His book and Eloise's are the worst. Overall, all books are problematic and the show did a little better. Personally, one of the reasons why they skipped his season was because his book is truly a mess. They also give him Colin's personality from the book and now they don't know what to do with him as his character from the series doesn't fit his book storyline. I think S4 is his season but i'll not be surprised if they skip it once again. The scriptwriters don't know what to do with him in the show.
Though I'm white, I've got a similar family history to Molly X. Chang (Polish Jewish family living under Nazi occupation), and the whole time I read this, I was thinking of if a fellow Jew tried to write something similar... (I mean, yes, I know Nazi romance is a HUGE thing, but I'd like to think that most of those authors aren't Jewish. It helps me sleep at night.) You can't use your identity and history to justify everything. Sometimes, bad books are still bad, and problematic tropes are still problematic.
When you've mentionned it was inspired by the occupation of Manchuria, I choked on my drink. When you've mentioned 731, I had to pause the video for a few seconds... And those two things are not even linked to my own heritage.
I read these books years ago along with lots of other historical romance, and it’s such a shame that these got popular looool I found them really cringe and problematic.
On the fatphobia in the Bridgerton series: at the time these books are supposedly set a woman on the plump or curvaceous side would be considered far more desirable than someone thin because it signaled wealth, health and fertility. So unlike the period accurate sexism, there isn’t really a reason for it to be there.
I HATED his character in the book, it was badly written and badly handled. I hope the show does his character justice because he's actually a likeable character on the show. The books are one violation after another.
I don't understand how anybody reads that book and don't come out of it thinking both Sophie and Benedict are both highly problematic people lmao we out here saying Benedict abuses the power dynamic, which is correct. You say that you don't understand why Sophie apologised, but Sophie in a very short period of time has lied about her identity, watched Benedict undress without their consent, and PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED Benedict because she didn't like what he was saying. On the flipside, Benedict is financially abusive, blackmails Sophie, and fails to acknowledge her boundaries.
Kim Chi is literally a globally known drag queen, makeup brand owner and author 😭 I can't get over the audacity of not only the terrible asianfishing, but also choosing a pen/artist name that's already taken by an actual Asian??? 💀
ahh this video is so cozy and perfect inspiration for me as i'm about to revamp my kindle to go on a trip!!! thank you for all your little hacks AND recommendations!💕
If she had been pretending to be south Indian Her name would be idli vada sambar Seriously kimchi is the stupidest name you can choose to not get caught asian fishing
nah because when i found out Lisa See, who literally only writes books about Chinese characters in China, was in fact white??? it genuinely felt like a betrayal
Either she don't know how to write different men - or maybe, she is an evil genius. I mean, think about it. She created a series about a super wealthy and very highly esteemed family. And every single one of them are super annoying, obnoxious, entitled and flawed in some way. Some are even manipulative and abusive. They also have good sides, of course - but no character is entirely good or evil. The love interests seem to be the same way, though maybe not to the same extent - but you just don't get why they love the Book Bridgertons so much. 😅 Penelopes season was literally a tragedy for her to be so in love with the male version of a bimbo, who made everything about him. Sophie is basically blackmailed into marriage - same for Daphne and the Duke, and Kate/Anthony. It is a soap opera - you can be highly annoyed by it, and you have no idea why, but you just need more of it! 😂
I couldn't STAND Sr. Phillip. He was where the term "men will do anything but go the therapy" came from. I've never seen a hero whine about how long it's been since he had some poon and made it like his personality... Dude, you are basically a millionaire get laid and stfu already.
if u wanna read more of quinn's work, i wholeheartedly recommend First Comes Scandal !! it's a little shocking that the book is written by the same author as the entire bridgerton series, because it's just so nice and... normal? It touches a LOT upon women's place in english society, the male lead is so sweet and honestly just a really nice guy, him and the female lead share a really comfortable friendly dynamic where the love feels so real and natural. The female lead is also a really interesting character who gets to defend herself from her abuse in a really refreshing way. for once, quinn's mentions of assault and violence against women seem tasteful. there are even discussions on consent taken place multiple times !!!!! (some of the conversations are funny because its like... girl... u wrote that legit in ur last book and now ure saying its bad ?? but regardless) It's genuinely an enjoyable, wholesome read. Plus bridgerton characters get fun little cameo
Preach. This book is my least favorite. 🤢 He's so manipulative and takes advantage of good power and position. It boggles my mind that it is often a favorite of the eight books. Also think that Francesca's romance is not great. Her story, is interesting and very different but the romance, no thanks.
The 'toxic beauty standard' of preferring slender women to fat women isn't at all modern. It's actually pretty accurate to Regency society. People of that era preferred women (and men) who were neither fat, nor scrawny. Regency culture could actually be pretty vicious towards people who were viewed as corpulent. This can be seen in the frequent, cruel barbs directed at George IV, the prince regent (for whom the regency period is named).
Listen I'm white and this book frustrated me. Why would she be attracted to the prince of the colonizers? Also he only ordered her to kill her own people. Like if what he said were true she'd have needed to assassinate Romans too... So frustrating. I'm definitely not continuing the series.
This was so entertaining! This book was such a frustrating read. You mentioned you'd read Eloise's book last but I hope you read Gregory's book too eventually. It was way more fun chaos than I ever expected from a Bridgerton book and Gregory is pretty unproblematic. It’s called On the Way to the Wedding.
The first bit was clearly a reap-off from Cinderella, no surprises there, but the rest is so much Jane Eyre. I was kind of wondering if we'd have a house on fire and a crazed person in the attic
idk if you saw this (and you might mention this later in the video), but a few days ago a casting call was published to be searching for “emily,” who is almost definitely Sophie. the call described the character as east asian, so i think it would be fun to instead of cinderella make it mulan. that way we can have sophie dressing as a man to disguise herself, and we can also explore more of benedict’s attraction to men.
It would basically be a different story then, but I'd still watch it. I'm not sure how I feel about making the Asian play Mulan by default. Asian girls can be Cinderella and vice-versa... this is blind casting, right?
It was a show called Bonanza.. they just got white women and taped their eyes.... and dyed their hair black.. or a Tyler perry wig. Did the same to indigenous Americans too...
Is she going to write a book on Mexicans next month and name herself Guaca Molé? I already heard this story but hearing it again is turning me into the 🤯 emoji because my brain cannot process how someone could do this.
My heritage is Arab and Latina and even I was mortally offended when I found out a white person was running around the internet calling themselves mfing KIM CHI like omg how much worse of a Korean stereotype can you get. 💀
I read many of the books before the show came out but I've only ever seen 1 person say it's their favorite many most love Benedict character in the show.
I read this book 15 years ago, when I was 16, and I did NOT like it. Now I remember why. This is just a horrible story. I don't understand how this can be someones favourite Bridgerton book....
My theory is that in the show they gave Benedict Colin's personality (and made him more loveable)... now here is the thing because Benedict took Colin's personality... when season 3 came out Colin had absolutely no personality... they can't really give Colin Benedict;s personality because if they were to do that everyone, would hate Colin... so while Benedict became a very lovable character Colin is just floating... confused... This is evident in the. entire season 3 but more prominently shown in season 3 part 1
i'm definitely looking at book and tv Benedict as two totally different characters!! otherwise i wouldn't be able to watch any of the Netflix show because i haven't liked any of the book men so far😭
I kinda hope they do quite a few inversions on this particular book, like I hope they play around with the potential for cross dressing and possibly Sophie sneaking into these domestic jobs and households for a greater purpose…mayhaps to get revenge on the still living Earl of Penwood that would be more fun for me personally but this show seems kinda unable to do intrigue of any kind. So we shall see.
Oh I feel you, I listened to the audiobook recently and was also not that impressed. The Cinderella story part was cliche but not in a fun way to me and I also was hoping for book Benedict to be somewhat closer to the Netflix character bc in the show he’s just the best and in the book he was. Eh. The forced proximity is kind of exactly my jam tho, it’s a guilty pleasure. but the plot/ points of conflict especially towards the end of the story felt forced, including the Posy redemption arc. (I also listened to the "second epilogue" where we hear posy’s happy ending and that made it worse somehow). Like, I’m reading a romance novel so I’m obviously hoping for a happy ending for the story but this felt so…. Curated to check all the boxes (revenge, redemption arc, solving the illegitimacy, money, happily ever after….) that it bothered me how "perfect" it was trying to be. What I didn’t find plausible while reading but find hilarious in hindsight is that this girl made this guy fall in love with her not once but TWICE. Iconic. And instead of being like 'oh it was her all along, I love her inside and out' - B had the audacity to be MAD?? I hope Netflix finds a way to give Benedict a love story line that is, at best, vaguely inspired by the book source material. His show character has so much potential, I’d hate to see it wasted on this book’s plot.
Sophie really is an icon for that 😂 and the second time she was (according to Benedict himself) wearing the most hideous dresses known to man which just makes it even more iconic
i’ve read this book after watching the 3rd season because I wanted some fun, easy read. but colin’s behavior really surprised me. i think the way he acted was downright abusive at times, how he talked to Penelope, tried to control her and to domineer over her. not to mention grabbing her by the arms. It was really scary behavior and couldn’t see it as a romance. the show is not great, but colin is less piece of a shit and Pen has more agency
