I read The Starless Sea a couple of months ago. The first two thirds of the book were great, I was loving it. I even wondered if it was going to be a new favorite. Sadly, the moment the main villain showed up to blow up the library and Dorian fell into the hole, the entire book took a nose dive for the worst. Hated the last 150 pages. Ended up giving it 3/5.
A Deadly Education: 4.5/5 stars, and surprisingly one of my favorites of the year so far! It took me a minute to get used to the main character and the conversational writing style - I wasn't sure I would like either. But it soon won me over. Nothing about this book is typical, which I think is why it worked so well for me. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars: 3/5 star rating... much better than Eragon for sure, all things considered. But you've already touched on the issue - 800+ pages. It was too long-winded. There were a couple of repetitive plot points and one tangent one involving a blue staff that could've been removed completely (imo) without affecting anything else (other than making it flow better). I liked the Night Circus for all the reasons you mentioned - it definitely was more about the experience and style than the plot. I think it appealed to me so much because I'd never read anything like it before (you know how people who don't read a lot of a genre love the first thing they come across because they don't know what they're missing). Anyway, I don't feel in any hurry to get to her newest book. One was kind of enough lol.
I read all the books you said you hate, so I think our taste is very different. The Starless Sea and To Sleep in a Sea of Stars are both books I pre-ordered and I plan on reading.
I only gave The Starless Sea 2 stars because nonsense for the sake of nonsense are not my fave! Really enjoyed TSiaSoS gave it 4 stars my biggest issue was that it was soooo dang long!!
To me, what worked so well with the starless sea is my attempt to connect all the stories together and the fact that you fall deeper and deeper into the world without seing the end of it. I admit that it is not for everyone but for me it was perfection !
"I have done it - I touched the kitty" is honestly the most wholesome thing I've seen all week ❤ I wish TNC and SS had more substance rather than style? I think that's where I fell with her as an author just... vague. And I will never forgive Paolini for eragon 😆
I didn’t like the Starless Sea. It felt like she was trying to convince me something really deep and meaningful was happening, but when I thought about it there really wasn’t much substance . There were a lot of beautiful words that didn’t really seem to mean much..
How interesting that we can have such different experiences about the same story! For me it held a meaningful message of the power of stories and storytelling, it really resonated with me and my love for literature.
I actually really enjoyed The Night Circus. I had such high hopes for The Starless Sea. I pre-ordered it and went to an author event to get it signed. Then I read it and immediately regretted my entire existence. To this day I cannot tell you what that book is about. I somehow managed to finish it but it was a struggle
I feel exactly the same way. I loved the Night Circus and struggled all the way through Starless Sea. It left.me.feeling like I was missing something the whole time.
Oh I feel your struggle. I try to finish a book, hoping it will get better, and then it just doesn't and I am like, fuck it, not gonna waste my time anymore.
I adored A Starless Sea! It was one of my favorites so far in 2020. For me, I loved the intricate storytelling, the atmospheric writing, the magic, the timelines- it all worked for me. Just an example of how different books suit different readers.
You clearly should not read books with both “star” and “sea” in the title 😝 (I haven’t finished the video, I just wanted to comment on the similarity between the titles)
yeees it's mostly because people dont try to work their brain cells they just want something predictible and romance and the boring stuff ....the starless sea is for openminded people and it's my 2020 favorite book
Me, tooooo. I got the Waterstones edition and it’s so beautiful, but Erin, I felt, was just all over the place with this one. I hated that it was contemporary? It would have done better in the historical fiction genre, imo
I'm about 600 pages through To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars, and I'm really enjoying it so far. I usually never pick up sci-fi because I'm not into it, but I grew up with Eragon so I had to give it a go, very worth it
I’m about 700 pages into ‘To sleep in a sea of stars’ and I’m loving it. I’m 40 pages into ‘a deadly education’ and the sheer amount of exposition is exhausting, I’m gonna give it more time to improve but I’m not liking the writing style at the moment. I have ‘The starless sea in my tbr. I liked ‘The night circus’ but didn’t love it so I’m not sure how I’ll feel about her other one 🤷🏼♀️
Don't worry about how 'pretty' your pie is! I've been trying all sorts of different types, and I swear the top crust is nearly impossible. It looks beautiful, and I'm sure it's delicious - so that's what matters.
Great idea for a project I think! ImO no you did not fail because you did what you set out to do, you gave them another chance. They kind of failed your challenge. I've not read any of these but Night Circus and Starless Sea are on my TBR and a Deadly Education. Now I'm nervous! Lol.
I felt the same way about Uprooted, the magic system made no sense to me, I HATED the romance, and the "strong female friendship" mostly consisted of the two characters shouting each others names. I, however, adored Spinning Silver. It pulled from known folklore for its magic and the romance felt very well earned. If you can't get A Deadly Education, I highly recommend checking out Spinning Silver instead
The apple pie looks great! You did a excellent job. I HATE flowery writing. I keep rolling my damn eyes 😄. I have been eyeing Mexican Gothic, as well! I'm currently reading Lisa Jewell, Shari Lapena, Tess Gerritsen and Brittney Cooper.
I was really nervous for the starless sea because I hadn't enjoyed the night circus, but I ended up liking it a lot more (the bar was low). I think the audiobook helped, but also the fact that I was just going along for the ride, not expecting a point to the story.
I've been trying to finish The Starless Sea since forever... seriously, I started reading it last year. Maybe now is the time to stop punishing myself trying to finish it just because The Night Circus is one of my favorite books.
I had a weird experience with The Starless Sea. I think at first with the library and everything I was loving it, and it sort of fell apart. I just let myself enjoy the writing and the world and tried not to think about it - but yeah, the second part had no plot and was a bit hard to get through. I LOVE the night circus so I bought it full price on release day, and I think in the future I will still read her stuff but try it at the library and buy it later if I love it.
I thought the same as you for the first half of uprooted but I changed my mind halfway through. The main character grew a lot throughout the story, and the romance was fully realized only when she became on equal footing with the man. It really subverted my expectations in that way.
Both these books I'm excited for. I haven't read any Morgenstern before but I've loved all of Paolini and am going to buddy read his newest books I also haven't tried any Novick
I did the same challenge, you gave me the idea, but with V.E. Schwab. I wanted to give Paolini and Naomi Novik another chance too with their new books (hated Uprooted and Eragon) but I couldn‘t get them from the library. Fortunately V.E. Schwab could finally win me over with Addie LaRue after Vicious and Shades of magic left me utterly disappointed, so the challenge went definitely better for me than it did for you 😂 Thanks for that!
After the last Eragon books, I don't think I'll ever pick up anything by Paolini ever again...Finished 'A Deadly Education' two days ago and gave it four stars. Brilliant worldbuilding, sassy and sarcastic main character BUT lots of very not elegant info-dump which pulled the rating down. No issues with romance in this one, there's probably a small romance starting at the end, but it was small enough to not affect my experience. Recommend it to anyone who likes sarcasm and sassy narrators.
I thought the Night Circus was fine. Just fine. But I started listening the The Starless Sea today and it’s slightly more intriguing to me so far, but we’ll see. I’ve got To Sleep in a Sea of Stars here waiting to be read, but I haven’t started it yet. I enjoyed A Deadly Education though it felt somewhat rushed to me. I feel like it set a really good stage for further books so I’m looking forward to that. As for DNFing after two chapters: I DNFed Normal People after about 20 pages so no judgement. Lol.
I dnf the starless sea unfortunately. I just couldn’t get into the book and the plot wasn’t there for me. I finished to sleep in a sea of stars and it was like a 3.5 read for me. I didn’t really like how it ended though so I’m not sure if I’ll pick up the next book when it comes out.
At least you tried!! If you felt the DNF vibe that strongly then it's not the vibe for you hahaha. I want to try a second chance vlog but I'm always like "what if I hate it tho" hahaha!
I got the audiobook arc of To Sleep in a Sea of Stars and I DNFed around the same 50-60%. The first part was good. It felt kinda thrillery. I just couldn’t get into the middle part. I also really didn’t care about any of the characters. I think I may have enjoyed it more had the author focused more on character development and maybe published as a series of novellas.
I really enjoyed The Night Circus but I could not get on with The Starless Sea - I just felt the author tried to put far too much in to it but still managed to make everything feel very vague and abstract which I didn’t appreciate. I pre-ordered it and was so bummed that I didn’t love it. I’ve never read anything by Naomi Novik before but I do own A Deadly Education - I might just wait until you get to it before diving in 😅
Starless Sea was my second chance for Erin Morgenstern also! And I had similar results 🙈 Definitely not an author for me. I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt that way!
Same with you on Erin M. I read the night circus and the writing was beautiful but I was pretty confused the whole time. I bought the starless sea and it’s sitting on my physical TBR pile bc the reviews seems to repeat, beautiful but confusing and it’s much longer than her original book so I’m not dying to read it :/
To sleep in a sea of stars is wonderful and the science is incredible and it’s the first book in what looks to be an epic world. Eragon is wonderful for 10yr old boys it’s good but probably hasn’t aged well.
I saw starless sea on the thumbnail and I clicked. Currently reading it. I am 110 pages into the book. I really like the short stories in it but I don’t feel for the characters at all but can’t form a opinion on it know. I kinda like it till now.
I adored Starless Sea but I totally get why people don’t. I still can’t decide how I felt about Sleep in a Sea of Stars-there were moments that were incredible and then some that were overwhelmingly bad and then a lot of slog in between to the point where I was exhausted by the experience.
I genuinely don't understand why people don't understand the story of The Starless Sea? Sure, it's really whimsical and ambiguous in terms of style, but the story was always pretty clear to me.
You can’t like them all and we must remember that there’s so many books out there & not enough time to read them all. 🤔 So why continue reading something that you’re clearly not enjoying?! Don’t waste your time Emily, move along to something that you’ll enjoy🙂
I DNF'd The Night Circus and never looked back. I don't believe in wasting time on books I don't enjoy in some fashion. Life's too short. :) Hopefully you picked up something you love after this.
I really didn’t like the starless sea when I read it I and I loved the night circus! Can’t imagine how it was for someone who didnt like her first book...
I had the same reaction to The Night Circus as you did, but I was still planning on giving The Starless Sea a shot...I think I'm going to pass on it now, though!
It depends on what you didnt like about the Night Circus, I actually didnt care much about this book but loooved the starless Sea because I prefered the plot, the characters and the short stories in it 😊
Starless Sea was so disappointing, because I loved The Night Circus so much. Haven't read Paolini yet. Off topic though, I'm currently reading The Devil and the Dark Water and really enjoying myself. Sam and Arent seem to have a Holmes and Watson vibe to them.
I'm nervous to pick up A deadly education. Spinning Silver and Uprooted are both five star absolute favorites for me (although I can see their flaws) but His Majesty's Dragon was one of my quickest DNFs ever. So bland that it seemed like the main character didn't even care what happened to him.
I just finished A Deadly Education and I gave it 4 stars which makes me hopeful that if you read it you will 1) finish it lol and 2) maybe give it 3 stars? We shall see! That was my first book by the author so maybe I will check out her backlist. I have not read anything from the other authors, but I am more interested in Morgenstern, probably won't ever read anything by Paolini.
I started “to sleep in a sea of stars”. I read a hundred pages, put it down and honestly I don’t have any interest in going back to it. I have tried a couple of times but always found an excuse to not read it. I was explaining the book to my dad and he said it sounded like a cross between the first Alien movie and the blue girl from X-men. Neither of which I liked so, ya this book is going to be a dnf for me.
Glad I’m not the only one who disliked The Starless Sea. I DNF’d it at around 70%. I was so close to the end that a part of me wanted to power through to the end but it just felt like a waste of time. I’m really sad about it too because I loved The Night Circus, but The Starless Sea was so plotless.
I read both of erin Morgenstern's books and both just made me lose interest halfway through. It was hard to get into. I'm reading Christopher paolini's new book currently and its so interesting and captured my interest from the beginning
I started buddy reading To Sleep In A Sea of Stars with some friends. Two of my friends love it and me and another friend want to DNF it. Honestly: the writing is horrid to me, the characters are flat, and the story takes way to long to get going. It's also very generic sci-fi. I love sci-fi for the ideas and this isn't it. I have read 250 pages and nothing interesting has happened so far. No more Paolini for me either I guess 😅
Maybe I should do a similar challenge with Vladimir Nabokov. I was so excited to read his stuff but I HATED Lolita and ended up DNF'ing it after struggling for over a month
I feel your struggles with the Starless Sea... the writing and the world is beautiful, but there is just no story, it’s so boring? I really really wanted to like it, but I ended up having to force myself to finish it 🙄 I 100% understand why people would enjoy it, though, the atmosphere of it creates is gorgeous
I tried to read Uprooted and DNF’d it half way through. I could not get into the book or her writing so I probably won’t read A Deadly Education either.
ughhhh the night circus was so boring...the beginning was so promising and by the middle i was falling asleep. ended up DNFing and unhauling and i'm afraid to try anything else by her
A little late to the party, but I trudged through To Sleep in a Sea of Stars bc it was *just* interesting enough to keep me reading. And while the ending was worth the effort, the entire story was ruined for me when Paolini - a male author - wrote about the suit restart Kira's cycle and how she didn't realize what cramps feel like. It didn't add to the story at all, and read more like Paolini was flexing his "skills" at writing a female character. It didn't sit right with me and knocked a couple stars off my rating.
It really depends on the book tbh! Usually 1.4-1.5 is my speed but I’ve definitely done 1.25 or 1.85 (don’t remember the book but it was narrated so sloooow!) I’ve heard people say they do it at 2-3x and I don’t know how lol
@@BookswithEmilyFox yup, that's me. Personally I can't concentrate if it's at it's usual speed. The slower narrators get a 2.5,3× for sure but books with jam packed details get around 1.5. Not gonna lie, starless sea, it was at 3× and it still wasn't fast enough because I just wanted to be done with it 😭
I felt so sad when I absolutely HATED the starless sea because I really enjoyed the night circus! The starless sea was indeed painful to read, it was all so pointless I was left ????????? at the end like...... ok was that it?????
I really disliked The Starless Sea. I would have DNF'd if I hadn't been reading it for a book club and honestly by the end I just resented it so much 🙈 Erin Morgenstern is not for me
I have read Starless Sea. I liked writting but story was so pointless. The things happened just for the sake of happening, there was no real conflict and dont let me start on love story of main character...
Have you tried these books? What's your review?
I read The Starless Sea a couple of months ago. The first two thirds of the book were great, I was loving it. I even wondered if it was going to be a new favorite.
Sadly, the moment the main villain showed up to blow up the library and Dorian fell into the hole, the entire book took a nose dive for the worst. Hated the last 150 pages. Ended up giving it 3/5.
A Deadly Education: 4.5/5 stars, and surprisingly one of my favorites of the year so far! It took me a minute to get used to the main character and the conversational writing style - I wasn't sure I would like either. But it soon won me over. Nothing about this book is typical, which I think is why it worked so well for me.
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars: 3/5 star rating... much better than Eragon for sure, all things considered. But you've already touched on the issue - 800+ pages. It was too long-winded. There were a couple of repetitive plot points and one tangent one involving a blue staff that could've been removed completely (imo) without affecting anything else (other than making it flow better).
I liked the Night Circus for all the reasons you mentioned - it definitely was more about the experience and style than the plot. I think it appealed to me so much because I'd never read anything like it before (you know how people who don't read a lot of a genre love the first thing they come across because they don't know what they're missing). Anyway, I don't feel in any hurry to get to her newest book. One was kind of enough lol.
I read all the books you said you hate, so I think our taste is very different. The Starless Sea and To Sleep in a Sea of Stars are both books I pre-ordered and I plan on reading.
I only gave The Starless Sea 2 stars because nonsense for the sake of nonsense are not my fave!
Really enjoyed TSiaSoS gave it 4 stars my biggest issue was that it was soooo dang long!!
⭐⭐⭐⭐ the night circus and the starless sea
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Uprooted, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ a deadly education
I have never read a book by Christopher Paolini. Hmmm...
To me, what worked so well with the starless sea is my attempt to connect all the stories together and the fact that you fall deeper and deeper into the world without seing the end of it. I admit that it is not for everyone but for me it was perfection !
Yes!! This feeling
EXACTLY 🤍🤍
"I have done it - I touched the kitty" is honestly the most wholesome thing I've seen all week ❤
I wish TNC and SS had more substance rather than style? I think that's where I fell with her as an author just... vague. And I will never forgive Paolini for eragon 😆
I didn’t like the Starless Sea. It felt like she was trying to convince me something really deep and meaningful was happening, but when I thought about it there really wasn’t much substance . There were a lot of beautiful words that didn’t really seem to mean much..
How interesting that we can have such different experiences about the same story! For me it held a meaningful message of the power of stories and storytelling, it really resonated with me and my love for literature.
I actually really enjoyed The Night Circus. I had such high hopes for The Starless Sea. I pre-ordered it and went to an author event to get it signed. Then I read it and immediately regretted my entire existence. To this day I cannot tell you what that book is about. I somehow managed to finish it but it was a struggle
"immediately regretted my entire existence" I felt that lol
I feel exactly the same way. I loved the Night Circus and struggled all the way through Starless Sea. It left.me.feeling like I was missing something the whole time.
@@fionaj5819 Yes! That is exactly how I felt. Like is missed something important
Omg I felt the same! Loved LOVED the Night Circus and I just couldn't get into this book and have no idea what I read. I was so 😥
I actually loved "To sleep in a sea of Stars" it's one of my favourites this year.
I really wish I had been able to get into it! I couldn't seem to just... read it lol
Same, it's my favourite so far this year
Same here, I loved the maps in it!
"How terrible of me would it be to DNF a book after two chapters?" I mean, I DNF'd a book after maybe three pages, so... :P
Lol 😂
The Naomi Novik that I think you'd like best is the Temeraire series--it has dragons, French, and tons of adventure (also no romance)
Oh I feel your struggle. I try to finish a book, hoping it will get better, and then it just doesn't and I am like, fuck it, not gonna waste my time anymore.
I really wanted to be fair and give them a chance but... eventually it's okay to just admit they're not for you!
I adored A Starless Sea! It was one of my favorites so far in 2020. For me, I loved the intricate storytelling, the atmospheric writing, the magic, the timelines- it all worked for me. Just an example of how different books suit different readers.
I agree, it kinda Hurt me to see how many people dnf this book and yet adored every page of it but I get that it is not a story for everyone
You clearly should not read books with both “star” and “sea” in the title 😝 (I haven’t finished the video, I just wanted to comment on the similarity between the titles)
It was definitely confusing haha
I really loved The Starless Sea but I totally get why people don't. Her writing is not for everyone. Your pie looked great!!
yeees it's mostly because people dont try to work their brain cells they just want something predictible and romance and the boring stuff ....the starless sea is for openminded people and it's my 2020 favorite book
The Starless Sea is my favourite book but I was 1000% sure you wouldn't like it! It's very polarising for sure
I DNF’d the starless sea ... it had so much potential! I even pre-ordered it.
Me, tooooo. I got the Waterstones edition and it’s so beautiful, but Erin, I felt, was just all over the place with this one. I hated that it was contemporary? It would have done better in the historical fiction genre, imo
That's why I'll never pre order a book lol
@@samh7206 I’ll never pre-order again, I learned my lesson! 😹
I'm about 600 pages through To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars, and I'm really enjoying it so far. I usually never pick up sci-fi because I'm not into it, but I grew up with Eragon so I had to give it a go, very worth it
I’m about 700 pages into ‘To sleep in a sea of stars’ and I’m loving it. I’m 40 pages into ‘a deadly education’ and the sheer amount of exposition is exhausting, I’m gonna give it more time to improve but I’m not liking the writing style at the moment. I have ‘The starless sea in my tbr. I liked ‘The night circus’ but didn’t love it so I’m not sure how I’ll feel about her other one 🤷🏼♀️
Let’s be real...these days, it’s not an Emily video without a cat appearance 😂😂 😄
He's here almost daily XD
Don't worry about how 'pretty' your pie is! I've been trying all sorts of different types, and I swear the top crust is nearly impossible. It looks beautiful, and I'm sure it's delicious - so that's what matters.
Great idea for a project I think! ImO no you did not fail because you did what you set out to do, you gave them another chance. They kind of failed your challenge. I've not read any of these but Night Circus and Starless Sea are on my TBR and a Deadly Education. Now I'm nervous! Lol.
I felt the same way about Uprooted, the magic system made no sense to me, I HATED the romance, and the "strong female friendship" mostly consisted of the two characters shouting each others names. I, however, adored Spinning Silver. It pulled from known folklore for its magic and the romance felt very well earned. If you can't get A Deadly Education, I highly recommend checking out Spinning Silver instead
The apple pie looks great! You did a excellent job. I HATE flowery writing. I keep rolling my damn eyes 😄. I have been eyeing Mexican Gothic, as well! I'm currently reading Lisa Jewell, Shari Lapena, Tess Gerritsen and Brittney Cooper.
I was really nervous for the starless sea because I hadn't enjoyed the night circus, but I ended up liking it a lot more (the bar was low). I think the audiobook helped, but also the fact that I was just going along for the ride, not expecting a point to the story.
I've been trying to finish The Starless Sea since forever... seriously, I started reading it last year. Maybe now is the time to stop punishing myself trying to finish it just because The Night Circus is one of my favorite books.
I had a weird experience with The Starless Sea. I think at first with the library and everything I was loving it, and it sort of fell apart. I just let myself enjoy the writing and the world and tried not to think about it - but yeah, the second part had no plot and was a bit hard to get through. I LOVE the night circus so I bought it full price on release day, and I think in the future I will still read her stuff but try it at the library and buy it later if I love it.
I thought the same as you for the first half of uprooted but I changed my mind halfway through. The main character grew a lot throughout the story, and the romance was fully realized only when she became on equal footing with the man. It really subverted my expectations in that way.
Both these books I'm excited for. I haven't read any Morgenstern before but I've loved all of Paolini and am going to buddy read his newest books
I also haven't tried any Novick
I did the same challenge, you gave me the idea, but with V.E. Schwab. I wanted to give Paolini and Naomi Novik another chance too with their new books (hated Uprooted and Eragon) but I couldn‘t get them from the library. Fortunately V.E. Schwab could finally win me over with Addie LaRue after Vicious and Shades of magic left me utterly disappointed, so the challenge went definitely better for me than it did for you 😂 Thanks for that!
I'm so glad you enjoyed her newer book!
I’m not interested in either of those books anyways, but I am VERY invested in the cat saga
He’s chilling on the outside chair right now... didn’t let me pet him today lol
@@BookswithEmilyFox lol cats are so fickle
After the last Eragon books, I don't think I'll ever pick up anything by Paolini ever again...Finished 'A Deadly Education' two days ago and gave it four stars. Brilliant worldbuilding, sassy and sarcastic main character BUT lots of very not elegant info-dump which pulled the rating down. No issues with romance in this one, there's probably a small romance starting at the end, but it was small enough to not affect my experience. Recommend it to anyone who likes sarcasm and sassy narrators.
I thought the Night Circus was fine. Just fine. But I started listening the The Starless Sea today and it’s slightly more intriguing to me so far, but we’ll see. I’ve got To Sleep in a Sea of Stars here waiting to be read, but I haven’t started it yet. I enjoyed A Deadly Education though it felt somewhat rushed to me. I feel like it set a really good stage for further books so I’m looking forward to that. As for DNFing after two chapters: I DNFed Normal People after about 20 pages so no judgement. Lol.
I dnf the starless sea unfortunately. I just couldn’t get into the book and the plot wasn’t there for me. I finished to sleep in a sea of stars and it was like a 3.5 read for me. I didn’t really like how it ended though so I’m not sure if I’ll pick up the next book when it comes out.
At least you tried!! If you felt the DNF vibe that strongly then it's not the vibe for you hahaha. I want to try a second chance vlog but I'm always like "what if I hate it tho" hahaha!
I got the audiobook arc of To Sleep in a Sea of Stars and I DNFed around the same 50-60%. The first part was good. It felt kinda thrillery. I just couldn’t get into the middle part.
I also really didn’t care about any of the characters. I think I may have enjoyed it more had the author focused more on character development and maybe published as a series of novellas.
It just felt... too long.
I really enjoyed The Night Circus but I could not get on with The Starless Sea - I just felt the author tried to put far too much in to it but still managed to make everything feel very vague and abstract which I didn’t appreciate. I pre-ordered it and was so bummed that I didn’t love it. I’ve never read anything by Naomi Novik before but I do own A Deadly Education - I might just wait until you get to it before diving in 😅
Starless Sea was my second chance for Erin Morgenstern also! And I had similar results 🙈 Definitely not an author for me. I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt that way!
Same with you on Erin M. I read the night circus and the writing was beautiful but I was pretty confused the whole time. I bought the starless sea and it’s sitting on my physical TBR pile bc the reviews seems to repeat, beautiful but confusing and it’s much longer than her original book so I’m not dying to read it :/
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To sleep in a sea of stars is wonderful and the science is incredible and it’s the first book in what looks to be an epic world. Eragon is wonderful for 10yr old boys it’s good but probably hasn’t aged well.
I liked The Night Circus alright but DNF’s the Starless Sea.. Have you read Temeraire by Naomi Novik? So good.
I also DNF'd Starless Sea. Tedious, flowery. But other peeps have loved it...oh well.
Okay but I would eat the pie...
It's loooooong gone :P
I haven't read any of the books you mentioned but I am excited to read To Sleep in a Sea of Stars !
DNF’d The Starless Sea. Didn’t love The Night Circus, but al least I was able to finish it.
I only finished The Starless Sea because it was gift from my mom. Otherwise I would have DNFed it.
I am looking forward to reading A Starless Sea, because I loved The Night Circus.
I decided after The Night Circus that this author would never be for me. 😎
That pie looks delicious😌
I fell in love with the side characters (short stories) more than the main but still felt like the book was good
I saw starless sea on the thumbnail and I clicked. Currently reading it. I am 110 pages into the book. I really like the short stories in it but I don’t feel for the characters at all but can’t form a opinion on it know. I kinda like it till now.
I haven’t read anything by your last author but did get Spinning Silver (one of her books) and am looking forward to it so I hope she writes well
I adored Starless Sea but I totally get why people don’t. I still can’t decide how I felt about Sleep in a Sea of Stars-there were moments that were incredible and then some that were overwhelmingly bad and then a lot of slog in between to the point where I was exhausted by the experience.
I love that there's a "stars and seas" theme to this vlog 😂
I loved the night circus but the starless sea...... I cannot
I feel the same way about Naomi Novik, her magic systems seem both too fleshed out and yet not fleshed out enough
Try Temeraire!!!
I genuinely don't understand why people don't understand the story of The Starless Sea? Sure, it's really whimsical and ambiguous in terms of style, but the story was always pretty clear to me.
You can’t like them all and we must remember that there’s so many books out there & not enough time to read them all. 🤔 So why continue reading something that you’re clearly not enjoying?! Don’t waste your time Emily, move along to something that you’ll enjoy🙂
Nice video. I should be reading To Sleep in a Sea of Stars soon. I just got it in the mail today.
I DNF'd The Night Circus and never looked back. I don't believe in wasting time on books I don't enjoy in some fashion. Life's too short. :)
Hopefully you picked up something you love after this.
I really didn’t like the starless sea when I read it I and I loved the night circus! Can’t imagine how it was for someone who didnt like her first book...
I was hoping the you'll get to read the new Naomi Novik novel as I also DNF'd uprooted! Maybe on you next vlog 🤗
Hey, I was just wondering - how do you request for ARCs? As in, what's the process of (hopefully) getting one?
I had the same reaction to The Night Circus as you did, but I was still planning on giving The Starless Sea a shot...I think I'm going to pass on it now, though!
It depends on what you didnt like about the Night Circus, I actually didnt care much about this book but loooved the starless Sea because I prefered the plot, the characters and the short stories in it 😊
Starless Sea was so disappointing, because I loved The Night Circus so much. Haven't read Paolini yet. Off topic though, I'm currently reading The Devil and the Dark Water and really enjoying myself. Sam and Arent seem to have a Holmes and Watson vibe to them.
I'm nervous to pick up A deadly education. Spinning Silver and Uprooted are both five star absolute favorites for me (although I can see their flaws) but His Majesty's Dragon was one of my quickest DNFs ever. So bland that it seemed like the main character didn't even care what happened to him.
The reviews so far are all over the place for her newer book... fingers crossed!
I just finished A Deadly Education and I gave it 4 stars which makes me hopeful that if you read it you will 1) finish it lol and 2) maybe give it 3 stars? We shall see! That was my first book by the author so maybe I will check out her backlist. I have not read anything from the other authors, but I am more interested in Morgenstern, probably won't ever read anything by Paolini.
Emily, after watching so many of your videos, I am pretty sure that our tastes in books are very different.
I loved listening to Erin morgenstern’s reading. Also The night circus is one of my favourite book
Night Circus, Uprooted, Eragon. Oh my... these are all books that I hated. xD
I DNFed A Deadly Education. I’m not sure if it was bad or I was just not in the right mood for it.
I started “to sleep in a sea of stars”. I read a hundred pages, put it down and honestly I don’t have any interest in going back to it. I have tried a couple of times but always found an excuse to not read it. I was explaining the book to my dad and he said it sounded like a cross between the first Alien movie and the blue girl from X-men. Neither of which I liked so, ya this book is going to be a dnf for me.
I’m reading The Diviners by Libby Bray and I like it. But only for 30 minutes.
Oh no I just bought both books!
Glad I’m not the only one who disliked The Starless Sea. I DNF’d it at around 70%. I was so close to the end that a part of me wanted to power through to the end but it just felt like a waste of time. I’m really sad about it too because I loved The Night Circus, but The Starless Sea was so plotless.
I read both of erin Morgenstern's books and both just made me lose interest halfway through. It was hard to get into. I'm reading Christopher paolini's new book currently and its so interesting and captured my interest from the beginning
I started buddy reading To Sleep In A Sea of Stars with some friends. Two of my friends love it and me and another friend want to DNF it. Honestly: the writing is horrid to me, the characters are flat, and the story takes way to long to get going. It's also very generic sci-fi. I love sci-fi for the ideas and this isn't it. I have read 250 pages and nothing interesting has happened so far. No more Paolini for me either I guess 😅
Maybe I should do a similar challenge with Vladimir Nabokov. I was so excited to read his stuff but I HATED Lolita and ended up DNF'ing it after struggling for over a month
I feel your struggles with the Starless Sea... the writing and the world is beautiful, but there is just no story, it’s so boring? I really really wanted to like it, but I ended up having to force myself to finish it 🙄 I 100% understand why people would enjoy it, though, the atmosphere of it creates is gorgeous
100% same
Will be reading Erin Morgenstern for the first time this December. Here's to me hoping I'll like her work 😬
I dnfd starless sea, couldn’t stand it. I liked the night circus though
The starless sea was a lot of work for me to read with minimal pay off at the end which annoyed me
I tried to read Uprooted and DNF’d it half way through. I could not get into the book or her writing so I probably won’t read A Deadly Education either.
Comletely unrelated but what lipstick are you wearing in the first few minutes of the video? It's absolutely gorgeous and I just have to have it!!
Milani matte lipstick in naked!
@@BookswithEmilyFox thanks!!!
I was not a fan of The Night Circus either! It’s not horrible, but definitely a disappointment considering the hype.
I enjoy watching your video Emily as i enjoy a. Dip of Artichoke
ughhhh the night circus was so boring...the beginning was so promising and by the middle i was falling asleep. ended up DNFing and unhauling and i'm afraid to try anything else by her
This one was worse for me :/
A little late to the party, but I trudged through To Sleep in a Sea of Stars bc it was *just* interesting enough to keep me reading. And while the ending was worth the effort, the entire story was ruined for me when Paolini - a male author - wrote about the suit restart Kira's cycle and how she didn't realize what cramps feel like. It didn't add to the story at all, and read more like Paolini was flexing his "skills" at writing a female character. It didn't sit right with me and knocked a couple stars off my rating.
Oh gosh I agree! I don't understand why male authors write about periods... it's never done well!
1.4 speed is how I listen to audiobooks and I thought it was fast. 😂
It really depends on the book tbh! Usually 1.4-1.5 is my speed but I’ve definitely done 1.25 or 1.85 (don’t remember the book but it was narrated so sloooow!)
I’ve heard people say they do it at 2-3x and I don’t know how lol
@@BookswithEmilyFox yup, that's me. Personally I can't concentrate if it's at it's usual speed. The slower narrators get a 2.5,3× for sure but books with jam packed details get around 1.5. Not gonna lie, starless sea, it was at 3× and it still wasn't fast enough because I just wanted to be done with it 😭
I felt so sad when I absolutely HATED the starless sea because I really enjoyed the night circus! The starless sea was indeed painful to read, it was all so pointless I was left ????????? at the end like...... ok was that it?????
Okay but was the pie yummy??!!
Yesssss! It’s already all in my belly :)
Atlast I found someone who feels the same way as me about "uprooted". my first dnf of the year 😓😓
Everyone was raving about it!!
and that's why I was feeling so bad about my opinion,I really wanted to like it but couldn't...
I hated The Starless sea.. I regret buying that book.
I got 56% through the starless sea and couldnt do it anymore..
That thumbnail 😂
That’s what happens when I forget to pose for one lol
It's hilarious, the facial expression sums up the video perfectly 😂
Upvote apple pie 🍎🍏
I loved To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. The Starless Sea was a dud. I was so sad.
More appearances of the cat 🐈 please.
Naomi Novik is kind of like VE Schwab for me.the ideas seem cool but the info over dump or not enough info...I am like...wtf do they want to say...
I really disliked The Starless Sea. I would have DNF'd if I hadn't been reading it for a book club and honestly by the end I just resented it so much 🙈 Erin Morgenstern is not for me
I have read Starless Sea. I liked writting but story was so pointless. The things happened just for the sake of happening, there was no real conflict and dont let me start on love story of main character...
i dnfed starless sea. :) and night circus