A friend has told me that The Atlas Six is not officially classified as YA. I don’t understand why, but if you come to the comments to tell me that, I’ve already been told. It’s still bad though.
Out of curiousity I looked it up and it turns out to be new adult. Those kinds of books are not easy to find. I want that genre to become as popular young adult books.
I've heard YA is technically 12-18 years old, while new adult is for 18 to twenties and is basically YA that usually includes more graphic stuff like sex, drug/alcohol use/abuse, etc
I love your honestly. I'm often tired of people being like "I liked so it's a masterpiece" when it's totally okay liking something trashy for being trashy!
Yeah it’s ok to enjoy trash for what it is! There’s a place for it. But I can’t stand when people think trash is actually good, and the actual good stuff is bad lol
@@WillowTalksBooks I completely disagree with you🤣! (I love your content so this isn't a dig). However, I don't think it counts as a trash boom whatsoever. I think it doesn't follow the standard story outline which is why many people say it has no real plot. I think this was done on purpose because it's meant to read as more of a philisophical book instead of a classic YA. The characters were written fairly well and most of the people who say they aren't don't seem to understand what they were meant to represent. I loved how some of them had a lack of motive due to the power they possessed. One of the main themes of how power effects people is portrayed really well in the book. I also think the writing style isn't cringy. I understand that it's over the top but considering the fact that the characters are meant to be pretentious the wording makes sense. Most modern YA and adult use very simple borderline childish language and don't get flack. This book does the very opposite and while it isn't everybodys cup of tea in writing style it was a breath of fresh air from other YA novels. Which may be why it became so popular because it wasn't so formulaic. I never once thought the characters ran into each other either. I understand why people may hate it but I don't think it's objectively trash. I'm fact it is probably objectively good in terms of philosophy and science. The magic system seemed to be built off of physics and science. (This is explained slightly more in book 2). And the complex sciences she includes I adore. Although she did need more worldbuilding but I honestly think the story isn't meant to revolve around the world but rather each characters connection with power. However, I did read books 1 and 2 within 24 hours so maybe I need a reread to rethink. (I don't expect an answer but I wanted to post this rant somewhere). Also read book 2 I have a feeling you'll hate love it more than book 1. Many people say she's trying to sound intelligent and is just using pseudo science but on a technical level she is actually very accurate.
Finally, a correct review! Never have I read a novel outside fanfiction that delivers this level of messy indulgence. Your point about the characters bleeding together is my biggest actual gripe - I need Blake to clash these disaster people into each other at every opportunity and it feels watered down when they go runny like that. Luckily, Callum, my hyper-problematic fave, is consistently a huge bitch.
I’ve just started this book. But I have to say so far I’ve rolled my eyes about 6 times at the author’s writing style. It’s giving “I just found out how to use a thesaurus” 😶 but I do find the plot somewhat intriguing?? So we’ll seeee
I had a similar experience with this book, although I did expect to like it regardless of quality, because I like the 'magical competition' trope, but I read the first page, thought to myself: "This writing is atrocious," then read the whole thing, absolutely glued to it, simultaneously horrified and amused as it somehow got worse and worse. To be honest, I did have fun reading it, if not for the reasons you're supposed to... I might even read the sequel, so who's really laughing now
Thanks for acknowledging the bad from the book while still saying it’ll be a fun read because of those points lol. You’re both articulate and my exact kind of sardonic humor, and I love your personality. Subscribed!
OMG I started reading it yesterday and I CANNOT. I've been eye rolling my eyes all through the first few chapters and I was thinking to myself maybe it's just me and then you and this wonderful video come along and I feel validated. You've been able to perfectly put into words everything I've been thinking xD I think I'll dnf but thank you for this, YOU gave me the best laugh
I've been enjoying a lot of, like, comfy fantasy lately - progression fantasy where you sort of know the formula is gonna be pretty standard. Protagonist meets strong enemy, gets more powers, defeats enemy, there's another one, they get more powers again, hurrah. It's just cozy and easy for me to read even if I don't think it's actually brilliant literature. This sorta sounds like it could be a similar vibe, but I'm so averse to YA in general that I don't know whether I'd be able to switch off the 'this sucks' and enjoy the 'this is hilarious' in this context!
One of my biggest problems was the lack of capitalisation in the magic systems, how are these things meant to feel important if you don’t make it look important or stand out when compared to the other words in the sentence?
Yes!!! I dont want a dictionary when reading a book. The dialogue matches the characters, thats a good point. Brilliantly written, its good to analyse.
Think its insane how I read Wuthering Heights right before reading this book too. It was like going from one type of uncomfortable chaos to another, less uncomfortable chaos.
Throughout this whole book all I thought to myself was 'I don't get the hype' and 'ew' (in response to the absolute CRINGE fest in front of me), I'm glad I'm not the only one! Also props to how kindly and positively you phrased this review, we love
i couldn’t properly articulate why i liked this book or explain why i was glued to it for three days but you really hit the nail on the head. currently reading the second one because i need to know where it goes and i’m loving every second of it 😭
I just finished it, and everything you said is very true... but I also love it so much. I had such a good time reading it, and I bought the sequel in the middle of reading the first book. I read for fun, and I love YA. This is actually an adult fantasy, but it feels like an in-between YA and high fantasy. I need a break from that heavy prose, but overall I loved it so much. 😂 I get the hype, but not for the reasons they gave.
I read it, I hated it, I told the people I know who are into dark academia how bad it is and I'm waiting for them to read it do we can hate it together. The first three chapters were pretty okay, and then it went downhill. As an aro/ace person, the filler in this was both terrifying and ridiculous at the same time. It has the vibe of My Immortal if you ask me.
Oh also have you read "There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job" by Kikuko Tsumura translated by Polly Barton? its a book that i read at christmas that i keep thinking about, especially when im at work. It's got a bit of a Murakami vibe and seems like something you would like. I would recommend it if you haven't read it already.
Hearing you talk about the book just reminds me of when my friend got me the latest Sarah J Maas book. (He didn't intend to give me that book, it somehow got mixed up in the mail and now I have someone's Sarah J Maas book and it's impossible to give it back.) Anyway, I just couldn't help but cringe, reading the first hundred pages. Though, unlike you, I just didn't enjoy reading it and just left it unread. The existence of books like these also make me wonder how stuff like this even gets published in the first place. Anyway, sorry I haven't written in a long time. Hope you're having a good day and happy pride month!
Yeah there’s cringe that you can have fun with and cringe that’s just too much to handle. I read just a few pages of a SJM book and it was so bad it actually made me angry lol. Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈💜
A bit of trash literature can do the soul some good. I treat them as palate cleansers. If I am in a reading slump I pick up this type of 'trash' literature and after finishing it I am ready to go!
Those character names! 😂 I’M CRYING! I feel like I’ll have to be in the right mood to read this, but one day I will and I hope I enjoy it, in all its terribleness, as much as you and Marija did!
i bought the book because i was watching this one book youtuber girl talk about her five star reads of 2022 and she made the atlas six sound really great, so i bought it immediatly. i really shouldve finished the video first because later on she says that her favourite book of the year is ugly love by coho. and that pretty mch sums up how i feel about the atlas six: it makes me wanna die. i hate it so much💀💀
I keep telling myself i won’t pick it up again every time i put it down but then i itch to read more. Its definitely a ‘no plot, just vibes’ book. I find it a bit bland but also captivating for some reason, I’VE NEVER HATED BUT ALSO LOVED A BOOK BEFORE its so frustrating
Thank you for just confirming my feeling about that book! And reminding me about me laughing with one of not-Bridgeton-books by J. Quinn: great, fun tea afternoon scene...with birds🤣
Great review. I'm reading this atm I can't take this seriously but I'm loving it. Have you read the Winter Spirits it's a collection of winter ghost stories from gothic writers.
You finally put into words how I felt about this book lol You're right the book is very pretentious in the writing but i LOVE it. I described it as pretentiously cerebral. I found it frustrating that the author never explained the magical world a little more but lets be real, were here for the horny academics.
I just finished my high school finals (I really have to catch up with your videos ;-;) but I love trash YA. So this is now definitely on my tbr list :D Especially in summer I really like to just read 0% brain, 100% dumb ridiculous fun books :3
Thank you for this hilarious review. I just finished Atlas Six yesterday and chuckled at every single thing you mentioned in this review, because you are exactly spot on. It was a book that was so bad it was good. 🤣
I really didn't like this book. Totally agree with you on how bad this is but I couldn't even get amused by it. Nothing ever happens... like nothing. I was so disappointed because I expected something better. Then again, I didn't read what people were saying about this so I was pretty proud of myself that I made it through this train wreck of a book. Lol...
Like you, I can’t stand YA books, I already DNF one this year (These Violent Delights) 😅 But this video cracks me up LOL I might give it a try just to see how much I can suffer.
My major opinion on this book was: The character interactions sure were fun. Uhhh I don't remember or care about the plot. Would have been better probably without any plot, somehow. Anyway
I came here for the book content, but I spent the video just admiring your jumper. 😍😅 I’m a children’s bookseller, so I have grown to appreciate some elements of YA, and there are some incredible YA titles… but I definitely still find an awful lot of it cringe! Middle fiction is where it’s at for me! I love how much you laughed throughout this review!
i am currently experiencing this from "a lesson in vengeance" by victoria lee. oh my word is it trying too hard to sound clever and the word choices are just weird and as if someone just went through the script with a thesaurus and used pretty unsuitable or plain wrong words to make it sound more "elite and clever dark academia setting" also i was laughing out loud when she fancied doing tarot on a girl in her room "for the aesthetic" oh dear god someone save me... for anyone listening.. the discussions on literature also made me laugh out loud. it is probably not going to be for anyone over 30..i am laughing , crying and scoffing through it it is utterly ridiculous. on the other hand it is over the top and many will enjoy the lighting candles and cold breezes and gin and poetry and tweed jackets..of a bunch of kids. I love a gothic novel, but wow, this one im purely making fun of but its a funny time!
@@WillowTalksBooks i feel like it is a funny time though.. andit is not the first time i heard someone say they laughed out loud at some of it.. not to say it is not entertaining mind you! i am not dnf ing purely to see what else is funny!
i had no prior interest in the book and just got recommended this randomly but now i want to personally thank olivie blake bc this video cracked me up like hell. hm? what was that? am I gonna read it? oh no.
When I was reading this book I enjoyed but at the same time I was reading and I could just hear the faint marching of BookTok teenagers running for it and I knew they were going to turn it into 'shipping' and 'aesthetics' all over the Internet and now I'm unsure whether I wanna read the sequel in case it completely panders to them 😭
When I started reading the books it was meh ,okay but I got bored in the middle of the book and just left it for 1 or 2 months when I came back... The plot was more nicer somehow I think my book view changed or it might be be cause of Callum but it's a 5 for me. I ended up getting the second book a month later
When you mentioned Cosmic Putrefaction I squealed with delight 👹 I've been jamming their new album like mad recently! That aside...1) you are so fucking funny, and had me barking out laughter while watching this and 2) you have absolutely sold me on reading this Very Good Bad book. I need a bit of chaotic/nonsensical fun in my life, and this seems perfect 🤓
Great review. The book certainly does take itself overly seriously Oh gawd Americans writing Brits 🤦🏻♀️ Centaur 🐎 ? I certainly couldn’t tell who was who after a while 😹
When you started taking about mythological creatures, I tought of actually a good book on the younger side of spectrum which is "Song below the water" where you have loads of those. As I'm into afrofuturism I heard about it on Onyx pages, and even if in general it's a lighter content with teenage girls as main leads you get few very powerful moments, like confrontation between police and one of the main character who also happen to be black and has the sort of magical powers which make her an outcast.
A friend has told me that The Atlas Six is not officially classified as YA. I don’t understand why, but if you come to the comments to tell me that, I’ve already been told. It’s still bad though.
Out of curiousity I looked it up and it turns out to be new adult. Those kinds of books are not easy to find. I want that genre to become as popular young adult books.
@@rachel1021 Surely this many sub-genres is going to get confusing. Isn't someone aged 20 both a young adult and a new adult? I don't... what...
I've heard YA is technically 12-18 years old, while new adult is for 18 to twenties and is basically YA that usually includes more graphic stuff like sex, drug/alcohol use/abuse, etc
@@eruditearchive That makes a kind of sense!
also, I think it has to do with the character's ages (im pretty sure they are 23 to 28ish) since YA is almost strictly about teens
I love your honestly. I'm often tired of people being like "I liked so it's a masterpiece" when it's totally okay liking something trashy for being trashy!
Yeah it’s ok to enjoy trash for what it is! There’s a place for it. But I can’t stand when people think trash is actually good, and the actual good stuff is bad lol
@@WillowTalksBooks I completely disagree with you🤣! (I love your content so this isn't a dig). However, I don't think it counts as a trash boom whatsoever. I think it doesn't follow the standard story outline which is why many people say it has no real plot. I think this was done on purpose because it's meant to read as more of a philisophical book instead of a classic YA. The characters were written fairly well and most of the people who say they aren't don't seem to understand what they were meant to represent. I loved how some of them had a lack of motive due to the power they possessed. One of the main themes of how power effects people is portrayed really well in the book. I also think the writing style isn't cringy. I understand that it's over the top but considering the fact that the characters are meant to be pretentious the wording makes sense. Most modern YA and adult use very simple borderline childish language and don't get flack. This book does the very opposite and while it isn't everybodys cup of tea in writing style it was a breath of fresh air from other YA novels. Which may be why it became so popular because it wasn't so formulaic. I never once thought the characters ran into each other either. I understand why people may hate it but I don't think it's objectively trash. I'm fact it is probably objectively good in terms of philosophy and science. The magic system seemed to be built off of physics and science. (This is explained slightly more in book 2). And the complex sciences she includes I adore. Although she did need more worldbuilding but I honestly think the story isn't meant to revolve around the world but rather each characters connection with power. However, I did read books 1 and 2 within 24 hours so maybe I need a reread to rethink. (I don't expect an answer but I wanted to post this rant somewhere). Also read book 2 I have a feeling you'll hate love it more than book 1. Many people say she's trying to sound intelligent and is just using pseudo science but on a technical level she is actually very accurate.
Finally, a correct review! Never have I read a novel outside fanfiction that delivers this level of messy indulgence. Your point about the characters bleeding together is my biggest actual gripe - I need Blake to clash these disaster people into each other at every opportunity and it feels watered down when they go runny like that. Luckily, Callum, my hyper-problematic fave, is consistently a huge bitch.
“Messy indulgence” is exactly what this is!! A great way to sum it up. That should’ve been the video title
I’ve just started this book. But I have to say so far I’ve rolled my eyes about 6 times at the author’s writing style. It’s giving “I just found out how to use a thesaurus” 😶 but I do find the plot somewhat intriguing?? So we’ll seeee
Haha those are the exact vibes!
I had a similar experience with this book, although I did expect to like it regardless of quality, because I like the 'magical competition' trope, but I read the first page, thought to myself: "This writing is atrocious," then read the whole thing, absolutely glued to it, simultaneously horrified and amused as it somehow got worse and worse. To be honest, I did have fun reading it, if not for the reasons you're supposed to... I might even read the sequel, so who's really laughing now
Hahaha wow you just captured my who experience in a few lines. Yup, this book casts a weird, angsty spell on its readers!
Thanks for acknowledging the bad from the book while still saying it’ll be a fun read because of those points lol. You’re both articulate and my exact kind of sardonic humor, and I love your personality. Subscribed!
Haha thanks so much! I had a lot of fun with this one
OMG I started reading it yesterday and I CANNOT. I've been eye rolling my eyes all through the first few chapters and I was thinking to myself maybe it's just me and then you and this wonderful video come along and I feel validated. You've been able to perfectly put into words everything I've been thinking xD
I think I'll dnf but thank you for this, YOU gave me the best laugh
I’m absolutely thrilled lol. There’s nothing better than validating someone else’s feelings. Proud of you for DNFing 💜
Libby and Nico are frech from uni so they are around 23-24. Reina is 25. And the rest is their late twenties.
I've been enjoying a lot of, like, comfy fantasy lately - progression fantasy where you sort of know the formula is gonna be pretty standard. Protagonist meets strong enemy, gets more powers, defeats enemy, there's another one, they get more powers again, hurrah. It's just cozy and easy for me to read even if I don't think it's actually brilliant literature. This sorta sounds like it could be a similar vibe, but I'm so averse to YA in general that I don't know whether I'd be able to switch off the 'this sucks' and enjoy the 'this is hilarious' in this context!
The best part is they're not teens. They're all in their early thirties besides libby and nico, who are recent college grads :)
That genuinely scares me
I think this single honest review convinced me more to read that book than every overly positive, clearly not entirely truthful one. :'D
Aw cheers :)
One of my biggest problems was the lack of capitalisation in the magic systems, how are these things meant to feel important if you don’t make it look important or stand out when compared to the other words in the sentence?
Yes!!! I dont want a dictionary when reading a book. The dialogue matches the characters, thats a good point. Brilliantly written, its good to analyse.
Think its insane how I read Wuthering Heights right before reading this book too. It was like going from one type of uncomfortable chaos to another, less uncomfortable chaos.
Throughout this whole book all I thought to myself was 'I don't get the hype' and 'ew' (in response to the absolute CRINGE fest in front of me), I'm glad I'm not the only one! Also props to how kindly and positively you phrased this review, we love
Kind of enjoyed the book, but cannot find a reason to proceed with Part 2. Your review is just perfect, thanks!
Sounds like a classic booktok recommendation! Thank you for the honest review Willow 😭 I might save this as a sick day read lol
i couldn’t properly articulate why i liked this book or explain why i was glued to it for three days but you really hit the nail on the head. currently reading the second one because i need to know where it goes and i’m loving every second of it 😭
I just finished it, and everything you said is very true... but I also love it so much. I had such a good time reading it, and I bought the sequel in the middle of reading the first book.
I read for fun, and I love YA. This is actually an adult fantasy, but it feels like an in-between YA and high fantasy. I need a break from that heavy prose, but overall I loved it so much. 😂 I get the hype, but not for the reasons they gave.
I read it, I hated it, I told the people I know who are into dark academia how bad it is and I'm waiting for them to read it do we can hate it together. The first three chapters were pretty okay, and then it went downhill. As an aro/ace person, the filler in this was both terrifying and ridiculous at the same time. It has the vibe of My Immortal if you ask me.
Oh also have you read "There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job" by Kikuko Tsumura translated by Polly Barton? its a book that i read at christmas that i keep thinking about, especially when im at work. It's got a bit of a Murakami vibe and seems like something you would like. I would recommend it if you haven't read it already.
I have read it and I adored it! There’s actually a written review of it somewhere on our site. Polly is a very talented translator
@@WillowTalksBooks so glad you enjoyed it. And its is a fantastic translation. I'll make sure to go the read the review on your site. Thanks Willow :)
Ah The IT Crowd. That series never gets old. I recently binged watched again. That book sounds wild.
Hearing you talk about the book just reminds me of when my friend got me the latest Sarah J Maas book. (He didn't intend to give me that book, it somehow got mixed up in the mail and now I have someone's Sarah J Maas book and it's impossible to give it back.)
Anyway, I just couldn't help but cringe, reading the first hundred pages. Though, unlike you, I just didn't enjoy reading it and just left it unread. The existence of books like these also make me wonder how stuff like this even gets published in the first place.
Anyway, sorry I haven't written in a long time. Hope you're having a good day and happy pride month!
Yeah there’s cringe that you can have fun with and cringe that’s just too much to handle. I read just a few pages of a SJM book and it was so bad it actually made me angry lol. Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈💜
Have you read Alone With You in the Ether? It's been getting a lot of buzz lately, I'd love to know your thoughts on it!
Never heard of it! I’ll do some research :)
A bit of trash literature can do the soul some good. I treat them as palate cleansers. If I am in a reading slump I pick up this type of 'trash' literature and after finishing it I am ready to go!
I couldn’t agree more!
Those character names! 😂 I’M CRYING! I feel like I’ll have to be in the right mood to read this, but one day I will and I hope I enjoy it, in all its terribleness, as much as you and Marija did!
Yeah pick your mood and your moment carefully but I hope it hits just right! (As does Marija, champion of the Atlas Six).
i bought the book because i was watching this one book youtuber girl talk about her five star reads of 2022 and she made the atlas six sound really great, so i bought it immediatly. i really shouldve finished the video first because later on she says that her favourite book of the year is ugly love by coho. and that pretty mch sums up how i feel about the atlas six: it makes me wanna die. i hate it so much💀💀
I personally can't deal with the cringe of YA, but I enjoy watching reviews of them! It's really fun to see how much fun you're having with this
I keep telling myself i won’t pick it up again every time i put it down but then i itch to read more. Its definitely a ‘no plot, just vibes’ book. I find it a bit bland but also captivating for some reason, I’VE NEVER HATED BUT ALSO LOVED A BOOK BEFORE its so frustrating
Thank you for just confirming my feeling about that book! And reminding me about me laughing with one of not-Bridgeton-books by J. Quinn: great, fun tea afternoon scene...with birds🤣
You read that quote and I about fell over. lol I found myself reading sentences like that occasionally and just wondering am I missing something??
Great review. I'm reading this atm I can't take this seriously but I'm loving it. Have you read the Winter Spirits it's a collection of winter ghost stories from gothic writers.
You finally put into words how I felt about this book lol You're right the book is very pretentious in the writing but i LOVE it. I described it as pretentiously cerebral. I found it frustrating that the author never explained the magical world a little more but lets be real, were here for the horny academics.
Sounds like Narnia on acid or something. I thought I never want to read it, but perhaps it is what my sleep deprived brain needs.
If you’re sleep deprived then this book will definitely feel like a trip!
I struggle with ya too, literally hate that genre except kindom of back that book is love
Well I’ve been corrected and told that this particular YA novel is not YA so maybe you’ll enjoy it!
I just finished my high school finals (I really have to catch up with your videos ;-;) but I love trash YA. So this is now definitely on my tbr list :D Especially in summer I really like to just read 0% brain, 100% dumb ridiculous fun books :3
Oh yeah, summer is the time of big dumb fun books!
Thank you for this hilarious review. I just finished Atlas Six yesterday and chuckled at every single thing you mentioned in this review, because you are exactly spot on. It was a book that was so bad it was good. 🤣
Haha sounds like you had the exact same experience! Love that for us lol
I really didn't like this book. Totally agree with you on how bad this is but I couldn't even get amused by it. Nothing ever happens... like nothing. I was so disappointed because I expected something better. Then again, I didn't read what people were saying about this so I was pretty proud of myself that I made it through this train wreck of a book. Lol...
Like you, I can’t stand YA books, I already DNF one this year (These Violent Delights) 😅 But this video cracks me up LOL I might give it a try just to see how much I can suffer.
Haha I’m glad you enjoyed the video! But my friend politely told me that this YA novel is not YA so go in with an open mind I guess!
I think you'd enjoy the House Salt Book Club liveshow about These Violent Delights on the channel Thoughts on Tomes
@@thefriesofLockeLamora oooh I have to check that out! Thank you
My major opinion on this book was: The character interactions sure were fun.
Uhhh I don't remember or care about the plot. Would have been better probably without any plot, somehow. Anyway
I am now visualising what a mixture between a mermaid and a centaur would look like, and pretty much all outcomes are horrific.
According to Olivie Blake they have a 25% chance of looking human, so that’s good! What do the other 75% look like though…
I came here for the book content, but I spent the video just admiring your jumper. 😍😅
I’m a children’s bookseller, so I have grown to appreciate some elements of YA, and there are some incredible YA titles… but I definitely still find an awful lot of it cringe! Middle fiction is where it’s at for me!
I love how much you laughed throughout this review!
Haha thanks, I love that jumper, and it’s honestly my least favourite. I’m a jumper fiend.
I’ve also loved some great YA but the cringe is exhausting!
would luv to see a review of the expanse series once you have finished reading it.
Oh those aren’t my shelves lol I was at a friend’s. But I do want to read them!
i am currently experiencing this from "a lesson in vengeance" by victoria lee. oh my word is it trying too hard to sound clever and the word choices are just weird and as if someone just went through the script with a thesaurus and used pretty unsuitable or plain wrong words to make it sound more "elite and clever dark academia setting" also i was laughing out loud when she fancied doing tarot on a girl in her room "for the aesthetic" oh dear god someone save me... for anyone listening.. the discussions on literature also made me laugh out loud. it is probably not going to be for anyone over 30..i am laughing , crying and scoffing through it it is utterly ridiculous. on the other hand it is over the top and many will enjoy the lighting candles and cold breezes and gin and poetry and tweed jackets..of a bunch of kids. I love a gothic novel, but wow, this one im purely making fun of but its a funny time!
God that sounds like my worst nightmare lol. Think I’ll avoid that or read it for a laugh… we’ll see!
@@WillowTalksBooks i feel like it is a funny time though.. andit is not the first time i heard someone say they laughed out loud at some of it.. not to say it is not entertaining mind you! i am not dnf ing purely to see what else is funny!
As a metal fan, cosmic putrefaction new album was 👌👌👌👌
Wait so the author’s last name is Blake and there’s a character named Gideon Blake and another one named Atlas Blakely? Lmao
To her credit, it’s Gideon Drake, not Blake. So we’ve got Drake, Blake, and Blakely. It’s like an edgy version of Ed, Edd, and Eddy lol
i had no prior interest in the book and just got recommended this randomly but now i want to personally thank olivie blake bc this video cracked me up like hell. hm? what was that? am I gonna read it? oh no.
Hahaha that really made me chuckle thank you
When I was reading this book I enjoyed but at the same time I was reading and I could just hear the faint marching of BookTok teenagers running for it and I knew they were going to turn it into 'shipping' and 'aesthetics' all over the Internet and now I'm unsure whether I wanna read the sequel in case it completely panders to them 😭
i agree with everything you said LMAO. i hated it and didn’t comprehend half of it but i gave it 4.5 stars 😭
When I started reading the books it was meh ,okay but I got bored in the middle of the book and just left it for 1 or 2 months when I came back... The plot was more nicer somehow I think my book view changed or it might be be cause of Callum but it's a 5 for me. I ended up getting the second book a month later
I am reading this now and so pleased I saw this video first, it's so terrible, not sure if I'm going to love it as much as you though 😂✌️
“Or kill him… I don’t know. I do know. I read it.” 😂
Hahaha, loved the Moss impression ⚽
lol thanks, I was proud of that one
@@WillowTalksBooks You should be. That was perfect. Being British helps, haha.
Ooh this book sounds like "trash" in the best way! Wow that quote is awful 😂
It’s truly abysmal and I love it so much lmao
When you mentioned Cosmic Putrefaction I squealed with delight 👹 I've been jamming their new album like mad recently! That aside...1) you are so fucking funny, and had me barking out laughter while watching this and 2) you have absolutely sold me on reading this Very Good Bad book. I need a bit of chaotic/nonsensical fun in my life, and this seems perfect 🤓
Isn’t it an absolute beast? I can’t stop spinning that record! This video was a lot of fun to make and I do sincerely recommend this stupid book lol
yk i watched this to see if the magic system could be explained, only to find that it is unexplainable
Great review. The book certainly does take itself overly seriously
Oh gawd Americans writing Brits 🤦🏻♀️
Centaur 🐎 ?
I certainly couldn’t tell who was who after a while 😹
Sounds like the campy TV show The Librarians.
Not heard of it but I love me some campy TV!
sounds entertaining, count me in
Haha awesome!
13:18 they book os fnf-ing 😂
I thought maze runner was the worst I have ever read and I have a hard time reading books as is
WOW that quote is really fuckin.... it's somethin alright! A for effort miss olivie!
Callum nova is so absolutely terrible,.every chapter with him automatically becomes better.
I hate this book, it's also very entertaining
When you started taking about mythological creatures, I tought of actually a good book on the younger side of spectrum which is "Song below the water" where you have loads of those. As I'm into afrofuturism I heard about it on Onyx pages, and even if in general it's a lighter content with teenage girls as main leads you get few very powerful moments, like confrontation between police and one of the main character who also happen to be black and has the sort of magical powers which make her an outcast.
That sounds FANTASTIC!! Thanks so much for recommending it!!
@@WillowTalksBooks You're welcome 😘
Interesting review. Wanna read it now.
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I LOVE THIS BOOK and I rlllllly wanted someone to get me off this addiction but I think u made it worse
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Books i spitefully hate are the best kind, I’m glad to see you doing so well!! Take care🫶
Haha maybe spiteful is a little harsh but if that’s how I came across, I need to dial it down a bit lol