I asked 700 people what their worst book is ☠️ 

Unfortunately a lot of relationships are like that and toxic. They are probably the people that love her because they can relate to that type of "love" and it's normal for them 😔

The main issue with her is just how shitty the writing is, her character writing is awful. Most popular fiction authors have no idea how to construct three-dimensional characters. they feel like fanfiction fantasy.

@@Blondie101010100 they don’t relate to it. They fantasize about it much like girls who loved 50 shades of grey.

I hate that and is very common among writers.

Exactly yes

It’s a mutual thought that we all had 😂

@@LexieMoon321 now I am laughing at the amount of times she appeared in the video!

Lmfaooo yup. I was waiting for it too 😂

God i hate her books so much im mad shes in a list even if it's a bad list lmao

@@pinkman17_ I just know the BookTok girlies are about to come across the table to defend her lol

i think that proves that regardless of what social media spews, most people enjoy her literature. i’ll still pass

same. it gives me the ick, because like, the other day a mom with like a 12 year old girl came in and the girl was deciding between a colleen hoover book and red, white & royal blue (which i personally find WAY MORE appropriate and overall better than any CH ....) ONLY to leave with the hoover book because it was cheaper....

Same at the library, so many of them are always on the holds shelf

@@whoknowsvee where I live the booksellers tell the parents what age the book is suitable for so recently I tried buying a coho book just for the fun of it and the seller told my mom its not suitable for ppl younger than 18 so I couldnt get it

Hate Colleen Hoover books and Verity is the worse!

They're just salty....🙃

How did she keep a straight face 😂

Timestamp pls? 🙏🙏

@@stanzinjigsdal7447 11:46

@@kristen7623 cuz she’s dry

100% agree with her. Was team Carlisle as well

im team edward x jacob and then alice x bella

@@preppy.smores that would've been great!

@@isaa1782 yes!

@@preppy.smores Only thing that makes sense

I agree!! High school is too young for the themes in this book.

Absolutely, I had NO ear for ironic dialogue at 14 lol

100% I for sure agree. I also think the themes in classical literature is often misunderstood or taken to be boring by kids in school. It’s hard to get kids to love a book that’s basically social commentary or allegory or satire 🤷‍♀️

Yup. Exactly. I read this when I was assigned it around 12 and did not get it.

Yeah it's like people who think they hate Shakespeare. Don't realize how indebted a lot of their favourite writers are to his work. People just don't like being forced to read books. I feel like people who say that is their least favourite novel are people who haven't read much since high school.

I also loved this as a teenager and totally identified with it. When I read it again recently I was surprised to see the narrator as a narcissistic entitled a-hole. This makes me appreciate the book more than ever.

@@lorilimper5429 I read this in my 30s and I thought it was absolutely brilliant. I didn’t think he was narcissistic. I thought he was totally unable to process his pain and so resistant that he literally went from one thing to the other to try to avoid it. I think it is a story that shows you can never outrun pain, and if you try you are only a pain to everyone else.

@@lorilimper5429 The thing is, the main character is a 15 year old boy who's really going through some stuff. It drives me nuts when people call teenaged characters in books a-holes, or narcissists, or whatever because, well, that's who teenagers are.

@@lorilimper5429 Wait what about him (Holden) makes you say he's a "narcissistic entitled a-hole"??

Same!!! I guess I understand why it’s not for everyone, but I really like it and I think it’s a great depiction of the painful and confusing process of losing childhood innocence. Sure, Holden is a little annoying but that’s cause he’s a literal child and he’s just trying to figure shit out.

MG YES. seriously not trying to act elitist but having grown up with classic and romances like that of Austen and Brontes and so on, i physically want to cry every time i see someone saying her books are the best romances ever written....not to mention how problematic they are. I read the back cover summary of a couple books and the first few chapters or so of it ends with us and i dropped it immediately. Sadly, I've seen wattpad fanfictions better written than this

Just like Nora Roberts last series…. I felt I was in a high school girls bathroom, listening to immature conversations. Bleh

i read a translated version of “it ends with us”. I thought the weird sentence structures and just bad writing was very much because of the translation. now i have to stop talking shit about the translation seeing that the original writing is the actual problem lol

I read Verity and It Ends With Us I could not finish either of them 😭

forget a high school student, she writes like how i did in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 😭

I liked this book as a teenager but I wonder if reading it as an adult would chance my opinion….. might be a good challenge. Compare: Your teenage self rating books vs adult self rereading and re-rating the same books…

I was a teenager when I first read ‘Catcher in the Rye,’ and yes, I found Holden Caulfield unlikable, but have always wondered if one’s perspective changes upon reading it later on in life, so now it is on my TBR. I hope to reconcile my feelings towards Holden upon a re-read😊

I _am_ a teenager lol, I read it two years ago, and I completely agree with you. However, I'm seeing a lot of people who read it for class at my age who absolutely despise it, so I think reading it independently (of your own free will), thinking about it independently without the classroom atmosphere gave me a different experience than the probably like 50% of US-Americans that read it for class (and hate it).

I first read it when I was around 17 and I hated it back then. But four years later, I picked it up again and I found it to be the most relatable thing I have ever read in my life. Maybe certain books just need to be read at the right time.

I'm a teenager who's read it twice and I find the hate around it so sad. Like people need to empathize with Holden while reading it, he's lonely and dealing with grief and depression, he's not some snarky teen hero

no, the kind of girls who liked her back then still like her now, what happened is that more sane people got exposed to her works and became haters 😂

Before BookTok was even a thing there were people who criticized her works. Like one big example I remember is when WhittyNovels review where she criticized the relationship dynamics and Colleen Hoover ended up reading WhittyNovels review and was affected by it that in digital editions the scene was changed. I would say when It Ends With Us was really well received when it came out even by people who weren't fans of her previous works now it seems to be getting the same reception as her other books

@@devonmunn5728 sure but im talking about how her sales went up because of booktok and went downhill when everyone started jumping on the bandwagon, she’s always had people dislike her books but her popularity peaked because of booktok and fell pretty fast because of it too.

100% agree!

The Secret History was better than The Goldfinch. She can’t write men or adolescent males well but for some reason is obsessed with writing books focused on mostly men. Similar to men writing women, her narrator’s internal monologue feels like what a pretentious 30yo woman wants a man to be like.

i feel the same way

Yes, I loved The Secret History. It was a 5-star read for me.

Yep, I love this book. I honestly listened to the book, read by Tartt, after I heard her read another favorite of mine, True Grit. Her voice! Sorry... it kills me and melts me into a pudding lol. The audio has a few mouth noises which raise my hackles but .... yeah... totally worth it.

I haven’t read the book you mentioned, but I feel like this happens every time something popular scrapes the surface of mental health. I’ve never felt more alienated than than when review after review denies that a given representation of mental suffering could possibly reflect reality… when it looked pretty darn real to me! Just because a depiction isn’t accessible, doesn’t mean an experience doesn’t exist. I wish this sentiment was more common.

Hi Jamie, thank you for posting this. I hadn't stopped to think about it like this and I've always taken reviews about "bad depictions of..." at face value. I see now how important it is not to ignore someone's experience even if it isn't the popular one.

I really enjoyed the book as someone who has struggled with mental health issues. I do think our experiences affect our feelings and perspectives when reading topics that hit close to home. Mental health experiences are so subjective because it’s so different across the board. It’s why some people adore The Bell Jar and others hated it’s depiction of mental health.

I loved the book. It was a 5 stars read for me. You’re exactly right in what your saying. Also, the author has struggled with mental health and sui**** thoughts

Agree hundred percent.

I thought she was calling the baby renaissance at first 😂😂 🐀

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I kind of felt that pattern with a lot of the books in this video. It´s mostly books people encountered in high school, which in a lot of cases already puts you in a different mindset while reading, and they just remember not liking it and never picked it up again (of course just an assumption). I felt kind of sad to see Great Gatsby or Catcher in the Rye on here, because they are in my opinion classics for a reason and I think a lot of people would like them if they gave them a second chance in a context that is not school.

How did you have the energy to try it three times?! Wow I’ve only re read books I’ve liked that many times.

I read, on and off. I go through seasons of reading, so to speak. Much like you this one needed to land in my lap when it did for me to discover I love it. I think it is generally wasted on most teenagers and that may damage the book's reputation and keep people from re-examining it later. That's sad to me as this is probably my favorite book, and one I have read as many as 10 times in one year. It's the only book I have read more than three times.

Respect for book second chances 👍🏻 I have trued reading Gatsby roughly a year ago, it didn’t happen and it got dnf-d, but only this week I got a new copy from WOB, and I am willing to give it another chance. Sometimes the timing of the book is just not right, sometimes we are just not in the right headspace to receive the story within :)

I've just finished reading The Great Gadsby & it's OK but not a great book. I had read it years ago & will not read it again. I also recently re-read The Catcher in the Rye & found it so boring.

For me, I was 12/13 when I read it and it was like my first dip into YA romance. I loved it to the point of obsession lol but this was right before the first movie dropped, too. Not many preteens/teenagers are discerning enough to recognise the toxic and problematic elements because you get wrapped up in the ‘love’ story.

@@pierrein8432 because toxic romances are always very basic and crap in writing, hence more accessible to anyone unfortunately

@Pierre In they’re easy reads and don’t require too much of an emotional investment

@Pierre In ✨entertainment✨

Same lol & Bella irritated the hell out of me!

so nice to hear!!!

@@emmiereads It's a masterpiece. An absolutely majestic work.

Yeah, just skip the whaling descriptive chapters if you want. "Speak, venerable head!....all this hast thou seen, and not a syllable is thine!"

Also gonna piggyback on your comment and chime in here. If I had the guts to bite the bullet and get a tattoo, it would literally be a quote from Moby-Dick. Yes, the more technical sections are quite dry. However, there are also some beautifully introspective, philosophical reflections that are absolutely stunning.

I was trying to read Moby Dick when I was 10. I loved it. I can’t wait to read it again now that I’m able to actually understand it 😂

Ah, yes, I was one of those high school students who had to read about Holden and his whining, but I have decided to re-read it as an adult - middle-aged, to be exact - to see if my feelings hold up. I’m inclined to think maybe not, so we’ll see if Holden finally wins a place in my heart😊

Unfortunately I tried to read it three times during adolescence and finally read it two years ago (32 years old) and I hated it 😮‍💨😔 I found it repetitive, not that well written and without heart in general. Now that I'm reading, for example, your view on it I find some valid points but I think, for me, none of this concepts passed through words while reading it, and that's the one thing I don't like about it. I think classics have to impact us in a way that is detached by the cultural era and life, that's why they become classics and if I have to read an analysis to find all the right points the book hasn't done its work (with me, at least 😅) I'm glad anyway if anybody else find it beautiful, totally get it 🤍✨ (sorry if my english is a bit unclear)

I second that. Holden as a character is utterly misunderstood and I empathize with him so much. Catcher in the Rye is probably one of my favourite classics ❤️

I live in Europe so this book is not really "a thing" here and we didn't have to read it in school, when I agree, it can be confusing/uninteresting for most students. But still it's a known book here (at least if you're into reading I suppose) so I read it in my very early 20s and I loved it. I agree with your view of Holden. And the book has many subtleties that I discovered when I read it the second and third time... It's not so out there as it may seem. It also prompted me to read other books by the author and I liked them all.

I loved this book! And agree with you 100%

I think it’s not because about the book being bad but how sad it is and how the character are not the best. I read it this past summer and I thought it was a good read.

i’ve never heard anyone say bad things about wuthering heights! i still need to read it

@@LexieMoon321 yeah but like I said... I know a lot of people who hate this book. They despised all the characters and therefore despised the entire book. I heard that so many times 😂 personally I think the characters are brilliantly written and therefore I'm incredibly invested in their story. But I guess if you don't care about any of the characters you don't care about anything that happens to them and it makes you dislike the book 🤔😂

@@Ninaofthe90s I agree. I have at least one friend who hates ‘Wuthering Heights’ with a passion, saying that the characters are all screwed up, and after hearing her rant, I’m disinclined to read it myself, but then again, I was never inclined to read it in the first place.

i was expecting the same..its my fav book of all time

Same in german gymnasiums. They have to read goethe, kafka, schiller, dürrenmatt

Amen!

I have the opposite opinion. One English class I had we had to read more modern books and I was annoyed, as high school required reading should be getting kids to read books they normally wouldn’t read on their own

@@jackdonohue7893 they should do a mix of both :) all genres too

I'm going to take a hit at that, and say quite the opposite. In my opinion, the book is an overly simplistic representation of supposed "human nature", where even the actions of the child characters is not supported by precedent. In the vast majority of survival situations, such as the Andes flight disaster, it is shown that people do not resort to savagery even in situations more intense than what is seen in the book. I honestly believe that William Golding sought to profit off the rise of the dystopia, as well as the popularisation of pseudo-psychology (resurgence of Freud, etc) that could be seen at the time. This is seemingly supported by the fact that, unlike other dystopia writers (see; George Orwell) he only seemed to strike gold with that novel. Of course, I should admit that I haven't read his other novels. I never got around to it after reading LoTF, which I found surface level and contrived (so, none of the plane washed up? And there were convenient fruit trees? And nobody had ever seen a parachutist?). Though I had a lot of gripes with the book, I'd like to hear more about what you liked about it, if you will; I'm cynical by nature, so maybe I've missed what made the book so well loved.

@@sparksfly6149 I mean iirc the author said he wrote it because he hates British schoolboys so... yeah

I read the book by mistake, but I rather enjoyed lord of the flies. I found the story itself pretty interesting and wasn't upset that I read it by mistake (got the wrong summer reading list for ap lit)

I guarantee Harry Potter is on this chick's top ten books. She's shallow and will never understand true literature.

Bem isso, eu li depois de muito tempo ouvindo o povo falar que era ótimo e terminei tipo "Era isso?", parece que a maioria fica tão feliz de ter terminado e entendido um livro que tornou ele um favorito kkkk

Someone recommended it to me, so I just bought it a few days ago… Now what? Do I give it a chance? 😅

@@AnnEast85 Ofc it's a really quick read, not bad but also not so fantastic as people make it sound. It's just really simple over-all

curious to hear you mention Sunbeamsjess doing this as she is notorious for not engaging with her viewers or responding to comments

But the beauty of Normal People is how it describes modern relationships in a way I’ve never seen other authors do. I related so hard to both characters and to their relationships and their relationship with each other. Generic things CAN be profound because they aren’t generic to everyone.

@@kirbyvore EXACTLY thank you. i completely understand the criticism of sally rooney but i cant help absolutely loving normal people. it makes me bawl my eyes out everytime i come across a quote from the book/scene from the series. not one piece of media made me felt so seen like normal people and especially marianne had. its exactly about what the name implies - normal modern relationship between two very flawed young people. im a proud normal people apologist bcs this book made both me and my partner finally actually feel completely understood!! its so amazing

I can understand how this would be annoying for someone expecting in depth, descriptive prose, but i still consider rooney an incredible writer because those generic things she’s saying - i have never read them anywhere else. She has a power to grip the parts of life that are really its core, and show you an unblemished, pure handful of it. Most other books tend to show you these things through filters of what you’re meant to feel reading it. I don’t read her prose with a thought of “this sentence is meant to be deep”, I read it as “you’re meant to read this sentence and sit with it, take from it what you will. If it doesn’t mean anything to you then it doesn’t mean anything.”

YESSS!! Thank you!!!!! I loved the relationships (friendships and "family" loving someone so much yet the one being loved can't accept it).

Yes! I found it so beautiful and the thought put into it was amazing. A huge, unnecessary trauma dump but it was truly incredible and so well written.

It felt very exploitative for me, but I understand why people like it

@@thifanny7298 how did it feel exploitative? it wasn't romanticizing abuse in the slightest, it wasn't based off of real people/stolen narrative... its hard to see what could be considered exploitation. just because a narrative graphically depicts something to the nth degree doesn't mean it is exploiting something. horror movies are often grotesque and over-exaggerated but extremely effective allegories for tough topics. they both ask the viewer/reader "can you look at this?" and there's nothing wrong with not being able to - but its not good criticism, just personal taste and endurance.

@@anna-bj2tt ​ ​ ​ Coming in with comments from another video: the author admitting she did little to no research on trauma rightfully struck a nerve with some people. Along with the depiction of therapy as useless or even in the wrong. The queer community also took some issue with the book with Jude's abuse and suffering throughout the story, feeling as though he was an easy target and to have people obsessed over it even worse. And there was frustration expressed over every single man he came across as a kid must SA him. And as someone who did read the whole book, it was meh. The present parts of the story I was more invested in, but Jude's past went from tragic to ridiculous (mostly for the reason above). It was a tiring read for its length but not because it drained me emotionally, but because it became a series of "Oh, jeez, again?" And that's an issue when Jude, in this story about four friends, filled about 75 percent of the entire book (with too little moments about their actual friendship). Plus personally, I thought some plot points were just added as a deliberate jab at your emotions while feeling pretty cliché. I do agree that there were beautiful lines and moments, but it didn't make a beautiful tragedy or story in general underneath the misery.

Nice!

Agreed

WTF are you talking about?

jep thats exactly why i hate it. it was marketed to me as a romance novel, when in the end the trilogy only consisted of like 5% romance, without the proper pay-off imho.

but tbf the rest of the novel was enjoyable. gotta say tho, i really didnt enjoy the last novel, because i felt like the happy ending was a tad too happy. perhaps i felt that way due to the consant betrayal and hostility between characters, which felt no where near resolved at the end of the trilogy

i agree. i enjoyed it because it was so non human and weird. Also they didn't try to make jude all righteous and all and let her be selfish and power hungry. Twas fun

I usually pick up a book for romance but I love love love the trilogy and the reason I kept reading was for Jude and the world building and the politics. I accepted really early on that the romance was a side plot and I never enjoyed it less Bc of it.

Okay, super late to the game, but yeah, my biggest issue was, that it was marketed as a romance and that seemed super toxic, so I decided not to read it. I only gave it a try afterI got a free copy, and holy f am I glad I read this, because ruthless, powerhungry June was a real treat!

I couldn't disagree more. Moshfegh is not a brilliant writer. She's the literary equivalent of Lena Dunham

Oh, thank God! My Year of Rest and Relaxation is such a bad book. I struggle with the mental illnesses and even the grief of losing parents depicted in the book. I was even interested in the idea of locking yourself away to have a reset in life. This book did such a disservice, in my opinion, to all that it touched on, and the lack of payoff just made me so upset. I think I gave this book a 2.5, and that felt generous. I could rant for hours about how much I hated this book!!!

@@lolalove6141 i read this on a recommendation and I hated it. I hated that she was so self-indulgent. She was only able to do what she did because she has money. It affected my mood too - brought me down. Awful, awful book.

I really liked that book - main character was absolutely insufferable and it made it weirdly refreshing to me, I didn't feel any empathy towards her so i could follow her journey without second hand embarassment or pain. I loved the writing style and i agree it absolutely affects the mood - for most of it it felt as if main character was pulling me deeper and deeper with her fall, but ending brought refreshment and a feeling of katharsis. So interesting to read about all of yous insights though

I found it good though ❤️💖💜

@@nishthagupta1357 that’s your opinion. i found it heteronormative, smutty, stereotypical, and stupid. that’s my opinion.

@@spalanai you're too serious in life then bro. It was a great happy romance 💗

@@spalanai no toxic abusive relationship like colleen hoover ones. And not cringey at all. Just a sweet love story

@@spalanai and most real life romances are also "smutty" & "stereotypical" bro. No one is having a great adventurous story each time & yet we appreciate those real life stories of real people ❤️ than why not a real novel on that? Its just some good old romance set in a modern time 💗💗 plus, love absolutely makes you stupid lol

I recommend the prequel The First to Die at the End, it fills in a lot of gaps about the world and connects both books

awe so glad, been having so many videos I want to film recently!

Same! She never disappoints

​@@emmiereads you're such an inspiration to me, you've brought me closer to reading again and i love every video of yours!! tysm for responding omg

@@khalilahd. I know right! ;)

DOMBEY and SON was a fantastic story. ♥️

rip bestie 💀

ok just read it and tbh what was that ? how can people like such thing?

@@serene_reads I have to admit, I only really bought it because it was Grumpy x Sunshine, and I wanted to give it the benefit of the doubt. Look where I am now: regretting my decision. It really wasn't executed well...

@@cactitrash yes it's so stupid and the writing style is unbearable

@@serene_reads can we talk about how some of the scenes (like the sunscreen one) feel like something you find in a fanfiction and squeal over it because that's your fav ship?

😂 hope you’re doing just as well lovely💙

I have the same feeling watching the video. 😂

Oh my God same . My friend was obsessed with it and I did not like it i thought it was so boring and average. Im not saying its the worst (like After) but it was very underwhelming and boring

I find that in this list there are 2 categories: (allegedly) sloppy writing & content issues, on one hand, and Very Popular or 'you were forced to read it in school', on the other hand, where it seems to me that people's feelings towards those books have little to do with the book and more to do with the expectations or annoyance etc The secret history has been insanely hyped - the deeper for the plunge of dislike for some :)) (I quite loved TSH and was happy to discover that a book so popular has a more 'literary fiction' writing)

exactly. ryle is a fucking creep. he meets her once, tells her he wants to fuck her and captures her photo only to hang it in his sister's house. that's fucking creepy. i don't know why the flower girl finds it an ego boost instead of getting tf outta there. there's so much problematic stuff in that book oh my fuck. what makes me even more scared is that there are actually people who think ryle deserved a "second chance" and the flower girl was in the wrong for leaving him.

I'm reading it right now, and it's a torture

Same!

Yes! I feel like people who say it's bad representation believe that mental health issues look the same for everyone 🙄 for me it was perfect 😌

100% agree

same. i read it during a mental health crisis last year and it really hit me.

someone made a very good comment about how issues with mental health are different for anyone and there can't really be a "correct representation" of mental health. some people feel it is relatable and some don't

couldn't agree more

haven't read heart of darkness, i heard so many mixed reviews on it that im affraid to pick it up.

I agree

I had no intention of picking up another Coelho after The Alchemist, but I'll DEFINITELY stay away from this one. Thanks! 🤠👍🏻

I felt the same towards ‘The Alchemist’. It’s “philosophy” felt meaningless, impractical, and fanciful, as the book overall felt like a mockery of spirituality. I do not at all understand the hype for that book.

I thought that Alchemist was just a random simple fairy tale book, so I never understood the hype nor the hate. But I did dislike his autobiographical book Hippie, which talks about his travels as a young person. It was incredibly demeaning how he and the other male characters interacted with women there. For instance, he didn't find himself attractive, so he was surprised that a pretty girl was interested in him. But as soon as he realized that, he started acting like an asshole, thinking he can sleep with multiple girls and it is their fault if they aren't cool and chill enough. There was another couple where a girl had helped his boyfriend overcome his depression and he was nitpicky about her, at the same time she tolerated his moods very well. He though because the girl isn't cool any more, he can sleep around - exactly what Paulo's character thought, like swapping their girls. Both guys were assholes and had some weird bro code that those hippie chicks are not chill enough and it is all women's fault which really showed the darker side of hippies' attitudes towards women. It wasn't a big part of the book, but I saw it everywhere that female characters were nowhere equal. I have read the same about The Alchemist, where everyone had the purpose, even things, except the female character whose only purpose was to wait for a man. I didn't pay attention back then, thinking it was a fairy tale mostly for those who like simple books. I'm not surprised that he can't write about women.

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@Tanya for the Congo I love “King Leopold’s Ghosts” I also like “Last Stand of The Tin Can Sailors” and “the game wizards”

What kinda romance do you like - historical? Adult? Ya? Might be able to give you some recommendations :)

@@anavidreader277 I'm not really a historical girl I've found. Ya or adult is fine. If it's adult than I would like some steam but I don't want the whole book to be lust so maybe some sort of slow burn. I would just like to like the characters as people so dark romance is out and for there not to be an I'm not like others girl tinge to the fmc. Most important to me are banter and tension.

@@sakinaalia1067 I don't really gravitate within the romance genre much, but I've read the brown sister trilogy by talia hibbert when I needed something to brighten my day after particularily tough reads. I found the stories to be very sweet. There is steam too and the guys are actually decent people haha. Each book is about the love story of one sister. You can read them independently though! I did and enjoyed the storyline of the third one the most so that's the one i'd recommend. Maybe you'll like it too!

With the straight face too

Im shocked this book made the list, it is hailed as one of the best books ever written! Go figure!!???!

Frrrr

I figure that they’ve never been depressed lol

@@kristen7623 That could track. I read it, found Holden annoying, and I've never been depressed. lol Definitely thought it was a very well-crafted, well-written book.

Yes, I"m afraid that sums up the experience of reading in high school for most students. Also, it's possible that in their zeal to share with their kids a great story teachers overpress. As I recall, some students actively seek out moments in which the adult room seems odd. However, many readers do return to the classics.

this is so interesting to me because i think i definitely read it at the wrong time 😭 i put it down and was like okay cool? it felt like it was dedicated to a depressed audience and written by a person who has never experienced depression 💀 however i am certain that i would have loved this book a couple of years ago 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

​@@wyndle9228 That's totally fair! I think something that I always take away from these kinds of videos is that it's so interesting how individual people can read the same book and have completely opposite experiences! If anything when I hear that someone loves a book that I hated I'm just happy for them that they got something from it haha

you like misogynists, we get it.

I liked it a lot. It was the first book I read where a person had hard time making friends, usually books and movies equate loneliness to lack of romantic relationships and don't even consider having no one at all. I also liked that the girl there didn't enjoy sex much, I was probably around the same age as the characters and thought that sex was weird and yucky, just some requirement from men for love to be real.