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4:15 Shade of Magic
5:25 ACOTAR Hype
6:37 Friends to Lovers Trope
7:01 Grishaverse
7:35 Six of Crows DNF
8:17 Sally Rooney
8:49 Murakami Misogyny
10:48 Judging Covers
10:54 White Authors
12:34 Cruel Prince Bully (video: bit.ly/3vY88Wy)
13:33 Starless Sea Plot
13:40 Divergent
14:03 The Selection
14:33 Used Books
15:10 Chosen One Trope
15:28 Classics
15:50 Enemies to Lovers
15:58 The Love Hypothesis
16:12 Six of Crows Overrated
17:35 Forced Marriage Trope
17:46 SJM Writing
18:40 Breaking Spines
19:04 Ninth House
19:24 Amish vs SJM
19:44 Shadows Between Us (video: bit.ly/3b2LxPj)
19:53 Miscommunication Trope
19:57 King of Scars
20:03 Song of Achilles
20:33 Red Queen
20:39 Cardan's Tail
21:27 Enchantment of Ravens
22:12 Gilded Wolves vs Six of Crows
23:09 Jace Herondale
23:17 From Blood and Ash (video: bit.ly/2OWcgEP)
23:24 Breaking Spins part 2
23:31 Male Protagonists
23:52 Sorcery of Thorns
24:15 Spanish Love Deception
24:24 We Hunt the Flame
24:34 Library
24:49 Fictional Toxic Men
25:48 Childhood Friend to Lovers
25:58 Midnight Library
26:24 Authors on Tiktok
27:47 Legendborn
27:55 Badass Girl Characters
28:31 Children of Blood and Bone
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reacting to your unpopular book opinions 👀overrated books, booktok hype, bad tropes
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"I live in a bubble. It's nice here" , I'm gonna steal that line.
This “white people can’t write about other’s people culture” seems such an American way of viewing things. I don’t honestly know what white even means. I’m French and I have family roots in Italy, Spain, Morocco and Ireland… but I consider myself white. Those cultures are all so different! There isn’t a white culture ??? And what a sad thing to think that you can only write about what you know. Does that mean I can’t write about the Roman Empire era or the 1800’s Ireland ? And what if a Mexican person isn’t connected to their roots do they still get to write about Mexico ? Trying so much to put people into boxes doesn’t work.
This. What if that 'white person' grew up and lived in Mexico and wanted to write about it, can't they do that? I mean, I will read and love a book written by someone who isn't "of that culture that is focused on the book" as long as it is well researched and had proof reads by people of said culture or something like that. I get that we want diversity in our authors and what POC some attention but we should also allow authors to explore and grow.
I'm African American but my DNA also says I'm indigenous and white. I live in an urban environment but my family roots go back to North and South Carolina as well as the Bahamas.
The average person has a lot of background and history thats not monolithic but what you know to your core should be the front. If I was to write a book using Choctaw culture and words that would be putting my voice over Choctaw people who grew up in a Choctaw community. Same as if I wrote about the Bahamas and Gullah people.
But yes I could write a book about a Black character having a conversation or something about the different roots or exploration of them.
As long as you keep it mind what experiences you could actually talk about or properly credit the people you get info from for the parts you have slacking in some areas
agreed personally I enjoy writing and reading fantasy worlds inspired by Asian cultures, why cant I write about that since I'm whight?
yeah. bitches hate nuance when it comes to this discussion.
I think maybe it's about white people not profiting off other cultures as that already happens so much
“Say that six of crows is overrated … just dont say it near me when I’m holding a sharp object” TATTOO THIS ON MY FOREHEAD
same!!
Six of Crows is overrated and a mediocre book at best!
Can any of u guys tell me why six of crows is worth it? Because every one on booktok is crazy over it and I wanna know why. Please don't tell spoilers just suggest why I should read it. Thx
@@imabookworm Here's my personal opinion (I rated it 3 stars and I've read both books til the end):
- Why you should read it:
• Good characters + diversity
The story follows multiple p.o.v's of different people. All 6 main characters differ from one another, and nobody is "perfect". It gives for an entertaining story, especially when you get to see what each and every one of them is thinking from their own perspective. Plus, there's racial diversity and LGBTQ+ representation. This is definitely the highpoint of the book.
• It deals with real-world issues in its own fantastical way.
Without spoiling anything, I'll just say there's a lot of capitalism in Ketterdam.
- Why you shouldn't read the book:
• Weak plot
Especially in Six of Crows there isn't much of a plot, the story mostly focuses on the characters and their lives from before (lots of flashbacks).
• Takes long for action to begin
Like I said, if you're in it for the plot, don't start with the book. It takes ages for anything to start happening. It's mostly preparations and then when it gets to that point where we can finally experience something fun and scary and exciting, it ends really fast and we are back to the long, long talks about their past or discussions/preparations.
All in all, for me this was a mediocre read. The writing is good, and everything flows really well, but too slow for my liking. If you're someone who's just starting out with the fantasy genre, this is a "fun" read, but if you're like me who prefers action over character arcs, don't start or you'll get bored.
However, the second book (Crooked Kingdom) is definitely better when it comes to the plot, there's more tension, so I prefer the second over the first book.
It was so damn boring and so badly written 😭 I don’t know how many damn times they had to mention the character had a limp in the first chapter. I nearly passed away after he “favored his bad leg” for the 32’nd time
"white people shouldn’t write about other cultures" is really weird mindset to me cause like, does that mean I can write just about white people from my country?? Am I supposed to not be inspired by existing cultures to creat new ones in my fantasy world? And since we are at it, are people not allowed to write fantasy books inspired by European history when they are not from Europe? Or not write abou mythology from a different country? That just doesn't make sense. And then if someone really "played it safe" and wrote just about their culture, it wouldn't be inclusive enough and that's gonna be also an issue. I really just can't imagine how would anyone write any good story and not writing about other cultures as well...
And plus,if white people are not allowed to write others culture that mean poc can't write about white people and other cultures that are not their orwn? Then how a story would be interesting without many things and people from different culture,how you gonna put hint to others books or characters from others culture,example we wouldn't allowed to write about egipican mythology? Since is not about everyone culture
@@Moonlightss320 introverted people without friends from other cultures can't write about anything, because they know nothing. /s
That's especially annoying because people say that like everyone else can write about any culture they want... unless they're white??? Like wtf, do they not realise that's discrimination in itself? (And if you don't think so you can look up the definition for yourself...) You can't broaden your knowledge by writing about other types of people PURELY because of your SKIN COLOUR? (Which is also segregation, btw.) Like, just think about it for more than a second, please. I get when you want things to be written WELL, but to be BANNED from writing them at all? That's absurd. Ugh, people that think like that seem bigoted and need more education in that area.
To this day, I still don't know why people mix skin color with culture and nationality. Imagine telling someone they can't write about certain culture because the color of the skin. Here in Latinamerica we have people of all colors, but for some people white/black latinos are not a thing. They have such a weird concept. Great video!
Es que están obsesionados con el color de piel de las personas la verdad. Principalmente no entienden que la palabra "latinos" no tiene nada que ver con el color de la piel 😅😅
My thing about Book 1 Cardan is that he seems terrible when you judge him through a human lens, but for people who are super into that mythology, he’s a peach compared to most creatures in the folklore. Personally what I love about Holly Black’s faerie books is that she balances the scary with the fantastical really well. As opposed to like Smeyer writing vampires who are essentially harmless, just shiny. Like Cardan is actually scary, as he should be as fae. Now you could argue that the depiction of the bully romance in Cardan’s case is like, irresponsible or harmful or something because it goes too far, but the context matters. Cardan is not human. He doesn’t and shouldn’t have human morals. I think it’s a bonus to the book that the terrifying monster love interest is ACTUALLY monstrous. That being said, I wonder if the whole series might have fit better on an adult fantasy shelf instead…
All of this!
100% this
Exactly your last statement.
I think that a lot of teens are romanticizing that lovestory way too much & #couplegoals it without really thinking about it from our human/real life point of view - especially because they’ve never came into contact with a toxic relationship before in their life.
Ppl be talking about Cardan being a bully and making such a big deal out of it... they should have known from the fact that Jude was raised by the man that killed her parents that the morals of faeries don't align with human morals.
I wouldn't say that Twi!vamps are actually totally harmless though, unless we're talking exclusively in terms of what we actually see them do on the pages. But..yeah. I think that's something which is a conflict for a lot of people...some people like their nonhumans perfectly inhuman, and others like their nonhumans essentially like humans+some-added-stuff. And that probably is why certain things do hit so very differently for different people.
Re: Cardan's bullying and the comment about enjoying toxic men in fantasy books, I have this double standard where I love enemies to lovers in fantasy and can accept the men's toxic behaviors but I absolutely hate it in contemporary novels. Contemporary bully romances make me want to scream but I had no problem with Cardan being the way he was in book 1 because he's not human.
YES!!!!
YOU PUT MY THOUGHTS INTO WORDS!!! I LOVE YOU
Yes, he did what he had seen since his birth. Still you get parts of him that show how he was much kinder than the other faeries.
also!!!!!!! i love that jude is flawed as well, she's an asshole just as much as cardan and thats what makes it fun. All these characters are morally grey, and Jude is not a complete victim.
Ohhh, this made me see the book in a new light. I dnf cruel prince cuz the bullying triggered me real bad (i think it was cuz of past experiences) and i just couldn't accept it and how the FL (forgot her name) sort of went along with it and did smth i was not ok with but can't rmbr rn despite she, herself, and her sister were bullied. But i was thinking of giving it another shot and saw ur comment. So, I'll most likely try to see it frm this perspective when i start rereading the cruel prince!
i lowkey hate when people say a book is overrated just to throw shade and hate when something is popular... like you’re allowed to not like a popular book but you’re not “woke” for saying it’s overrated to people who enjoyed it
Anything that is popular will be considered overrated by some people 🤷🏻♀️ That’s why I don’t like it when things are really hyped up. It only sets me up for disappointment and I leave thinking “that was overrated”. But there are those people who do it to put other people’s tastes down which is absolutely infuriating!!
I agree with you but I also agree that sally Rooney books are overrated
@@jessicapartida6239 Nooo I love Sally Rooney! I don’t think they’re overrated, they are just an acquired taste. Some people will hate it with a passion, while it will also be some people’s favourite books. You can dislike a book without invalidating the opinions of those that love it.
@@alenanela1743 yeah I can see it that way
like i get it if you disliked it but calling something overrated if just wrong. call it bad or some other adjective but overrated is not an adjective to describe books. its understandable that you didn't like it but if its popularity are one of the reasons for the book's dislike then its just wrong.
As an Enemies-to-Lovers enthusiast, I'd argue that Friends-to-Lovers is actually a lot harder to do... simply because a lot of FtL pairings I read kind of fall flat because there's not really any reason for the two parties to... not be together, and the coming together part is a bit too easy? Like, the only instances of Childhood Friends to Lovers that are well-done to me are a) Winter and Jacin from The Lunar Chronicles, b) Will and Elizabeth from Pirates of the Caribbean, c) Buttercup and Wesley from The Princess Bride.
I read one Enemies to Lovers recently which makes me doubtful that a good one exists. The book I'm referring to is What's Not to Love by Emily Webberly and her partner, it was pretty ugh, at portions it was okay, certainly better than the other books I read in September and October, er except Instructions For Dancing at least had some charm. Either way unhauling both. And don't trust the authors of either, especially after looking up the synopsis for Nicola Yoon's other books, Instructions for Dancing is definitely the best one.
Another Enemies to Lovers, or sort of, this could be loosely interpreted as such, but also Fake Dating book I read this year, that was also bad, was She Drives Me Crazy. I live the cover of it though, keeping the book jacket, but yikes. Way too much wrong with that. I am going to type a couple of cute scenes, so I have them to reread. There was a third scene that was cute at the time but then the author went and ruined it later on since ifScottiehadn't donethe thign she didthere, it wouldn't have given Charlotte ammuniton, whichmeant that what Scottie thought of as a heroic act actually hurt Irene, indirectly, allowed Charlotte to play the way she did, very ew. But that's not even the book's main problem, all the characters were awful, except maybe one and somtiems Irene was all right, just would've been nice if she were in a better novel.
Agree!! Also the main characters in Love rosie (forgot their names)
lily and lo from the addicted series we’re really well done too
@@azure113 do u have any recs for friends to enemies to lovers??
Rivals to lovers is a much better trope than enemies to lovers, because if not written well, enemies to lovers can come off as abuse. You should either play into the dark aspects, or tone it the fuck down.
Like healthy competition is good, as long as you're not verbally or physically abusing the person that you apparently like.
Oooh, i like your take to the opinion about writing about other cultures.
I'm latina and i recently read a book where the main characters where Mexican and it was steeped in Mexican culture and slang and it was SO well done i really thought the author was latina. So I was shocked to find out she was actually Asian (who was raised in a predominantly Mexican neighborhood so that makes sense.) I've read a handful of other books written by white people that were also done REALLY well (and/or respectful.) So you're absolutely right that it can be done but it's a sticky situation. It's why Idk where I stand on the whole "people shouldn't write outside their culture" thing because while I understand why people have a problem, I HAVE ALSO seen it done SO well that I can't in good conscious be gatekeepy.
ALSO CONGRATS ON 100K IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU 💖💖💖
i think that everyone has such different experiences with their own cultures that even people within a culture can write it in a way that people dont necessarily agree with - i agree and i think its the time and respect put into something that matters!
Can you tell me the book's name?? I'm mexican and I'd love to read it.
Honestly, you got me back in to reading. Since being in college I hadn't read at all for pleasure and now I've read 7 books in October. You absolutely deserve the 100k! ❤️
you have no idea how happy that makes me :')
I’m also in my first year of college and I’ve read 4 books but they were all very short romances. I don’t have the time to read the longer fantasy books I’ve been eyeing because I can’t focus.
Yeah ... you def got me into branching out and reading other things ... ^^ I read a lot of romance and romance-fantasy, but hardly any young adult or other genres. And truth be told ... even on the romance front I had cooled a lot for a few years. So yeah ❤ thanx so much ❤
I feel like ACOTAR is one of those books/series that just comes to you at a ✨time✨. I feel like you can’t go into that series wanting to be blown away because it’s not going to happen. Not because it’s an average series (that’s another convo that I’m not getting into), but because the enjoyment you get out of SJM books is all ab the 😌feelings😌. Don’t know if this makes sense lol 💓
omg yes i totally agree. i think i mainly liked it also cause at that time, i was getting into fantasy and i was all fresh to read longg series so it did well! but now, if i had to read it for the first time, i might’ve lost interest/ focus bc i don’t have the capability to have that amount of attention yk? idk if that makes sense lol
period
This exactly! My friend hadn't read anything since school until she read Acotar and was absolutely blown away. It got her into reading again. That series made her fall in love with the genre. But when she recommended it to me I had already been into fantasy for a while and found my own series to reignite my love for reading, so Acotar really missed the mark for me. Books are never meant for everyone, and the timing in your life and who you are at that point is so critical when you read them
I was worried about reading six of crows because everyone hyped it up and then I read it, I fell in love with it. I understood why people hyped it up.
I liked how it was a nice transition from young adult to adult fantasy. I felt the characters were thought out well and developed throughout the story. I preferred it over shadow and bone because six of crows perfected her writing. I still love both. Not ruin and rising, but the first two and six of crows. Need to read the rest.
Alright so I want the truth from someone who read this series and liked it…
Is it sad? Hmm even a little, is it bittersweet. will it make me cry. WILL IT?
I want a truthful answer PLEASE 🙏. Tell me if its even a little sad. And I don’t mind spoilers (I actually welcome them) so if you’re not sure then go ahead and tell me which passage it is.
@@jazzyblessing3267
Sorry. This will be a long response.
the second book is more sad.
I don’t remember passages exactly because it has been a while since I read them.
Just keep in mind that each character’s story is tragic. I will be going over book 1.
Wylan’s story is tragic because of his father. (Spoilers but not too many). His father thinks he is stupid and worthless because if his struggle to read well. Tutors were impatient with him which leads to a dark incident. I won’t spoil it there. It is kind of sad but when he joins the Crows, he becomes more confident, finds a purpose, and uses his skills as a demolition expert.
Jesper is a gambler which made him leave home because he left his family in debt and he uses the heists to raise the money back to pay off the debt.
Kaz’s story is complex but it involves his brother dying which you get flashbacks to in the beginning of the book so not too spoilery. He is getting revenge on the crime boss behind that and since that happened, he became cold and ruthless. To be honest, that is basically his character so…
Inej’s story is heartbreaking. She is enslaved (and correct me if I am wrong) whored out and many girls have to deal with the same fate. Kaz helps bail her out by selling the crow club, eventually. Her goal is to save the girls there.
Nina’s story is in the middle. She falls for Matthias who was taught to be against Grisha (she is a heart-render) but they teach each other and she gets him out of his shell a bit. But other Grisha see them together making her forced to have him imprisoned. Obviously, it makes him angry and it takes time to trust her. Her story is really sad when they give her a drug (forgot the name) that elevates her powers, but the caveat is it can be addictive to Grisha. So she is dealing with a drug addiction, but she gets better with support from her friends.
I was so invested in the twists and turns and shipping that I kind of forgot to cry. Bit everyone is different. So brace yourself, but have fun reading it. There are funny moments and the dynamics between the Crows is fun and heartfelt. Each one is different but they mesh well together.
Book 2 is another story all together.
I love worn books. it makes it feel lived in and loved. i REALLY loved when all the girls in my middle school grade were reading the divergent series and we had a few people who had book one or two or three and we'd all share the books in rotation. it made me so happy when i got my book back at the end of it and it was worn on it's soft cover, with pages dogearred.
Your house looks SO CUTE, Cari! 😍 You inspire me to incorporate more green colors into my decorations in my own home haha! ❤
green is a fantastic color :')
@@caricanread It sure is! 😉💚
Full disclosure w name and face and everything: I think Bardugo’s editors did her dirty with Ninth House. I read four chapters and I just couldn’t any more. Kinda heartbreaking bc I’d saved it for so long, but it was a relief to give up on it.
the vibes were so good but i really felt like the story started on really weird feet and so the rest was hard to follow :/
I almost teared up a little hearing you talk about how you regained that piece of yourself 🥺.
Congrats! You deserve it.
ACOTAR got me through some hard times in my life so it will always have a place in my heart 🤷
The Throne of Glass got me back into reading many years ago. ACOTAR helped keep the momentum going, but if I had to pick btwn the two to ever re-read, I'd pick TOG. I wonder if I'd still feel the same upon an actual re-read. I like your observation about how a person might enjoy (or not) ACOTAR depending on how deep into YA fantasy they are when they read it.
I read both book series as an adult and I’d enjoyed TOG waaaay more.
In my opinion the story felt more grown up? Like the war wasn’t over after a few chapters and they really had (important character) casualties on their side.
Alright, when I was younger, I loved to read but then I kind of lost that up until about two years ago when I first picked up Harry Potter after some coaxing from parents. After that I read Narnia and Twilight and then fell out of reading again until I read The Cruel Prince and TOG this summer. I’m currently reading the ACOTAR series and loving it but I would agree that TOG was my favorite of the two, which seems to be a rather unpopular opinion among Sarah J Maas fans. It just seemed a bit more grown up and I absolutely loved all the characters. And I feel like I will never be able to love an MC as much as I loved Celaena/ Aelin
Same with me. Found a new home in TOG and read ACOTAR because its the same author nothing can go wrong! Didn't like ACOTAR cause of the characters and how problematic and confusing it is but dont hate it. I still recommend it to people cause its a 50/50 sorta book. But think people have blown it up on Tiktok as a book that's homely and perfect and great no matter who you are. But its very much for the fresh people who havent been able to read for a while or want to dip a toe in fantasy ya and dont mind the problematic things that happen in there.
SAME. TOG is definitely much better in terms of a fantasy that people should get into. While it can have a lot of similar problems to ACOTAR, it's definitely more well written in my opinion. It's also the first SJM series that I read.
In terms of the “white people shouldn’t write about other cultures”, I think it’s too unspecific. Because that seems to encourage lack of diversity. Because yes the goal is more diversity in publishing, but when a vast number of published authors are still white, to limit rep in their books limits rep in general. Which is in its own way detrimental to the entire concept of diversity and equality, which is normalizing it. So with that said I think the perspective needs to be clarified. White people shouldn’t write about the experience of being an indivisible of a different cultural/ethnic background, no person should ever do that, as that experience and perspective on the issue is unique to those who share it. But if a story is not about cultural experience, that shouldn’t limit authors from including ethnically diverse casts of characters.
Was the question referring at “ white “ as in the race or “ white “ as in white americans? I’m a bit confused.
@@dianam6779 It just said white, and so I assume that encompasses all white people in the world, though in terms of publishing and the demographic of this channel it’s probably more specifically geared to North America. But it wasn’t anymore clear so that’s just guess work.
I think it's fine for them to have diverse casts of characters, but I don't like when they write a story where the main character is a poc and the culture is very important to the story because then it can be inaccurate and unrelatable
@@mahi93162 Exactly. Culture and experience being central to the plot is a whole other thing from just having a main character happen to be poc. Although for curiosities sake how do you feel about fantasy? In this situation it usually applies to contemporary of historical fiction, but in fantasy where the cultures are entirely made up and likely only loosely based on any real human mythologies, do you think a character who is poc should still have their culture not be central to the plot? Because when it comes to worldbuilding I can only assume it needs to be addressed to some degree. And I haven’t yet made up my mind on how I feel about this yet.
I think authors should keep including the cultures but they really need to stop emphasising the race. I've read so many books that depict POC as food and then every other chapter they refer to their race and it kind of feels forced. But I've loved the books that have something from a country like a horse from Asia or an outfit from India but its kept relevant to the plot rather than an "Oh look I'm not racist"
I personally don’t know how to feel about the selection series. I loved it when I was 13, but I tried to revisit it a couple months ago and I couldn’t get through it!
i tried to read it with the mind of a 13 year old lol and it wasnt too bad if you keep that pov hahahaa
six of crows and crooked kingdom are some of my favorite books ever, but shadow and bone, and king of scars are just fine. they were fun to read, but ultimately middle of the road imo, and i just wanna know what leigh bardugo was on when she wrote the six of crows duology because i am OBSESSED with it.
I've read shadow and bone and seige and storm, they were alright, I want to finish the series, but compared to six of crows, they are nothing. Six of crows is life
Bruh. I’m literally poc and people are acting like ‘white people shouldn’t write us’ but then I can write them and it’s kinda like??? If they don’t do it offensively as in on purpose trying to make us look bad then damn leave them alone omg
I read to kill a kingdom , sorcery of thorns , an enchantment of ravens all because of you and I enjoyed all of them and they did get me back into reading. Oh , and the inheritance games too! Basically you have a way of making books interesting so thank you cari
omg AHHHH SO HAPPY
I think my biggest issue with ACOTAR wasn't really the writing or that I wasn't in the YA headspace (I literally read them all back to back and love plenty of other YA books that aren't the best written) but there was some problematic stuff sprinkled in there that just rubbed me the wrong way... I don't really care about characters being toxic (kind of) in books because I'm a grown adult, I know it's fiction and how to separate it from reality. But just some of the s*xual assault stuff and the way she handled Tamlin's PTSD and just character overall was timed extremely poorly and not not talked about well....... I think the scene that sticks out the most to me is when they're in the library that is home to the priestess SA survivors and Mr Reeses Pieces makes sexual comments and innuendos to Feyre about banging in there. I don't mind erotic stuff in books, I love it, but I thought that was timed in possibly the worst spot imaginable. Maybe I just have a stronger feeling and feel more sensitive about that stuff because of my history as someone with a PTSD diagnosis/SA survivor but it really put me off of SJM as a writer and the ACOTAR series as a whole. I remember thinking the first book wasn't too bad, just a little corny and then the more I read the worst I felt about it. The newest book about Nesta though.......... I will openly say I hate it. No deeper reasons, just thought it sucked. If other people love the series though, that's fine. I just can't get behind it.
YES, I totally agree with you!!!
This!! It was kind of an info dump of how woke SJM. Idk if she was trying to make the characters relatable but the whole thing with Tamlin being abusive and the Rhys was all "I would never DREAM of that" but then he does the same shit but more hidden. But because Tamlin did worse stuff aside from the relationship he was this big horror. And then the whole thing with Mor and her sexuality just made me feel awkward cause it felt so forced and like it was just there rather than a she been a reject cause of it and has felt hated and confused cause of her sexuality. And then the whole thing of having sex through roof tops when their people are already struggling with their homes after the war also messed with me. And the whole birth thing and keeping a woman from the truth about having a child because its not just her choice and Rhys wanted the kid and keep her from the truth for her own sake just disgusted me. Overall it left a bad taste and I thought I would be safe and then ACOSF came out and the snippets i saw made me hate it even more
I actually DNFed ACOTAR because I hated the writing but I heard too many of those things you mentioned to ever consider trying to continue again.
@@SarahEsmaeWolfe I finished it simply cause I hate not finishing a series and I liked the plot. Just not the execution. Refusing to touch a court of silver flames
I kinda get what you are saying but just the comment about the library (as I’m just now re-reading the books), unless I read it wrong, Rhys and Feyra are talking mind-to-mind about the sexual stuff so the priestesses wouldn’t have heard them.
I totally agree with what you said about ACOTAR. It’s like a gateway drug to ya fantasy (or fantasy in general) lol 😆
bahahah 100%!
Congrats Cari on 100K!! You deserve it!! I am glad that there are other ppl in the world who also think that some of the popular books are overrated bc honestly sometimes I am afraid if putting my opinion out there. Like lol sometimes the book community can be pretty protective. Love u guys tho. No hard feelings 😘
thank you! and yes i agree!! i think its because some books become our whole lives for a while like six of crows for me hahaha
Congrats Cari! You and Cindy were the first booktubers I discovered and I actually started reading again at the same time u did so I got to watch ur book channel grow and fall in love with reading again WITH YOU which is such a special experience!!
You talking about your return to reading and getting that love of books back is SO relatable. And I credit booktube (including your channel) with helping me find that joy and get reading again!
The Legendborn comment had me SCREAMING. I'm sorry it's the book that got me back into reading so I'm emotionally attached to it XD Also about the white authors thing, I have a thought. I think it's probably fine if they write characters that come from a different culture, as long as they understand that culture is not just a cute quirky personality trait. Like I'm mexican, if you're gonna write me as just being this girl who loves tacos and tequila, get me the hell out of your story. Culture is a big part of how a person is raised, it shapes our thoughts, our values. If you're gonna make it a personality trait then maybe....don't?
the thing you said about murakami, i felt it. i noticed how much people started hating on murakami because of how the women were protrayed, but to me, as well, it felt like without them there wouldnt be a plot in the first place. They are always full of life or with a story to tell, which is awesome to get into.
hii! I‘m late but i really want to read some of his works but i don’t know where I should start. Do you have any recs? ^^
@@laura-sj2zl hello since no one has replied id really recommend kafka on the shore and 1Q84, his style might take some time getting used to but once u get in the flow its really fun. i hope you enjoy !!
I never understood the hate towards cardans tail. First of all he isn’t human and he lives in a world where pretty much all of the fae had animalistic features so the tail made sense. ( also it could have been worse like cardan having goat legs or a lizard tongue). I always just thought it was weird because people love the bat boys from ACOTAR or people who can turn into a whole beast , but they draw the line at cardan having a tail???
I didn't mind his having a tail but I kept on forgetting so (spoiler) when his tail wrapped around Jude's leg during steamy scene in wicked king I died 💀😭
congrats to the 100k! i love your channel so much. it’s the only booktube channel i watch religiously, i could literally listen to you talk about books for hours. so thank you :))
Cari I just want to let you know that thanks to you I have started to read again this year and so far I have read over 30 books and I am so happy you have made this book channel 🥺❤️
of course it is not compulsory to read classics, but I' m pretty sure that all these famous writers who spend time to write these fantasies books have read a lot of classic and found inspiration from them as well... (I'm not into these kind of books at all but I can understand that young people love these fantasies world to escape from some kind of reality...and it is always good to read, no matter what...) . I did some resaerches and Leigh Bardugo was a Yale student. I'm sure she has a great literature culture (she graduated in English literature and was a journalist..)....
I haven't read most of the books you mentioned but I LOVE hearing you talk abut these!
Congratulations on your silver plaque! Grateful for you and your channel (and for having one of my confessions featured 😊)
thank you so much :''')
Omg I can relate to you 100%. I am in my late twenties and as a child I had an extremely vivid imagination and loved writing and living stories. Then I focused on growing up, going through school and uni and finding a job that pays the bills. And all of a sudden I feel so much more ME than I was for the last fifteen years or so. I love reading, and I am constantly making up stories in my head and on paper. I am so thankful that I am where I am now. At first I kinda felt like I wasted a lot of years but I found peace with it because I eventually needed that time to explore myself. Now I decided to go part time on my "real" job to focus on my writing and I couldn't be happier. I am so happy for you that you got your creativity and reading enthusiasm back as well, I absolutely love your videos and one can feel, that you have a passion for it :) (Sorry for my english btw, I am from Germany and I don't practice writing it enough, haha :D)
So happy for the this milestone!!! I love the way you share you love for books 🥳🥳
thank you so much!
Congrats for 100k subscribers!!! I'm so thankful for your work/channel bringing me back to books! 😍❤️
thank YOU!!
omg about your first comment, i feel you. I used to read so much and it was my way of disappearing from my reality whenever I needed it, and then when I got older and started trying to balance work and university it became really difficult for me to read - i just kept re-reading random chapters of HP books here and there but that was about it. And then I decided to start reading again and started watching booktubers. I watched your videos and started taking recs and becoming excited about books that were being talked about, and the first book I bought was six of crows! (and also crooked kingdom). It really did get me out of the longest reading slump ever and I absolutely loved it.
sky in the deep is literally one of my favorite books ever i've read it like 20 times! congrats on 100k!
i'm literally reading sorcery of thorns right now because you talk about it all the time and i love it and i love you and i'm so grateful for you so thank you and keep these coming, i literally stay afloat because of your videos and going down bookish rabbit holes 💜😭
I'm thinking about checking out Sorcery of Thorns but the author's latestbook sounds awful based on the synopsis.
Watching this in between my two year 12 exams that I’m doing today and it’s really helping me get my mind off of my first exam ahhh thank u for uploading was v much looking forward to this ily
you've got this!!!!!!!!
Congrats on 100k, Cari!!!! So well-deserved. This channel brings me great joy, friend! I’m so grateful for you and for your content. Love you!!! ❤️
Ooooh love this!! 💕 Here for the teaaaaa
Congrats on 100K! Having not read any of these books, this was really funny 😅 I should definitely try more YA fantasy
aaahh congrats on 100k! i've been following your booktube journey since the very beginning and it's lovely to see you grow like this! also, i think you'd enjoying TSOA a lot 👀
hey! I just started watching your vlogs/videos and haven't been watching anything else since. Just wanted to say thanks for all the cozy and adventurous content. I love that you also have a book channel :-)
i loved how you explained acotar- it was my introduction to books and I completely agree
yeah i totally agree acotar and throne of glass got me into reading so these books are deeply stored in my heart and i will always love them
I do hate it when people say that a certain book is like reading a fanfic because not all fanfic’s are bad. I mean Cassandra Clare also started as a fanfic writer. I think when people think about fanfics’s, they think about books like After even though that is such a bad example.
Fr, Victoria Aveyard also started as a fanfic writer and I love her, also the romance book that I've seen everywhere (something about hypothesis) is literally a KyloRen fanfic
Congratulations on the milestone! How cool that you've grown this fast 🥺 You are awesome 💕
ahh, I absolutely loved Ninth House and can't wait for the second book haha. I agree it was hard to get into the story but once that passed I though it was really interesting to build it like this ^^
I agree but personally it was disappointing for me. I couldn’t stop feeling: wait this is it?
literally what you said at the beginning (about being too busy to read and not knowing which books to read/them not drawing you in, and then once you started reading again you feel yourself again) I FEEL THIS ON A SPIRITUAL PLANE ~ I picked up reading at the end of first year uni and started bookstagram in my second year and oh my word, best decision ever! Congratulations on 100k
So well deserved 100k subscribers, congratulations!
thank you so much!!!
Congratulations on 100k cari!!!!...love youu!!!
this was very entertaining to watch at 2 am at night, thank you, Cari 😁
I’m about to read The Silent Companions. Love that I found your channel and you!
hope you enjoy!! and thank you :')
Stumbled on your videos by accident. Love them! Inspiring me to read again. I used to read so much as a kid and I thought I just had to grow up and do more important things. But I realize that reading makes me so happy that real life sometimes can't fulfill. Keep the videos coming!
Yay! Congrats on the 100k! 😊
thank youuuu 😊😊😊
Love your channel. Just discovered you a couple of weeks ago. I recently began reading again. I was in a slump for what seems like forever(maybe 7 years). I'm new to all of these books, booktube, booktok, etc.. Circe is what got me out of my slump. It greatly appealed to me because am immersed in Goddess Spirituality and Witchery. It's beautifully written and lyrical.
I'm not fond of calling a book overrated simply because I don't like it. Different people are going to love different books. You may not always love the books you do. Books you couldn't get into now could possibly be books you love years from now. That definitely has happened to me. Books catch us at particular times in our lives.
I had to read Normal People for school (in my first year of uni), and I thought it was mediocre at best... I didn't know the book or Sally Rooney before but afterwards I saw this book was so highly praised, so after reading I was just a bit?? I felt like there are so many books in this genre that are way better lol
Cari, congrats on 100k! 🎉
You deserve it so much, you’re literally are glowing here and everybody can see how much you enjoy reading.
I’m sadly currently at the point of my life where I’m not in the mood to read at all. After working for hours, driving home for a long time and needing to do chores at home I just want to sit on the couch and do nothing. (I also neglected keeping up with my Chinese. So if I’m ever starting again, I’m at point 0 again, which is just stupid...)
My reading list keeps getting longer because I’m still roaming the internet and the bookstores if I’ve got time but I’m just not in the mood to read because I can’t get into the worlds I’m reading about 😪
omgosh congrats on 100k!!
Thank you so much 😀
Acotar was my gateway drug into reading! I found your acotar summary videos after reading the series and I thought "ok these are way too long but maybe I'll watch 15 minutes.." I ended up watching all of them haha.. I absolutely love your humor and it got me SO excited to explore the fantasy genre. When I was younger, I had sporadic periods where I was obsessed with reading. I never realized what genre I liked until now
Wow. You got to 100k so fast! That's awesome. I love your videos.
thank you!
Now I'm torn which book should I read first. 😆
Thank you for the vid, as always. Watching while finishing my morning reports 🤭
And oh, congratulations for 100k subcribers! 🎉🌻💚
thank you! and have a great friday :)
Congratulations on 100.000 subscribers 🎉 Fantasy isn't my genre but I'm loving your booktube. Rather enjoyed Socery of Thornes though. The other books by Margaret Rogerson sound really interesting as well.
I think a book is what it does to you. That’s why I absolutely love ACOTAR, it was one of the first fantasy books I read and it just completely beamed me away. I am in love with the characters and This whole universe was an escape for me in a hard time. Also, I think compared to the YA romances I read before, especially the female characters are so much better developed and (especially Nesta) just is a badass and I love how cassian treats her and women in general.
I’m so glad I started following you on TH-cam and shared the awesomeness that is Six of Crows. I’m so excited you hit 100,000 subscribers. Congrats! 🎉🎈🎊🍾
yeeee thank you thank you!!
CONGRATS on 100k, Cari!! I discovered you channel last year and since than you gave me so many great books recommendations! Especially because english it's not my first language and some of the books are not translated yet, the way you talk about them made me read them in english, witch is great (for me ahaha) >-< so thank you and congrats once again!!!
omg thank YOU!!!
Honestly, that one line in The Love Hypothesis makes it hilarious to talk to others about it(who have read it or haven't). It made me laugh out loud really hard so I'm kind of grateful for it.
which line??
@@katiee7781 did you read it? I'm guessing she's talking about the line about the breast...
@@katjaf6506 i still don't understand why this is such a talked about line. The person Olive is based on has small boobs.
It's 11pm here and I'm still working but your video got me through! Thank you! T-T Love your long talky vids
Loved this so much!!
congrats on 100k!!
thank you :''')
happy for you!!! you deserve it!
thank you! it was a group effort with all of you guys :')
@@caricanread uu and maybe next time we can get kurt's review on dune
I just discovered your channel. Love it. I also really really liked ACOTAR, even the second one! I normally find the second book in a series to be not that good, and I truly liked this. The enemies to lovers thing... I love it haha. Guilty pleasure. The Grisha books... I read them. And I loved the world-building. And... somehow I just couldn't connect emotionally to the series. Haven't read six of crows yet!
5:06, never read shades of magic but that description is basically neverwhere by neil gaiman and I LOVE IT
YES! gaiman is my king too!
Read it it's so gooood (it gets better after the first one)
Cari congratulations on 100k! Your book channel also helped me return back to reading since my problems in life interfered with one of the few things that motivate me to do well in both life and school lolol 😂
😭🙏
I only read book own of Divergent and like it, but couldn't finish book two.
Miscommunication trope... I can only deal with it if it's something like the characters literally can't share something or else they would be in danger- like in Shadow of the Fox. It's more of a "keep a secret so I don't die" thing. Other than that it just stresses me out in a bad way.
I don't find a lot of books with male protagonists. They don't appear in YA/NA fantasy, so get almost excited when I see one. Lol. Diversity! (Haha).
A book being praised all the time, being talked about in a way that make it seem like one of the best books ever, but when someone reads it they are not as pleased as they thought they would be-.is an overated book. I found Caraval to be pretty bad... The plot was messy. I liked the other two books though.
maybe its a good thing i missed the divergent train hahaha
Just to say that I love you and your videos, they're my daily dose of self-care
thank you :')
Omg 100K!!! As you deserve, congrats!
thank you so much!!
Not the jace slander 😢 i feel like your relationship to six of crows is the same i have with cassandra clare‘s books. I can acknowledge now that they are not the best books by far but the emotional attachment is strong. 😂
Congratulations on 100K subscribers!!!!🥳🥳🥳
thank you!!! ahh!!
100k subscribers, congratulations!
thank you!
So happy for you. You took me back to reading.. Love from Spain.
acotar was my introduction to both fantasy and reading and I love it 😍
Congratulations on the 100K and the button!!! Now that Kurt is going in with the heavy duty YA chosen one universe saviour saga you can have him guest appear here as well 😆
I just started reading Normal People and I’m finding it hard to read cause it was fast paced and there was NO character development whatsoever and it’s kinda weird to read and there’s no speech marks?! I’m gonna try and read it tho just to see if I like it. Also congrats on 100k 🥳
its no where near by TBR list hahahah and thank you!!
I found it hard to read at first, but I got used to using clues to know who was saying what lol. It’s the only Sally Rooney book I’ve read, and I really enjoyed it. Not the kind of enjoyment where it makes you happy at all, though. Totally put me through the wringer!
I thought that there was some character development, but not the super in your face kind. It was just interesting seeing how aspects of their perspectives and characteristics progressed or regressed depending at where they were in life. But yeah, I could see how it’s definitely not for everyone lol!
I haven't even attempted to read any of S.R.'s work. Even the synopsis sounds boring to me. I really don't get the hype.
it's one of my favorite books ever tbh. either people get it and love it, or don't. both fine :)
@@luluognam
I’ve heard some rly great reviews of it so I might try to read it again
Congrats on the 100k! :)
thank you!!
I listened to children of blood and bones as an audiobook on Spotify and really like it, it also helped with the distinction of the characters
I honestly love listening to you talk
Six of crows/shadow and bone was what got me back into reading too!! I love them so much for that and they will always hold a special place in my heart but looking back, shadow and bone especially wasn’t great… I loved the story but I just felt like it wasn’t written very well. Six of crows was a big improvement on writing tho. Bit concerned about your opinion on King of scars Duology, I’ve seen soooo many people love it, I still need to read it!!
Congratulations Cari!!!! You deserve it
thank you!!
CONGRATS ON THE MILESTONE BTW!!!💜💜 ^-^
"I hate tropes where the girl is battle-hardened and a badass, but some boy softens her"
I mean, same. It's definitely time to get rid of a lot of those kinds of tropes.
That's why the men in my upcoming novels actually help to strengthen the women. One even teaches the woman how to fight.
“Girl can’t fight until a boy teaches her” is a worse trope IMO. But like all tropes it depends on how you do it. At a certain point you just have to ignore the genders and do what you want with the characters, because if you view every character through the lens of their gender then you end up reading into things. Like maybe it makes total sense for your boy character to teach your girl character how to fight and it has nothing to do with girls vs. boys. And maybe it makes total sense for the soft character to “save” or “fix” the battle-hardened character regardless of anyone’s gender.
@@emmanarotzky6565 Let me clarify that it's "pirates teach aristocrat how to fight". So you're right, gender could be ignored for context as to why it's a good or bad trope. The battle-hardened woman being softened trope bothers me more because it feeds into the "women have to be soft and sweet etc etc" nonsense.
I’ve seen so many couples in the real world, where falling in love and entering into a relationship/marriage can help to smooth out the tougher edges of both people. They seem to make each other better.
I read to Kill a kingdom with my sister and I enjoyed( I give it 4 stars). It's helps me with my reading slump. Cari I recommend you The kingdom of back by Marie Lu and The forgotten beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip, they both are in my top 5 of best books in 2021.
hey cari! you might not read this but i’m still going to leave this here incase;
i know it’s been like 9months and either i hadn’t found you then or simply cause i didn’t have my notifications turned on (hehe sorry for that). but I just wanna say I’m so so proud of you and grateful that this community exists. your channel is haven. A small, beautiful, and cozy corner where just knowing that i can come to any day brings me joy!! it’s the comfort and warmth you radiate. you deserve that plaque more than anyone else. and i really really hope you continue to keep uploading the amazing videos you put out for us. I can just tell by your eloquence, delicate affirmations, and just simply the person you are when you’re around books that you’re a beautiful soul who needs to be treasured in this world. may god give you a long healthy life so that you can continue dreaming, exploring, and finding new journeys for yourself and for us. sending you so much love
I LOVED this whole video, you're the best!
P.s I loved the part when your belly is asking you to feed it lol