The formulaic writing of Sarah J Mediocrity | HOEAB REVIEW 

I WILL NEVER NOT THINK OF THIS NOW WHENEVER I READ HER BOOKS THANK YOU

Maybe she was going for seared steak, BBQ, gasoline…or possibly raspberries? 🤔😂

And since helium is a major stellar component, does it mean everyone around this character sounds like the Chipmunks?

If you eat at Olive Garden too much, that’s possible

I'm dying with this 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I am DECEASED

Say when is a common restaurant term. I would also be confused why you weren't saying anything.

Meanwhile I'm the one happy when there's a blanket of parmesan.

@@jamesmeow3039 people come from different places. It's definitely not common where i live

​@@jamesmeow3039 they said she _didn't_ say "say when" so they had no idea they were supposed to tell her to stop

Correct. That lightning scent is actually called ozone, which usually stinks like a burnt wire. It's also *very* aromatic, since humans are sensitive to it. The "smell of lightning" is pretty much an overpowering metallic tang. I'm also assuming she meant "the smell of a thunderstorm" or "the smell of rain", called petrichor.

guy smelled of ozone

@@eleanordecker2810 that actually makes it very important which one she means, as petrichor is widely found to be pleasant while ozone is the smell of a strange and unnatural pollution.

Thing is, the smells of rainstorms or petrichor are pleasant smells in context. That doesn't mean that a person smelling like that would be attractive. I love the smell of the forest after rain, but if a person smelled like that in a bar, I'd assume they hadn't dried their laundry properly and it had gone musty.

@@BinturongGirl -petrichorperfume- ✍️noted

Oh shit you’re right that is all basically cottagecore

@@ReadswithRachel Cottagecore + make it spooky = Cottagegore 😉👻

Cottagegore.. i love that term SO MUCH :)

well my thesis had huge chuncks copied from my previous thesis, mostly methods and literature review, cause it was basically the same work but with new objects

"Sarah jigglypuff Maas" 😂

Fun fact: jigglypuff was the only Pokémon card I owned 🤣

same. i loved every new name for sarah aha

the amount of people i've seen draw bryce as skinny is SO upsetting, because in the books she's described as having a similar body type to mine. i see so little of that kind of rep in booktok recs and its so disheartening to watch people actively make characters skinny because to them thats beautiful

Even in Holly Black's newer book "The Book of Night" it is clearly mentioned multiple times that the protagonist's body type is NOT skinny, but I think even with HB trying to make characters not fit the factory mold people just glaze over it and think heroine = supermodel

we are truly being robbed of art of a gloriously ripped jude duarte

DO NOT GET ME STARTED ON CARAVAL

Man I hated caraval

...can you drop vid link?

@@hannahhannah7002 I would like the link to the vid as well

You know that is actually a thing? It's called Synthesia.

I love fun facts like this

Do not mess around with it, even with 90% survival. I had a colleague who survived a strike but never recovered and died 2 years later, from related causes. It's also horrific for witnesses & can leave brutal survivor's guilt behind.

@@montananerd8244 i’m late to this, but what were the related issues if you’re aware ? i’m just curious because i really like researching health related things, super okay if you don’t know or aren’t comfortable

@@ReadswithRachel Roy Sullivan has a Guinness World Record for getting struck seven times by lightning over a period of twenty five years.

Glad to hear this!

@@ReadswithRachel I am completely envious of your bookshelf btw! And fantastic content as always!! 💖

Thank you so much 🥹

yes omg she got me out of my reading slump too!

Truth

Riverdale wasted my time

Lmao

I really like incorporating smells as a way of describing a person’s aura but taking it literally can definitely backfire. For example a person might smell like vanilla because they are simple, inoffensive, and warm. OTOH a character that canonically stinks of vanilla is the BDSM paraphilia demon Pinhead from the Hellraiser franchise.

fair enough!

cheers

Don't torture yourself so much hahaha

I only read these types of books just to rant about it later

My toxic trait is that I like the Throne Of Glass series cause most of it wasn't smut.

It does because that’s me with Pretty Little Liars

To me is like drinking old milk 😂😂😂 It will probably give me diarrhea later 😢

I will continue to read her books and enjoy some parts of them lol i even got my husband to read the entirety of throne of glass

@@ReadswithRachel I got my best friend to read ACOTAR because we too cannot refuse a friend when they tell us to read something 😂🤦‍♀️ at least I know who to come to for the honest reviews!

Also may I suggest a character (or multiple characters) baring their teeth for the next bingo board?

I love cindy!

Sarah jinglebells Maas will continue to get new names from me in every video

I agree like babe JUST WRITE EROTICA there’s no shame

she doesn't like worldbuilding? Have you read throne of glass 😳

@@Av-fn4ol yes, i've read all of her books multiple times. tog is really basic worldbuilding - an empire inspired by western europe, magic is gone, there is a bunch of fantasy races that are not different from the same races in other/better fantasy books, an evil king, portals, an evil race that for some reason wants this world, a lost princess that will rule her kingdom despite not having any education needed etc... i think maybe if the books ended with qos i could've forgive them a lot bc i liked the final confrontation as an ending, buuut from eos everything got just worse, and kos is simply very bad/lazy. so many tolkien ripoff scenes. things from game of thrones and harry potter as well. she also recycles herself a lot, sadly. so much from tog is in hoeab, like she says in this video. in acotar too. i think sjm likes aesthetics and ideas, but never makes it into something unique or hers. acotar is really bad with this(borrowing púca, firebird, koschei etc., naming things/people without rhyme and reason, making the world basicaly modern - leggings and sweaters, malls and restaurants, lingerie shops, travel mugs, fae are supposed to be different from humans but their world is so mundane it hurts, hybern soldiers are nameless/faceless barbarians like orcs, king of hybern/ireland doesn't have a name, the list goes on...). she can write a good action scenes if she feels like it, but no, worldbuilding is not her forte. she just puts a bunch of "cool" stuff in there and does not work with it any further. she reads fairytales and watches ballet, so she transfers those things she likes there directly, without much alteration. however i loved her story with the witches in hof and qos, and i think she should've put it into a separate book and expanded on it(even tho again ironteeth are from slavic folklore etc.) these are just my opinions, i get that tog books are loved and i have nothing against that, but they are not unique by any means.

@@novembermedusa The accuracy 👌🏾

@@novembermedusa I'm not interested in reading her books, what did she do with witches that was good?

Thank you so much for bringing this up. I apologize for not having it in the description already. I just fixed it. Thank you again!

i truly do not know

It's because the person is clenching their jaw, which people DO actually do when they're annoyed XD

But “feathered?” Are these avian fairies wtf?

@@AnkhAnanku it means it pops up for a sec

The descriptions of people smelling like things that don’t have smells also made me think of bad fanfic tropes.

So I only read that in a secondary source, so idk if its really true, but apparently she used to write fanfics before starting on her own novels. So that would check out.

I thought she started as a fanfic writer.

In my experience it has a metallic smell, that reminds me of blood.

Me too 😂

fellow South Africans🗣

Thank you so much!

The middle names 😂

Jiggly puff 😂😂😂

9:23 to me, she looks fairly skinny on the cover, or at least "top thin", which doesnt help the fanart. easily couldve been solved by making her fat all around

but iggy this begs the question if there are people taking antihistamines due to a fae arousal fume allergy

@@ReadswithRachel oh totally! 😂 Doctor: ma’am you have seasonal faeasitus. Take some fluticasone and azelastine…and keep you feet covered, you’ll thank me later.

The love I feel 😩💕🥺

I’m intrigued 👀

What books are you saying she ripped off of?

I've noticed that, too. Check out Kresely Cole - very similar characters and plots. Kresely is the O.G.

@@happybeauty5771 Yeah! Her books are amazing.

@@sakurablossoms94 Yes! 🙌🙌🙌

fair enough lmao

Seriously? Why though ? I’ll never understand people who feel the need to belittle other people’s interests in order to feel better about themselves……like why do you do it? To feel superior than other people…Is this some sort of narcissistic behaviour?English is not my first language….i started reading fantasy because of SJM, and her books acted as a gateway for me to read Brendon Sanderson and RF Kuang….I’ll never get people who think it’s fun to hate on things just because girls like it

No please keep reading YA Fantasy! 😢

LMAOOOOOO

It's formulaic and it works. Even annoying pop songs are formulaic and they keep selling

Cool!

hell yeah we love to see it

Your thoughts on books are valid no matter what your age is, even if our tastes are different. I’m just glad you read!

Yes, it’s nonsense. Because it was a joke. Of course you can’t plagiarize yourself. Why are you leaving multiple comments on my videos if you’re not actually watching the videos? Stop wasting my time.

No shade whatsoever. I totally get that book tastes vary from person to person. Just glad you’re reading! If you liked ACOTAR try A Crown of Ruin by Leora Dillow

I am definitely a Nesta apologist lol she’s so mean and I’m like go girl, be meaner 💕😍🥰

@@ReadswithRachel True. Vicious, but i rooted for her all the way.

Amen