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@Sandcastle • I'm glad you believe all lives matter. Unfortunately, some people and systems don't support black lives as much as others. That's why it's good to donate, listen to and support black people. That way, all lives will matter.
ok, so in TBOSAS the writing style and lack of character development are genius as they reflect the actual personality/attitude that Snow has. I'm not a psychologist/psychiatrist, but I do have a background in Mental Health as I work in Social Services. The genius behind this novel is that Snow definitely exhibits narcissistic and/or sociopath tendencies. He manipulates people and situations in order to get the best possible outcome *for himself.* he lacks empathy and genuine care for others, and uses the absence of those traits to his advantage. By denying the reader any empathy with the characters, and by making Snow himself cold and calculating, we experience what it is like to see the world from such a callous perspective. The reader fails to care about the outcome of any of the characters because our 'narrator' himself doesn't care about anyone beyond the glory and fame they bestow onto him. And while it may create lulls in the text it is actually quite genius and well executed. I've been telling people who ask if they should read it that if they expect it to be like the Hunger Games trilogy, then they're probably not going to enjoy it, but that if they are a fan of Suzanne Collins' *writing* , then it's honestly her best crafted novel to date.
i love coraline, i also liked the movie more mostly because WYBIE. it’s my all time movie but i have the book like 3 stars i think ? because there was literally no difference which isn’t neil gaiman’s fault i just like the movie more
I can't wait for your more detailed opinions of songbirds and snakes i really enjoyed hearing your brief thoughts. Also from your hype of A Darker Shade of Magic I am going to read it.
I always enjoy your videos! A short note of encouragement from a viewer living outside of a very small town in an extremely rural part of the State of Mississippi, USA... about 5000 miles away.... Steve
I had a lot of the same thoughts as you on The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, but my overall takeaway was, this book still needs a sequel. There is so much time left between the end of this book and the start of The Hunger Games, so I could see at least two more books where we get more development for Snow, see what happens when he finally begins to accrue real political power, see more interactions between him and people that are like-minded to Lucy Gray to reinforce his inner convictions
LOVED Bad Feminist. I was also kind of surprised that the essays were not all about feminism explicitly but I found myself pleasantly surprised by the media aspects. I really liked how at the end of TBOSAS (spoilers) it didn't feel like a character turning point when Snow went from loving Lucy to wanting to kill her because it seemed like his idea on the world and human nature had solidified in that moment. I kind of wish we saw more of her honestly but I also get we were seeing her through Snow's eyes.
yes i was pleasantly suprised as well! and yes i totally agree with you on the ending of tbosbas! It was especially lucy's worldview that I would've liked to see more from, because the few short things she said on it were my favourite
Totally agree on the classic dystopian thing. Ballad really read like one. I personally don’t excuse classic dystopian for their failings but I REALLY didn’t excuse ballad bc of the reasons you said and more. I personally didn’t love political theory bc I thought it didn’t have the depth it thought it did
I read Coraline before watching the film and loved it, so when they announced the film, I was scared about how they were going to do it. And after watching it, I realised I loved the film even more than the book because it is so well done, and the evolution of the Other Mother is amazing and something that doesn't appear in the book.
I was having a dilemma on which book to read, but I was convinced to pick up Darker Shade of Magic after watching your video. Thank you for recommending the series!
the ballad of songbirds and snakes after reading it probably was my favorite after mockingjay. i guess it just clicks for some and others it doesn’t. for me, it didn’t feel at all young-adult but more adult. how it’s written correlates directly with how snow perceives other people, disconnected and unreliable to the point suzanne wrote it in third person. there wasn’t one instance where i feel suzanne was trying to in anyway make snow a charming character like some reviews have said. would love to hear your extended thoughts on it.
I’m rereading the hunger games books before I start reading the ballad of songbirds and snakes. So you’re not the only one late in the game, I’m only halfway through the first book 😂😂 so if you do want to still make a video about the prequel but are worried that everyone has already done it, to me it won’t matter, I’ll still watch it.
im new here, but just wanted to tell you from first impression you seem like such a wonderful person! you could brighten any day i bet you make a great friend. i like ya.
I wrote an essay on the portrayal of humanism and posthumanism in the movie the hunger games for uni, so I think I'll probably like the ballad of songbirds and snakes! I'm going to read it once I'm finished with this uni year
Yes please make a more in-depth discussion about ballad of songbirds and snakes! Really interested in what you have to say and I’m curious as to what you tabbed!
So I was re- watching an old video of yours (a reading vlog) and for no reason my WiFi stopped working and I refreshed the video page to test if it was working again and this video popped up. I am sorry but my WiFi was just telling me that you had uploaded. Like what a coincidence!
I read Coraline last month and had the same experience as you did. I didn't feel like I learned much from the book that wasn't in the movie already, and with Laika's beautiful style and dedication put into the movie, overall I think it's a better experience than the book. Love your channel, looking forward to next month's video.
I liked the movie Coraline more than the book. Maybe because I grew up watching it perhaps. Also, the biggest difference between the movie and the book is the character Wybie. Like he saved her in the movie unlike the book
I love the Coraline movie, but havent read the book yet. My daughter really loved the movie too, maybe I'll end up picking up the book eventually. I just finished a ballad of songbirds and snakes last night... I surprisingly really enjoyed it... I see how all the complaints make sense, but I did enjoy seeing Snow as a kid... I do wish we should have gotten Lucy Greys POV though... this would have made it a lot better I think.
I haven't read or watched coraline, but I might just be sneaky and only watch the film hehe. I was never really excited for the ballad of songbirds and snakes and on hearing people's opinions I am sort of glad I didn't buy it? I think I will wait until my library has it and just read it that way rather than buying it. Especially as I am not as crazy about THG as other fans are (except catching fire, that is SUCH a good one). I do want to read bad feminist! And I liked a darker shade of magic so this was a good reminder that I should read the sequel at some point.
Awesome analysis of BoSaS as well as the comments on political theory and state of nature. I would absolutely pick that book up if she had indeed gone more into the political theories of power a la Hobbes and Locke. That would have been a cool study in fiction!
Okay second comment XD I really didnt like the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes for a lot of the reasons you didnt like it, but when I got done I still think it will make a really great movie, thoughts on that?
Please, please, please do a video about the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. I read it in ebook form from my school but had to wait until the start of June because so many people were in line before me, but I didn't want to watch any of the videos about it and have it spoiled but I feel like it's too late now to really engage with those videos. Also loved what you said about feminism and intersectionality and listening to and supporting black voices.
I loved listening to your take on Coraline. I think I had a different experience reading the book. A lot of it felt the same for me, but there were elements that I thought were very different. I thought the tunnel felt more alive in the book and I felt Coraline's real parents were much more relatable in the book. I also wasn't a fan of the introduction of Wybie in the movie. All in all, I enjoyed the book and the movie about the same, but for different reasons.
I felt like Bad Feminist was just unfocused. If we had just had a book on media critique I think it would have "flowed better". I gave it 3 stars. However her memoir Hunger was a five stars and I would really recommend it. 😁 Trigger warning for rape, eating disorders, and discrimination.
Hey Leo! (Even in het Nederlands hihi) Hoe komt het dat je je Booktube video's eigenlijk in het Engels bent beginnen maken? Heb ze nu al enkele jaren gevolgd en nooit een comment geplaatst, misschien is het daar nu wel tijd voor! Veel liefs en doe zo voort! ^_^ (zal mijn volgende comments in het Engels plaatsen)
Hi! First of all congratulations for your videos, I really enjoyed them. In this case I can’t resist the urge to tell you that we shouldn’t refer to the United Stated as America because America is a continent (well right now we can also say that America has 3 continents North, Central and South, but that is another discussion) If we say America we are omitting the rest of the countries of the same continent and giving supremacy to the USA. Thanks for reading, I hope you don’t mind that I pointed this issue.
What made Orwell and Huxley great is that their thinking was mostly coming from their own experience. They did not read ten different political theories and mashed them together to bring about a message. Whilst reading the book, I could pinpoint where the author got her political thought from; it didn't seem like a new thought was established. I can also just read the Wikipedia page telling me what Hobbes and Locke had to say. The plot was thin and the characters were flat, and then her political message did not bring about anything new. Had Suzanne laid out how a leader makes it to the top and established a totalitarian state? All whilst keeping up a veil of democracy? A warning for us? Brilliant. But this story? Nope.
The feminist book seems to be nonsense. To be a feminist is to be believed women have equal rights to men, that meaning women should like whatever they like, it doesn't matter if ut is blue or pink
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NayaReadsAndSmiles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Yoe...
myonna reads: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbJHb...
Mina Reads: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTcii...
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@Sandcastle • I'm glad you believe all lives matter. Unfortunately, some people and systems don't support black lives as much as others. That's why it's good to donate, listen to and support black people. That way, all lives will matter.
ok, so in TBOSAS the writing style and lack of character development are genius as they reflect the actual personality/attitude that Snow has. I'm not a psychologist/psychiatrist, but I do have a background in Mental Health as I work in Social Services. The genius behind this novel is that Snow definitely exhibits narcissistic and/or sociopath tendencies. He manipulates people and situations in order to get the best possible outcome *for himself.* he lacks empathy and genuine care for others, and uses the absence of those traits to his advantage. By denying the reader any empathy with the characters, and by making Snow himself cold and calculating, we experience what it is like to see the world from such a callous perspective. The reader fails to care about the outcome of any of the characters because our 'narrator' himself doesn't care about anyone beyond the glory and fame they bestow onto him. And while it may create lulls in the text it is actually quite genius and well executed. I've been telling people who ask if they should read it that if they expect it to be like the Hunger Games trilogy, then they're probably not going to enjoy it, but that if they are a fan of Suzanne Collins' *writing* , then it's honestly her best crafted novel to date.
i love coraline, i also liked the movie more mostly because WYBIE. it’s my all time movie but i have the book like 3 stars i think ? because there was literally no difference which isn’t neil gaiman’s fault i just like the movie more
I love the movie! Have you seen the other movies made by that studio (Laika Studios)? They're amazing! I highly highly recommend
yes i love wybie! and i couldn't agree more!
I can't wait for your more detailed opinions of songbirds and snakes i really enjoyed hearing your brief thoughts. Also from your hype of A Darker Shade of Magic I am going to read it.
yasss i hope you enjoy a darker shade of magic!
wow wow wow the earrings the eyeshadow the flamboyant hair the cute glasses I'M HERE FOR THIS LOOK
Quality over quantity. I’ve been over consuming books recently and I think I needed to hear that
don't forget it :)
I enjoyed the ballad of songbirds and snakes so much but it seems to be a very decisive book
I’ve never read Coraline, but I’ve saw the movie. I loved it so much so I really should pick up the book
i hope you enjoy it when you do!
I always enjoy your videos!
A short note of encouragement from a viewer living outside of a very small town in an extremely rural part of the State of Mississippi, USA... about 5000 miles away.... Steve
i'm glad you enjoy them :D
I had a lot of the same thoughts as you on The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, but my overall takeaway was, this book still needs a sequel. There is so much time left between the end of this book and the start of The Hunger Games, so I could see at least two more books where we get more development for Snow, see what happens when he finally begins to accrue real political power, see more interactions between him and people that are like-minded to Lucy Gray to reinforce his inner convictions
LOVED Bad Feminist. I was also kind of surprised that the essays were not all about feminism explicitly but I found myself pleasantly surprised by the media aspects.
I really liked how at the end of TBOSAS (spoilers) it didn't feel like a character turning point when Snow went from loving Lucy to wanting to kill her because it seemed like his idea on the world and human nature had solidified in that moment. I kind of wish we saw more of her honestly but I also get we were seeing her through Snow's eyes.
yes i was pleasantly suprised as well! and yes i totally agree with you on the ending of tbosbas! It was especially lucy's worldview that I would've liked to see more from, because the few short things she said on it were my favourite
I love your videos! 💕 The aesthetics and your personality just feel like super chill 🍁
I still have nightmares from the coraline movie 😂😂
Totally agree on the classic dystopian thing. Ballad really read like one. I personally don’t excuse classic dystopian for their failings but I REALLY didn’t excuse ballad bc of the reasons you said and more. I personally didn’t love political theory bc I thought it didn’t have the depth it thought it did
Are you anticipating the movie for the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes now, or do you not really care?
i am really excited!
I read Coraline before watching the film and loved it, so when they announced the film, I was scared about how they were going to do it. And after watching it, I realised I loved the film even more than the book because it is so well done, and the evolution of the Other Mother is amazing and something that doesn't appear in the book.
I was having a dilemma on which book to read, but I was convinced to pick up Darker Shade of Magic after watching your video. Thank you for recommending the series!
ohhh i hope you enjoy it!
I love Coraline! It's one of my favorites. The film did an excellent job at bringing the pages to the screen :)
I especially love the Alchemist From Paulo Coelho! So much wisdom in a little book! 😊
I'm looking forward to my local library re-opening so that I can request The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes! :)
love those earrings ^^
thank youu
the ballad of songbirds and snakes after reading it probably was my favorite after mockingjay. i guess it just clicks for some and others it doesn’t. for me, it didn’t feel at all young-adult but more adult. how it’s written correlates directly with how snow perceives other people, disconnected and unreliable to the point suzanne wrote it in third person. there wasn’t one instance where i feel suzanne was trying to in anyway make snow a charming character like some reviews have said.
would love to hear your extended thoughts on it.
I’m rereading the hunger games books before I start reading the ballad of songbirds and snakes. So you’re not the only one late in the game, I’m only halfway through the first book 😂😂 so if you do want to still make a video about the prequel but are worried that everyone has already done it, to me it won’t matter, I’ll still watch it.
ah thank you!
im new here, but just wanted to tell you from first impression you seem like such a wonderful person! you could brighten any day i bet you make a great friend. i like ya.
thank you
I wrote an essay on the portrayal of humanism and posthumanism in the movie the hunger games for uni, so I think I'll probably like the ballad of songbirds and snakes! I'm going to read it once I'm finished with this uni year
ohh that's interesting!
@ 10:04 the dramatic music was a nice touch 👌
hehe thanks!
Yes please make a more in-depth discussion about ballad of songbirds and snakes! Really interested in what you have to say and I’m curious as to what you tabbed!
awww you talking about coraline makes me feel so nostalgic! I need to read the book!
I kept getting distracted by you earrings and hair color, you look adorable!
So I was re- watching an old video of yours (a reading vlog) and for no reason my WiFi stopped working and I refreshed the video page to test if it was working again and this video popped up. I am sorry but my WiFi was just telling me that you had uploaded. Like what a coincidence!
haha that's nice!
Coraline is one of my all time favourites! I also prefer the movie 💕
it's so wonderful
I read Coraline last month and had the same experience as you did. I didn't feel like I learned much from the book that wasn't in the movie already, and with Laika's beautiful style and dedication put into the movie, overall I think it's a better experience than the book.
Love your channel, looking forward to next month's video.
I liked the movie Coraline more than the book. Maybe because I grew up watching it perhaps. Also, the biggest difference between the movie and the book is the character Wybie. Like he saved her in the movie unlike the book
yes loved wybie!
I completely agree with your thoughts on the ballad of songbirds and snakes!! Bad Feminist actually sounds so good I really want to read it now 😂
I love the Coraline movie, but havent read the book yet. My daughter really loved the movie too, maybe I'll end up picking up the book eventually.
I just finished a ballad of songbirds and snakes last night... I surprisingly really enjoyed it... I see how all the complaints make sense, but I did enjoy seeing Snow as a kid... I do wish we should have gotten Lucy Greys POV though... this would have made it a lot better I think.
yes Lucy Gray pov would've been really nice!
I haven't read or watched coraline, but I might just be sneaky and only watch the film hehe. I was never really excited for the ballad of songbirds and snakes and on hearing people's opinions I am sort of glad I didn't buy it? I think I will wait until my library has it and just read it that way rather than buying it. Especially as I am not as crazy about THG as other fans are (except catching fire, that is SUCH a good one). I do want to read bad feminist! And I liked a darker shade of magic so this was a good reminder that I should read the sequel at some point.
Haha, I agree with you about "The ballad of songbirds and snakes", I also wanted more political philosophy
i would be so interested in the hunger games video!
i love Coraline but my fav Neil Gaiman's book is The Graveyard Book, you should read it! its really good
oh i'll remember that!
You’re my all time favorite youtuber ever!🌊🤠🌻 love your aesthetic and I love to read too✨🌻🧚♀️🦋🧼🐒🎸
thank youu
PLEASEEEE POST MORE VLOGS ❤️ it feels like having a reading buddy
Awesome analysis of BoSaS as well as the comments on political theory and state of nature. I would absolutely pick that book up if she had indeed gone more into the political theories of power a la Hobbes and Locke. That would have been a cool study in fiction!
it still does it pretty well imo!
I remember reading coraline as a kid, i was so scared so i never finished it
Okay second comment XD I really didnt like the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes for a lot of the reasons you didnt like it, but when I got done I still think it will make a really great movie, thoughts on that?
i'm really excited about the movie! I really felt the book read like a movie ya know?
@@TheBookLeo Yes it totally did
Please, please, please do a video about the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. I read it in ebook form from my school but had to wait until the start of June because so many people were in line before me, but I didn't want to watch any of the videos about it and have it spoiled but I feel like it's too late now to really engage with those videos.
Also loved what you said about feminism and intersectionality and listening to and supporting black voices.
ohh i will then!
@@TheBookLeo yay!
I’m about to read a darker shade of magic oo
I loved listening to your take on Coraline. I think I had a different experience reading the book. A lot of it felt the same for me, but there were elements that I thought were very different. I thought the tunnel felt more alive in the book and I felt Coraline's real parents were much more relatable in the book. I also wasn't a fan of the introduction of Wybie in the movie. All in all, I enjoyed the book and the movie about the same, but for different reasons.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on these books series:
The First Law
The Realm of the Elderlings
The Stormlight Archive
I really want to read first law so i might get to that one soon!
When the movies are different then people hate on it. When they are the same then the people hate on it. What do you want?
You should read other Neil Gaiman s books. I love the Anansi Boys and The Ocean At The End Of The Lane
I own but still haven’t read a ballad of songbirds and snakes. I’m just not in the mood for it
I felt like Bad Feminist was just unfocused. If we had just had a book on media critique I think it would have "flowed better". I gave it 3 stars. However her memoir Hunger was a five stars and I would really recommend it. 😁
Trigger warning for rape, eating disorders, and discrimination.
definitely get that!
Yes, Coraline film>Coraline book
So in love!!! :D Thanks for sharing, :D
Hey Leo! (Even in het Nederlands hihi) Hoe komt het dat je je Booktube video's eigenlijk in het Engels bent beginnen maken? Heb ze nu al enkele jaren gevolgd en nooit een comment geplaatst, misschien is het daar nu wel tijd voor! Veel liefs en doe zo voort! ^_^ (zal mijn volgende comments in het Engels plaatsen)
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Hi! First of all congratulations for your videos, I really enjoyed them. In this case I can’t resist the urge to tell you that we shouldn’t refer to the United Stated as America because America is a continent (well right now we can also say that America has 3 continents North, Central and South, but that is another discussion) If we say America we are omitting the rest of the countries of the same continent and giving supremacy to the USA. Thanks for reading, I hope you don’t mind that I pointed this issue.
thank you for pointing that out! I really need to pay more attention to that!
The Book Leo No problem!!
What made Orwell and Huxley great is that their thinking was mostly coming from their own experience. They did not read ten different political theories and mashed them together to bring about a message. Whilst reading the book, I could pinpoint where the author got her political thought from; it didn't seem like a new thought was established. I can also just read the Wikipedia page telling me what Hobbes and Locke had to say. The plot was thin and the characters were flat, and then her political message did not bring about anything new. Had Suzanne laid out how a leader makes it to the top and established a totalitarian state? All whilst keeping up a veil of democracy? A warning for us? Brilliant. But this story? Nope.
I prefer the movie Coraline too
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS 🥺🥺
Dang. I was beat
I just read 1 cause I have an exam :/
still great!
The Book Leo :)
I believe I've never read a Neil Gaiman book before... oops
i had the same realisations and that's why i picked up coraline!
Are you millie brady? you are SOOO SIMILAR to her!
The feminist book seems to be nonsense. To be a feminist is to be believed women have equal rights to men, that meaning women should like whatever they like, it doesn't matter if ut is blue or pink
oh i think i didn't make it clear enough but the book actually agrees that indeed it should matter
How would you act if tomorrow you find me dead.