Can you imagine walking up to someone you just met and yelling at them "DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH ME" I'm pretty sure most people wouldn't fall in love with you after that because that's fu*king weird. So I guess if you really don't want someone to fall in love with you yelling that at them during your first meeting with definitely make them avoid you for all time. It's just weird and arrogant and pretty narcissistic. I remember in the movie A Walk to Remember this good girl is supposed to tutor this bad boy and she says that to him right after she agrees to tutor him and they don't really know each other that well and even though we find out later she has cancer I always thought that was really fucking weird of her. And I still think about that moment to this day like wtf?
If you want a book about a historical woman fighting for a profession that she is barred from solely because of her gender, I reccomend 'the Lady's guide to petticoats and piracy' by Mackenzie Lee. It is YA and is technically the sequel to the 'gentleman's guide to vice and virtue' but it can just as easily stand on its own. It's a historical with slightly fantastical elements.
So this author thought she was writing a feminist book, but made her main character super conventionally attractive and had every other character constantly remind her of how beautiful she is? 😂 Great. Nothing has changed, I see.
Me: **Applauds you** Why? Because you're fearless in your opinion, and I love that you straight up suggest not to read The Beautiful. So many booktubers would be like "Don't read it, but you can if you're a little interested." That shit just leaves me confused. I came here for YOUR opinion, and I got it. I'm satisfied. And I definitely won't be touching The Beautiful as it sounds atrocious.
haha I'm not vain enough to assume that people immediately jump to doing (or not doing ;)) something depending on what I say without thinking about it themselves first anyway, so it doesn't make much difference to me if I say "don't read it" or "I don't want to tell you not to read it because you might enjoy it more but..." :P thank you for you lovely comment! :D
I always wonder, since this is an actual book, not a self-publish or something: Who publishes stuff like this? :D I don't mean to be mean, everyone deserves a chance. After all the author tried right? But isn't there something called a lector (don't know if this is the correct english term) who listens to an idea or looks over the book again before it gets launched. I don't find any better example because I by far don't read as much as you do, but how can this exist and Harry Potter gets denied by many publishers at first? 🤔 Also: great video. This was a blast to listen to. Thank you so much :D
In the beginning I was confused why in the world someone would prefer taking a ship to going by plane until you mentioned the time period 😅 great rant, they are always so fun to watch
I’m glad I’m not the only one who didn’t like it. I didn’t even finish it, I got just over half way through and just couldn’t put myself through anymore. May try again next year maybe not, don’t know yet.
I love how your mind works in drawing out logic in your reviews. I really appreciate the effort you make to really disect the book for us. OMG, I hate when characters are sent back in time and is not thinking of a person who lived at that time. It is lazy writing. GREAT Point You made!
👏👏👏❤️ I really wish this had been good. By the way, I finished House of Salt and Sorrows! LOL so it was kind of what I predicted but also very weird. Meh, I gave it 2.75 but the crazy thing is that I would still recommend it to specific individuals because I liked how well it represented the feeling of a TRUE, classic fairytale. The whole plot was not my favorite, but I had a better time than expected!
haha I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it more but I totally get what you're saying! I just read fairy tales (and retellings) differently than other books, I think because it takes me back to how I used to read and enjoy them as a kid :)
I know you probably have a list of books you want to read, but I want to recommend a Historical Romance novel called "It Happened At The Fair by Deanne Gist. Oh my goodness! So good.
Or when in the beginning of the book they're all getting interrogated by the police and she just stands up out of no where... like girl why did you do that
Yay, ein Rant :3 Das hört sich nach einem wirklich grauenvollen Buch an. Props an dich, dass du durchgehalten hast XDDD Ich habe auch diesen Trend festgestellt, dass YA Protagonistinnen nun ihre Schönheit zwar benutzen, sich aber dennoch dagegen wehren. Was soll das für eine Message sein? ,,Als Frau hast du sowieso keine Kompetenzen, also schäme dich dafür, dass du in der Lage bist, mit deinem Körper zu manipulieren''? Nicht sonderlich Pro-Feminismus :D Und genau deswegen lese ich so selten YA Historical Fiction, denn die meisten Autorinnen bekommen es nicht hin, neumodische Einstellungen oder Skepsis ggü. Rassismus und Diskriminierung sensibel genug zu etablieren. Ich habe da eher den Eindruck, man macht es so plakativ, um möglichst tolerant zu wirken. Wobei es auch durchaus Leser gibt, die alleine durch das Vorkommen von Rassismus als Thema Autoren als rassistisch beleidigen (siehe Veronica Roth mit ,,Carve the Mark''). Wie dem auch sei: Ich habe applaudiert :D Liebe Grüße, Sana
Da hast du völlig Recht, mir kommt auch vor, dass Autor/innen deswegen so oft ein historisches Setting wählen, weil da die "bar so low" ist sozusagen wenn es um Toleranz geht. Sie nehmen die "baseline"-Toleranz die mittlerweile fast jeder hat, zeichnen Figuren in den 1800 oder 1900ern damit aus, die sich dann von den anderen Figuren dramatisch abhebt und extrem liberal wirkt. Diese Charaktere haben dann meistens auch sonst keine anderen positiven Merkmale. Richtig anstrengend sowas und ehrlich extrem faul 🙈
frowning with your mouth is a north american thing. I discovered this on twitter a little while ago. it blew a LOT of people's minds on both sides haha
I understand where you're coming from, I just want to say that feminist figures has existed since women exists basically. They're not historically inaccurate, it's just that we've never hear of them because most books were written by men.
Yes but 1870s feminism and 2010s feminism are definitely not the same. The problem isn't that she's (allegedly) feminist, it's that it's a very anachronistic kind of feminism.
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Can you imagine walking up to someone you just met and yelling at them "DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH ME" I'm pretty sure most people wouldn't fall in love with you after that because that's fu*king weird. So I guess if you really don't want someone to fall in love with you yelling that at them during your first meeting with definitely make them avoid you for all time. It's just weird and arrogant and pretty narcissistic. I remember in the movie A Walk to Remember this good girl is supposed to tutor this bad boy and she says that to him right after she agrees to tutor him and they don't really know each other that well and even though we find out later she has cancer I always thought that was really fucking weird of her. And I still think about that moment to this day like wtf?
Yeah Idk why this is such a prevalent trope in romances... Most real people would rather die than get caught saying something like that 😂😂
If you want a book about a historical woman fighting for a profession that she is barred from solely because of her gender, I reccomend 'the Lady's guide to petticoats and piracy' by Mackenzie Lee. It is YA and is technically the sequel to the 'gentleman's guide to vice and virtue' but it can just as easily stand on its own. It's a historical with slightly fantastical elements.
Frowning is literally an upside down smile in north america haha.
Omg my life was a lie 🤯🤯
I was just about to say this! In Australia your mouth can turn down in a frown 😄
Oh good someone said it cause I was like “how can you frown without your mouth?” Like even the emoji is just the mouth LOL
So this author thought she was writing a feminist book, but made her main character super conventionally attractive and had every other character constantly remind her of how beautiful she is? 😂 Great. Nothing has changed, I see.
Yesssss my favorite rant reviewer! 🤣 No for real though I loveee that you're willing to hate-read books and save us all the headache 🤗
haha you're welcome :D
Me: **Applauds you**
Why? Because you're fearless in your opinion, and I love that you straight up suggest not to read The Beautiful. So many booktubers would be like "Don't read it, but you can if you're a little interested." That shit just leaves me confused.
I came here for YOUR opinion, and I got it. I'm satisfied. And I definitely won't be touching The Beautiful as it sounds atrocious.
haha I'm not vain enough to assume that people immediately jump to doing (or not doing ;)) something depending on what I say without thinking about it themselves first anyway, so it doesn't make much difference to me if I say "don't read it" or "I don't want to tell you not to read it because you might enjoy it more but..." :P thank you for you lovely comment! :D
I always wonder, since this is an actual book, not a self-publish or something:
Who publishes stuff like this? :D
I don't mean to be mean, everyone deserves a chance. After all the author tried right?
But isn't there something called a lector (don't know if this is the correct english term) who listens to an idea or looks over the book again before it gets launched.
I don't find any better example because I by far don't read as much as you do, but how can this exist and Harry Potter gets denied by many publishers at first? 🤔
Also: great video. This was a blast to listen to. Thank you so much :D
Same I honestly can't fathom it at all 🙈
Happy to know that other people recognize how utterly terrible this book is 👍
In the beginning I was confused why in the world someone would prefer taking a ship to going by plane until you mentioned the time period 😅 great rant, they are always so fun to watch
xD I thought some people might be, it's kind of an important detail to mention :P
*sees a new rant*
*drops everything*
*clicks on the video*
Missed your videos!
👏👏👏
I’m glad I’m not the only one who didn’t like it. I didn’t even finish it, I got just over half way through and just couldn’t put myself through anymore. May try again next year maybe not, don’t know yet.
Don't, the second half is no less shit. As I said I only skim read it to at least be able to say I kind of finished it for this video 😝
I love how your mind works in drawing out logic in your reviews. I really appreciate the effort you make to really disect the book for us.
OMG, I hate when characters are sent back in time and is not thinking of a person who lived at that time. It is lazy writing. GREAT Point You made!
I see rant from ivy i instantly like, also you beautiful
Another rant by one of booktube's premier rant queens. Such people don't hold their fire.
What r u gonna do for 20K or is it a surprise?
I’m still looking forward to reading this book...but I love your rant reviews. I can never resist them. They’re great!
I hope you enjoy it a lot more than me! ;) Thank you 😊
👏👏👏❤️ I really wish this had been good.
By the way, I finished House of Salt and Sorrows! LOL so it was kind of what I predicted but also very weird. Meh, I gave it 2.75 but the crazy thing is that I would still recommend it to specific individuals because I liked how well it represented the feeling of a TRUE, classic fairytale. The whole plot was not my favorite, but I had a better time than expected!
haha I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it more but I totally get what you're saying! I just read fairy tales (and retellings) differently than other books, I think because it takes me back to how I used to read and enjoy them as a kid :)
I know you probably have a list of books you want to read, but I want to recommend a Historical Romance novel called "It Happened At The Fair by Deanne Gist. Oh my goodness! So good.
I am here just for learn English .
"Woe is me, my boobs are huge :("
Or when in the beginning of the book they're all getting interrogated by the police and she just stands up out of no where... like girl why did you do that
Welp, time to take this back the library
At least you didn't spend any money on it 😉
@@ivymuse ha, yeah
Yay, ein Rant :3
Das hört sich nach einem wirklich grauenvollen Buch an. Props an dich, dass du durchgehalten hast XDDD
Ich habe auch diesen Trend festgestellt, dass YA Protagonistinnen nun ihre Schönheit zwar benutzen, sich aber dennoch dagegen wehren. Was soll das für eine Message sein? ,,Als Frau hast du sowieso keine Kompetenzen, also schäme dich dafür, dass du in der Lage bist, mit deinem Körper zu manipulieren''? Nicht sonderlich Pro-Feminismus :D
Und genau deswegen lese ich so selten YA Historical Fiction, denn die meisten Autorinnen bekommen es nicht hin, neumodische Einstellungen oder Skepsis ggü. Rassismus und Diskriminierung sensibel genug zu etablieren. Ich habe da eher den Eindruck, man macht es so plakativ, um möglichst tolerant zu wirken. Wobei es auch durchaus Leser gibt, die alleine durch das Vorkommen von Rassismus als Thema Autoren als rassistisch beleidigen (siehe Veronica Roth mit ,,Carve the Mark''). Wie dem auch sei: Ich habe applaudiert :D
Liebe Grüße,
Sana
Da hast du völlig Recht, mir kommt auch vor, dass Autor/innen deswegen so oft ein historisches Setting wählen, weil da die "bar so low" ist sozusagen wenn es um Toleranz geht. Sie nehmen die "baseline"-Toleranz die mittlerweile fast jeder hat, zeichnen Figuren in den 1800 oder 1900ern damit aus, die sich dann von den anderen Figuren dramatisch abhebt und extrem liberal wirkt. Diese Charaktere haben dann meistens auch sonst keine anderen positiven Merkmale. Richtig anstrengend sowas und ehrlich extrem faul 🙈
I wanted this book to be good. It just wasn't. Made my eyes go crossed. Horribly boring.
Saaame i just wanted fast food but this was impossible to blindly enjoy 🙈
This book sounded interesting but I was already kind of afraid some of these things would be an issue when I watched a more positive review.
Thank God this book wasn't in my radar AT ALL. It didn't seem interesting to me and it seems like I have dodged a major bullet
YOU DID I took it for you 😝
@@ivymuse hahaha well it is much appreciated, Mlady!
Hehe your rant is so good I'd love to read this book just to hate it and rant about it too... but guess better no!
You are hilarious 🤣 I've subscribed!
Can I say that you look really pretty in the thubnail. 😘
Thank you ❤️
So I agree with your review, but you can definitely frown with your lips... so I'm confused by your confusion about that.
frowning with your mouth is a north american thing. I discovered this on twitter a little while ago. it blew a LOT of people's minds on both sides haha
In Europe we frown with our brow I honestly had no idea that wasn't the same everywhere 🤭😅
We both learned something new today! XD
north america its furrow your brow kind of thing but in Europe it's frown as im picking up ??
guess will skip this one
I understand where you're coming from, I just want to say that feminist figures has existed since women exists basically. They're not historically inaccurate, it's just that we've never hear of them because most books were written by men.
Yes but 1870s feminism and 2010s feminism are definitely not the same. The problem isn't that she's (allegedly) feminist, it's that it's a very anachronistic kind of feminism.
I really enjoyed this book. Gave a really good New Orleans feel to it. Great literature? No! But interesting.
you already beautiful no need to read it 😁
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