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I was so confused when it said you have 50k subs and not like 400k like I remeber, it gave me a heart attack for a minute. Thought youtube purged you or something :D
I loved the fact that Tress had parents lol. Not just because it’s cute and sweet but because it’s a deliberate comment on the trope of main characters just… never getting to have parents who are both alive and normal!
I have to respect the 1-stars where they don't say anything about why, they just say "no." Sometimes that's just all you can do, you know? (and honestly, in a society where everything has to be justified to the nth level, it is refreshing)
If I can recommend a series, I’d look into Skullduggery Pleasent. Female protagonist YA series, but it gets much darker and more mature as she grows up. I lowkey think the world would be a better place if it were more famous.
Okay but the 1 star reviews for Wager are hilarious. "Could have used more pictures." "Unsupportably boring for a true story of shipwreck, mutiny, and murder. I recommend that interested parties read the wikipedia page, not this book." "Ugh I don't like this dude."
I’ve tried so hard to like Pratchett. Do I just not have a sense of humor? Same with Brandon Sanderson. Everyone always raves about them but I have not been able to complete an entire book of either author without losing interest. I get about halfway through before I admit to myself that I just don’t care about the characters or anything that may happen to them. What is wrong with me? I feel as if I’m stuck in an Emperor’s New Clothes scenario.
It makes sense that a book is ruined by the author not knowing something basic about the setting (geography of Chicago) or other environmental things in their book. A book I was reading was greatly improved when the main character owned a 2010 red Mustang and the author knew enough about the vehicle to get things correct in the writing of the book, or he got lucky and guessed correctly on certain details. My husband has a 2010 Mustang, so when a plot point came up that involved the main character's car, I went out to the garage and fact checked, cause I'm really weird like that. And lo and behold, the plot point in the book works out, so I really enjoyed that. If it hadn't worked, it would have tarnished the reading experience a bit. That's why people tell aspiring authors to "write what you know" because if you get basic facts wrong, someone will notice. And possibly complain in a Goodreads review about the geography of Chicago.
yesterday i rewatched every single one of these videos (and the opposite (reading 5 star reviews of books i gave 1 star))she already had. I was like "I dont remember this thumbnail, have I now watched this one ever?" and then I saw it was a new one haha
@DefinitelyNotAnUndercoverCop 100% agreed, every time I hear it my mind pictures a fantasy world that’s been completely ruined by some relatively minor act of a being infinitely greater than it’s inhabitants. Instead we got a boring randian manifesto…
I can't rate it because I only ever read 1 sample chapter back before it was released. It seriously looked like something I could have written in high school. As soon as you have characters telling each other things they both already know as a means of info dumping, I'm out. I don't have time for that crap.
I wish I can write petty 1-star reviews 😂 but i typically dnf the books about 50 pages in if I don’t like it. I would definitely feel weird if I gave it a 1-star rating if I didn’t finish reading the whole book
Same here but I have one scathing 1 star review because the book was actually able to keep me reading through about 2/3rds of it. It was about a woman falling in love with a guy that basically kidnapped, imprisoned and r-worded her which just infuriates me on so many levels. So why did I keep reading? Because the first half and beyond was BRILLIANT for all the ways this powerless woman resisted and manipulated her way to possible freedom. I was mesmerized by it. But I knew it couldn't last because it was shelved as a romance (and a very highly reviewed one at that) so I knew it was doomed. Sure enough, on the cusp of attaining her freedom she decides it's all her fault, the guy was a good guy and goes back to him. If it had been a physical copy I would have burned it.
I finally surrendered to peer pressure and finished the Wheel of Time series and hated it the entire time me reading it. The only book that I liked was the last of the series which was written by Sanderson. What a waste of my time!
For me, I hated reading Bradbury and then as the years went by, I constantly am reminded of his plots and premises. This dude predicted everything. Many authors this, but Bradbury is the one where I experienced this feeling first.
I read a book called “Secret Sacrament” by Sherryl Jordan. THIS BOOK GAVE ME TRUST ISSUES. Every page it got more and more interesting unwinding this massive mystery… the last 5 pages made me so freaking mad I threw the book across the room. I have never been so horrified by an ending, it felt like I was betrayed by the author for having the audacity to expect anything more than the most gut wrenching tragic ending… apparently there is a book 2… I’ve been tempted to read it, but the ending to book one was SO freaking bad and I just don’t want to be hurt like that again.
I definitely understand saying the prose of Something wicked this way comes can be annoying and also that it could become boring. I read it after you recommended it and while in the beginning the prose had good moments (the ones you actually read on the video) some parts were even hard to read because he wanted to make it lyrically beautiful instead of readable. And also the book was almost no scary at all and some parts were close to boring when the kids were just talking or hiding or such. Not a lot happens in the book and things go on for so long. Like, for how many pages were the kids hiding in that first stop when the bad guy was standing over that place? I enjoyed the book because I enjoyed the idea behind it and the feeling ti got but it could have been better in those things
I don't give too many 1-stars because I pretty much reserve it for what I find offensively bad waists of time. That being said, I have had a couple good ones. LOL Prob a couple good 2-stars also. Off top of my mind, I was pretty quippy with Storm Front - Butcher, and Memoirs Found in a Bathtub - Lem.
So....I had Guards Guards on my wishlist for christmas, and was given the graphic novel version. I'm not normally a graphic novel person in general (nothing against the medium, just never really got into it.) Is this version a worthwhile read? I'm looking to get into Pratchett and everything I know about his books says its largely his way with words that makes Discworld so great, and I'm thus rather dubious of a retelling that limits that to just dialogue and further dilutes it by having to add or adjust what remains of Pratchett's writing to make the story work with dialogue and pictures rather than long form prose. Anyone here with insight into both versions able to give advice? Naturally I will continue looking for the original book as it's Prachett's writing I'm looking for here, but if the graphic novel is also good, I would read it rather than returning it, if that is an option.
Tbh, got no idea about the graphic novel.. but I'm so excited when someone is about to try terry pratchett, especially the guards series. Hope you love them as much as I do! (Night Watch is a masterpiece)
I read the first page of Guards Guards and became so infuriated with the "stuttering"?? Im not sure if thats what it was but when he started a sentence like: "he was.. wassa.. wass wassa man..." Shoot I dont remember but it was something like that. And he did it several times! I just wasnt in the mood for it and I bailed lol. BUT I do plan to head back and give it a try. It was my first Pratchett book and everyone really seemed to point to it as a good launching point for him.
I love Bradburys writing style, I own 5 of his books, but I did find Something Wicked... let's say not to my taste. Another book of his, Dandelion Wine was just forgettable. But Fahrenheit and Martian Chronicles are among my fav books of all time.
I LOLed at the Guards Guards review. I just finished the first Mistborn the other day and I took a friend’s recommendation to try some Pratchett to cleanse my palate. I figured, heck, the guys a household name surely there’s something in here for me. Turns out no lol. I set it down after 60 grueling pages and picked up an old Crichton novel instead. I’m apparently in the minority of people that didn’t like it, and if this is indicative of Pratchett’s overall style I think I’ll be staying away from him from here on unfortunately. No disrespect to the man or his legacy, but I never identified with a one star review more
@@ohthreefiftyone but in all seriousness, I’m open to the possibility that I just picked it up at a bad time. I’d just left all the heavy stuff from Sanderson behind so maybe I was just a little too preoccupied to appreciate the humor. I do like hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, so I seem to be an even bigger enigma here lol
Yeah, I haven’t gelled with Pratchett much. I definitely don’t critique him - it’s totally a personal taste thing. I tend to like books that are moody, so I’m probably just overly serious. The one book I read was Little Wee Men, and my brain was just like, “Scottish Smurfs?” I wouldn’t be opposed to trying another Discworld someday, as there were parts I liked (like the whole idea of chalk witches), but with forty plus books it’s a little intimidating. 😅
Had a look at Crippled God reviews...someone's gonna have to come up with a good troll review for that - of the 9 1-star reviews, most appear to be people unironically complaining about Erikson's overly long winded narratives at sufficient length that I DNF their reviews.
Chicagoans care about geography, because it routinely is rendered incorectly. Most famously the song the Night Chicago died refrences the east side of the city. There is no east side, just one of Michigan's several lakes.
So true! Every time I see the cover of The Right Move by Liz Tomforde, I want to shout from the rooftops, "The art department photoshopped a basketball court where Lake Michigan should be! That is a west-facing shot of the John Hancock building taken from a boat on *the ginormous body of water*!!" I get that expecting any author to describe a city as well as someone native to the area understands it is unrealistic, but boy do the obvious mistakes and oversights still grind my gears. 😆
I love these videos. I love Cassandra Clare books [ just bought the new one] I love Stephanie Meyer books and I love Fredrik Backman books. The reviewer of The Three Body Problem is correct, it's just not good but neither are any Andy Weir books, so there's that. Love these videos.
I have mixed feelings about Cassandra Clare, if I’m being honest. I grew up loving her books, and I still love Dark Artifices and Infernal Devices, but I didn’t love her latest ones. I’ve wondered if I’ve just outgrown her on some level, which would be sad because I own every one of her books and started as a diehard fan.
@@godminnette2 She’s mentioned very briefly. Merphy read some of her books during her early BookTube days and didn’t really gel with them, even after reading several. Sorry for any lack of context.
@@godminnette2 It came up when Merphy read the one review that said the only reason the reviewer read a certain number of books by a particular author even though they don't like that particular author was because of peer pressure from Tumblr-Merphy said she could understand that sentiment, 'cause when she first joined booktube she read several Cassie Clare books too even though she didn't really enjoy them that well herself just because that's kinda what everybody was doing/loving on booktube right around that particular point in time before she finally gave up trying to like Cassie Clare books herself.
Wife just got me a shirt for Xmas feature Sue from Deadbeat. You'll reach my favorite book in my favorite series next year and I am very excited to hear your Dresden thoughts, as you get through the series.
Isn't the dandelion dynasty the one where the author plagiarised the entire plot of the first book from sth chinese? A myth or story or sth. I obviously don't know but I read a few reviews that said that and even saw it online once.
No idea but you can't plagiarize a plot. I know that's the hot topic right now but not everything (and in fact very few things) are plagiarism. If it was a thing, George Lucas would have been sued into Bolivia (Mike Tyson reference) by now
I read it last year while recovering from some medical stuff. It wasn't the best King book but a story of a boy and his dog going into a portal fantasy was what I needed at the time. I recommend
@@ohthreefiftyone Alpha Centauri might be a triple star, but it might be a double star visited by the third one, we don't know. Yet this is still a good fantasy, on the other hand, nanomaterials kilometers long is irresponsible. Nano is called nano because it is small and if you make a long cord of short pieces you lose strength. Cutting a ship with a thin wire is ridiculous, because how would you fix and hold such a wire? Intelligent particles the aliens are supposed to make using additional dimensions are a flight of wildest fantasy. The book has interesting ideas, but it is irritatingly non-scientific. Sorry, I forgot to say undulating.
We all like different things and that’s okay, but disliking Pratchett is indicative of an array of intellectual and moral failings. If you meet someone who has read Pratchett and dislikes him, shun them as you would someone who doesn’t read.
Tress is 1 star for me, because I haven't read any Cosmere books with Hoid. I thought it wouldn't matter, but it was like saying, oh, this one character was the Doctor (Doctor Who) the whole time--surprise!
You do realise that if you keep making those, people will actively leave 1 star reviews to your favourite books of the year now to try to get a spot on those comments highlights ? I bet at least one person will leave a 1 star review to The Dandelion Dynasty now haha
