sorta got shoved to the side and Aelin and Rowan took the absolute spotlight for their happy ever after. I totally get that they deserve more pages then the other characters but I wanted them to at least have a couple pages to see them finally being happy and settled (Chaol and Yrene’s child being born, Lorcan and Elide going to their home, Lysandra and Aedion going to their new home..) and I feel that some things were not resolved. Like what happened to Dorian and his family? The glass castle is gone, adarlan was in ruins.. And Nox! He didn’t even meet Aelin again. I was disappointed as I felt like so many details were left unresolved that it didn’t feel like a proper ending for anyone else but Aelin. Besides that I still LOVED the series lol.
OMG! I couldn't agree more with your opinions on female representations in YA novels, especially when they are portrayed as strong female characters who needs no man, but eventually has to have one. Btw, this is my first time watching your video and I'm already loving it. Subscribed.
Nicole Wong Well, love is a thing people crave and want and ACTUALLY need. We are humans and humans need other humans in order to have a complete, happy life. Love is something I wish everyone could experience because it is something that completely fills you up and radically changes you. Suddenly, you're not living to make yourself happy, you're living to make your loved one happy. Real love makes you selfless. A better version of you.
Da Queen people don't "need" anyone. They can eventually have someone if they want to. What good will a partner bring to me that I can't get myself? Nothing other than affection which isn't something anyone "needs" to survive. Does a man need a woman? No. Why should a woman need a man then? Also, if you NEED someone to make you a better human being, you're just not a nice person.
I haven't read Me Before You, so I can't comment about the writting, but I think you interpreted that book wrong. That story wasn't about a quadriplegic man, it was about a man with a depression. A depression brought by his condition, yes. But the main point of his issues were not that he was quadriplegic, but that he was quadriplegic and couldn't handle it. If it was just a question of him accepting his condition, then having Louisa accepting him the way he was would be enough. But no, he couldn't accept it. And other people who have also suffered with crippling depression can back me up on this: no matter how much everyone tells you that you're happy or you tell youself that you'rd happy, you still feel miserable. And you would still trade/end your life in a heartbeat even if they told you you won the lotery. I applaud the author for making such an original and reality injected story. A story that feels real and hurts to watch for the psychological sobriety that it has and the taboo it represents. I seriously recommend that you reconsider it :)
Rosie King although I respect that Will suffered from depression, I think that what people forget is that , however the book dresses it up, he committed suicide. And I truly believe that the reason people don't really have a problem with that is because that they don't place any value on life as a disabled person. I find this is often how disabled people are perceived- as not really living, and it means that they will often not get the help they need when suffering from depression. Although I respect everyone has their own opinion, I am also conscious of the fact the misrepresentation disabled people face in the media greatly affects their treatment- in society and in a medical aspect.
Nina Miller I loved your theory/thoughts. I had never really thought of that or in that way. It does make sense what you are saying, and I can only say that I hope somehow people open their eyes to that fact and work to solve that problem. I don't know how they flourished his suicide in the book but I do hope that it will shed some light on the issue
it would be like Steven Hawking committing suicide. the neat thing about humans is we might lose use of our limbs but our minds can still change the world and influence people.. that was what made me sad about the message of that book.
"Me before you" is one of the books I really dislike. Will was depressed because he used to a certain lifestyle and for him to live just meant to be active - to do sports, to work, to have sex etc. instead of adjusting to the situation and living with it, he chose to give up - because now he needed people's help and became dependent - which is a really humbling experience by itself, but Will's pride and ego couldn't take it. And don't even get me started on this Cinderella crap with Louisa and especially the story when she was raped... This book makes me angry. Sorry(
I literally read 20 pages of the cursed child and was done w it. I loved Harry Potter and it was a huuuuge part of my childhood but the cursed child didn't make sense and was so confusing
I read the whole thing and it's crap. The feeling I had all the time was that the people that wrote the book hadn't actually readen the previous books. Becouse it was full with mistakes and contradictions that are difficult to understand if that would have been written by someone who knows the Harry Potter's story.
A popular book that I didn’t like is The Fault In Our Starts. People always say that it made them cry and what a beautiful book it was, but honestly, i wasn’t into it at all. I couldn’t bring myself to finish it
I couldn't bring myself to read it because the scene where she meets Gus in the literal heart of God or whatever it's called, they were reading off the list of people from their group that have died and I came across my name and my son's dad name side by side and couldn't ever finish it. I don't know why but that part always soured my stomach and I put it down.
I only read The Fault In Our Stars recently, like two weeks ago, and to be honest I didn't think I would like it because I was being pretentious and considered it 'basic'. I really enjoyed it though, and read it in one sitting. I think the fact I already knew it helped me to become more invested in the characters because I knew what was going to happen, but obviously I respect your opinion:)
I guess everyone has their own opinions and I respect that. Personally I like 'The Fault in our Stars'. It's not my favourite book, but it made me cry.
Cursed child pissed me of sooo much because it portrays the characters so badly like especially rose. She was the child of Ron and hermione she would have been kind loving funny and just amazing but she was written like a bratty snob. Also they queer bate by subtexting Albus and Scorpius's realastionship though out the story and then making them discus there female crushes at the end. Also it is just so far fetched that Voldermort and Beatrix would have had sex and had a child. The whole thing is just a stretch for money. *note* : If you want to watch a harry potter themed play just what starkids *a very potter musical* you can find it on RUclips it has a more likely plot than the cursed child😂
Okay this might be controversial, but....having two boys be close friends isn't a bad thing, just because they are straight. I don't see portraying them as good friends is queer baiting, it's fine if you think "oh are they together?" but we ARE talking about 11-yearold kids here. Most kids at that age don't even have a grasp of their sexuality, and talking about crushes doesn't actually say shit about your sexuality either.
To me, the way Rose treated Scorpius made sense. Hermione treated Ron in almost the same way, only scorpius was more open on his feelings...so yeah. AND NO BACKLASH EITHER, IM SAYING THAT RIGHT NOW!
To save you A LOT of time The books are: 1Breaking Dawn 2.Harry Potter and the cursed child 3. Shatter me 4.Throne of glass 5. Uprooted 6. Me before you Thank me later💗🔥
I agree that the TOG series shouldn’t be considered feminist just because the female characters are “tough” but personally in fictional romances, I don’t mind possessive relationships. In real life they annoy me but in fiction I enjoy them for some weird reason. So that doesn’t bother me. Also I am black and I don’t understand why people are coming after Sarah J Mass for not having diverse characters. We need to open the market for diverse authors and give more attention to books with diverse characters but we need to stop attacking white authors for writing white characters. Sarah J Maas writing mostly white characters doesn’t stop me from enjoying her books. I am not constantly thinking about what color everyone’s skin is. ESPECIALLY IN A FANTASY!
Yeah and with the whole, territorial thing, they are Fae, it’s what they do. That is how they work. And it isn’t inequality too. Because multiple times Rowan talks about how they are equals. So does almost every other character.
I can't agree more with you, seriously. We need to stop attacking each other for everything we do. Like, literally, people can always find something to criticize your work or actions. Honestly? I'm done. So thanks for speaking up Ash, seriously.
Well said! If every single author would only write about diversity, healthy relationships, supporting parents and a good work environment, it would be a bit boring.
Exactly! I really enjoy a series for character personalities not race. To be honest when I'm reading I don't actually see the characters in my head. It's weird but I don't focus on appearance
also, the later books get a lot more diverse, sarah j maas actually listened to her readers and introduced tons of characters who were poc, like the entirety of tower of dawn, fenharrow and ellywe but she doesnt broadcast it to be like look at me im so diverse, she does it in a subtle way so they are just people. same with people coming for her about not having lgbt characters, there arent tons, but they are there, but being lgbt or poc isnt their personality, its just something to know about them, but she doesnt pull a jk rowling and refuse to show it, its just not in your face (sorry about my terrible grammar/punctuation, i cbf fixing it)
A Clockwork Reader A lot of people are forgetting that this is meant to be a play for theatre. Reading this, I thought it was progressing really fast and unrealistically, and that gives it a this fanfiction-y feel. But this is meant to be played on a stage, and then it makes a lot more sense. A theatre play has to progress a lot faster, the dialogue won't sound as awkward anymore and even the jokes will fit better.. You can't review it the same way you would any other book, it's not really meant to be read. I didn't enjoy reading this and don't really consider it the "eighth book" of the series either, but I can imagine that it would work a lot better when actually played by stage actors.
As someone who was lucky enough to see the play before the book even came out, I didn't actually realise the shoddiness of the plot line until I read the book and saw how truly not good it really is. If any of you ever get the chance, I'd 100000% recommend going to see the play because honestly it's not all bad
I'm re-watching this video and when you were talking about the breaking dawn, it got me thinking. What if Bella ended up with Jacob and had a baby with him? Would Jacob imprint that baby?
Nina Jędrzejczak No, because imprinting is about the best genetic match to carry on the wolf blood. As his daughter would not be that, he would not imprint on her. However, with the potential for Bella's child being the best match gone, if Imprinting is flexible, I believe he would have fully imprinted on Bella.
Wait I thought the reason he did it was because he loved her so much he sacrificed his own future happiness to protect her? Can someone explain? I never read the books and I don't like the movies lol but I am really confused now? He never loved her?
Me Before You is such a great example of how a non-disabled person should not write a disabled character. The way I describe it is how an abled bodied author thinks she would feel if she suddenly became paralyzed. However, when it actually happens to someone, they are so often surprised by how they feel and act. Also, I find this book so incredibly patronizing as a disabled person with mobility issues. I’m not in a wheelchair but I use a variety of assistance devices. Ms. Meyers’ book shows how being disabled apparently makes a person unable to deal with or live a normal life. That if you can’t walk then there is no point in living. In the real world this couldn’t be further from the truth.
i'd like to share a different viewpoint and would be happy to hear your opinion. i read the book many years ago (didn't know, it was a series...?) and know nothing about Jojo Moyes backround. the book was given to me by a friend of my mother - i'd probably never had picked it myself, but it was there so i gave it a look. i am ablebodied but suffer from depression (i can't really remember, but i think i was more in a down than in an up, when that book was given to me). i took two major messages out of the story: one, even if maybe a sideplot, the message, that, if you get (sexually) abused !it is not your fault! super important and i was quite happy to find that in the story! but the main message of the book for me was self-determination. i think, i didn't really focus on the disability-part. for me there was a (traumatized) person who, after looking at all the options and beeing quite privileged, decided conciously that he wanted to die. for me the main part wasn't why he made the decision, but that he stood up for his right to make this decision. 'cause in the end it it all comes down to ourselfes. maybe at that time i could (and still can) relate so well, as i was (and still am) suffering from depression. so i do know the wish to die, to end it all, and of course i'd have my loved ones, the system and society rather let me than forcing me into something i do not want. with this interpretation it doesn't really matter if the person is in a wheelchair or not - depression and the wish to die comes in so many forms and types. i just read it as simply one example. he has an accident - that traumatizes him - even the girlfriend f*cks off - a series of abrupt changes in life. and @Me,mydolls&I states it quite nice i think: 'What I really liked about this book was the fact that love is not the SOLUTION to everything in life!' sorry, i'm tired, maybe the last bit was a bit weird :P anyway, like to know what you think! :)
Töchterchen Frost I think you have an interesting point. It's been so long since I even looked at the book, that I want to go back and try to see it from your point of view. I'll definitely update this thread once I do.
@John MacArthur I agree with you i personally don't care what people do in their bedroom and it gets annoying when that's all people care about and thinks that everyone needs recognition and wants to shove it in everyone's faces books tv movies then gets mad at people and calls them every name in the book just because they don't care and don't want stuff shoved into their faces diversity was nothing but a way to divide us and Force people views on everyone else with the government's help
Tavros Nitram I'm pretty sure most people imagine them as people that look mostly like them. Even tho I have detailed description of the character in the book my mind can't and won't imagine it with different face fitures and different face lines except from people I usually see (not people I know but people in my country, like how most of them look like, something in common) I just can't. And I think most people think the same way I do. Even if I try hard to imagine a character differently, one picture I imagined first time I read about that character, it will always stay the same. Also I don't like political propaganda and polotical correctness and feminisam and any of that cancer inside the books I read because most of the time they always blame white people, and you know I don't like people hatin on me when they don't know what kind of life I had. And all this political correctness and feminisam is hypoctitical, and they deal with small stuff that only bothers them and no one else, when no one even recognized the fact that there are more serious things we should focus our time and energy on, then to fight with someone because a strnager didn't call you the right pronoun.
lol yeah my friend asked me how much books the harry potter series contained, and i was like ‘oh yeah that has to be 7’ and my entire clique (we always read and stuff yk) was looking at me like dafuq? and i was honestly confused why they did that lol
I have SO MUCH HATE for The Cursed Child. I just.. can't. Every time I think about it, I want to punch something. It is really obvious she didn't write it herself.
As someone with disabeld parents, I do not agree with your opinions with Me before you at all, the story is not about if you are living a disabled life your life is not worth living, is about a man that lost everything, his whole identity, his passion in life, his friends etc, the depression you must get afterloosing everything you had in life is something that we can not even comprehend. (spoilers) And the fact that he choose to end his life is something that I completely understand.
Every time she was naming a book I held my breath and then I realised by the end of the video She is my soul sister. I'm so glad that we disagree on the same tthings
When she said that she didn’t like Throne of Glass I was like “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH” Yeah ok I’m not continuing...
I can understand your view about breaking dawn.... jacob imprinting on renessme was a complete mess and i think the whole story would have been better without bella and edward having a child
I only read up to the second book in that series cuz I wasn't really a fan. plus my english teacher at the time who i admired made a stink over me reading it, lmao, but i didn't like it in the first place and was only reading it cuz everyone insisted i should. but it seems to me from what ive heard, that the last bit is completely useless. As if S.M. just wanted to drag it out for as long as she could.
Oh man, everything from the kid's stupid name ("Renesmee" sounds like some kind of eye condition) to the fact that Edward actually chews the baby out of Bella's womb because she's dying and he needs to get the baby out before he can turn her into a vampire. And then Jacob comes along, and...ew. Way to make parenthood super freaking weird, Stephanie Meyer.
Thorin's Angel This child was so random. I was expecting that wedding. But not the baby. Wtf. Just so Jacob wouldn't be the odd one out? Make him imprint on an infant. Yikes.
I think it’s kinda out of place. I don’t even like the fact that Bella has a child and nearly dies. That alone kind of ruined it for me. I also really hate how Jake imprinted on the baby as well. It really does change the attitudes of the characters in general. I think the marriage was okay but the honeymoon was awful lol. I could bicker about a lot of things in the series I don’t like, but the way the story of the trilogy is told is attractive and intriguing for me at least.
I love how she is such a bold person. She speaks her thoughts and opinions without regret and hearing her talk about these books like a professional debater make me smile
I have the book on my shelf as a christmas gift from a relative who knows nothing about Harry Potter. I've never read it and I hide it in the corner of the shelf out of view so I don't have to look at it. Still trying to pretend it doesn't exist and hold on to my childhood... lol
You know, even when I didn't agree with you, the way you took the time to explain yourself was awesome. Not many people do that anymore and just bash something with no apparent reason. It was also nice how you pointed out the things you DID like, instead of just everything wrong with it. So good job!👍
As a disabled person, I completely agree with you in regards to Me Before You. While I have a different disability than the male main character, to put that negative mindset about the disabled is wrong. In general society already has a stigma or preconceived notion as it is, without even talking to the person in most cases.
To be honest, I didn't read the book, I only watched the movie. But the way I saw it the story was less about his disability and more about the fact that his mindset was holding him back. In the movie we saw that he had the potential to lead a really happy life with the main girl who's name escapes me atm but he didn't because he couldn't let go of the past.
I'm literally obsessed with Harry Potter. I have been a potterhead since 4yrs but cursed child is LlTERALLY the only Harry Potter related thing that I wanna throw in the garage n not feel bad.
I love Throne of Glass but I do believe you made some fair points about the series, the romances I feel occasionally focus too much on the lust rather than building the emotional attachment, as for the mating bond there are some definite faults there too. So I respect your opinion. I do love this series, the world building is fantastic and most of the characters are really interesting including the antagonists, I also love the foreshadowing - so the story intrigues me. That and Sarah J Maas's writing style is amazing. But like I said, I completely respect your opinion and even agree to some extent.
I completely agree with you on the cursed child, it was an absolute mess!!! I just like to pretend that it doesn’t exist. I’ve read fanfic better than that!!!
i liked it... however, i too have read MUCH better fanfics, and it did indeed feel a bit, shall we say, stale? i'm not sure, whatever the case, i couldn't find myself disliking it.
Throne of Glass is one of my favorite series of books ever😂 the series later on (after this review came out) had a lot more variety in types of characters but I can understand the thinking on why it was unliked! I liked Divergent enough, had to scrape through the second one and hated it so much I refused to finish the series hahaha
I get what you’re saying, but you shouldn’t let one book ruin your enjoyment of a whole series... you can like a series without liking one of the books in it
I don't know what series your talking about and while I mostly agree with you that's not always true. HP would not have been nearly as effective if say Viktor Krum just showed up at the end chopped Voldemorts head off and turned out to be the chosen one the whole time and not Harry or Neville after hardly being mentioned for the whole series. That would have been stupid and bad and knowing that the whole series was setting up too nothing would have made the series suffer.
Her throne of glass rant on the territorial male bullshit was solid gold. I agree 100%. Thank you for finally pointing out that it's not feminist or romantic it's just stereotypical crap.
For throne of glass, I actually didnt really like the book from the start. And I really tried , bc I felt like it was a story that should have captivated me. My problem with it was actually the main character. Everyone (including herself) spoke so highly of her "badass" skills at fight, with knives, etc. that i was expecting an actually expert. I clearly was asking for too much. But honestly, every time there was a situation in which the character had ample opportunity to show off her skills, she would do one of three things: fail and not live up to her reputation, complain and basically retreat, or worse yet get saved by someone else and claim she could have done it herself. In conclusion, her reputation was all talk and no action. That, above all else, irritated me to the point i could not continue on to the second book. If you dont believe me, read the first book again and keep a tally of what she (or other ppl) says she can do and when she actually does it. I wanted a badass assassin, instead i got a pampered sissy princess in a dress. I dont mean to offend fans but thats how i feel: cheated.
mufasa2005 YES!! You explained so well how I feel about this book. i only read the first book and I'm so glad I never continued after hearing more negative things about it. celaena is the most pretentious bitch ever. I expected this book to be super dark, yet it all felt like I was watching a teenage girl's adventures in summer camp. she's the most feared assassin, yet she kills no one, only talks about killing them. I think the author wanted to make a badass character cause that's trendy nowadays, but she didn't wanna make her unlikable or bad. celaena sardothien, the most notorious assassin, yet all she does is pet puppies and read books.
mufasa2005 from a technical standpoint she was literally in a prison camp and whipped repeatedly for months so obviously she would have regressed considering her assassin title was from before she was captured
I for sure know what you mean but if you read the rest of the series (or if you already have) I believe the author does that on purpose. Aelin has to hide her abilities in the first book so she can do what she needs to do. She slaughters and kills at least 20 men in one part of the series with no mercy. As the book goes on and as she said in the video, Queen of Shadows throws a lot at you and some of it was confusing and had no development behind it, I personally feel like Aelin and Rowan were a tiny bit rushed. They hate each other then they battle together and then it's the biggest romance in the series. Aelin definitely as the series goes on lets out her wits and brutality. Also at the start of the series she's still more immauture then at the end of the series and the reason being all of the trauma she went through. TOG is one of my favorite series and always will be so if you haven't read it in full I reccomend giving it a chance.
I have t even finished the first book but my problem with it is how self centered and pretentious she it. She thinks she's the queen of everything and is the best there can ever be. Especially in the first few pages when she was describing how easily she could kill her guards and the prince. When she said she could easily take down the six or so guards with her hands tied is when I had enough of her. I'm still reading the book but not because I like her, because I like the world.
OMG, PLS DO A PART 2. I have watched so many 'Popular Books I Don't Like' but no one goes into so much detail and reasons why they didn't like the book like you did.
Yes. I am so done with throne of glass and SJM. I am so annoyed with how this went. And she is just inconsistent and has no depth. The only thing she is good at is settings. I was going to say descriptions but she is not. She can't describe different people or body parts. It's so annoying that I invested in her. But it's more annoying that her editors aren't helping her and allows these books to keep being published.
I have not a slightest idea why her ToG series are categorized in the YA Fantasy section. There are way too many adult scenes in her books. And I agree with your opinion on stating she can't describe the body parts hahaha! If I am not mistaken, I do recall her describing a penis as a " velvet wrapped steel". Honestly, that is just ridiculous!
It's like she didn't plan her series at all. She was like here's this story for Throne of Glass I hope I get published. Then once she had success she was like YES NOW I can write what ever the heck I want! I think the power got to her head.
I read ACOTAR and ACOMAF (second one) and she is still inconsistent with those as well. The first book you don't like certain characters (and the main one is even more annoying then Aelin) then in ACOMAF you like the characters you didn't care for and then hate the ones you didn't mind. A lot of people myself included think that A Court of Mist and Fury should be a standalone because that is probably the best and truest form of Maas' writing. It has a lot of sexy scenes but still feels like a YA which is kind of annoying. But it's the same ending as Emperor of Storms, but she wrote ACOMAF first. So she's just basically a mess. Then the third book, from what I've seen from reviewers is that is pretty awful and a mess. So Maas is rather all over the place and I'm so done with her writing and inability to write different stories and characters.
Ah,I see. Another overrated series from her, again. I was actually planning on reading that series a long time ago, but now I don't feel like I wanna read them anymore. Do you see their ratings on Goodreads? They are so freaking insane XD
Wow... your thoughts on the Throne of Glass series is EXACTLY how I feel about A Court of Thorns and Roses! I loved the first two, then they got worse. And once I realized the flaws in the later two books, I saw them in the first two as well!
I didn’t enjoy the first one, got persuaded to try the second one, now I’ve nearly finished that I’m sort of eh don’t really care about it, but I’ve got someone I know who believes I’m gonna read it all so I guess I’ve committed now ugh
Based on all of these comments, I don't think that disliking Cursed Child is an unpopular opinion.
I dont think I'll ever read it bc I dont want it to ruin Harry Potter. I just pretend it doesn't exist because 7 was such a huge number in the books
Most fans don't count Cursed Child as cannon.
@@i_am_agoof_ball5990 and I am one of them
I was part of an HP group on Facebook, everyone used to praise Rowling. Since CC came out, her reputation went down to the rabbit hole. Memes all over the place. and nobody takes her statements about the franchise seriously now.
It isn't I FUCKING HATE IT!!
My theory is that Rita Skeeter wrote the cursed child
That is the only theory i will accept
Or umbridge
Or Bellatrix. I mean: [probably I should spoiler sign this]
She has a child with voldemort in this book. Selfinsert Fanfiction :D
Well it is a poorly written fanfiction 😬
Clemons Craft That is sooooooooooooooooo true
Livi msp the book is TERRIBLE but the play was absolute MAGIC it’s amazing
personally, harry potter was a type of book that needed to stay the same...it was based off of 7; 7 years at hogwarts, 7 parts of voldemort’s soul; the “magic 7” (the actors), the 7 weasleys, it was all based off of 7 and their was no reason for the 8th book it was really just a money grab.
And the 7 potters
@@carlycoats Aren't there 9? So 7 kids?
@@devajsanghvi15 how 7 potters?
@ Ohhhh Thankss
idc if the numbers may be different but the story is the pain in the butt
I love how the amount of "controversies" book tube gets is "I don't like twilight"
Meanwhile booktok be like: 🔥🔥🔥.
Also people chill I’m apart of booktok but not the toxic part of it.
I think the real controversy is liking twilight in 2021 now 😂😂😂
I’m rereading twilight right now to see if it was me, or the book.
And the book STILL disturbed me so much…
fr ahhaha ive only read the first one. how are the rest really
Did you like it?
I cannot believe that voldermort had sex with bellatrix. complete fanfiction. He had no happy emotion in him.
EXACTLY. At first I did not get that or approve... but now I've thought about it, it's not as crazy as it seems. It's obvious that he didn't love her, but he's the kind of person who would have sex with someone he doesn't love.
@Connor Gregory yep in the cursed child. a bit of a shock to read
i tried to make myself like the cursed child but i couldn’t, it just wasn’t the same as the others
I have a headcanon that Bellatrix confunded him lol
WAIT WHAT. Now I read your comment and I spoiled myself😂
At least she didn’t say Percy Jackson
If she would have said percy jackson i would have died
I would have screamed
Um if she said percy jackson id knock o her door and tellher to take it back and my boyfriends a sad seaweed now and hes destraught.
I am on book four and thanks for warning me
Exactly.
Cursed Child is such a bad attempt at fanfiction I wanna go back in time and unread it.
Runawayto Sam'sTown yes the script is bad but I saw the play in Melbourne and it was incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've read Cursed Child when it first came out. But it changed already known canon, the second task in GoF. And I hated it for that. I never could finish it again. And I didn't really like the plot
Did it teach you nothing? Time travel bad
I hate it, at first i was shy to say it because my best friend loves it... but then i realized that there was more people that think like me
Let Go Get A Time Turner then😂
Things I liked about ‘The Cursed Child’:
1- The cover. ( gotta admit it was pretty.)
2- Scorpius Malfoy’s character.
Things I disliked about ‘The Cursed Child’:
The Cursed Child. 🙏🏼
Dream Carver Yesss!
I still don't know who the Cursed Child was
@@thedangerousivy Albus Potter probably or Daphne diggory
@@rxvncore or maybe even scorpious with the way the book was
Yes! The only good thing Cursed Child did for me was that it destroyed the prejudice I had against Slytherin, that's all.
Okay, but how the hell is not liking "The Cursed Child" an UNPOPULAR opinion? I havent found one person who doesnt think its complete and utter fanfiction 😂😂
Correction, BADLY written fanfiction, it's almost as if they'd gotten inspiration from My Immortal, if you've read Harry Potter fanfiction, you've heard of that mess
is it bad that, as TERRIBLE as it was, i really like it!? like i actually loved cursed child
a lot of people don't like it they say they've read the script and it's horrible and recommends not to read it and you have your own opinion and others have
My best friend LOVES this book. She’s the only one I know who didn’t hate it 😂
I think if it were put as a stand-alone it would be better. I personally think it’s fun and pretty decent. Not something I get invested in, but something fun to read when I’ve got nothing else. I think it’s good.
I didn’t read the Cursed Child because I felt like it was a sin to write an EIGHTH book when the whole fucking series is about the number seven. Also i thought it’s just another way to make money which i think is sad.
And what I heard from others it wasn’t even that popular. Those who read it told me it’s crappy, so I guess you really aren’t alone.
Omg. I thought I was the only one who had that opinion. Until I came here. A place with smart people.
Someone Somewhere same, it’s a disgrace.
damn its sad to you that people want to gain money lmao
mellow It’s just disappointing that the Cursed Child and the Fantastic Beasts movies were all made to take advantage of fans for money. JK really just needs to let Harry Potter go and stop beating a dead horse. She got her 1 billion pounds (the first author to reach that amount in net worth). I think she really needs to let the series go.
@@molly386 ?? im sorry but there are people who are enjoying the fantastic beasts, so you're just saying fuck those people because you feel a certain way
Her: Divergent is NOT the next Hunger Games
Me: YOU PREACH, GIRL!
YES!
I just learned from an informative video that Divergent came because Hunger Games popularized the sub genre of YA distopia. Then many other like The Maze Runner appeared.
Well not really. I own all of the divergent books and the author claims in the back that the book had nothing to do with the hunger games. She tried writing it 2 years before and abandoned it. 🤷🏽♀️
MIDNIGHT Brushes it can only wish it was as good as Hunger Games
I only came here to see if anyone else knows what the maze runner is because for some reason people don't know what it is
DUDE DIVERGENT IS LITERALLY THE BEST ONE INSURGENT AND ALLEGIANT GETS WAY WORSE
Shreya Madheswaran I agree
Also in terms of the movies. I liked Divergent’s movie but the next two got progressively worse
I like all of them but the last book and four
THANK YOU. “Insurgent” is too romance-filled, and I couldn’t even finish “Allegiant,” I lost interest so quickly. “Divergent” is much better than the other two. I have the same feelings about “The Hunger Games.” The first book was good, but it just went downhill from there.
Mmm yeah I agree, I can't bring myself to read allegiant after insurgent...that was a fail but I loved divergent and four...four was actually pretty interesting
I totally agree with you on Jacob's imprinting on Renesme. It always disturbed me.
It's basically Pedophilia.
I know I just hated it so much, I sniffed it from the beginning and prayed that it wasn't happening uhhggg too bad
But like what does imprinting mean. I just thought that meant he was like in love. By in love I mean like a friend.
I haven't read Breaking Dawn but my friend told me that happens and I was actually like wtf, it's disturbing and it makes no sense lmao
@@velvet4118 it's bad... Really bad.
I'M SO READY FOR YOU TO TRASH SOME OF MY FAVES.
readbyzoe 😂
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readbyzoe LMAO
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I've never read anything by Sarah J, Maas, but people always tell me to read them because they're feminist. And when I ask people how they're feminist, everyone just says that it has badass female characters. And I mean, this whole badass female character thing isn't feminism, because it's all about making women strong in a very masculine, patriarchal idea of strength. So having "badass female characters" isn't enough to truly make a book feminist
AceOfBooks I wouldn’t categorise ToG as feminist but ACOTAR is in my opinion, don’t know if you’ve read it but the relationships in it are totally different from ToG. And I feel like ACOTAR is so much better than ToG in so many aspects, though some people say that there are way too many sex scenes but i didn’t really mind it in the books because overall they’re very good. The relationship between Feyre and Rhysand is so different from those in ToG.
I haven't read ACOTAR but some of the reviews I've seen of it say that there are problematic relationships, and like sexual assault and stuff like that. I'm interested to hear your perspective. What makes them feminist?
AceOfBooks I want to explain it to you but I feel like I might spoil the book for you so I’ll don’t get too much into details. It’s true that there is one problematic relationship but it’s not going to stay that way, so Feyre (the main character) got out of that toxic relationship and went into a really healthy relationship with someone who truly loved her and not only wanted to possess her. As why it is feminist, first Feyre really evolved throughout the books she stands ups for herself and she doesn’t rely on a man nor does she lets someone take decisions for her and that’s really something I like and appreciated about this book and I thought that was something to highlight, and yes she was in that problematic relationship but then she got with someone who truly respected her and treated her as an equal, never belittled her and always respected her choices, I really think that their relationship is beautiful. And there are some parts of the books that I especially like that truly represent that. The main reason why I think this book is feminist is her relationship with Rhysand. Of course this is only my opinion and I hope you’ll give acotar a try because it a book I truly enjoyed reading. As someone who is used to seeing possessive and downright obsessive man characters in books, acotar was really a breath of fresh air for me and made me realise that the way relationships were portrayed in certain books that I’ve read were just wrong and not romantic at all as it is portrayed to be. There’s so much more about he characters and their relationships with one another so I’ll just let you discover it.
See, I'm not trying to argue because I haven't read the book, but I've seen multiple reviews where people explicitly say that Rhysand physically hurts Feyre in the first book. I also hesitate to call a book feminist just because the main character is your typical "badass chick" who stands up for herself and doesn't need a man. That's not feminism, that individualistic bullshit. Feminism is about standing up for other women (and other marginalised groups) and taking action against unjust expectations, laws, norms etc (basically smashing the patriarchy). Too often I hear "she stands up for herself and makes her own decisions, therefore feminism" you're setting the bar waaaay too low.
AceOfBooks Maybe I’m setting the bar too low and I’m actually trying to work on that so if you have any feminist books recommendation then I’m open to anything. But this is what I received and felt from that book, and maybe I categorised it wrongly by calling it feminist, but I’m saying it again and you’re probably getting tired of me repeating it again 😅 but i really appreciated the relationship between Rhysand and Feyre in the way that they are equal as persons and neither of the two is overpowering or controlling the other and that’s why I said the book is feminist even though that now after looking back at it I shouldn’t have categorised it as feminist. Besides that, there are positive and negatives reviews about every book and it’s normal though I really don’t recall Rhysand abusing Feyre in any way maybe you confused him with Tamlin. I really think that you should try to read the book and form your opinion about it instead of basing it on reviews because everyone’s opinion is different. And if after reading it you still don’t like it then I’ll respect your opinion not everyone can like the book, I just recommended it for all the things I’ve said before and because it’s a really nice book that I think is worth the “hype”.
The books she dislikes
-Breaking dawn (1:17-3:52)
-The cursed child (4:10-7:14)
-Shatter me (whole series) (7:18-8:50)
-Throne of glass (whole series) (9:02-13:20)
-Uprooted (13:33-15:02)
-Me Before You (15:07-17:55)
-Divergent (18:03-19:22)
And that’s some of the books she dislikes.
Is that the gay prince of the dead?? NICO???
* gasp *Nico Di Angelo....(!?) Btw thank you for the informative comment. Easier to check
Omg! I love your username
Nico.... is that you.
Thanks Neeks
when dystopian is your favorite genre 😭😭
Lol same
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same :(
Same I literally can't read any other book without getting bored😂
ik same 😔
Draco malfoy:My father will hear about this POTTAH His son Scorpius:squeak my geekiness is a-quivering
Can you please explain what does that me
@@monanazir4887 watch the video
I don’t even know what that means
😂😂
I think they mean that his son is nothing like him, so it doesn't really make sense?? But 🤷🏻♀️
The thing about this video is that you din't force your opinion to anyone. You just expressed yourself with points and with reason. That's something incredibly rare 'cause you made me agree with you using logical arguments. You explained your opinion without shading a different one and that won me.
You are so amazing!
Don’t mind me just time stamps
01:20 Twilight
03:52 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
07:18 Shatter Me
08:52 Throne of Glass
13:22 Uprooted
15:03 Me Before You
17:56 Divergent
I refuse to read The Cursed Child. It is a scam for all Harry Potter fans and straight up blasphemy. Thank you for including it in your list!
Clare Flattery Have you read it though? Have can you call blasphemous a book / play you have never even read ? You can hate it all you want of course but at least read it and proceed to hate on it ONCE you have read it . That way it won't sound like you are parroting what other people say and being a bandwagoner .
It's good
Don't read it, buy a ticket, watch it. It's honestly better live.
Anna Zenelaj I don’t even have to read it to know it’s awful. It completely disregards a lot of things about the original books one big thing being that the entire thing is impossible because time travel in Harry Potter was already established in the third book as being that you could never really change anything because it already happened. And while that does have plot holes of its own it’s a completely different type as in the cursed child and before you say it no just because it’s a different type of time turner doesn’t mean that it’s ok
Anna Zenelaj also it lacks understanding of the characters in general. For example Voldemort would never have had sex ever.
I love when people roast books. Maybe just because I myself love ranting and complaining
.... idk
As soon as you said series, I knew it was going to be a Twilight book. And I knew exactly why you were going to hate it too. The imprinting on an infant thing was always weird to me as well.
I always think how weird it would be for Nessie when she older and Jacob says "oh by the way I was in love with your mum and use to fantasise about her and oh did I mention I was about to kill you and would have if I hadn't suddenly imprinted on you". It just never sat right with me.
Rachel McDonald exactly, the imprinting itself (while has some creepy connotations but is explained away in the book as best as possible) wasn’t really ever my problem with the book, even as a kid reading it. my big problem was the “your egg that’s been in you for your whole life is what drew me to you, i’ve never been in love with you or really truly cared, my wolf side just detected that ONE egg would turn into the infant i eventually imprint on in a few years.” like..... what????
@@lightworthy EXACTLY! What if Bella became a vampire and never had a kid then what?
Mariah Hernandez right?? I read these when I was like 12 and even then I was like wtf
@@lightworthy Lol there are thousands of eggs in a young woman. What are the chances of her having that particular child even if she hadn't become a vampire? Also it's interesting to imagine it being a boy which was a 50% chance =P
Glares at the Cursed Child book on my bookshelf and hisses menacingly.
i love this comment
Are you a Slytherin? 😂
@@Alexa-ot6fo 🐍🐍🐍
How'd you know?
YES! ANOTHER SNAKE! 🐍
I feel bad for you considering you bought it
I completely agree with you about Cursed Child! It will NEVER be the 8th Harry Potter book for me.
In 2016, on July 31st, The Fandom of Harry Potter was split in two... those that consider Cursed Child as Canon, and those that do not...
It's more like a poorly written fanfic. Also it breaks the rules of time travel established in book 3 (edit: posted before I watched the whole video)
Sadly, people responsible for potter wiki consider CC canon. I didn't read it and probably never will, because from what I heard about it it sounds like a really bad fanfic. And I generally don't like ff anyway. But if I wanted some I could find better for free without the excuse that it's meant to be seen not read as a book.
Will Just, did the time travellers get older by how far into the past they went? Because that's what JK said happens in an article for pottermore. Though she'd probably try to weasel out of it by saying they used something else than time turners to travel.
Blue Green honestly I don't remember all that well. Sorry
Abigail Navarrete thats cuz its not its a play and what your read is the script...
i need to watch people roast books as much as i need to breathe oxygen
Caitlin 😂😂😂
IT IS NOT THE 8TH STORY IT WILL NEVER BE CANON IT CAN BURN IN THE FIERY PITS OF PLAY/BOOK/STORY HELL.
The Novel Sanctuary YES PLEASE
exactly!!
Except for the fact that J.K has said it's canon and, even if you don't like it, you accept it. If you don't, you're a fake fan.
Jamestopboy Just because you don't like it dosen't necessarily make you a fake fan
That's what I said - it was a reply to the original poster - it doesn't matter if you like it or not, as long as you ACCEPT it as canon. If you don't, you're a fake fan.
You can hear the anger in her voice when she talks about a lot of these. Like, her voice gets increasingly angrier, not louder, but angrier. I love it tbh😂 You're awesome, and gained a new subscriber
I love the book me before you im not offended obviously that you disagree but i just wanted to say one thing. I as a disabled person find it so predictable and boring to read positive upbeat hopeful books about disabilities. Its refreshing to read the more realistic side ... whether its realistic for all its just nice to hear a different opinion xx
good review I do actually plan to read all of these books except for twilight and cursed child (i've already read it)
because these books are so popular and so many people like them, like how everyone keep telling me to read divergent, and some people say it's terrible. "Me before You" sounds kinda depressing though I am all for depressing books. also have you read Out of my Mind? it's one of my all time favorites if you have not read it you might not like it in the middle but the ending may surprise you.
Ug I'm disabled and I despise that book. It basically says if you're disabled then you're nothing.
I’m disabled and I have a RUclips channel where I explain my disabilities and my experiences in special Olympics and para swimming.
I don't know what it is about you but the way you talk is so gripping and like I could listen to you talk all day. I love how well you explained your reasons for disliking each book and I thought that each point was really valid. Even though I do like one of the series you hated, I totally understand why you wouldn't like it because you explained it so well. ☺
Rhys Cass Thank you! This means so much! ❤️
yes! i always find her so well spoken and eloquent (even if i dont always agree! lol)
Rhys Cass same! I wish I was that well spoken on my booktube channel. I love Hannah's videos 😀
Same! I can never get my thoughts across as well as she can
Rhys Cass Yes!!!!! I'm actually new to her channel, but she's so eloquent with her enunciation and she organizes her thoughts so well!! I wish I could do that
I agree so much about Breaking Dawn.
I adored Jacob. I loved the idea that Jacob still deeply cared for and loved someone despite not imprinting on them. He went against something that tried to determine his fate.
Then he imprinted on Renesme and I was like... Ffs.
I think that Stephanie Meyer didn't wanna leave Jack like the most unhappy character in the saga. But he and Bella's daughter is not a good idea... Generally I don't like the end of this book
Well Meyer left out stuff which is why publishing professionals said her editors should have been fired. In the Twilight guide, she goes into more detail on imprinting, when the wolf imprints on someone who is an infant the love they have for them is like a brother. When they are ages 5-17 that brotherly love is best friends. Once the imprint is of consenting age their friendship turns to love. Renesmee is half human and has the same chromosome make up as Jake. They imprint to make stronger wolves. Jake and Nessie's children will be vampire-wolf hybirds and be very powerful for the pack.
OMG I FEEL YOU!
@@agneskieliba2671 IKR honestly she could've just pulled a "Kdrama" trope and leave the supporting romantic lead lonely
@@vanessaebony529 GREAT explanation!
Her: Divergent
Me: Peter, hand me that butterknife
Daren Neesken I literally just re-read divergent 2 days ago bc of social isolation... that book goes hard
Lol
Daren Neesken omg yesss
Thank you!!!
Tarah Gudmundson same I just finished rereading like an hour ago
I am not a fan of Allegiant, but Divergent was REALLY GOOD!
no ones a fan of allegiant
Yeah, but Divergent is SOOOO good
Definitely
Avery Grey yes! I agree
sameeee
"I almost cried one time, but that was because I wanted the book to be over" Me before you
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I had to hit "subscribe" right there
I LOOOOOOVED THAT BOOK
I forced myself into liking that book because it had a strong message but it was not at all what I expected and it was wayyy too predictable.
I didn't hate it but it wasn't a 5 stars for me.☺️
I thought the cursed child was ok but i still dont consider it the 8th Harry Potter story
True!
Ada Wagner same
I think it's just a really bad fanfiction, but it's funny though
Ada Wagner ya i thought it was GREAT but i considered it a side book
I thought it was fab made so I don’t really consider it
Honestly I haven’t read Me Before You but I loved the movie and wanna read the book. I liked the message because it is very realistic. When someone is paralyzed and loses everything that was important to them, it’s natural they will fall into depression. He dedicated his life to sports and the suddenly everything he dedicated his life to was over. It’s completely understandable that he would want to end his life. If I had that happen to me I would make the same decision tbh. I liked the dynamic of her trying to show him the the value of life and that life was bigger than his disability and I liked that it didn’t have an expected ending. It didn’t end the way I thought it would and I liked that it wasn’t super predictable. That’s just my opinion on it.
It's been awhile since I have read the book and watched the movie but I loved the book, not quite the movie. I agree that the message is not for everyone, the topic euthanasia has always been controversial. With that being said, I loved how the book was able to depict and provide different point of view of the topic and one that is generally considered problematic. In terms of Will's choice at the end, many of the characters in book did in fact disapproved it, but I love how the book was able to show that at the end of the day, it is Will's choice and he was able to make that choice on his own. I don't know, personally I like how the book tackled a problematic issue, providing different view point of the issue. I would say, this is a book that people should go in open minded, but at the end of the day, it is a topic that have a very divided opinions therefore the book may likely not click with everyone.
I remember that when I read the book I HATED IT , don’t get me wrong I usually enjoy a book where I can cry I don’t need happy endings, but to me it was horrible , it didn’t feel like it had a message behind it ...
Yes, I honestly think it is more controversial to keep someone who is in inmese pain alive in your book because if not then it's "ableist". No, people who are disabled can achieve amazing things if they have the opportunity but some of them literally want to just end it and they can't. That's what I like about the movie (I stopped reading the book halfway because the writing didn't work for me at all).
I kinda agree with both opinions. Like I interpreted it as him wanting to die not because of his disability but because he couldn’t cope with the strong change that came with it. But I can just imagine what this book could do to someone who went through something similar, so I definitely understand her view on this book
I found it to be super ableist and offensive. -an actually disabled person
Don’t worry. No one liked that one not cannon “Harry Potter” “””book”””.
(I watched a Seamus Gorman video and he made me take an oath never to say it again.)
Also I hated Jacob’s imprinting too.
Yay I like Seamus I am not alone!
Seamus Gorman*
"The book that must not be named"
Yrs I love seumus gormen
I actually liked the book, AND DON'T YOU DARE SAY "YOUR NOT A REAL HARRY POTTER FAN". It doesn't make me any less a Harry Potter fan. So yeah, begone negative commenters!
Harry Potter and the cursed child is like a fucking bad fanfiction.
WHY YOU DID THIS TO US J.K.????
I did wrote that before I watched her saying that XD
Lili Reimann J.K didn't write it. She edited it, but editing and writing is very different.
She put her name on the book approving it.
it really is a fanfic
it's litterally a fanfiction - Rowling didn't write it at all. She approved it and slapped her name on it for publicity, at least that's what I think. It sucks so much, though
Me: Don’t u dare say Throne of Glass
Her: ....Throne of Glass...
Me: AHHHHHHHHHHHH
Throne of Glass is my favorite series right next the The Summoner Series
I FELT THE SAME shatter me and throne of Glass series are one of my favorite series. But i mean, she has her own opinions, i actually like a lot of the books she said she hates
I used to LOVE throne of glass but kingdom of ash was almost an instant DNF for me. too long and boring.
This was my first video and yes, I love both Throne of glass and a court of thorns and roses. And I agree that all the male characters are the same. But I've never heard this book described as feminist. But, celaena/aelin has so much to offer everyone.
THRONE OF GLASS IS MY FAVORITE SERIES HOW COULD SHE😂
“i’m not the biggest fan of dystopian”
me, knowing it’s my favourite to read: 👁👄👁
I completely disagree with you about "me before you". You're not okay with Will's decision and that is completely okay, but the book wasn't a guide at all and the message was not that every disabled person is unhappy. This whole story is based on Will's character. He was very active and had so much fun in his life and after the accident he just had to change his life completely and was forced to live it against all of his character traits. So I think that you did not really get the message of this book.
I don't know if she is outraged by this just because Will was disabled and the author killed him.
Jojo u shouldn’t be offended because that is her opinion and she is entitled to it I mean u r too if ur going to get upset then why watch this vid I totally agree with her i don’t see anything wrong with what she said
@@emilysmith707 She said she was okay with her opinion.. She just pointed out that she didn't really get the whole meaning of the book. She wasn't trying to be rude or anything
I know it's the vlogger's opinion,but I totally get the author. I mean,if i'm Will,I wouldn't want to live in my prison that is my body as well. There's nothing for me but endless pain for myself and my love ones. But that's just my opinion.
100% agree with you.
I actually quite enjoyed your reasons for disliking the ToG series. It was clearly stated, but not bashing. I myself am a lover of the series, mainly for the complexity of certain characters. Thank you for your opinion!
Yeah me to except for the claiming part because they claim each other not just one claims the other because there mates/equal (but that's just my opinion)
Jacob should have a crush on Edward. Renesmee came from him too! 😂
Itzel GC omg HAHSH heck yes
Itzel GC pretty sure that would never happen. they're born enemies, remember?
Lol the amount of likes though
It makes more sense that he would have a crush on Edward because he has the sperm. When Bella gets pregnant then he would have a crush on her.
Dragon Rider TV Ooooo star cross lovers
the fact that she “loved jacob” even after reading how horrible he toxic was throughout all the whole series is what surprises me
To be fair, I think he only got /really/ bad in Eclipse.
And in comparison to Edward, he's tame. Midnight Sun is the king of "here's the insights of an abuser"
Its easy to ignore Jacob when you have /that/ as the first option
That was my thought lmao. Jacob didn’t have much consideration for her consent or her own feelings
She was also young when she read the series, about 12 years old
@@merounelorelei2951 I can almost forgive Edward because he's a vampire and doesn't remember being human very much
I kind of disagree, bc a lot of characters have toxic traits but are still rather likeable, and have at least some redeeming qualities. I wouldn't say Jacob was just a toxic character all around. He was flawed like anyone else and came off as pushy sometimes- but he was a kid who was trying to steer Bella away from the Cullens, thinking that would keep her "safe." I think he had decent intentions, (despite being overly persistent in pursuing her in New Moon.) Unless there's something I'm completely missing? Idk, I haven't read the series in quite some time so feel free to correct me.
The only thing I'll say in defense of Cursed Child is that I had the real privilege of seeing it live last year with the original cast (I hadn't read it before), and those actors really made the lines work. Scorpius was hands down incredible, and he had some iffy lines to work with. What would have been "eh" if I just read it worked with him acting it. Also, the visuals are stunning. But then, it is a play, and not a book. After seeing it, I insisted my family not read it first until we were all in the same room and could act it all out. Way more fun.
I once watched a review of the cursed child and the reviewer said basically the same thing "the people who've seen the play like it, and the people who read the book hate it". Watching a play and reading a play are very different experiences and they probably shouldn't have released it as a book to begin with
I completely agree! It irks me so much seeing people trash it when it wasn't supposed to be read as a novel anyway, but seen as a play. Like if we had just read the script to the Harry Potter movies without actually seeing the movies, I'm pretty sure people would have HATED it. Because, just like in this case, it's not someting that is meant to be read but something that is meant to be seen, to be acted out. Sorry for this mini rant xD
That's how I feel about Shakespeare. After years of being forced to read Shakespeare in school, I never cared for his work. But then I saw Hamlet with Benedict Cumberbatch without having read the play or really knowing the story and I was completely blown away. I loved it (and not just because of BC but he was great as usual)
This "if people had seen the play first, they would not trash it that much" is crap. I saw it first, I still hated the story and I turned in my seat a couple of times and looked at my bf in shock what was happening and how it didn't make any sense. So no. The story has logical problems and the time travel background is awful compared to the original, as well as the characters. There was even magic they got wrong. Maybe I'm just a geek, but I couldn't enjoy the play in theatre as much as I would have with an amazing story. The actors, the lighting and the magic on stage was incredible, though.
I completly agree - on stage it's amazing and the original cast is love!
Before I say everything I respect your opinion and I hope you respect mine. Here we go:
Me Before You, literally his whole reason for not wanting to live was because he used to be adventurous and wild and used to be able to do able body things. When that's stripped away from someone it does make life hard. He wasn't born disabled or disabled during childhood, he was disabled during adulthood. So his entire "living life to the fullest" view was taken from him and now he believes there is no hope. It's called depression.
*ending spoiler*
Sure some may not commit suicide, but he felt in that moment that that was what would make his life better. Your whole "it isn't really how people are" is not true, nothing is original which means that has happened in life.
Everything else though, I agree with the rest of the books but not Me Before You.
exactly - he was suffering and he didn’t want to live like that. and while some people can live life as a disabled person and enjoy it, there are others who just cannot find themselves enjoying life.
One of my best friends in high school was in a (skiing) accident where she broke her neck. Last I spoke to her she told me she was beginning to lose feeling in her fingers sometimes. The doctors told her it’s not if her injury eventually paralyzes her, it’s when. She told me when it happens she will be taking assisted suicide. Her life includes riding horses, playing with her little siblings, helping on the farm, playing basketball. Everything dear to her rests on motion... so, the plot of Me Before You makes total sense to me, knowing her.
Amanda Romaine that and also he thought he couldn’t give Louisa the happiness she deserves
also the movie is AMAZING so big plus for that hahah
Well i totally agree with you
The place in Switzerland where Will goes is actually a real place. People do go there and do use that so I think it’s very important for that kind of story to be told because weather or not you agree with his choice, people make that choice every day. I think that’s the brilliance of it. There will be people like you who are outraged by it and there will be people who understand. It starts a very important narrative and the fact that you so vehemently oppose its story just proves that it did its job.
Excactly! That's what I thought through the WHOLE end of the video!!!!
The Throne of Glass series is actually my favorite book series. But I agree with your opinion about characters. It is just comforting to know it will end well. 😂
Well, Empire of Storms ends in pure unending pain.....
Yes, its my fav series too❤️
I also love the series, but I'm kinda annoyed that
SPOILER
no one important for Aelin died in the final book. It feels like Manon is the main character in the end because she lost the Thirteen (I cried sooo much!) and Gavriel's death just didn't do it for me. I think Sarah J Maas should've killed Fenrys off (he isn't in a relationship so that wouldn't have a HUGE effect but it would still hurt Aelin deeply) not because I don't like him but because I think it would work out well
@@kage3069 Spoilers
I totally understand why you think that, and I finished the series not too long again, but Aelin had lost so many people throughout her journey in the book series, but the one thing she didn’t lose was who she was and the scars that had shown all she’s been through. In Kingdom of Ash she doesn’t lose anyone important other than herself basically. She lost her scars and everything she was, and was prepared to die for them all. She also lost her magic (mostly) right after she finally started liking herself with it and it itself. The other characters had experienced loss before, sure, but not to the heartbreaking degree that Aelin had, with a few exceptions. I think Kingdom of Ash showed other characters finally understanding the torment Aelin had went through her whole life. Also, Fenrys dying, I think, would have been too far because he was the only way Aelin could comprehend the horrors she had faced in Maeve’s grasp. It just wouldn’t have been fair to do that to the characters. Thank you, sorry it is so long I just finished reading the series and I have a lot of pent up opinions about it!
**Spoilers!** I didn’t like how at the end of the series, the other characters and couples sorta got shoved to the side and Aelin and Rowan took the absolute spotlight for their happy ever after. I totally get that they deserve more pages then the other characters but I wanted them to at least have a couple pages to see them finally being happy and settled (Chaol and Yrene’s child being born, Lorcan and Elide going to their home, Lysandra and Aedion going to their new home..) and I feel that some things were not resolved. Like what happened to Dorian and his family? The glass castle is gone, adarlan was in ruins.. And Nox! He didn’t even meet Aelin again. I was disappointed as I felt like so many details were left unresolved that it didn’t feel like a proper ending for anyone else but Aelin. Besides that I still LOVED the series lol.
The whole time I was just really hoping you don’t hate Percy Jackson. That series is my entire being at the moment.
I love PJATO!
Who wouldn’t like PJS, right?
Same. And The Maze Runner
Max.the.memelord :D omfg ive never related to a comment more than this one. Im obsessed with pjo atm too!!
My lord, I am obsessed with Percy Jackson and every book written by Rick Riordan.
OMG! I couldn't agree more with your opinions on female representations in YA novels, especially when they are portrayed as strong female characters who needs no man, but eventually has to have one.
Btw, this is my first time watching your video and I'm already loving it. Subscribed.
Nicole Wong me too! I love her channel so far and she's so sweet and I just 😭❤️
Nicole Wong am i the only one who Read that as Ya novels (Ya as In your)
Me too
Nicole Wong Well, love is a thing people crave and want and ACTUALLY need. We are humans and humans need other humans in order to have a complete, happy life. Love is something I wish everyone could experience because it is something that completely fills you up and radically changes you. Suddenly, you're not living to make yourself happy, you're living to make your loved one happy. Real love makes you selfless. A better version of you.
Da Queen people don't "need" anyone. They can eventually have someone if they want to. What good will a partner bring to me that I can't get myself? Nothing other than affection which isn't something anyone "needs" to survive. Does a man need a woman? No. Why should a woman need a man then? Also, if you NEED someone to make you a better human being, you're just not a nice person.
I haven't read Me Before You, so I can't comment about the writting, but I think you interpreted that book wrong. That story wasn't about a quadriplegic man, it was about a man with a depression. A depression brought by his condition, yes. But the main point of his issues were not that he was quadriplegic, but that he was quadriplegic and couldn't handle it. If it was just a question of him accepting his condition, then having Louisa accepting him the way he was would be enough. But no, he couldn't accept it. And other people who have also suffered with crippling depression can back me up on this: no matter how much everyone tells you that you're happy or you tell youself that you'rd happy, you still feel miserable. And you would still trade/end your life in a heartbeat even if they told you you won the lotery.
I applaud the author for making such an original and reality injected story. A story that feels real and hurts to watch for the psychological sobriety that it has and the taboo it represents.
I seriously recommend that you reconsider it :)
Rosie King although I respect that Will suffered from depression, I think that what people forget is that , however the book dresses it up, he committed suicide. And I truly believe that the reason people don't really have a problem with that is because that they don't place any value on life as a disabled person. I find this is often how disabled people are perceived- as not really living, and it means that they will often not get the help they need when suffering from depression. Although I respect everyone has their own opinion, I am also conscious of the fact the misrepresentation disabled people face in the media greatly affects their treatment- in society and in a medical aspect.
Nina Miller I loved your theory/thoughts. I had never really thought of that or in that way. It does make sense what you are saying, and I can only say that I hope somehow people open their eyes to that fact and work to solve that problem. I don't know how they flourished his suicide in the book but I do hope that it will shed some light on the issue
Rosie King thank you for taking it all on board x
it would be like Steven Hawking committing suicide. the neat thing about humans is we might lose use of our limbs but our minds can still change the world and influence people..
that was what made me sad about the message of that book.
"Me before you" is one of the books I really dislike. Will was depressed because he used to a certain lifestyle and for him to live just meant to be active - to do sports, to work, to have sex etc. instead of adjusting to the situation and living with it, he chose to give up - because now he needed people's help and became dependent - which is a really humbling experience by itself, but Will's pride and ego couldn't take it. And don't even get me started on this Cinderella crap with Louisa and especially the story when she was raped... This book makes me angry. Sorry(
At least she didn't say The Hunger Games or else I would've called the Peacekeepers to go to her house.💀💀
PLSSSSS
Everyone has their own opinion lol. I absolutely dislike HG and love divergent. It's called different tastes lol
lmaooo
@@madhatter4129 For defying the Hunger Games, Effie Trinket happily welcomes you to the 76th Hunger Games.
I literally read 20 pages of the cursed child and was done w it. I loved Harry Potter and it was a huuuuge part of my childhood but the cursed child didn't make sense and was so confusing
Brooke Searfoss I agree
I read the whole thing and it's crap. The feeling I had all the time was that the people that wrote the book hadn't actually readen the previous books. Becouse it was full with mistakes and contradictions that are difficult to understand if that would have been written by someone who knows the Harry Potter's story.
Brooke Searfoss Actually same.
I was so excited for it and I was let down. I prefer fantastic beasts tbh
A popular book that I didn’t like is The Fault In Our Starts. People always say that it made them cry and what a beautiful book it was, but honestly, i wasn’t into it at all. I couldn’t bring myself to finish it
I couldn't bring myself to read it because the scene where she meets Gus in the literal heart of God or whatever it's called, they were reading off the list of people from their group that have died and I came across my name and my son's dad name side by side and couldn't ever finish it. I don't know why but that part always soured my stomach and I put it down.
I only read The Fault In Our Stars recently, like two weeks ago, and to be honest I didn't think I would like it because I was being pretentious and considered it 'basic'. I really enjoyed it though, and read it in one sitting. I think the fact I already knew it helped me to become more invested in the characters because I knew what was going to happen, but obviously I respect your opinion:)
I enjoyed it but you can like whatever you want. I guess I get you a bit, at some points I really wanted to put the book down but yeah
I dragged myself through it and it is not as good as anyone sad it is
I guess everyone has their own opinions and I respect that. Personally I like 'The Fault in our Stars'. It's not my favourite book, but it made me cry.
Cursed child pissed me of sooo much because it portrays the characters so badly like especially rose. She was the child of Ron and hermione she would have been kind loving funny and just amazing but she was written like a bratty snob. Also they queer bate by subtexting Albus and Scorpius's realastionship though out the story and then making them discus there female crushes at the end. Also it is just so far fetched that Voldermort and Beatrix would have had sex and had a child. The whole thing is just a stretch for money.
*note* : If you want to watch a harry potter themed play just what starkids *a very potter musical* you can find it on RUclips it has a more likely plot than the cursed child😂
Okay this might be controversial, but....having two boys be close friends isn't a bad thing, just because they are straight. I don't see portraying them as good friends is queer baiting, it's fine if you think "oh are they together?" but we ARE talking about 11-yearold kids here. Most kids at that age don't even have a grasp of their sexuality, and talking about crushes doesn't actually say shit about your sexuality either.
HelloMsAnny Yeah, but I don't think I've met one person who is a shipper who has read The Cursed Child, who doesn't ship them.
@@HelloMsAnny if you even read the book there are constant hints towards there relationship though out the book.
@@bat5092 preach
To me, the way Rose treated Scorpius made sense. Hermione treated Ron in almost the same way, only scorpius was more open on his feelings...so yeah. AND NO BACKLASH EITHER, IM SAYING THAT RIGHT NOW!
To save you A LOT of time
The books are:
1Breaking Dawn
2.Harry Potter and the cursed child
3. Shatter me
4.Throne of glass
5. Uprooted
6. Me before you
Thank me later💗🔥
Drashti Soni thanks
Tysm
Thank you
You forgot Divergent...
thanks
I agree that the TOG series shouldn’t be considered feminist just because the female characters are “tough” but personally in fictional romances, I don’t mind possessive relationships. In real life they annoy me but in fiction I enjoy them for some weird reason. So that doesn’t bother me.
Also I am black and I don’t understand why people are coming after Sarah J Mass for not having diverse characters. We need to open the market for diverse authors and give more attention to books with diverse characters but we need to stop attacking white authors for writing white characters. Sarah J Maas writing mostly white characters doesn’t stop me from enjoying her books. I am not constantly thinking about what color everyone’s skin is. ESPECIALLY IN A FANTASY!
Yeah and with the whole, territorial thing, they are Fae, it’s what they do. That is how they work. And it isn’t inequality too. Because multiple times Rowan talks about how they are equals. So does almost every other character.
I can't agree more with you, seriously. We need to stop attacking each other for everything we do. Like, literally, people can always find something to criticize your work or actions. Honestly? I'm done. So thanks for speaking up Ash, seriously.
Well said! If every single author would only write about diversity, healthy relationships, supporting parents and a good work environment, it would be a bit boring.
Exactly! I really enjoy a series for character personalities not race. To be honest when I'm reading I don't actually see the characters in my head. It's weird but I don't focus on appearance
also, the later books get a lot more diverse, sarah j maas actually listened to her readers and introduced tons of characters who were poc, like the entirety of tower of dawn, fenharrow and ellywe but she doesnt broadcast it to be like look at me im so diverse, she does it in a subtle way so they are just people. same with people coming for her about not having lgbt characters, there arent tons, but they are there, but being lgbt or poc isnt their personality, its just something to know about them, but she doesnt pull a jk rowling and refuse to show it, its just not in your face (sorry about my terrible grammar/punctuation, i cbf fixing it)
THANK YOU, CURSED CHILD IS JUST BAD FANFICTION. This had to be written in caps because I was so mad
Femalehemingway I understand 😂
A Clockwork Reader
A lot of people are forgetting that this is meant to be a play for theatre. Reading this, I thought it was progressing really fast and unrealistically, and that gives it a this fanfiction-y feel.
But this is meant to be played on a stage, and then it makes a lot more sense. A theatre play has to progress a lot faster, the dialogue won't sound as awkward anymore and even the jokes will fit better.. You can't review it the same way you would any other book, it's not really meant to be read.
I didn't enjoy reading this and don't really consider it the "eighth book" of the series either, but I can imagine that it would work a lot better when actually played by stage actors.
Femalehemingway exactly there are so many better writers on internet!
Yeah. Even people who went to the play said that although the plot is questionable when you watch it as a play the whole thing is infinitely better
As someone who was lucky enough to see the play before the book even came out, I didn't actually realise the shoddiness of the plot line until I read the book and saw how truly not good it really is. If any of you ever get the chance, I'd 100000% recommend going to see the play because honestly it's not all bad
I'm re-watching this video and when you were talking about the breaking dawn, it got me thinking. What if Bella ended up with Jacob and had a baby with him? Would Jacob imprint that baby?
Nina Jędrzejczak No, because imprinting is about the best genetic match to carry on the wolf blood. As his daughter would not be that, he would not imprint on her. However, with the potential for Bella's child being the best match gone, if Imprinting is flexible, I believe he would have fully imprinted on Bella.
June Sonaak Comparing this to the question, I cannot even begin to explain how terrible that series is
Stop this lmao.
Wait I thought the reason he did it was because he loved her so much he sacrificed his own future happiness to protect her? Can someone explain? I never read the books and I don't like the movies lol but I am really confused now? He never loved her?
I've never read Twilight nor watched the movies, so can someone explain me what does it mean imprinting the baby?
Bruh her arm is stronger than my grades holding 5 books without getting tired
When you were talking about Breaking Dawn, I remembered how I just ignored those mistakes and kept loving the whole series...
Manca Omersa Same
You don't have to hate them. You can either love or hate the series. It's your choice.
All I cared about was that Jacob didn't win! 😂
Manca Omersa well I hate twilight anyways so..
me the whole video
"don't say Harry Potter
don't say the hunger games
don't say anything jOHN GREEN
DON'T SAY ANYTHING RAINBOW ROWELL"
felicity capstick omg I love FanGirl by Rainbow Rowell
Mrs Malfoy also carry on 💕
I love all of Rainbow Rowell's books.
Harry Potter and The Hunger Games 😍😍😎😎😅😅
I'm in love with these books
Hahahah I was also like this
DON T SAY PERCY JACKSON
DON T SAY THE SELECTIONS
Your background is so pretty. It really draws the people watching in.
Me Before You is such a great example of how a non-disabled person should not write a disabled character. The way I describe it is how an abled bodied author thinks she would feel if she suddenly became paralyzed. However, when it actually happens to someone, they are so often surprised by how they feel and act. Also, I find this book so incredibly patronizing as a disabled person with mobility issues. I’m not in a wheelchair but I use a variety of assistance devices. Ms. Meyers’ book shows how being disabled apparently makes a person unable to deal with or live a normal life. That if you can’t walk then there is no point in living. In the real world this couldn’t be further from the truth.
i'd like to share a different viewpoint and would be happy to hear your opinion.
i read the book many years ago (didn't know, it was a series...?) and know nothing about Jojo Moyes backround. the book was given to me by a friend of my mother - i'd probably never had picked it myself, but it was there so i gave it a look.
i am ablebodied but suffer from depression (i can't really remember, but i think i was more in a down than in an up, when that book was given to me).
i took two major messages out of the story:
one, even if maybe a sideplot, the message, that, if you get (sexually) abused !it is not your fault! super important and i was quite happy to find that in the story!
but the main message of the book for me was self-determination.
i think, i didn't really focus on the disability-part. for me there was a (traumatized) person who, after looking at all the options and beeing quite privileged, decided conciously that he wanted to die. for me the main part wasn't why he made the decision, but that he stood up for his right to make this decision. 'cause in the end it it all comes down to ourselfes.
maybe at that time i could (and still can) relate so well, as i was (and still am) suffering from depression. so i do know the wish to die, to end it all, and of course i'd have my loved ones, the system and society rather let me than forcing me into something i do not want.
with this interpretation it doesn't really matter if the person is in a wheelchair or not - depression and the wish to die comes in so many forms and types. i just read it as simply one example. he has an accident - that traumatizes him - even the girlfriend f*cks off - a series of abrupt changes in life. and @Me,mydolls&I states it quite nice i think: 'What I really liked about this book was the fact that love is not the SOLUTION to everything in life!'
sorry, i'm tired, maybe the last bit was a bit weird :P
anyway, like to know what you think! :)
Töchterchen Frost I think you have an interesting point. It's been so long since I even looked at the book, that I want to go back and try to see it from your point of view. I'll definitely update this thread once I do.
@@angelwings1979 cool, looking forward :)
Never ever have high expectations
Cause you'll just let yourself down
Marian CY that’s my motto in life
Her:Harry Potter cursed child
Me:👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Am I the only one who doesn't really care about diversity in books as long as it's a good story... but I do get where you're coming from!
Curtis Grove Same! I often don’t really pay attention to how characters look and end up imagining the characters looking different anyway.
It’s important to people because we always see white straight people,
It’s rare to see anything otherwise
@John MacArthur I agree with you i personally don't care what people do in their bedroom and it gets annoying when that's all people care about and thinks that everyone needs recognition and wants to shove it in everyone's faces books tv movies then gets mad at people and calls them every name in the book just because they don't care and don't want stuff shoved into their faces diversity was nothing but a way to divide us and Force people views on everyone else with the government's help
@John MacArthur well said my friend btw i think just from what you said I bet your sister book is a new adult romance 😂
Tavros Nitram I'm pretty sure most people imagine them as people that look mostly like them. Even tho I have detailed description of the character in the book my mind can't and won't imagine it with different face fitures and different face lines except from people I usually see (not people I know but people in my country, like how most of them look like, something in common) I just can't. And I think most people think the same way I do. Even if I try hard to imagine a character differently, one picture I imagined first time I read about that character, it will always stay the same. Also I don't like political propaganda and polotical correctness and feminisam and any of that cancer inside the books I read because most of the time they always blame white people, and you know I don't like people hatin on me when they don't know what kind of life I had. And all this political correctness and feminisam is hypoctitical, and they deal with small stuff that only bothers them and no one else, when no one even recognized the fact that there are more serious things we should focus our time and energy on, then to fight with someone because a strnager didn't call you the right pronoun.
The only reason I trust her taste in books is that she doesn't like the shatter me and throne of glass series
Omg I totally forgot the Cursed Child ever existed, I hated it that much I've literally repressed it 😅😅
Jess Stephenson I wish I could do that with it 😂
Same here! 😂 When she mentioned in in the video I was like "Oh... yeah... that..." 😂 I wish I'd never read that abomination.
Jess Stephenson I think it was quite confusing tbh idk
lol yeah my friend asked me how much books the harry potter series contained, and i was like ‘oh yeah that has to be 7’ and my entire clique (we always read and stuff yk) was looking at me like dafuq? and i was honestly confused why they did that lol
Jess Stephenson I’m not even going to read it.
I also hate The Cursed Child, is like an official fanfic and is not JkRowling. Not Harry Potter. I really don't like that book
M. Belén Cevallos honestly,i've read so much better fanfics in wattpad 😥 cursed child was a big disappointment
I have SO MUCH HATE for The Cursed Child.
I just.. can't. Every time I think about it, I want to punch something. It is really obvious she didn't write it herself.
As someone with disabeld parents, I do not agree with your opinions with Me before you at all, the story is not about if you are living a disabled life your life is not worth living, is about a man that lost everything, his whole identity, his passion in life, his friends etc, the depression you must get afterloosing everything you had in life is something that we can not even comprehend.
(spoilers) And the fact that he choose to end his life is something that I completely understand.
"no one in this series can be single" OHGOD IM YELLING CRYING LAUGHING HERE HAHHAHA UGH THANKU SO MUCH ! ILY
Every time she was naming a book I held my breath and then I realised by the end of the video She is my soul sister. I'm so glad that we disagree on the same tthings
Oh my god me too. I was so scared she was going to say a Neil Shusterman book
lol same
When she said that she didn’t like Throne of Glass I was like “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”
Yeah ok I’m not continuing...
Axiiria tog is stupid af
Axiiria Same...That broke my heart :(
Same absolutely same it's my all time favorite book it just hurt me when she said what she didn't liked
I personally couldn't get into the series
omg the shatter me series is my favorite thing in the whole world!! 😭😂🥺
I can understand your view about breaking dawn.... jacob imprinting on renessme was a complete mess and i think the whole story would have been better without bella and edward having a child
Thorin's Angel Yaaass!
I only read up to the second book in that series cuz I wasn't really a fan. plus my english teacher at the time who i admired made a stink over me reading it, lmao, but i didn't like it in the first place and was only reading it cuz everyone insisted i should. but it seems to me from what ive heard, that the last bit is completely useless. As if S.M. just wanted to drag it out for as long as she could.
Oh man, everything from the kid's stupid name ("Renesmee" sounds like some kind of eye condition) to the fact that Edward actually chews the baby out of Bella's womb because she's dying and he needs to get the baby out before he can turn her into a vampire. And then Jacob comes along, and...ew. Way to make parenthood super freaking weird, Stephanie Meyer.
Thorin's Angel i feel like the story would have been so much better if edward had, like, never existed....
Thorin's Angel This child was so random. I was expecting that wedding. But not the baby. Wtf. Just so Jacob wouldn't be the odd one out? Make him imprint on an infant. Yikes.
"And it's Breaking Dawn"
me: *Hits the like button faster than singing supercalifragilisticexpialidocious*
Nyleve A. Vanger me toooooooooo
YES! Me too!!
To be fair, as someone who's active in the Twilight Community, no one likes Breaking Dawn.
It's only because of Jacob's stupid chapter, plus it's the ending :{
I like it.
I have yet to read that one so plz no spoilers
It’s the only one I read and I liked it, so maybe that says something?
I think it’s kinda out of place. I don’t even like the fact that Bella has a child and nearly dies. That alone kind of ruined it for me. I also really hate how Jake imprinted on the baby as well. It really does change the attitudes of the characters in general. I think the marriage was okay but the honeymoon was awful lol. I could bicker about a lot of things in the series I don’t like, but the way the story of the trilogy is told is attractive and intriguing for me at least.
I love how she is such a bold person. She speaks her thoughts and opinions without regret and hearing her talk about these books like a professional debater make me smile
I wish I could use the timeturner to go back in time and stop myself from reading the cursed child
And wasting money on it
and Peggy but you can’t change what’s already happened. That’s one of the biggest issues with the damn script
I have the book on my shelf as a christmas gift from a relative who knows nothing about Harry Potter. I've never read it and I hide it in the corner of the shelf out of view so I don't have to look at it. Still trying to pretend it doesn't exist and hold on to my childhood... lol
Exactly! I wasted my damn time and money goddammit
Don’t we all?
You know, even when I didn't agree with you, the way you took the time to explain yourself was awesome. Not many people do that anymore and just bash something with no apparent reason. It was also nice how you pointed out the things you DID like, instead of just everything wrong with it. So good job!👍
As a disabled person, I completely agree with you in regards to Me Before You. While I have a different disability than the male main character, to put that negative mindset about the disabled is wrong. In general society already has a stigma or preconceived notion as it is, without even talking to the person in most cases.
To be honest, I didn't read the book, I only watched the movie. But the way I saw it the story was less about his disability and more about the fact that his mindset was holding him back. In the movie we saw that he had the potential to lead a really happy life with the main girl who's name escapes me atm but he didn't because he couldn't let go of the past.
I'm literally obsessed with Harry Potter. I have been a potterhead since 4yrs but cursed child is LlTERALLY the only Harry Potter related thing that I wanna throw in the garage n not feel bad.
the good thing about it is that it's horrid fanfiction and not really canon
I love Throne of Glass but I do believe you made some fair points about the series, the romances I feel occasionally focus too much on the lust rather than building the emotional attachment, as for the mating bond there are some definite faults there too. So I respect your opinion. I do love this series, the world building is fantastic and most of the characters are really interesting including the antagonists, I also love the foreshadowing - so the story intrigues me. That and Sarah J Maas's writing style is amazing. But like I said, I completely respect your opinion and even agree to some extent.
I completely agree with you on the cursed child, it was an absolute mess!!! I just like to pretend that it doesn’t exist. I’ve read fanfic better than that!!!
The whole book just seemed like bad fanfiction to me and I have tried my best to erase it from my memory
Cathy B. ME TOO
i liked it...
however,
i too have read MUCH better fanfics, and it did indeed feel a bit, shall we say, stale? i'm not sure, whatever the case, i couldn't find myself disliking it.
You broke my heart by saying divergent
Yes!! That was one of the books that got me into reading :'
@@chuahuibing830 me to i loved it
Yeah same i loved it
same all three books are so amazing
I never liked the concept...it’s so, illogical on the government or whoever wanted to organize life that way.
Throne of Glass is one of my favorite series of books ever😂 the series later on (after this review came out) had a lot more variety in types of characters but I can understand the thinking on why it was unliked!
I liked Divergent enough, had to scrape through the second one and hated it so much I refused to finish the series hahaha
i rly want to read throne of glass. i also didn't finish divergent and i keep trying to reread it and find something to like but...
i accept A Very Potter Musical as more canon than Cursed Child tbh i hate it and i’m SO ANGRY that they excluded Teddy from it
I get what you’re saying, but you shouldn’t let one book ruin your enjoyment of a whole series... you can like a series without liking one of the books in it
I don't know what series your talking about and while I mostly agree with you that's not always true. HP would not have been nearly as effective if say Viktor Krum just showed up at the end chopped Voldemorts head off and turned out to be the chosen one the whole time and not Harry or Neville after hardly being mentioned for the whole series. That would have been stupid and bad and knowing that the whole series was setting up too nothing would have made the series suffer.
Am I the only person who doesn't read for shit but enjoys watching booktube
Lol,you're not alone. :)
I wanna start reading but so far I've only read like 10 books on my own lol.
Her throne of glass rant on the territorial male bullshit was solid gold. I agree 100%. Thank you for finally pointing out that it's not feminist or romantic it's just stereotypical crap.
For throne of glass, I actually didnt really like the book from the start. And I really tried , bc I felt like it was a story that should have captivated me. My problem with it was actually the main character. Everyone (including herself) spoke so highly of her "badass" skills at fight, with knives, etc. that i was expecting an actually expert. I clearly was asking for too much. But honestly, every time there was a situation in which the character had ample opportunity to show off her skills, she would do one of three things: fail and not live up to her reputation, complain and basically retreat, or worse yet get saved by someone else and claim she could have done it herself. In conclusion, her reputation was all talk and no action. That, above all else, irritated me to the point i could not continue on to the second book. If you dont believe me, read the first book again and keep a tally of what she (or other ppl) says she can do and when she actually does it. I wanted a badass assassin, instead i got a pampered sissy princess in a dress. I dont mean to offend fans but thats how i feel: cheated.
mufasa2005 YES!! You explained so well how I feel about this book. i only read the first book and I'm so glad I never continued after hearing more negative things about it. celaena is the most pretentious bitch ever. I expected this book to be super dark, yet it all felt like I was watching a teenage girl's adventures in summer camp. she's the most feared assassin, yet she kills no one, only talks about killing them. I think the author wanted to make a badass character cause that's trendy nowadays, but she didn't wanna make her unlikable or bad. celaena sardothien, the most notorious assassin, yet all she does is pet puppies and read books.
mufasa2005 from a technical standpoint she was literally in a prison camp and whipped repeatedly for months so obviously she would have regressed considering her assassin title was from before she was captured
mufasa2005 i
I for sure know what you mean but if you read the rest of the series (or if you already have) I believe the author does that on purpose. Aelin has to hide her abilities in the first book so she can do what she needs to do. She slaughters and kills at least 20 men in one part of the series with no mercy. As the book goes on and as she said in the video, Queen of Shadows throws a lot at you and some of it was confusing and had no development behind it, I personally feel like Aelin and Rowan were a tiny bit rushed. They hate each other then they battle together and then it's the biggest romance in the series. Aelin definitely as the series goes on lets out her wits and brutality. Also at the start of the series she's still more immauture then at the end of the series and the reason being all of the trauma she went through. TOG is one of my favorite series and always will be so if you haven't read it in full I reccomend giving it a chance.
I have t even finished the first book but my problem with it is how self centered and pretentious she it. She thinks she's the queen of everything and is the best there can ever be. Especially in the first few pages when she was describing how easily she could kill her guards and the prince. When she said she could easily take down the six or so guards with her hands tied is when I had enough of her. I'm still reading the book but not because I like her, because I like the world.
OMG, PLS DO A PART 2. I have watched so many 'Popular Books I Don't Like' but no one goes into so much detail and reasons why they didn't like the book like you did.
Yes. I am so done with throne of glass and SJM. I am so annoyed with how this went. And she is just inconsistent and has no depth. The only thing she is good at is settings. I was going to say descriptions but she is not. She can't describe different people or body parts. It's so annoying that I invested in her. But it's more annoying that her editors aren't helping her and allows these books to keep being published.
I have not a slightest idea why her ToG series are categorized in the YA Fantasy section. There are way too many adult scenes in her books. And I agree with your opinion on stating she can't describe the body parts hahaha! If I am not mistaken, I do recall her describing a penis as a " velvet wrapped steel". Honestly, that is just ridiculous!
It's like she didn't plan her series at all. She was like here's this story for Throne of Glass I hope I get published. Then once she had success she was like YES NOW I can write what ever the heck I want! I think the power got to her head.
Does this situation also happen in another series of hers, A Court of Thorns and Roses? I haven't touched that series yet. Have you?
I read ACOTAR and ACOMAF (second one) and she is still inconsistent with those as well. The first book you don't like certain characters (and the main one is even more annoying then Aelin) then in ACOMAF you like the characters you didn't care for and then hate the ones you didn't mind. A lot of people myself included think that A Court of Mist and Fury should be a standalone because that is probably the best and truest form of Maas' writing. It has a lot of sexy scenes but still feels like a YA which is kind of annoying. But it's the same ending as Emperor of Storms, but she wrote ACOMAF first. So she's just basically a mess. Then the third book, from what I've seen from reviewers is that is pretty awful and a mess. So Maas is rather all over the place and I'm so done with her writing and inability to write different stories and characters.
Ah,I see. Another overrated series from her, again. I was actually planning on reading that series a long time ago, but now I don't feel like I wanna read them anymore. Do you see their ratings on Goodreads? They are so freaking insane XD
Wow... your thoughts on the Throne of Glass series is EXACTLY how I feel about A Court of Thorns and Roses! I loved the first two, then they got worse. And once I realized the flaws in the later two books, I saw them in the first two as well!
I have never heard of the book Shatter Me, but my god is that cover beautiful.
It sucks and it's super cringe
Jacob's ending is the worst Deus Ex Machina EVER
unpopular opinions related videos are lowkey my fave, bc you get to see so many different opinions,I really liked this one!
Des I love them too! I'm glad you liked it l! 😊😊
I couldn’t like Throne of Glass either. I just can’t connect with Sarah J Mass’s books. I totally agree with everything you said about these books
I didn’t enjoy the first one, got persuaded to try the second one, now I’ve nearly finished that I’m sort of eh don’t really care about it, but I’ve got someone I know who believes I’m gonna read it all so I guess I’ve committed now ugh
Jade oh well I hope you will have the patience to finish them unlike me
I couldn’t take anyone who likes SJM’s series seriously. Cat woman is the only exception because the plot was ready for her to write.