Hi! You might really enjoy my novel ‘Pharmakides’. I think it may have some kind of record for points of view. There are 27 different points of view. Each chapter is narrated by a different bird. Each bird’s voice is developed to be distinct and reflect what they represent in Greek mythology. Happy reading! 💌🫶
I have mixed feelings. I hate it when I get into one character's part, then the chapter ends and goes to the other. I guess it keeps you reading because you want to get back to the other POV's
There's another version of a love triangle: where person A is in love with person B, person B with person C and person C with person A. It's like they took the normal love triangle, got rid of all the pleasure and added more pain. It's so messy I love it!
@@lumv7368 oh, I wish! Alas, this type is incredibly rare (from what I've seen). Although there is a book where for a brief period of time the characters believe they are in one of these triangles. Not the biggest part of the story, but it serves to deepen the characters and show their desires and insecurities. The book is "If We Were Villains" by M. L. Rio. It has dark academia, and Shakespeare, and murder, and love, and found family. It is heart-wrenchingly vulnerable and unflinchingly honest and the writing style is just.. it's brilliant.
if you’re into classics, shakespeare’s twelfth night has this! as far as movies go, she’s the man (based off of twelfth night) and yentl are both excellent options but with very different vibes
the love triangle/arrow thing is so crazy because it implies that I have never read a book or watched a movie or anything at all with an actual love triangle, wtf 😭
@@tasnimhuda1634 I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THISSSSS Read the infernal devices please, OP. I don't like love triangles and I loved the love triangle in this book series.
I agree so much w/ the mean/popular person thing. Honestly even when I was younger I always HATED it when I thought someone was mean and people told me «they’re nice when you get to know them» Like BRO can u JUST BE NICE
What you said about the mean Girl being so popular is absolutely true. I showed that part of your video to my teenage daughter because she struggles with her friends loving the mean girl because she feels like the only one seeing through the act. I can’t wait for Dakota’s book to be published! ❤ Sry for my English, greetings from Germany
How sweet of you! I hope she was able to resonate and feels better. I've been there before and it sucks, but eventually her friends will see this nasty person for their true colours❤
1. 0:47 how many books is too many books in a series? 2. 2:50 how do you feel about cliffhangers? 3. 4:36 hardback or paperback? 4. 5:11 favorite book? 5. 5:40 least favorite book? 6. 6:38 love triangles? 7. 8:10 most recent book that you couldnt finish? 8. 9:09 book you're currently reading? 9. 14:50 last book you recommended someone? 10. 15:00 oldest book you've read by publication date? 11. 16:42 newest book you've read by publication date? 12. 18:20 favorite author? 13. 18:34 buying books or borrowing books? 14. 18:39 a book that you dislike that everyone else loves? 15. 20:18 bookmarks or dogears? 16. 20:34 book that you can reread? 17. 20:39 can you read while hearing music? 18. 20:59 one or multiple POVs? 19. 21:18 one sitting or multiple days? 20. 21:31 a book you've read because of the cover? 21. 22:22 jack screams of cringe
As someone who reads cozy mysteries, there's no such thing as too many books in the series as a lot of cozy mystery series have over twenty books and even over thirty
Finally got why Jack's book recs almost never hit for me - I hate ambiguous endings! I want all questions answered otherwise why did I even read this, if I wanted to theorise then I don't need a book for that.
Jack is doing so good!!! and for someone who has been watching him for a while and had the pleasure to be introduced to some amazing books through him ,as a stranger im so proud ❤
Shakespeares 'Twelfth Night' is, to me, the perfect love triangle; The Duke loves Olivia who in turn loves Viola (as Cesario) who loves the Duke. Though of course we know how that ended (why Sebastian went for that, or why Viola wanted to be with the Duke after some of his comments is beyond me) but I digress
i definitely agree with the explanation of a love triangle versus love arrow but i think to me some love triangles are still triangles even if the two options aren’t attracted because there’s still some kind of connection there. the easiest example of this and the one that got me thinking this is the infamous twilight love triangle. while edward and jacob weren’t attracted to each other there was still a connection between them built on competition, tension, and hatred specifically because of their love and want for bella. there was constant confrontation of this. i feel like i agree with the arrow concept still tho especially when the two love interests don’t have any idea that the other exists as an option or there’s no direct confrontation about it. idk just my take but i still agree with jack’s take and am intrigued to read the books he suggested!
As a kid, I enjoyed the Percy Jackson series! I can't recall how many are in the series, but I remember enjoying them at the time. In a series, I think 3 is a good number! Especially if it's intentionally a series 🫶🏻
On the love triangle/arrow discussion, Bret Easton Ellis’ Rules of Attraction is a real love triangle: messy as hell, not much plot. Crazy, disillusioned vibes, set in an elite college (typical of the Literary Brat Pack), I think you’d enjoy it. 😊
I feel like true love triangles don’t necessarily mean that they’re all attracted to each other a little bit. They could all be attracted to different people for example: Person A loves Person B, Person B loves Person C, and then Person C loves Person A, and there is no requited love. However, I do think that true love triangles (regardless of returned feelings) require at least one person to be queer, because no matter the genders of people involved, once three people are involved, someone must be queer, and that’s why “true” love triangles aren’t actually used that much in popular media.
I'm reading the first book, Before The Coffee Gets Cold now, and I knew starting this that I wouldn't read anymore unless I got really obsessed with it. I do love it so far, but no way more reading more than this one
"But we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians," - Nelson Mandela. Thank you, Jack, for using your platform to share Palestinian literature and standing on the right side of history & humanity! 🕊
i love a book with multiple povs, especially a book that follows completely different people with completely different lives, but they are united by one thing, like they live in the same building or attend t he same class. i love that as long as it's done well.
The longest series I've read was the Wings of Fire series when I was younger; 3 mini series of 5 books each that tell an overarching story in 15 books. There's also two 'legends' books that travel deeper into certain characters stories! The collective series is directed to elementary/middle schoolers, and I ate the series UP when I was younger. Am thinking about rereading it
I fell you with Handmaid’s Tale. I really appreciated the ending of it and think it is really powerful, so I could not yet bring myself to read the sequel.
It’s quite unfortunate that most of the book tags in the community seem to be curated specifically for fantasy/ YA readers but i’m really glad you found one and we got to see your take on it! more please 🫶
I have realized recently that many of my all time favorite books switch between different sotrylines and characters ie: Cloud Cuckoo Land, Notes on an Execution and Anxious people. If it's done right, and has the element of slowly bringing all the stories together, it's such an enjoyable element to a novel for me.
i love your videos and your reccomendations as well... i only read mystery novels before but you encouraged me to read more of literary fiction [which btw I wouldn't even think to pick up a while back ] and i would say i am starting to like them
I think 3 books is pretty perfect for most fantasy and Sci-fi series (with a few exceptions), but for mystery novels, they can have 10 or more and I wouldn't mind because they're just easy reads. Romance can be a series as well if you're also able to read them as standalones. Contemporary fiction just absolutely should not have sequels. Dystopian novels I think are better as standalones. Historical fiction I'd generally say is also best as as a standalone or duology.
I just finished 'The Words That Remain' by Stenio Gardel after seeing it in your video of the book recommending service that you used. It is a stunningly beautiful book and one of only 4 books that has ever made me cry. I really hope that you read it soon and give a review. It can easily be finished in one sitting.
I really love your videos and appreciate the fact that you also read books by all kinds of foreign authors. I would recommend you to read some of I.L. Caragiale's plays, especially "A Lost Letter." I know it might seem like a weird suggestion, but he was one of the best writers from my country, and honestly, I would be curious to know your thoughts on his work! Keep up the great work!❤
Book series - I’m reading #65 in the In Death series by J.D. Robb mysteries. I love this series and reread it regularly! I hope this series never ends!
We have Duke of Edinburgh in Australia too! I didn't know it was a UK thing as well (makes sense based on the name though). You just brought back so many memories for me !!
I so agree with your number of books in a series! I love standalones OR duologies. I don't have the energy or the inclination anymore to dig in 5+ books series...... a trilogy is fine, but only occasionally :)
When I first heard of the concept of love triangle I thought it was when everyone was into each other and got confused when that didn't happen! It just makes sense
I think given your answer to the question about open endings you would love the Japanese movie "Monster" (or Kaibutsu) - couldn't stop thinking about the ending for dayssss
A agree that Harry Potter is one of the exceptions to the rules for how long a series should be. However, I have on more series I also could call an exception: The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. Currently nine books in the main series and at some point the 10th and final book will come out. Also, there is short stories and an enitre spin-off series of one of the side characters from the main series. I think it make sense because the main series takes place over multiple decades. In my opinion, it feels natural. I mean, a very solid example is one of my favorite character. We first rrad about him being born, then when jump in time where he is a teenager and try to find a place on the world. From him settling down, marrying and having children of his own! I find that so cool that basically follow him throughout his life and fall in love with him as a character. There are countless other character we get that feeling with. So, yeah, I think Outlander is also one of the few exceptions 🥰
I have been having this discussion with my friends so years about how a true love triangle means at least one character is queer, and that most talks of love triangles are not actually triangles but two people backing someone up into a corner.
no but the thing about the bitchy friends is SO TRUE. he literally articulated everything i have to say about this one friend of mine edit: spelling mistakes
I almost EXCLUSIVELY read book series! One book is just not long enough with the world and characters. Whether it be 300 pages, 500 pages, it's not enough! I need at least 3 books, but I'm happiest with 4-6. I own series that are up to 30 books, though!
THANK YOU !!!!! for the love triangle vs arrow thing. I HAVE BEEN SCREAMING ABOUT THIS FOR AGES and always been told "you're reading too much into it". There's finally another human who thinks the same
I’ve read lots of sci-fi in my life so there are sequels abound. For instance Ready Player One by Ernest Cline focuses on a virtual reality world which I adore since I’m a giant pop culture nerd. Ready Player Two I own but haven’t started yet. I think I am worried the wonder of the first will be gone.
1) Depends on many things from series to series. 2) So long as there is a good enough reason. 3) Digital 😂 4) Skyward 5) books I’ve dnf’d 6) haven’t read a proper triangle 7) Handmaid’s Tale. 8) Run, Rose, Run 9) The Poet X 10) King Solomon’s Mines? 11) The Drift? 12) Fredrik Backman 13) Buying 14) Handmaid’s Tale 15) Bookmarks 16) Skyward 17) Yes, any music 18) A mix 19) Multiple Days 20) Not finished yet but, The Ones We’re Meant to Find
Is it okay that I really really REALLY want to be your friend based solely on how you talk about books? (and your voice, like seriously I wish we were friends who send each other 15min voice notes)
How did you find the other Toni Morisson books? I don't think I read so deeply into things to have appreciated Sula as much as you had, but what I did appreciate reading it (thanks to your recommendation) is the depiction of humanness. I remember being able to relate to so many of the emotions, especially certain longings, and that's what personally makes it a good book for me (more than the other things mentioned about its profoundness).
I'm also not super into series, most series I end up reading the first book and never going back. Also alot of books are turned into series, which doesn't need to be ???
You should read Liebe in Zeiten des Hasses (Love in a Time of Hate) by Florian Illies. It namedrops Christopher Isherwood and basically everyone else who spent time in Berlin in the 1920s/1930s.
