READING NEGATIVE REVIEWS
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2024
- I had so much fun with this video, I was timid to put this video out into the world but i want to change the narrative of negative reviews into something a lil less scary. It can be fun! Hope you love it!
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I thought you were going to read negative reviews on your books and i was shook for a second
Pranvera Mulgeci Nah, authors need to have tough skin. Especially nowadays when the disgusting woke culture will come at you for no reason.
You gotta just not give a f*ck. Writers need to be tougher and stand their ground.
@@cat-mf8tb I'm so glad someone wrote this. I really dislike the woke culture. They make everything fun, unbearable. And they insert shit into everything. It's like they don't think other people have different opinions.
@@cat-mf8tb Uh, what does woke culture have to do with this?
I thought you were going to read reviews on your books, I was like damn girl so brave 😂
Jessica Linn haha “brave” I see what you did there, because of her hair..
I hate reading negative reviews because I feel like they affect my opinion too much. I could be really enjoying a book and then half way through I’ll read a review on goodreads and then start seeing everything wrong with it or questioning my opinion
Abi Garrett i’m the same way! so i don’t read reviews anymore before i’ve read and written my own review 😅
Abi Garrett Same here. I steer clear of reviews for the things I like.
I'm the opposite. I love reading negative reviews because most of the time negative reviews make me want to read the book (and I find them more helpful and credible than positive reviews). I found some of my favorite books and authors through negative reviews.
Negative reviews help me judge if a book is worth reading. Many good reviews will say things like ‘THIS BOOK IS SO AMAZING YOU NEED TO READ IT’ and then they’ll just repeat the synopsis of the book.
However, negative reviews point out everything that is wrong with a book, if I disagree, I read the book. If I agree, I probably don’t
I feel like this is why I don’t like shatter me
Do you still like making videos? I have been watching you since 2015 and it seems like your heart not in it anymore.
Mary Reed I do!!! I fell out of love the past year but now I’m falling back into love! It’s a good feeling 😊
I don't think she's uninterested she's just been super busy the past few months
I love reading negative reviews of books I enjoyed and I’m not sure exactly why. Sometimes they open my eyes to something I wouldn’t have noticed otherwise and it helps me understand better which is awesome! I only know things from the perspective of my experiences. Most of the time I don’t agree but I still like reading them 🤷🏼♀️
Tina Zabaglione I totally agree!!!
GIRL, SAME!!! 👍🏻👍🏻💜💜😉😉😄😄
Yeah, some reviews can be a little harsh, but they can be a little true. I'm writing a book and I'm actually not afraid of people giving it negative reviews because those reviews will motivate me to do better with my writing. Also, where'd you get the book pillow?
Hell yes! It’s a good learning lesson as well, especially from people who want to see you grow!
It was a gift but I think it’s from Etsy!
I think it depends how it's stated, some people like state their negative bias as "constructive criticism" or "fact". You have to be weary of those people because they'll always find something to pick at no matter what.
Pink I agree. You have to be aware of the difference between criticism and simply someone's opinion. Criticism is when you're told you could improve on improve on something and someone's opinion is when they say you're automatically bad because you're work didn't for their tastes, so you have to listen to your critics, but also try not to gear your work to appeal to one person.
Cassandra Clare has a history of cyberbullying, manipulation and plagiarism. Years ago she wrote a Harry Potter fanfiction, the Draco Trilogy (later turned into City of Bones) that became really popular, to the point that it drew the attention of published authors like Holly Black who helped CC get published. The fanfiction had entire scenes lifted from published books, word for word, without credit: she was published thanks to her plagiarized writing. Although the fanfiction was bringing views and traffic to the site it was published on, the site BANNED her for the blatant plagiarism. She even changed her pen name after that (it was Claire, now it’s Clare). When people started calling her out, she cyberbullied them and threatened legal action. She was an adult with a job and a fanbase, bullying and threatening teenagers. She has never once apologized for her plagiarism and consequent behavior. Instead, a few years ago, at the peak of her fame, she shared on twitter the name of a fan of hers who had asked (heartbroken) if the rumors about her plagiarism filled past were true. CC said that she was the heartbroken one, here, the victim. Her rabid fans got into action, and the girl had to APOLOGIZE and delete her twitter.
On another occasion, she convinced her fanfiction fans to buy her an ipod, then to buy new laptops for her and her roomates, and said the excess money would be given to charity; of course there was no trace of any donation to any charity (laptopgate). At one point she tried to set up an online shop to sell merchandise for her fanfiction, which thankfully never happened.
Fanlore has different pages dedicated to the shit she’s pulled.
Her books are boring, full of purple prose and annoying characters (fun fact: many fans of her fanfiction hated City of Bones; the novel had many plot points of the fanfic, but lacked all the beautiful scenes CC had plagiarized lol). The writing is mediocre, the narrative very problematic (incest, racism and homophobia, misogyny, biphobia, ableism and more).
Homophobia: everyone praises her for writing token secondary queer characters that disappear for whole books and get mocked and used as comedic relief. Her main mIm couple involves a 17 year old dating a guy that’s hundreds of years old, because the predatory queer man stereotype is just what a YA book needs, am I right? When toyboy finds out that ancient guy is bi and has dated women, the author’s biphobia really jumps out. But CC is actually an incredible ally! Why? Because once she sensed that she could make more money off her mlm couple, she started making comments about their sex life and said she wanted to write a story about their first time having sex. Then she started writing a series centered around ancient guy, when she couldn't give a damn about him in the main series. Fetish = allyship. Who knew.
Racism: the few, all secondary characters of color are half demon, while the white characters are half angels :):):) In later series, the few characters of color that do have angel blood… are actually half white :):):) In CoB the two secondary characters of color are half demon; the third character of color (a black woman, like me, how nice:):)) turns out to be an actual demon and gets slaughtered by our valiant white heroes :):):)
Ableism: her one and only autistic character (never addressed as such on paper, only on twitter lol) in a later series is infantilized and stereotyped. The narrative focuses on how much of a martyr his older brother is for putting up with his weirdness. It's especially sad when you consider that CC has an autistic relative (of which she talked about when asked about Ty).
Transphobia: I have no personal experience with transphobia irl, but my trans friends do and they were extremely bothered by how the one trans characters is portrayed: like being trans is this big dark, shameful secret.
Clare created this universe, no matter how almost plagiarized the characters and plots are from works like Nightrunner, Mortal Engines and Infernal Devices (Philip Reeve), Infernal Devices (K.W. Jeter), and many others. She created this universe populated by demons and angels and faeries, and still she decided the society her darlings live in should be queerphobic and racist. "It's metaphore!"... right. That's why the characters of color are hald demon and get killed.
Misogyny: in every one of her series the main female character hates other girls on sight because how dare they be pretty? MC is “not like other girls”, and other girls are often slut-shamed (irl CC slut-shamed the actor that played Isabelle in the tv show). But, hey, CC is a feminist because her female characters fight wearing leather and high heels! It’s not like it’s a terrible choice of clothing that would hinder your ability to fight and get you killed! If there’s one universal law in the books, applied to males and females with no discrimination, is that being hot is all that matters. CC will make sure to remind you of just how hot her male characters are in pretty much every damn sentence.
Another law is that a Herondale can never die a virgin (one Herondale has sex a couple of hours after his best friend/platonic soulmate in the world has died… with his best friend’s fiancée! When they are prisoners and about to die. They grieve the bf/fiancé for 0.5 seconds before getting it on, jeez), or without having sex one last time (another Herondale brings a condom to freaking HELL so he can deflower his gf when they could get killed at any second).
Her characters are all the same in every series, they even look the same, she just changes their names (and often NOT EVEN THAT lol).
She has a huge INCEST fetish, not only in her books. On twitter she said that she ships Damon and Stefan (brothers from TVD) and liked the fact that it'd be an abusive relationship. The Mortal Instruments, title of her first saga, was actually the title of an INCESTUOUS RonxGinny fanfiction she wrote in the same period as the Draco Trilogy. In the published TMI, the main male character’s adoptive brother is in love with him, and his adoptive sister finds him hot. But even the one and only lesbian character in book 3 finds him hot, literally no one can resist the MMC (who is exactly like any other irritating YA love interests, btw). The main character Clary literally kisses her biological brother, Sebastian, who in later books is obsessed with her and tries to r*pe her. She and Jace kiss several times when they believe they are siblings, the faerie queen even forces one oof the kisses, because incest is such a cute fetish. Of course Clare knew C and J were not really brother and sister, but the readers did NOT know that. She made them kiss several times anyway.
There was a sudden rise in negative reviews after the movie, and then the tv show, came out for 2 simple reasons:
1) People started researching Clare, found out about her past, and started analyzing her books critically;
2) CC's behavior regarding the movie and show.
Before the movie came out, she said she was constantly on set, working behind the scenes with the actors, writers and director (her instagram was full of pictures of her on set with the actors). She said she was very “interfere-y” (such a way with words, mh?). Then the movie came out and flopped, and she said she had never, ever been involved, no sir, I’m just a poor author I have no say in anything.
When the show started becoming more popular than the books, she started hating on it and even directed some of her fans to complain to the show writers. Then season 2 was announced with a different writer, and she saw her chance: she said she would love to be more involved and maybe write a few episodes (can you imagine? t h e i n c e s t). That didn’t happen, and the hate resumed.
Anytime someone calls her out on her awful, petty, bullying behavior, she plays the “You all are misogynists! You only hate me because I’m a successful female writer!” card. To the point that Rick Riordan, once her friend, stopped defending her online, talking to her and dedicating his books to her.
One of my best friends was a big fan of hers. But then he started seeing her behavior when the movie and then show came out, and after a bit of research he found out the truth. He was very disappointed, to the point that he deleted his blog and channel where he'd previously praised her. I was never a fan of hers, though, and still I am upset by all this… I can’t imagine how disappointed the ex fans are.
I know this booktuber won't care about any of this, but maybe some viewers will. Please be careful of who you support with your hard-earned money. You deserve better.
You don't have to trust my word of course. There are several fanlore pages dedicated to what she's done and countless blogposts with sources that you can find by googling cassandra clare cyberbully, laptopgate, plagiarism, problematic, homophobic, etc.
You can also check the anti cc/anti cassandra clare tag on tumblr, though you'll have to sift through all the posts to find the one with sources and links, because many are only about personal opinions (which are still good for issues like racism, himophobia, misogyny, etc.! Nothing better than readers' opinions who are affected in real life by said issues to see the problematic aspects of an author's writing; but for links to her plagiarism and cyberbullying you'll have to dig a little, because the fandom started talking about it years ago when the tv show was announced; it was then that the plagiarism resurfaced and she did some more bullying and manipulation, that some people on tumblr have suffered first hand).
i agree. she’s super problematic and it makes me sad because her books were a big part of my life for a long time.
dont most people know this stuff already?
stress free I didn’t... I was going to buy her shoadowhunter books for my birthday, but I guess I won’t now. Still many people seem to love her book, and I mean, that makes me want to read them too
@@dhritikalia4393 you can buy used from another readers. that's what i did
Video starts at 3:45
The amount of Zenith books on your bookshelf😂😂😂
LexiMatteau I NEEeeEEeeeeD to do a giveaway soon, I have too many!
Please do!
also i love your reading book area place its so cozy ahhh its adorable i love
Whenever I get negative reviews on my books I'm just like "well, at least I'm reaching a larger audience"
I have missed your videos! I'm glad this one was a long one. Love you!
I really liked this video and how you approached it. I always loved you for your honesty and acceptance and this video was the perfect accumulation of these traits. Also I'm so happy that you are back to booktube and are loving it, it didn't feel lake the same place without you. Lots of love from Germany!
3:45 for the beginning
When are you going to do an update on your ten books in 21 days video
lol never
I really appreciate you saying people are welcome, and should be able, to have their own opinions! You’re so sweet and your positivity is infectious!! This video is great! :)
Mikayla Sova awww this was the BEST comment to read! Thanks Mikayla!
abookutopia of course! thank you for replying!! 😃💜
I think sometimes its trendy to hate a certain book, and i also believe that you should read the book yourself to make an oppinion. :)
One of my biggest fears of writing my own book is the reviews, but i try to forget what others might think and just write what i want. But its hard!
Nice video
i thought she said "naked and confused" in the beginning
Well articulated Sasha. loved how you talked about your own shift in perspective when it comes to negative reviews. I love, love Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic series. they were my lifeboat in University when stress levels were high. though i can see how someone might not like them, as they can feel light, frivolous, silly, and unrealistic :)
So happy to see more videos from you!
We all love your videos! Love you loads and you’re so smart and funny
Awww thanks Jack!
Honestly, the Divergent review was pretty damn accurate in my opinion...
Oh my god I love your pillow!!! Where did you get it??
I really hope that the second part of Zenit arrives in Mexico! ❤
So excited to see a new video of yours!
Ally Potter ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I think the guy saying ROTFLing meant “Rolling on the floor laughing” ROFL was the acronym for that in the late 90s.
I have a 60 - 100 page limit! It has really helped me not waste my time reading books I'm clearly not into/not connecting with.
What happened to your life update video?
I love you back on RUclips! I missed you!
I’m glad you have a respectful opinion on negative reviews and you didn’t roast them for hating your favorite books. It really shows how mature you are about the situation. I thought you were going to read negative reviews about your own book but I would love more videos like this!
negative reviews are often written in a funny way so sometimes I read those even when I've rated the book 4-5☆. as for people raging on a book I like, that would be the selection series.. it was pretty entertaining, yes i said it
This is a great attitude to have as a writer.
I don’t know why but I like to look at low reviews of books. Even of my fave books. And I’m on a historical fiction kick so I think imma pick Outlander up v soon 😉
I love seeing alternative opinions! It’s hella fun!
Ahhhh hope you love it!
“Mmm we love when people are mean to us and it turns us on” 💀😂
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I never rate books if I have DNFed it. I will probably write a review explaining why I put it down but I won’t rate something that I haven’t finished. Imo it just doesn’t seem fair to the author to rate something when you haven’t read the whole thing :) Love the video though!! I often read negative reviews for my favourite books because they sometimes show me a different side I hadn’t thought of.
Please Help! Anyone, what is a good e-reader to have?? I have a kobo... Don't know which is a good one now :)
Sasha I'd love for you to make a video shining a light on everything it takes to be a booktuber and what goes into your own personal process. I don't know if you've done this before but this is something I'm just really interested in. Oh and also how to review a book properly because book reviews are my weakness. I feel like a failure, trying to explain why I liked or disliked the book and doing it injustice
Negative reviews can be absolutely hilarious sometimes - as long as you don’t take it personally if it’s about something you love - which I struggle with 😅
but can we just talk about how pretty Sasha's hair is? ❤️
You're amazing! 💕
No, YOU’RE AMAZING!
@@abookutopia I can't believe you answered my comment. Thanks for noticing me. 🤧💕 Thank u.
Keep doing what you love. You're an inspiration to all of us.
Been waiting for this 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Leena Bheekhun ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@abookutopia Ahhhh this has made my day even though its talking about negative reviews haha. You're such an inspiration to me sasha and can't wait to see more vids,🤩🤩🥰🥰🥰🥰😘😘😘
Your video are not that much quality which is before. Please come back.. you are one of my inspiration to read. Now a days your videos looks like lower in interest. Why ?
I love your outro!
I love The Hunger Games series but that guy didn't say he read 1 chapter of the first book. He said he didn't read the next books but for a chapter and I think meant he read the first chapter of the second one as there were some romance in it.
Your outfit is too cute and you are so beautiful! 💖📚 Fan-zine (Fan-zeen) like a magazine by fans. 😉
Jim Cowhand AHHH THANK YOU! I’ve been enlightened!
Sasha spitting facts and that's the tea🔥☕
How can I get you to read my book?
Loveee this video.
Just finished season 4 of outlander. I understand the obsession now..
Excellent video!
I DNF'd City of Bones after a couple of chapters lol. I tried to read it because my friends were reading it and loving it. Not my thing. I think I enjoyed Throne of Glass when I read it several years ago but the second book made me dislike the entire series and having learned a lot since then (writing-wise), I would probably give it 2 stars if I were to rate it now. I personally enjoy reading negative reviews of Fifty Shades myself. When people are counting how many times the main character bites her lip--it's better than the actual book (which I read, why I don't know). But perspective is great and I think even if we love a book we can learn a lot by reading the negative reviews so kudos to you for making this video.
I wanna know what he read in the first chapter to even know about the romance in hunger games? Cause I’m pretty sure the first chapter is background info nothing happens. And if he read the book, he’d know everyone hates the games that’s what the whole series is about. Sheesh, I agree with you Sasha!
I just read Zenith And Nexus. I think Its really good. I had chills ❤️
Love your 60 page rule
Are you wearing extensions ?? If not your hair has grown so much !
Think it's way over time that the "wee"one Sasha gave The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1969 a view while it's up on You Tube before taken down .....think she will love it and give her a top up on magical pixie dust till she returns ....
ROTFLing = rolling on floor laughing
I've gotten called an unreliable reviewer by some people because I compare a lot of books to Throne of Glass and other popular YA books. I can't help it that I like what I like and what I don't like.
The selection series is one series that I loved. It was like eating cotton candy. Fluffy and trashy lol but that’s also why I can understand that some people hate it. I also understand that America is extremely aggravating. So... I get it!
Greta video. I totally agree with you about everyone havng different opiniosn about books. If we were all the same it would be boring.
totally agree with you and it is fun.... I've just released my first Book Trailer...hope you like it .....lots of love from the UK
Yep u should've done it for ur book.
I absolutely hate present tense and will usually put a book down because of it-it used to be taboo to write in present tense. However, you shouldn't review a book if you have only read one chapter.
Booktubers like you make me giddy. Haters need love to 😆 I'm Indie now myself. Started traditional. Now I'm simply known as Scully, the author that reads to you 📚🎧
"A fanzine is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) for the pleasure of others who share their interest. The term was coined in an October 1940 science fiction fanzine by Russ Chauvenet and first popularized within science fiction fandom, and from there it was adopted by other communities." It´s nothing new
The only one on your list I liked was Throne of Glass lol. I am currently reading City of Bones for the first time and I agree with the review about Jace so far, he makes me cringe. I hate The Hunger Games trilogy but I liked the first two books when I read them though and I find it funny how the person said he hated the romance when he didn't even get to the actual romance.
I love The Wrath and The Dawn but not everyone does lol
I love that book!
Same it's my favorite duology 😊
😍😍😍
Yeah I was on board with everyone (either agreeing or respecting their opinions) but that hunger games review is like "dude did you actually even try and let's speak again when you do" - I understand dnf:ing a book but that review didn't come from that place!? What happened?
Jeje pensé que leeria reseñas de su libro xd
Yo igual jajaja
Twilight... people hate it dunno why 😭😭 loved this video so muchhh
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It makes me really laugh that your mom told you about the hunger games, because I love that series and I brought my mom with me to watch the first movie: she was shocked and seriously concerned about my mental stability 😆😆😆 she would have never suggested that book to me 😂 and she almost stopped me when I choosed it as the topic to link all the subjects to (italian school) for my high school graduation exam 😆 she really hates it... But remembers every scene like a charm... It's impressive 😅
Silvia Greco hahaha that’s hilarious, mamas will do what mamas do! Either they love or hate and they sure will let you know which way they lean!
My fav think about people negatively reviewing the Hunger Games cause “kids can’t run a revolution” is that we literally have children, in the United States, protesting gun violence and pushing back on Victim blaming policies that put students in the hot seat, not the NRA.
Oh wow, the reviews for cob:D I LOVE TMI:D But yes, everyone has the right to their opinion^^And I love thg:D But yeah, I can also see why some people wouldn´t like these books or aspects of them:)
One of your best videos, girl! Can you do part 2 including twilight reviews? I think there is a lot of hate...
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A lot of people tended to not like the Beautiful Creatures series. I can understand why, because some of the characters can be a little annoying. The magic system isn't explained very well, but those books are a guilty pleasure for me.
I thought the book was too long but very fun to read! So I totally get your stance!
abookutopia the books are really long haha
I loved Zenith and I think many of the negative reviews were REALLY unfair
LOL
This video feels like you are trying to convince yourself that the reviews you got are okay and normal. They're not. you can just say that your book didn't turn out as good as you expected. You rushed to publish a book when you weren't ready.. you should've focused on your education not saying that you need a degree but you could tell from the way the book was written that you're not ready for writing. Ofc u read a lot of books but that's not what makes a good writer. You have an audience who loves and adores you and to me it felt like a betrayal because I'd rather have waited a couple more years for a good book from you than getting a shitty one now.
I noticed a lot of negative reviews for Zenith and I really don't get that. I thought it was great. Haven't gotten to Nexus yet, but I will.
watching from scotland💙🦄
What about the reading 10 books in 21 books thing? That's what we want. 'Actual' bool content. You're a little late on this debate😁
Is this channel dead?
Reviews don't matter at all. In Art you either like stuff or not, or like stuff a little or don't like little things of a work. For example: Many "reviews" say, that the Twilight movies are bad. I think they are VERY good! Are they good? Depends on the viewer.
So Sasha, as long as you like your own stuff, you don't need to care about any reviews. Not even the good ones!
The only problem with reviews I see, is when they affect potential buyers that would have liked the work. They scare away the wrong audience. That is why I hate to see reviews before I watch a movie. I watch them for myself and like or not like them by my own standards.
Greetings from Germany. Keep up the good work!
You not specifying what you’re reading negative reviews on in the title made it kinda clickbaity don’t you think? A lot of people thought you were reading negative reviews on your books
I understand, that you don't make this video about your own book's reviews. I wouldn't either. Because I don't care. EDIT: Saying that I "don't care" is not even on point. It does not matter. Telling your opinion on art is kind of pointless to me. Except of when you talk to a friend and are interested in what they think about the stuff you love or don't like.
Reviews in newspapers or blogs are really not my stile. At least ALWAYS judge art for yourself and by yourself FIRST! Thanks and bye bye.