REACTING TO YOUR UNPOPULAR BOOK OPINIONS || Books with Emily Fox 

*Emily trashes someone else's fave* Me: HA YES TAKE THEM DOWN *Emily trashes my fave* Me: wow why would you come for me like this

Regarding the diversity... As a bisexual woman, I'm automatically put off by "OMG WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS BOOK IS THAT THERE'S SOMEONE GAY IN THERE OMG YES" that so many booktubers feel the need to exclaim. A book shouldn't be put on a pedestal because there's a representation there, it should be put there if the writing's good, and if the characters feel real, and if it means something. Too many people praise the book only for having a diverse character, like that's the best thing since sliced bread. I'd rather remember, say, Apple, as a kind, loving and supportive character that happens to be gay, than Apple as a gay character who happens to be kind, loving and supportive. Feels better when your character's traits are, you know, actual traits. Do you like your lesbian friend because she's gay or because she's a nice person? People are putting too much accent on diversity and I've rarely heard anybody mention something important about the book other than YEAY IT'S DIVERSE. Diversity has become just a marketing point. Oh look we have a black gay transgender autistic character read it it's great it's awesome. OK, what else is there? Well we have a black gay transgender autistic character! Um I don't care? Sure it's nice to have representation and not to read only about straight white Europeans, but please make it worthwhile, and let it be about actual people, not their whatever identity. If you actually read all that: r/Fantasy has a huge list of LGBTQ+ characters, you are very welcome to check it out :D And since people frequently ask about books with characters of this and that background, recommendation threads are full of black, Asian, alien, anxious, etc. characters. It's not that there's no diversity. Books are diverse as fuck. It's just that their selling point is their actual plot.

John Green is 102% guilty of writing teenage characters that quote pretentious stuff and reel off elaborate soliloquies that real teens would never do.

I don’t think there is anything wrong with having a preference for physical books (I am definitely one of those people), but some people have disabilities that prevent them from holding up a physical book, vision problems that make the ability to adjust text size really appealing, etc. so it kind of irks me when people say something as extreme as ebooks are “garbage”. Same when people get snobbish about audiobooks.

Girl, this is the best booktube channel ever.

Unpopular opinion, i think no representation is better than bad representation

I agree about f/f books. That's in one truth across any fandoms as well. There's tons of m/m books - which is great - and everyone can name a minimum of 5 but f/f books? Not really. A lot of straight women will consume m/m content but not nearly as much of them will be down for supporting f/f.

My (idk if it's unpopular) opinion is that a LOT of diverse books do exist it's just that most people haven't done enough research. And if they want to read diverse books they should search for diverse authors and stop demanding others to write diverse characters.

8:30 i like Delilah Bard too but sometimes i think she tries to hard to be special... "omg why do girls wear dresses", "blablabla i'm delilah bard", "blablabla i'm not like other women" like girl... we get it 😐

As a middle aged person I resisted Harry Potter when it came out. Then one day a seller at my local bookstore insisted that I buy it (at that time there were three paperbacks out) actually he made me buy them all and told me to bring them all back if I don't like the Philosopher's Stone (taking back sold items are not a thing in my country) so I purchased them upon his word and I finished Philosopher's Stone the same day and fell instantly in love with the whole thing. So people who are resisting just do yourselves a favour and read them all. My unpopular opinion would be that I don't like Wuthering Heights. I have tried to read it three times and couldn't come close to half of it before quitting. I don't think e-books are cheaper either (except Kindle deals)

I could tell this was going to be awesome when 'the hat' made an appearance in the first 20 seconds! So here's one of my unpopular opinions... A book doesn't have to be five stars for me to enjoy it. Sometimes I just want popcorn and not a full course meal. I also think the star rating system is waaay tipped too high. If I give a book three stars, it's a decent book and one I'd probably recommend people read. Three is 'average', five is spectacular.

I feel like you wouldn't like John Green. I think he's a good writer but reading the fault in our stars I kept thinking to myself "no teenager talks like this!" it definitely annoyed me.

I don’t like audiobooks, because they are too easy for me to tune out, so I miss a lot of the story. I’ve tried listening at work (admittedly, not the best idea), on walks, on the treadmill at the gym, just hanging out at home, while I’m cleaning, and I can’t seem to find a way to stay involved with the story. I wish I did though, because they’re so convenient. I can get behind ebooks, though, and I’ve rediscovered my love of physical books by rediscovering my library the past few months.

Yes! why not get the ebook with the physical book purchase like most movies nowadays

Cracked spines on old 80-90s paperbacks are so aesthetically pleasing

The best thing about The Raven Cycle, more than the story or the plot, is the friendship and relationship between the characters. I think it's just really beautiful, especially since I love character driven plots more

Preach about the gay women! I really struggle to find books in genres I like with lesbian characters

Just so you know, Tessa Gratton is a lesbian author (She mention her wife in her bio) and her book The Queens of Innis Lear as a great cast of diverse character and great political intrigue!

I am LOVING these reaction videos, and the best part is for sure the facial reactions! I can't wait to see more of this

I love Hermione and Ron together😐 sometimes i feel like it's an unpopular opinion though😂

This video and Reacting to Negative Reviews of my Favourite Books were both really fun to watch :) One of my favourite and most watched channels

400-500 page books aren't big books. 800/900/1000 are big books! But they never intimidate me, I get excited.😍

“We can’t be friends anymore.” Yes, if someone tries to give me a book back with dog eared pages, spins crease, torn cover or anything like that, I tell them to just keep it! They will never borrow a book from me again. 😂

Hate-read Twilight as a teen, was secretly Team Jacob 🙈 anyone else?

I love you so much 😭😭 keep making this type of videos!💕

I absolutely love The Raven Cycle, but I don’t think you’d enjoy it. It’s more about the characters than anything else, with weak villains and it’s written in a magical realism way.

Tbh in my own experience I was more literally educated in middle school than I'm now 12 years later xD Like I would talk about poetry and classics with my school friends and now we're all struggling xD

Annotating spine breakers where are you? 🖐🏻

I’m with you on the physical books as a preference. I definitely go there first, but also have ebooks for taking with me for waiting times and audiobooks for driving or times you want to read but can’t.

The first 10 seconds of this video destroyed me harder than the end of Mistborn.

You drinking your tea is SUCH a mood. I wish it were a gif.

Oh these mistborn opinions are killing me since I loved Vin and Elend 😂

Steelheart was the first book I read by Brandon Sanderson, and I really liked it. If it's his worst book I really need to get on reading his other work.

I started getting into audiobooks thanks to you, I live in a big city and struggle with traffic on a daily basis... it makes my transit times much more enjoyable to listen to them while I drive.

Also I want to respond to the people who think people mentioning that diversity shoudn't be the first thing talked about in a review. I get where you're coming from but people mentioning the diversity in a book is pretty important to the people being represented in that book. If someone tells me about a cute summer ya contemporary romance, I'll probably skip it. But if they tell me it's a WLW ya contemporary romance, I will for sure be picking that up asap. Rep matters and I want to hear about it, as do many others who aren't as represented as some of you may be.

One thing I love about my Kindle reader is I can control the size of the font. Unless I have really good lighting, I have a hard time reading physical books, because of my failing vision. About audiobooks, I have found that some books that I have read and enjoyed that I had to read the audio version.

OMG you read my unpopular opinion!!! mayor fangirling moment right now!! love you Emily!

Dude I can see “School for Good and Evil” in the corner and that makes me so happy!! That was like the book that got me into reading in middle school! ❤️

I didn’t like the book thief, feels good to get that off my chest! 😬😬😬

gosh I love these kind of videos especially seeing your reactions.😂

Also I like dog-earing books, I like being able to sort of leave my mark on them by dog-earing. I also like decalled edges.

Love these kind of videos, grouchy Emily is my favorite Emily 😃

I'm interested to hear what you think of Good Omens; I'm currently halfway through it and I can't tell whether I like it or not. I haven't DNFed it and I do want to keep reading it, but I feel like the story is all over the place and very slow.

Omg I am obsessed with your shirt o.O

What I find amazing about ebook is that I can highlight certain passages, add notes and comments without feeling guilty about ruining my book. I would never highlight or write in one of my physical books (I just use a lot of post-it notes or bookmark), but I do think it adds to the experience.

Have you read the rain wild chronicles by robin hobb? I'm finishing the last book and I really like it! I'm not really sure if I should recommend it to you, because it's definitely more of a character driven series rather than a series with epic dragon battles or whatever, which is not something you usually enjoy, and also since there's a lot of POVs you might not like all of them and that can be frustrating. However, if you find the series for a good price I would recommend it😆

I loved this video! You are by far my favorite BookTuber.

Aaaaaaaand this is now one of my all-time favorite videos. Bravo.

I didn't read the twilight books and only watched 2 movies but still have a huge pile of twilight posters and a pretty impressive magazine collection. I don't know what to do with myself🙃👍

When I was growing up, there wasn’t a lot of YA books. You read Nancy Drew and a few others and then you were in adult books. I appreciate that there are books being written for teens and even more “chapter books” written for younger children. This was seriously lacking before the eighties. Also I have a lot of books but I also have a kindle. Since I am now retired, I travel more. I find it so much easier to travel with a kindle. I have tried using a phone but it is too small. A kindle actually feels more like a book.

My unpopular opinion: I utterly love any part of the Shadowhunter books-TMI, TID, TDA--give me all the series. All of them. And that Jane Austen hater can just gtfo :D. I love her books, and they are some of the easiest classics to get into and love.

Where did you get those post its you use for annotating, they’re so cute!

Unpopular opinion: Strange the Dreamer is incredibly lacklustre and I don’t get the hype even though I’m on the hype train for most YA fantasy

I had to drag myself through The Raven Boys so I really don't get the hype but I'd be interested to know what you think of the rest of the series. As of now I'm glad I controlled myself and only bought the first book for once lol

Great video! :) I really enjoyed it ^^

I feel like if you did finish The Raven Cycle you would like it, I tend to share a lot of your opinions on books and I'm on the third one right now and loving it

Emily be shading throne of glass every time she got the chance lmao

you've really upped your thumbnail game lately and i'm here for it

I read Red Sister based on your recommendation loved it! Have just finished Grey Sister it was great too.

Record of a Spaceborn Few not being put back right is triggering my OCD so bad 🤣🤣

the ocean at the end of the lane by neil gaiman is my favorite book. I love the psychological aspect of it.

You are so much fun! I am likely old enough to be your mother but I have discovered some great YA Fantasy because of you! I adore the diversity of your reading. I get bored with the same old novel marketed to my age group (old) 😜. This video series is particularly brilliant!

I didn't tlike the ocean at the end of the lane, but I loved the the graveyard book and Norse mythology.

Off-topic but have you read any Terry Pratchett book? I spy the first three on your shelf. :)

The Name of the Wind and Mistborn are my favorites. 😂 To be fair with TNotW, it did take him 15 years to write the first book. I have a feeling though that the third book will (hopefully) be released around the movie and/or TV adaptations. 🤞

It may be trash but I love reading Cassandra Clare books, especially because of the diversity. I think magnus bane is one of the most realistic bisexual characters I've read especially in the spin offs.

I love your shirt!!!! 😍😍😍 I want it

Would be so cool if you did some book tag videos!

The jane austen one was painful. Coming from a girl who just binge-read (for the third time) three of her novels and the bbc version of p&p over the weekend 😂

Yeah girl! This made me pump my fist so many times lol! Is it an unpopular opinion that I felt like Pierce Brown’s book “Red Rising” was a bit formulaic?

Salty Emily is one of the best Emilys. You go, guuuurl! And totally agree with the Neil Gaiman one. I've read The Ocean at the End of the Lane and Good Omens and I found both boring as heck.

You've skipped mine. *cries in czech* But I'd love to watch a video about your unpopular opinions

Snow globe Emily is back! 🤣 ❄️

I will definitely skip the boring parts during my first read if the book is longer haha. Also as a black female I'd rather read a book about nothing but straight white men then a book that presents diversity in an unnatural way.

You should definitely finish the Raven Cycle!! Can’t even describe how much love I have for the story and it’s characters

Which Brandon Sanderson book was mentioned at 5:50 ? I couldn’t hear the name properly 🙈

The one thing that hurt the most was '' I hate The Poppy War '' that was my favorite book of last year by far and the sequel is my only anticipated release of this year so I was shocked 😲

Your facial expression when you said "aTmOsPheRic fEeLiNg" is the best description of my feelings on the Night Circus.

I was seriously just thinking which days you uploaded. clearly I missed your videos lol

I didn't read Harry Potter when it first came out. I was in High School, was reading adult fantasy books, and wasn't interested in reading a children's book series, even if it was getting great reviews. I didn't read it until college, when it was assigned reading for a Literature course I was taking, and I loved them. I felt bad that I had snubbed them years earlier. They aren't perfect, but they are adorable, imo.

I had to reread the first 3 Eragon books because I was tired of not having completed the series. I finally did it.

Also, Emily you should check out Book Roast’s Harry Potter readathon. It’s really awesome!

My friend only has ebooks and audiobooks. The reason is she thinks having a lot of physical books on a bookshelf looks cluttered and messy, and she would rather spend the $30 on something else. I’m fine with both everyone has their preferences.

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson is a coming of age about a young gay girl! It’s a classic book in the genre (Not actually my favorite of her books, but I like her less accessible stuff 🙃)

I loved the Twilight series - especially Breaking Dawn. Must have read it at least 12-13 times. Tbh still like the last book for the nostalgia.

I also rarely enjoy magical realism buuut you should try A Hundred Years of Solitude. Marquez is the first and also the best from that genre!

have you read and i darken by kiersten white?? i feel like you might like the main female character in it!

Please try and read Turtles all the way down by John Green, it's my favourite John Green book by far!!!

I LOVR CRACKING THE SPINES TOOOO it makes me feel good tbh when I see cracked spines on my shelf like look bitch I read THIS

been low-key wondering if you're changing your channel into a meme one 😂 (00:26)

The only john green book I liked was looking for alaska, and it was the first one I read (when I was 15). Tried to read it again last summer at 21 and I got 30 pages in and had to stop. SO cringy.

The thing about Vin is before she was so into Elend i enjoyed her. If big part of her character wasn't her obsessing over Elend I would have continued to like her. But sadly wasn't like that, second book she was so annoying I wanted to stop reading. I think romance usually takes a lot out of a book that otherwise is amazing. Hence why I dislike most romances in fantasies.

which lipstick? love the video

I don’t think you’d like The Name of The Wind. But hoping you’ll read it soon! Agree with the diversity thing. If it’s the only thing that is being emphasized about a book, it’s probably not a good book. I like diversity in books but it’s not my main criteria? I still prefer reading a good story in general.

The reason I prefer actually highlighting in my books or writing in them (only pencil tho) and cracking the spine is the same reason why I prefer physical books. I just love acutally having like a physical memory and going back and seeing the things that I marked/... and seeing that i finished the book and kind of put a piece of myself into it. Leaving my books in perfect condition just feels boring and bland to me for some reason haha

I looooove cracking spines it’s so pleasing to me. I like that you can see on my shelves which books I’ve read just by seeing the spines.

This video made me laugh so many times, really loved how chatty you were in it! The only thing I disagree with is that how you prefer reading physical copies of bigger books books. For me, it's the exact opposite and I prefer e-books or audiobooks when reading a big book since physical copies are usually hard to carry around and even look intimidating when you see how much you have left to read!

I'm with you on the diverse/representation topic. So many m/m books (which is great!) but trying to find f/f is so difficult! Why do they have to be like unicorns? Recent ones I've read is Girls of Paper and Fire which was nice enough and Priory of Orange Tree which was ... too long? Lol. Would love to hear your own unpopular opinions! I feel like we'd probably share quite a few ha.

Yes! I love fantasy but dislike magical realism as well!! And Neil Gaiman just doesn’t seem to be, read 2 books, 2 starred both. Might try Good Omens though!

Unpopular Opinion (maybe?) As of right now (middle of siege and storm) I cannot stand Nikolai from the shadow and bone trilogy and I think Mal is the only rational one. Does this change as the book progresses?