“An illiterate person would have done a better job as king because they wouldn’t have even opened the book in the first place!” Yall, when I say I SCREAMEDSJDHDUDHDJSIDHDKDOKDNDUDIDLJK-
alfie: *sees a book surrounded by suspicious, dark fog that calls him in* alfie: *opens the book and unleashes an evil entity that will destroy the world* alfie: damn... who would’ve thought
*listens to Cindy describe the bread scene in Nocturna* me internally: huh, sounds like that scene from Aladdin. cindy two seconds later: THAT SCENE IS FROM FUCKING ALADDIN! Great minds eh?
*Listens to Cindy describe the bread scene in Nocturna* me internally: huh, sounds like that scene from Aladdin. I’m gonna comment that. One second later: *sees that Atkinson 287 already did*
You surely can't do worse than Hopscotch. I think I lasted four chapters before DNFing that thing. So many words to say absolutely nothing. No wonder it doesn't matter what order the chapters are in!
In How the Garcia Girls lost their Accents by Julia Alvarez, the chapters are in reverse order. They’re more like interconnected short stories about the characters though. I also remember Chronicle of a Death foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez being told out of order, but it was narrated by a character in the future to give the story flow. Would love to read something with the chapters out of order!
TJ have you read the ghosts of heaven by Marcus Sedgwick ( I think that’s spelt right) the chapters aren’t out of order but there are four sections in the book and you can read them in any order and the story still makes sense. I found it really interesting.
Also can we talk about how Cindy responds to comments like seriously no other TH-camrs do cause they think they the big stuff but truth is they ain’t, and ligit Cindy is better than 99% of YOuTubers out there just saying
Lots of TH-camrs literally don't have the time to respond to every single comment. Kind of an unfair metric to judge a channel on, though I'm not saying that to diss Cindy
most youtubers don’t respond to comments because they either don’t see them, don’t have a response/don’t want to, or don’t have time 🤷🏻♀️ I feel like if someone was full of themselves they’d be more likely to look at comments anyway lol
Girl buckle up for some more Dudley fat-shaming in the rest of the HP books. I think at one point she describes him as "roughly the size of a baby killer whale". That aspect of the books has definitely not aged well.
the way the replies here cannot connect that just because a character (or a person) is terrible and immoral does not means their looks are fair game for mockery, because that kinda talk affects the people who are consuming the media - which in this case is CHILDREN..... please take a moment and think about this
I always thought that these insults were because of Harry because he hated the Dursleys because often times people who hate each other focus on the negative traits and will use every way to insult the other even when it's not fair
personally the first two Harry Potter books were my least favorite but prisoner of azkaban blew my mind and the books only got better after that. still don’t support jk rowling though
@@audreyspidermonkey I'm near the end of HBP, I must say Rowling's writing up a notch in the chapter The Cave. Ginny and Harry so much cuter in the book than movie. Now I look forward to the last book. :)
Yeah! I hope Cindy is gonna be as blown away by Prisoner of Askaban as my 13 year old self was. It’s been my favorite ever since (I’m 31 now, w h a t). Because that book is so inventive and has the greatest unpredictable twists (if you go in knowing nothing. That’s a prerequisite for its capacity to surprise you.) Can’t wait to hear her take on it. (But yeah the hope for more diversity is going to be an endless one. Even though it does clearly and continuously address discrimination. Just more in the metaphorical way, eh.)
I disagree with that. Dudley is supposed to be a spoiled and gluttonous bully to contrast the abuse that Harry is put through. Sooo how do you portray that in the most obvious way? Yeah. It’s not subtle but it’s middle grade, what do you expect. I feel like she was just looking for things to be offended by. Most of this video seemed that way.
I still don't understand how you can read so many book in a month. Can't find the motivation to read the last 100 pages of Crooked Kingdom. It's freaking good, but I don't want it to end.
I am SO looking forward to you ripping Serpent and Dove apart because I'm a messy bitch who lives for drama, but this actually made me want to pick up Damaged Glory!
The Silent Patient printing the chapters out of order: Cindy: is this a stylistic device? It’s so freaking different... Cindy’s friends: WTAF are you saying? Hilarious 🤣🤣🤣
i just wanna acknowledge that i stan ur chaotic energy your instagram is literally aesthetic asf and organized and then your youtube is complete shitposting chaos and im living for this queen
Oh my god, thank you, I completely agree with you on The Silent Patient. I remember reading the plot twist and like, I wasn't even shocked or surprised, I just felt like i'd been lied to the entire time I was reading the book. It was such a disappointment, I just rolled my eyes.
I’m interested in hearing your separate review for Serpent & Dove. I didn’t finish reading it. It started off with potential buuut gradually I started to lose interest in the characters. Especially with the female lead and her singing that bawdy tune every chance she got.
i just wanted to take a moment to thank u for inspiring me to start reading again 🥺 i haven't read since i fell into a depressive episode and i forgot just how much i loved it and how much joy it brings me so ty cindy 👩❤️💋👩👩❤️💋👩
Mecharnie Dobbs plus like the fact that u have to take staircases to go everywhere in hogwarts. like disabled people who? wheelchairs exist? jk rowling doesnt know her.
@@polarbearsss To be fair, magic exists. Wheelchairs? They are magical wheelchairs now, they can fly. Not to say that's not an issue, but that it's not that big of an issue as it could be.
I really love Cindy.Her way of explaining and talking about the books makes it so easy for me to understand after school instead of three page response with vocabulary words and in a sophisticated way that is just unnecessary, It’s down to earth, honest, and relatable. I love this channel.❤️💙
Cindy: "An illiterate person would have done a better job as a king" *me thinking about the illiterate female ruling the nightcourt with her mate*: "you sure tho?"
“Overall I did like the ideas but I didn’t like the execution” that is a perfect summary of how I feel about YA novels and really just a lot of contemporary fiction in general
My parents took me to a therapist when I was like 13 because my brother had died, and let me tell you, I came out of that session more traumatized than when I went in. I had a stutter for a whole week after and I lost all my progress for my speech impediments. This gave me a fear of therapists, but I always love stories of how they helped other people because I can't imagine doimg that....
You sold me on Someone Who Will Love You In All Your Damaged Glory when you said that Stephanie Beatriz narrates one of the characters in the audiobook!
As a long-time Harry Potter fan, I also rated the first book 2 stars upon rereading it as an adult, and I totally agree with all the issues you picked out (especially the fatphobia). I will say though I've recently reread the second book and while there are still issues I found it so much more entertaining and action-focused than the first one - so there's hope!
Hi Cindy, I would like to say THANK YOU for your videos! I always trust your opinion because we happen to lie within the same taste when it comes to books. But also the fact you bring me tremendous joy and laughter whenever I watch any of your videos! It's not every day I can find a TH-camr who I can relate with on both book's taste and the fact we (and many people) are dealing with shitty lives and mental health. Please please PLEASE stay healthy and safe in every way possible, I look forward to your future videos and you can count on my continuous support!
i think the thing about the harry potter fandom is like… we don’t actually like the series? like at this point we’ve made our own version of the characters and books and we don’t actually care about anything JKR actually wrote. Like we have entire storylines for people that are featured maybe twice in the entire series and i think that’s beautiful.
Every time I read something in the format of a diary entry, there are entire scenes with dialogue written out, and it annoys me to no end because I can't imagine anyone journaling like that 😂 I'm glad I can live vicariously through your January wrap-up because my reading has had a slow start this year due to me spending all my time watching My Hero Academia
Girll just keep on pushing through the HP books! When I started the first two books, I was like "Eh, this is a childish yet decent series" And then the third book came along...whew! Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, my babies, were introduced. As you progress, I swear the books get more dark and the writing style becomes more adultish and there is so much more intriguing elements that come together.
I hesitate to give J.K. Rowling that much credit, but I always felt like she went so hard on Dudley’s Fatty McFatness to highlight how deprived Harry was. Like the Dursley family uses food as a form of control and are feeding him scraps and leftovers and shit.
Hope you feel better soon! It seems like everyone I watch and know IRL has been sick lately. Hope everything gets better! As always thanks for making funny videos while still giving amazing takes on the books. You're a real gem for me on my off days ♥
OMG CAN'T WAIT FOR YOUR SERPENT & DOVE REVIEW!!! I've been waiting for someone to take this apart since reading it months ago b/c I just can't understand how ppl can love this so much. Oc there are others who have done a marvellous job on this book already but I think your brand of crazy will bring this on a whole new entertaining --> satisfying level
Thank you for having library books with your videos. I suspect there are many people feeling bad because they can't purchase 30 books a month. I enjoy your open and blunt reviews. I'm glad I found your channel and you now how have a new subscriber.
That casual racism really just jumped out of nowhere. Like the book had to be violent, privileged, white focused, and racist? What was it trying to do? Audition for the Klu Klux Klan?
5:48 "Ever since then, she never speaks a word, she is completely silent the whole time--" Me: **gasps** **flashbacks to an old Cindy video** Me: **whispers** _I have lost my way..._
I think that in the case of Harry potter, you're supposed to read it in middle school or even elementary school, and re-read it as an adult. For its time it was a unique book but now after the COMPLETE saturation of the YA or fantasy genre it comes off as a little boring. Still consider it one of my favourite books of all time. And I do think it gets much better as it goes on.
Cindy: Ima forget my Trauma by reading other people’s
Me: Sis it don’t work
LOL LET ME TRY 😭
readwithcindy believe me it only builds on the trauma instead
Trauma + Trauma = More Trauma.
It don't really help, but Imma beat my head against this figurative brick wall til I die.
Kinz Jean girl if you ain’t speaking the truth?!
"If you were a real badass, you would eat the bread right in front of that starving child."
Can you tell that she likes Kaz Brekker
EXACTLY! KAZ WOULD NEVER GIVE BREAD TO A STARVING CHILD
@@withcindy I know right!
@@withcindy jeez
OMG YOU'RE RIGHT! AAH BIG BRAIN; I DIDNT THINK OF THAT!
readwithcindy unless the child was Inej
I have to say I'm not surprised that someone named Karin Slaughter wrote a gratuitously violent book.
She was born for this
On brand.
Somewhere, a prophecy has been fulfilled
*Oh yeah, it's all coming together*
Nominative Determinism
I just really want Cindy to start holding up books to the camera like a beauty youtuber does with makeup
LOL my hands are too small for that but i should try that out
@@withcindy Yes please it would be great!!
*book sized hands*
YES!!!!!
Brooke Frohlich pitting her hand behind it so the camera focuses 😂
Cindy : has a dramatic mini synopsis and says its basically all she wants
also cindy: however i was very disappointed
Story of my life
Sounds like a description for every man if ever met.
@@eduardaarrais 😂😂😂
@@Megan-gy4ly do people call you Megamind ( get it Meganmind ).
Where's the lie?
Nobody:
Nobody at all:
Cindy: *spOiLeR alErT, It'S a SceNe wiTh SeX.*
Teehee!
Wasn’t a spoiler alert. 😆
"Let me forget about my trauma and think about other people's trauma"
Fandoms in a nutshell
It's why we love fiction
Lol
if cindy were elsa: you can’t give bread to a kid you just met
Let's Get this Bread
Jean Valjean is quaking
@@evies.1018 was about to comment that 😂
A prequel to Les Mis but its just Cindy eating bread and laughing at kids
Theatrelover99 she would be the renaissance version of that “what would you do if there was a child right in front of you-BUF” vine
"Karen that was a choice, and i question your choices"
Sounds like something my guardian Angel would say.
I'm your guardian angel
sounds like something I would say to myself
@Nyteraw the internet be like that sometimes 😂
@@withcindy ma'am you agreed to adopt me and now you are my guardian angel??? I KEEP WINNING
@@Taemin9494-c2c unlike me :( A seagull stole my raspberry muffin today
“An illiterate person would have done a better job as king because they wouldn’t have even opened the book in the first place!”
Yall, when I say I SCREAMEDSJDHDUDHDJSIDHDKDOKDNDUDIDLJK-
No NO NO-YOU DID NOT JUST USE THAT ALYSSA MILANO VINE-CINDY YOU PLAY TOO MUCH! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
YES I DID
Hi, I Jared, I'm 19 and I never fucking learned how to read
alfie: *sees a book surrounded by suspicious, dark fog that calls him in*
alfie: *opens the book and unleashes an evil entity that will destroy the world*
alfie: damn... who would’ve thought
Alfie to the female MC: Look at us! Who would've thought! Not me!
Level of disbelief: Pikachu
Surprise pikachu face
Alfie goin hard on the dumb bitch juice
Alfie: who would've thought?
Me: well obviously ,you didn't think
I can't wait for Cindy to rant/roast all Harry Potter books and wear an Hogwart uniform at the same time.
i would be wearing green!
I was about to ask myself which house cindy would be in- really buffering today 😐
Maria Paz G. Lesme I would pay for that...
@Aliye Kocak that entire sentence. I wheezed so hard it hurt.
We dont stan TERFs
Cindy: an illiterate person would’ve done a better job than you
*Wylan Van Eck has entered the chat*
wylan: now is my time to shine
readwithcindy Jespers lesser known nickname for his boyfriend, Wylan Van Timetoshine
*listens to Cindy describe the bread scene in Nocturna*
me internally: huh, sounds like that scene from Aladdin.
cindy two seconds later: THAT SCENE IS FROM FUCKING ALADDIN!
Great minds eh?
A whole new world indeed
Let's not be too hasty 😳
*Listens to Cindy describe the bread scene in Nocturna*
me internally: huh, sounds like that scene from Aladdin. I’m gonna comment that.
One second later: *sees that Atkinson 287 already did*
Samantha Jungers I’ll say it again, great minds! 😂
Might try intentionally putting my chapters out of order because that sounds like a rad stylistic devise
Yea I would love to see that attempted!
You surely can't do worse than Hopscotch. I think I lasted four chapters before DNFing that thing. So many words to say absolutely nothing. No wonder it doesn't matter what order the chapters are in!
In How the Garcia Girls lost their Accents by Julia Alvarez, the chapters are in reverse order. They’re more like interconnected short stories about the characters though. I also remember Chronicle of a Death foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez being told out of order, but it was narrated by a character in the future to give the story flow. Would love to read something with the chapters out of order!
TJ have you read the ghosts of heaven by Marcus Sedgwick ( I think that’s spelt right) the chapters aren’t out of order but there are four sections in the book and you can read them in any order and the story still makes sense. I found it really interesting.
Cindy, have you read House of Leaves? Am thinking of picking it up. ^^
sick and annoying sounds like a documentary based on me and english weather
It's the title of my biography during winter
@@withcindy I felt that...
I felt that in my soul...
But which is which?
Wow, my life
“Trying to change you mindset is like going into the unknown”. Cindy is really coming for Elsa’s job
Still haven't seen that movie 👀
@@withcindy the songs are good but plot makes no sense and characters flip 180
@@Amy-G-Dala- There are 100% problems but it's a lot of fun to watch
@@incognitoburrito6020 Anna sobbing into a carrot undid me
@@Amy-G-Dala- ofc, if brendon is there is going to be good af
_"You're gonna be a great king some day." "I'm like, don't _*_enable_*_ him!"_ LOL!
WHY THEY LYIN?
Also can we talk about how Cindy responds to comments like seriously no other TH-camrs do cause they think they the big stuff but truth is they ain’t, and ligit Cindy is better than 99% of YOuTubers out there just saying
thank u sis i try to respond but i can def understand why others dont bc it can be a lot to handle!!
You captured the feeling I get when cindy hearts my comment and i feel so loved. She replys so I know shes not just mindlesslyhearing. .
Lots of TH-camrs literally don't have the time to respond to every single comment. Kind of an unfair metric to judge a channel on, though I'm not saying that to diss Cindy
most youtubers don’t respond to comments because they either don’t see them, don’t have a response/don’t want to, or don’t have time 🤷🏻♀️ I feel like if someone was full of themselves they’d be more likely to look at comments anyway lol
Your rant about Karin Slaughter and casual racism gave me life. Go OFF sis
it had to be said!
Girl buckle up for some more Dudley fat-shaming in the rest of the HP books. I think at one point she describes him as "roughly the size of a baby killer whale". That aspect of the books has definitely not aged well.
NOOOOOO
That is hilarious tho
Fuck Dudley and the dursleys!!! Abusive assholes.
the way the replies here cannot connect that just because a character (or a person) is terrible and immoral does not means their looks are fair game for mockery, because that kinda talk affects the people who are consuming the media - which in this case is CHILDREN..... please take a moment and think about this
I always thought that these insults were because of Harry because he hated the Dursleys because often times people who hate each other focus on the negative traits and will use every way to insult the other even when it's not fair
“Harry as a main character simply does not have the flavor that Hermione and Ron have” the tea has been spilled and I’m here for it
what's a potter and why is he so hairy?
-"there's smoke coming out of the book, and sinister voices".
Me: his stupid a$$ must have opened the book.
Cindy: he opens the book.
Me: of course.
Total idiot
Last time I was this early Feyre was still with Tamlin
Don't speak of their names ever again
I love how honest you are about Harry Potter. I grew up reading it, and sometimes it’s easy to be blind by nostalgia. Thanks for your awesome video 🌞
Thank u! It's hard for me to actually be objective about it tho since I am not into middle grade books
alfie: *releases dark magic & screws over his kingdom*
alfie: ( surprised pikachu face )
GREAT JOB ALFIE
personally the first two Harry Potter books were my least favorite but prisoner of azkaban blew my mind and the books only got better after that. still don’t support jk rowling though
i hope i like it too!
My favorite was The Half Blood Prince, just cuz I was like 11 and shipped Harry and Ginny suuuper hard lmao
Audrey Kahlsdorf half blood prince was so funny though that’s my second favorite
@@audreyspidermonkey I'm near the end of HBP, I must say Rowling's writing up a notch in the chapter The Cave. Ginny and Harry so much cuter in the book than movie. Now I look forward to the last book. :)
Yeah! I hope Cindy is gonna be as blown away by Prisoner of Askaban as my 13 year old self was. It’s been my favorite ever since (I’m 31 now, w h a t). Because that book is so inventive and has the greatest unpredictable twists (if you go in knowing nothing. That’s a prerequisite for its capacity to surprise you.) Can’t wait to hear her take on it. (But yeah the hope for more diversity is going to be an endless one. Even though it does clearly and continuously address discrimination. Just more in the metaphorical way, eh.)
"Turns out I'm still dead inside 😐"
Same girl, same.
RIP
F
I’m watching this instead of doing my college homework. Cindy roasting books is definitely more important and entertaining
go do yo homework
I didn't realize how fatphobic Harry Potter was but now that you mentioned it...
Yea it was so cringey
It dont age well
I disagree with that. Dudley is supposed to be a spoiled and gluttonous bully to contrast the abuse that Harry is put through. Sooo how do you portray that in the most obvious way? Yeah. It’s not subtle but it’s middle grade, what do you expect. I feel like she was just looking for things to be offended by. Most of this video seemed that way.
@@penmaster003 thats literally all of cindy's content, but its entertaining as heck
@CM Chong Yeah. Usually, I find it funny. I guess since I grew up with Harry Potter, I got a bit defensive. Lol.
I don’t know why but for some weird reason the more you hate a book the more I want to read it.
Ur brain is special
I still don't understand how you can read so many book in a month.
Can't find the motivation to read the last 100 pages of Crooked Kingdom. It's freaking good, but I don't want it to end.
Good book= 2 days
Mediocre book= 3 days
Perfect book= 30 years
My commute is long so I get a lot of reading done!
I'm on a major reading block for like 4 months now, I started 3 books and never finished them
I think most of us have suffered through the last 100 pages of Crooked Kingdom too. You're not alone.
When ur watching Read with Cindy in AP Geography and ur teacher don’t even care
Tell your teacher I said hi
I am SO looking forward to you ripping Serpent and Dove apart because I'm a messy bitch who lives for drama, but this actually made me want to pick up Damaged Glory!
Hope u enjoy damaged glory!
The fact that Cindy will be roasting my fav book right now (Serpent&Dove), helps me hang in for another day, chefs kiss
I'm so sorry
Cindy: sneezes
Me: W O R K IT QUEEEEEEEN
THIS BEAT JUST GOT SICKER
If your annoying and annoying, it cancelles out
The math checks out
I'm equally proud and concerned that I'm here so early
My life is a mixture of pride and concern
same..............what i'm i doing with my life
@@withcindy I'm gonna tattoo this one me 😂
I'm crying about the story with the chapters like I would have thought 100% like you 😭😂
IM A DAMN FOOL LOL
I would have thought I was dumb tbh 😂
serpent & dove felt like sarah j mass co-wrote it don’t @ me
OMG THATS WHAT I THOUGHT TOO...
"territorial, brute" aelin/lou
The Silent Patient printing the chapters out of order: Cindy: is this a stylistic device? It’s so freaking different... Cindy’s friends: WTAF are you saying? Hilarious 🤣🤣🤣
Cindy talking shit about Dumbledore and calling him a side character? Iconic. Magnificent. Absolutely delightful. We love to see it.
Dumblewho?
I SAW SERPENT AND DOVE IN THE THUMBNAIL AND CAME HERE AS SOON AS I PHYSICALLY COULD
Oh you have another storm coming ...
@@withcindy Super hyped!!!!! :D
i just wanna acknowledge that i stan ur chaotic energy your instagram is literally aesthetic asf and organized and then your youtube is complete shitposting chaos and im living for this queen
HAHAHA thank you i have the RANGE
I’ve refreshed five times where are the comments at?
That's because you were like literally the 2nd comment!
Oh my god, thank you, I completely agree with you on The Silent Patient. I remember reading the plot twist and like, I wasn't even shocked or surprised, I just felt like i'd been lied to the entire time I was reading the book. It was such a disappointment, I just rolled my eyes.
I’m interested in hearing your separate review for Serpent & Dove. I didn’t finish reading it. It started off with potential buuut gradually I started to lose interest in the characters. Especially with the female lead and her singing that bawdy tune every chance she got.
I HATE HER SINGING THAT STUPID SONG SO MUCH OMG
" Has this author never met a women? "
I'm dead XD !
i dont think he has....
Oh yeah ! I forgot to mention, hope you get better soon ( my dumb ass was laughing so hard I forgot to mention that )
Currently home sick. Perfect timing.
Did we infect each other
i just wanted to take a moment to thank u for inspiring me to start reading again 🥺 i haven't read since i fell into a depressive episode and i forgot just how much i loved it and how much joy it brings me so ty cindy 👩❤️💋👩👩❤️💋👩
btw i was reading educated by tara westover so the for the recommendations as well!
Aww thanks so much!! I'm so glad u loved educated!! It's such a great book
I really liked the Silent Patient but I agree with your critique. Especially the diary, like who records their life with such detail 😅
Right?? Impeccable memory lol
@@withcindy and here is me who can't remember what day of the week it is most of the time
omg i havent read any of the HP books in a hot minute, i didnt remember all that discrimination on it holy shit
Big yikes indeed
You didn't remember the anti-Semitism in Harry Potter and all the people in Hollywood who read it to adapt into a movie didn't notice at the time.
Mecharnie Dobbs plus like the fact that u have to take staircases to go everywhere in hogwarts. like disabled people who? wheelchairs exist? jk rowling doesnt know her.
@@polarbearsss To be fair, magic exists. Wheelchairs? They are magical wheelchairs now, they can fly. Not to say that's not an issue, but that it's not that big of an issue as it could be.
@@lookatthiscutekittyc2903 Someone, PLEASE draw a young wizard in a flying wheelchair.
I really love Cindy.Her way of explaining and talking about the books makes it so easy for me to understand after school instead of three page response with vocabulary words and in a sophisticated way that is just unnecessary, It’s down to earth, honest, and relatable. I love this channel.❤️💙
aww thank you sofia! im glad that it's easy to understand!
Nice, we can be flu buddies! (But alas, the struggles of being sick rn as an Asian when everyone is on high alert for coronavirus...)
Omg I FEEL YOU I always contain my coughing in public
She has returned.
Hello ♥️
“Lemme just unleash this dark magic and see what happens.” Honestly sumn id do 💀💀
When cindy who deosnt own many books has read more then a person who almost has a library at home(me) well its tough .😂
Hahaha it's not a race so it's ok ♥️
I know but it shows your dedication 😘
I honestly want to write a book just so Cindy can tear it to shreds, is that weird?
Ur not the only one
Cindy: I am a Simple Ho™
Me: girl, same, you speak to my soul
Cindy: "An illiterate person would have done a better job as a king"
*me thinking about the illiterate female ruling the nightcourt with her mate*: "you sure tho?"
sitting in front of the computer waiting for the s&d tea gurl
I'm saving that for the end of the month!
“Overall I did like the ideas but I didn’t like the execution” that is a perfect summary of how I feel about YA novels and really just a lot of contemporary fiction in general
"If that was a choice, I question your choices."
The misprinted story had me dying 😂😂 that actually would've been really cool though
My parents took me to a therapist when I was like 13 because my brother had died, and let me tell you, I came out of that session more traumatized than when I went in. I had a stutter for a whole week after and I lost all my progress for my speech impediments. This gave me a fear of therapists, but I always love stories of how they helped other people because I can't imagine doimg that....
the amount of joy your videos bring to me is unreal
aw thank you so much
You sold me on Someone Who Will Love You In All Your Damaged Glory when you said that Stephanie Beatriz narrates one of the characters in the audiobook!
yes i believe she narrates 2 stories!
"Turns out, I'm still dead inside" literally me throughout this book bc I never cried. Not once.
i love crying while reading a book... it makes me feel ALIVE
The most feeling I got recently was maybe heteros matter in the sycthe books
Lol! “First of all, that was a scene from Aladdin” 😂
Aladdin did it better !
As a long-time Harry Potter fan, I also rated the first book 2 stars upon rereading it as an adult, and I totally agree with all the issues you picked out (especially the fatphobia). I will say though I've recently reread the second book and while there are still issues I found it so much more entertaining and action-focused than the first one - so there's hope!
Yay that's a relief to hear!!
This is a weird compliment but I love your eyebrows in this video.
oh wow thanks!! hehe i did nothing to them
Now I'm gonna focus on her eyebrows every video
Hi Cindy,
I would like to say THANK YOU for your videos! I always trust your opinion because we happen to lie within the same taste when it comes to books. But also the fact you bring me tremendous joy and laughter whenever I watch any of your videos! It's not every day I can find a TH-camr who I can relate with on both book's taste and the fact we (and many people) are dealing with shitty lives and mental health. Please please PLEASE stay healthy and safe in every way possible, I look forward to your future videos and you can count on my continuous support!
thank you cierra!!
i think the thing about the harry potter fandom is like… we don’t actually like the series? like at this point we’ve made our own version of the characters and books and we don’t actually care about anything JKR actually wrote. Like we have entire storylines for people that are featured maybe twice in the entire series and i think that’s beautiful.
Every time I read something in the format of a diary entry, there are entire scenes with dialogue written out, and it annoys me to no end because I can't imagine anyone journaling like that 😂 I'm glad I can live vicariously through your January wrap-up because my reading has had a slow start this year due to me spending all my time watching My Hero Academia
Haha my friend is also obsessed with that anime!
me in my english lit class
Me every day
Shout out to you Cindy for continuing to provide funny and insightful content, even when dying.
(but seriously, I hope you feel better asap)
thank you babe!!
"SHE WOULD EAT THAT BREAD IN FRONT OF THAT STARVING CHILD!"
You are the epitome of badass, Cindy.
Girll just keep on pushing through the HP books! When I started the first two books, I was like "Eh, this is a childish yet decent series" And then the third book came along...whew! Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, my babies, were introduced. As you progress, I swear the books get more dark and the writing style becomes more adultish and there is so much more intriguing elements that come together.
I hesitate to give J.K. Rowling that much credit, but I always felt like she went so hard on Dudley’s Fatty McFatness to highlight how deprived Harry was. Like the Dursley family uses food as a form of control and are feeding him scraps and leftovers and shit.
Hope you feel better soon! It seems like everyone I watch and know IRL has been sick lately. Hope everything gets better! As always thanks for making funny videos while still giving amazing takes on the books. You're a real gem for me on my off days ♥
Omg I‘m so ready for the wtf moments of any book. Let your rage and disbelief out, girl. 😔✊🏻
There are just too many to count..
OMG CAN'T WAIT FOR YOUR SERPENT & DOVE REVIEW!!! I've been waiting for someone to take this apart since reading it months ago b/c I just can't understand how ppl can love this so much. Oc there are others who have done a marvellous job on this book already but I think your brand of crazy will bring this on a whole new entertaining --> satisfying level
I got a Lot of sjm vibes from that book... Just saying
For some reason, you giving Serpent & Dove 1.5 stars makes me really want to read it cuz all of your 1 stars YA are trash I love to indulge.
If u love ACOTAR u would love this!
Thank you for having library books with your videos. I suspect there are many people feeling bad because they can't purchase 30 books a month. I enjoy your open and blunt reviews. I'm glad I found your channel and you now how have a new subscriber.
i will proudly show off my library tags!!!... mostly bc i cant take them off anyway!!
That casual racism really just jumped out of nowhere. Like the book had to be violent, privileged, white focused, and racist? What was it trying to do? Audition for the Klu Klux Klan?
LMAO NOOOOO 😩
I’m tried it being dead inside, I wanna feel something...... okay but same
the only reason why i read books
"The ugly side of patriarchy"
The whole thing, you mean
Cindy’s critiques on characters & character traits/choices are always the best 😂 also, I hope you feel better soon!!
I'm very fickle with character development haha
You are literally the best background noise for me when I draw. Like it is so much fun to just relax and listen to you shit/praise a book idk why lol
aww im honored!! thank you!!
I just noticed you’re twitter tshirt and I see you- I see the subliminal messages you’re trying to send us
I'm subliminally telling u that I wear Twitter shirts as pajamas
"I'm gonna unleash this dark magic and see what happens"
me, everytime i step out of the house
Really commend you on having subtitles in this video so soon! accessibility is so important and is often overlooked by others
Kyra Ferguson wrote the captions, so all subtitles is thanks to the community!
5:48 "Ever since then, she never speaks a word, she is completely silent the whole time--"
Me: **gasps** **flashbacks to an old Cindy video**
Me: **whispers** _I have lost my way..._
Hope you feel better soon. Your videos are always great and make my day better, so thank you for making this one even when you don’t feel good.
thank you so much kayla!!
I should be studying for my finals atm
but the moment I got the notification for her video I literally dropped everything
It's the middle of the year for u?
Good luck with ur finals babe
If one of my enemies died, I would be arrested so quick because of all the threatening I do
Was serpent and dove cheesy as hell: definitely
Did I still read the whole book and maybe enjoyed it: definitely 👀
i love that for you boo
I got an ad for a book called West of Sin or something and given how extra Cindy can be I really thought that was the video for like 10 seconds
HAHA they should sponsor me
I think that in the case of Harry potter, you're supposed to read it in middle school or even elementary school, and re-read it as an adult. For its time it was a unique book but now after the COMPLETE saturation of the YA or fantasy genre it comes off as a little boring. Still consider it one of my favourite books of all time. And I do think it gets much better as it goes on.
omg i'm so READY for cindy's review on serpent & dove!!!!!!!