POPULAR BOOKS I WASN'T A FAN OF.
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My English teacher's daughter is Victoria Aveyard and wrote those books. She came to our school and did a signing. It's a small world isn't it? 😜
I'M MOVING IN BITCH MAKE SOME SPACE LOL
WHAT OMG SERIOUSLY? I love her Red Queen series! Omg! 😍 That’s amazing!
Rilee Holt TELL HER THAT I SAID HER BOOKS ARE EVERYTHING AND I LOVE THEM SO SO SO MUCH!! ❤️😍
Did you go to Williams middle school?
ENROLL ME THERE NOW.
IM FEELING PERSONALLY ATTACKED THAT THE RAVEN CYCLE BOOKS ARE ON HERE I GOT YOU THOSE BOOKS AND OUSHED YOU TO READ THEM THEY ARE MY BABIES
I was literally about to comment...I speak for both myself and micheal when I say WHAT THE HECK EMMA!!!! hahahaha jk I LOVE YOU!!
ITS NOT A PERSONAL ATTACK ON YOUUUUUU
i'm sorry brit XD love you too!
After hearing you talk about Aristotle and Dante I can understand why you also wasn't a big fan of the Raven Cycle, it's definitely a very character driven series (which is one of the reasons I loved it so much) but as you said, you are more of a plot gal!
Can I add my shock here? Like come on, Emma I cannot believe I heard those words leave your mouth.
Emma: *says red queen*
Me: "I came out to have a good time and I'm honestly feeling so attacked right now"
I know! Red Queen is seriously my favorite book!
I love red queen so much!!!!!!❤👑
Such a compelling book!!!
I liked red queen but glass sword wasn’t my favorite rn I’m reading kings cage and it’s kinda good
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is actually my favorite book so when I saw you pull it up I audibly gasped lol. However, I totally understand why you didn't like the book. I've read the book more times than I can count now so I understand the flow and rhythm of it well. If you like fast, plot driven books than this is not for you. Personally, I LOVE character development books which is one of the reasons I adored it so much. I also found myself able to relate to Ari very well which is another reason why I loved it.
Olivia V. Haha Same
Olivia V. Jesus, that book made me go through so many emotions. It is by far, my favorite book. I love how it develops.
Olivia V. I can agree with you so much I gasped as well. I think another reason I loved it is because I’m Mexican so I can relate and I’ve never been represented in that way either
That book was my favorite of all time. It was so beautiful and perfect and amazing
Olivia V. YESSSS ARI AND DANTE IS MY FAVORITE BOOK EVER IVE READ IT LIKE SIX TIMES
This whole time I was just praying that she wouldn't say Harry Potter
NEVER
emmmabooks YAYYY
saaaaaame omg
Thats why i watched it, to make sure she didn't say Harry Potter!! ⚡️⚡️
OMG SAME
I respect your opinion but I felt very heart broken when you said you didn't like Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe that book is my baby.
Fri Dun yeah I totally agree
It was super boring to me :(
Oh my god...I haven’t even started the video and I’m already about to cry I’ve read that book 8 times it’s my favorite book ever
haven't gotten to this part, but omg. 😭😭😭
I loved it. It gave me the 'warm and fuzzies'.
Oh wow that background
ah i love it!!
I'm so relieved to find someone else who didn't like The Summer I Turned Pretty and The Fifth Wave. I honestly never understood the hype, and how so so many booktubers praised them. Thank you!!
definitely not for me ahahhah
Zoe Lala me didn't like 5th wave too
Omg thank you! I hated the 5th Wave.
I HATED THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY SO SO MUCH I LOATHE IT
Zoe Lala oml i hated the 5th wave
This is totally unrelated but I'm going through some shit right now and you are really cheering me up with your charisma. So thank you Emma.
awh thank YOU! i hope things start to look up for you soon :)
All The Bright Places is one of my favourites!! Interesting hearing your thoughts though :) xx
I just finished reading it last week and god was I a mess....
@@melaniemartinez7516 Same that book messed with me
Melody Collis I don’t usually cry when I read but that book had me sobbing
I liked it but it broke my heart. I can't read it again
Melanie Martinez same, a year late, but the movie just came out, the book made me sob-
Oh Emma, you broke my heart with Aristotle and Dante.
:c
I absolutely loved Red Queen, Glass Sword and King's cage - I take them off your hands in a heart beat, I wasn't really that into the 5th wave either, I was really confused as to who was talking when the perspectives changed 😲💜💜✌
ahhah i may be putting them up for booksfortrade soon!
Writing about mental illness is very hard. Even as a person whose whole family deals with metal illness, it took me almost six months to write a seven page short story about a girl and her depression. Of course I'm only fifteen and by no means a great writer, but even still. It's tough.
OKAY. ARI AND DANTE AND THE RAVEN CYCLE ARE SERIOUSLY MY FAVORITE BOOKS EVER AND I CAN'T EVEN RIGHT NOW I'M VERY ATTACKED.
I LOVE THE RED QUEEN SERIES OML
akosua awesome haha OMG SAME
akosua awesome yess..same💙
Maven x mare
Yes! Omg it was amazing. It crushed me 😭😂
It’s funny because I started to read Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe just to finish off the last two weeks of school and I wasn’t really paying attention. But as I read it I started to fall in love with it especially since I’m Mexican and I’ve never been represented in that way. So yeah that’s my opinion lol
Popular book I wasn't a fan of? Two words - John Green.
Madara Bruğe John Green is not a book lol
Madara Bruğe She's implying it was written by John Green, obviously.
I'm literally obsessed with him haha have you read the fault in our stars? I didn't really like his books but the fault in our stars is my favorite book ever and it's just amazing !! xx
Well do you generally not like all of the books he writes or is there a specific book like tfios that you're targeting. I love John Green
Personally, I didn't like Catherine. Idk if it gets better and more interesting later on in the book or what, but I read like the first chapter of it and was very bored.
I really think you would have enjoyed Raven Cycle if you read instead of listened. The last book is the best by far! But you have to really love the characters to enjoy it.
I just wanna say that All The Bright Places is accurate for others, not for all. But, it can also be damaging. If you are depressed or suicidal this book could be good or bad for you, just be warned before you read it.
Your eyeshadow is giving me life 😍😍😍 btw i personally loved aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe and all the bright places so different folks, different strokes :)
Omg All The Bright Places is my favourite book!
The summer I turned pretty is what made me start reading more and love YA
Loved this! Every time you brought up a book or series I love I was so shocked but then whenever you started giving your reasons why I realized they were all the problems I DID have while reading that just hadn't stuck with me
LOVE YOUR BACKGROUND!!!! xx
I feel personally attacked and offended that Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is in here.
I will take red queen & glass sword off your hands lmfao. I read them on kindle, and they're kind of a guilty pleasure.
Also, part of me wants to read All the Bright Places...but I know I'm going to be disappointed.
omg have you read kings cage?!
Ellie I just finished Kings Cage a few weeks ago
ah i may be putting them up for #booksfortrade on my twitter soonish so keep an eye out!
i absolutely love the summer i turned pretty, i’ve read them three times but it was interesting hearing your point of view
AHHHH IM CRUSHED, that the red queen series was on this list! But once again its your opinion on it. But i suggest you give it another try!!
Who’s here in 2019!
Just me... ok...
Wow
I am
i raise you 2020
Popular books I wasn't a fan of :
1.The Hunger Games (The whole series)
2.Insurgent and Alegiant (I love Divergent)
3.The 5th Wave (The whole series)
4.The Fault in Our Stars. (I liked the movie better)
lia diana Finally, I find someone who didn't like Hunger Games. I also didn't like Divergent too.
lia diana I disagree with you with the Hunger Games but I 100% agree with you on the divergent series! I just couldn't get into books 2 and 3
Omg yes to the Divergent series! I struggled to get through the first book and felt that the series probably could have ended after Divergent. Didn't even attempt to read Insurgent and Allegiant!
i fully can see how someone wouldn't like all of these!
lia diana completly agreed
I find quite a few of the books that I read a few years ago that I absolutely raved about before are books that I'm not a big fan of now. Thank you for sharing, Emma! I think it's important to know the other side of the raving reviews of popular books 😊
LOL YES EXACTLY
i totally agree :)
Her: I didn't like The fifth wave
Me: *angry screeching*
But I respect your opinion
Red queen is so good tho😭😭
😭😭😭😭 ikr
Sarai Romero I know😭This is one of my favorite series!
Kpopisnotjustmusic It's a lifestyle sadness huh?! 😭 anyways hello :) (totally not trying to make reading friends 🙂) lmaoo [ofc I am] 😂🤣
That's what I thought at first, but after rereading it again, I realize how cliche and predictable it is
I like the first one, but the Second And the third not realy. I did‘t even finish the third
Am I the only one who absolutely loved the 5th Wave, but wasn't a big fan of the Infinite War and the Last Star? 🙈
Brooklyn I liked the 5th wave too but I founded the other two really confusing and boring and I really regret buying the other two
5th wave was amazing but I lost interest in the second book and hated the third
Phoebe 03 sameee dudeee
same
The second you showed The Raven Cycle series my heart broke a little I love Maggie and that series lol but it was definitely interesting hearing your thoughts :) love your channel btw
I love TRC but for once I didn't get upset watching one of these videos. All your points made sense and you are just very likeable so thanks for that. I'm going to listen to The Murder Squash Song now :)
ALL MY FRIENDS ARE OBSESSED WITH RED QUEEN AND I HAVE THE SAME FEELINGS YOU DO
I almost can't believe that you agree with me! I got bored reading it and kept forgetting things! I'm SO glad I'm not the only one - thank you so much for this video! :)
I actually really found myself in the main character of All the bright places and as someone with clinical depression I felt it was very well represented trough out the book...
i'm glad to hear it! like i said i know this book has represented others well and me saying i feel it didn't have good representation is in no way me trying to invalidate your experiences. we just interpreted the book differently :)
You just saved my TBR a few rough reads! I, like you, have to finish reading books no matter how much I'm not liking it. Lol. One of the books that everyone loved that I was not a fan of was The Girl on the Train! Caused me soooo much pain I wrote a crazy rant about it on my blog!
OMG! I am so obsessed with the raven cycle but I honestly think if I listened to it on audio book I would be just as completely confused it’s definitely something you have to read old school! I really really hope you give it another chance eventually!
my list would be...
1. The Fault In Our Stars: The writing was wonderful, I absolutely love John Green. But it is unbelievably overrated and it is just not memorable for me.
2. Thirteen Reasons Why: This was so badly written. Every single aspect of the book was cliché and boring.
3. Milk and Honey: I have definitely read much better poetry collections. This one was just dull to me.
4. Looking for Alaska: Again, I love John Green, I think Let It Snow and Paper Towns are masterpieces. But this character, oh man, Alaska is so dislikable and annoying. I was so happy to finish the book because it bothered me so much.
13 reasons why is an extraordinarily amazing gorgeous book. Fu the haters 😉
nirmala kumari no it isn’t
autumn passmore yes it is !
For me, The Fault in Our Stars was a pretty good book (at least at the time I read it) and I DNF'd Paper Towns because I felt like nothing much was happening other than teenagers being teenagers and I heard that the "good stuff" happens at the very end, which is not my cup of tea and also others were telling me the ending was bad so I'm not even going to bother. Someone recommended me to read "Milk and Honey" and I read it and enjoyed it. I bought "The Sun and her Flowers" and I couldn't finish the book because the entire poetry just went south for me. Then I reread the other book and ended up thinking it was mediocre than anything special.
Books I don't like/understand the hype:
Fangirl
The 5th Wave
Throne of Glass
The Cellar
Uglies
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
If I Stay
We Were Liars
Anna and the French Kiss
we were liars is pretty good. The ending is very unexpected!
Throne of glass was good...
i really enjoyed this video because i love hearing people's opinion because it always gives me an idea of i should read a book or not!! i'm gonna make a video now about books!! but i will say i felt so sad when you didn't like the red queen series lol
Totally agree with you about The Infinite Sea. I did read the last book and it was okay, but just okay. Red Queen, for me, had a lot of problems, but I enjoyed it. But Glass Sword was pretty stellar -- it was a real surprise! I haven't read any of the other books you mentioned, though. Good vid!
I totally agree with you when it comes to All The Bright Places! I actually just wrote an essay on The Portrayal of Mental Illness in Young Adult Fiction and I used All The Bright Places as an example of a not-so-accurate representation of mental illness. I just found a lot of the aspects of the book to be problematic, such as how they portrayed therapy and let's not even talk about the "love heals mental illness"-trope. I'm happy to see you kinda feel the same way about it:)
oooh that sounds like a fantastic essay!!!
Hahah thank you!
+Panda Thea The whole, "love heals mental illness" thing drives me nuts. I hate that book, with a burning passion.
+Panda Thea The whole, "love heals mental illness" thing drives me nuts. I hate that book, with a burning passion.
Thea Asmaro as someone with bipolar disorder, finch’s representation of it was actually accurate. i could relate so much. as with the “love cures mental illness” thing, i feel this book shows that it does Not, because of the ending where as finch gave up anyways. love CAN better a mental illness at times, and it shows that. the therapy thing was also quite accurate because its the SCHOOL’s therapists. school therapists arent usually the best, at least the ones ive gotten. as to if it was an independant therapist it would have been different.
I'm shocked because I *love* the Raven Cycle because of how Adam's bisexuality was handled and I like the genre but I *totally* agree with the Red Queen
I'm really glad I found someone who had a similar experience when reading Red Queen! I'm new to your channel and I already love your videos!!
AHHHH I'm so heart broken!!! The Raven Cycle is one of my fav all time book series!!! I do agree that the magical realism is a hard concept to really get into in these books but gosh the characters are so great and fleshed out and loveable in my opinion!
I bought the Throne of Glass series bc all my fave booktubers (including Emma lol) praised it so much & had it on their fave books of all time, but I just could not get into it. I plan on finishing the series some day bc I've heard it gets better w/ each book, but... Celaena is such a Mary Sue it's gonna be hard lol
pocketofluv what's a Mary Sue? Personally I really enjoy the series I'm currently on the fifth book
😭😭😭I LOVE RED QUEEN SO MUCH NOOOO💔💔💔💔💔💔
I loved all the bright places omg😭😭
You ripped my heart out with The Raven Cycle one!!!! That's one of my FAVORITE series of all time. Other than that though I loved this video
Not a fan of character driven novels either personally! I need a good plot to get me going.
i'm the same!!
I am the complete opposite. So if the characters are super bland but the plot was good you would still like it?
Ah my heart sunk when you pulled out red queen😭😂❤
ahh i know so many people love it!
I'm so relieved that you also were not a fan of the Fifth Wave! I felt like a monster when I put the book down and took a second to breathe in relief. Thank you for all your wonderful thoughts!
I'm so glad I found your channel!
I feel you with The 5th Wave. I kept telling myself that I was loving it while I was reading - probably cause I just wanted to be aboard the hype bandwagon - but I forget a lot of details about the story within a month and, by the time The Infinite Sea came around, I remembered basically nothing except the main character's names. It didn't help that a lot of people said the second book kind of sucked. xD To me, The 5th Wave is a series that suffered because the author probably had a deadline to meet and didn't get to think about the plotline thoroughly and completely. Ah well. GREAT VIDEO! :D
hahahh omg i totally know what you mean!!!!!
I liked All the Bright Places at first but after I became depressed myself it rubbed me the wrong way. It made me feel like I was doing something wrong due to not making any friends or having a boyfriend that could make me feel better and it made me feel like the end for me would be suicide. Thankfully I read It's Kind of a Funny Story which made me feel hopeful about getting better, and now know feel wonderful and a lot of that I attribute to this book.
awh that is so horrible!! i just read it's kind of a funny story and i loved it too! i hope you are doing well now
Oh... I hope you feel better now
love your personality so much! and that we have the same taste in books! 💖
I literally sat there with my mouth open in shock when you pulled up Red Queen :0 I guess it is good to hear two different opinions on books :)
I agree with a few of those series but I actually did love The Fifth Wave (I haven't read the last book yet but I am excited too) Idk what it was about it but I just couldn't get evoigh of The Fifth Wave and the Infinite Sea. But it is cool to see that you don't like because I always just think because someone like you or other people on book tube like it, I will❤️
It's good to see that someone else in the comment section liked the 5th Wave! I absolutely loved the first book, although I will admit I didn't like the others as much. I'm actually thinking of rereading the first book because I enjoyed it so much. If you do read the Last Star definitely comment and let me know what you thought of it!
Brooklyn Ok Will Do❤️
Yess you like panic!
I like aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe.ari was interesting but a little cold and distant at times towards others.
Still good.loved Dante.he's highly relatable.
I really love this kind of videos, I totally agree with you on Red Queen..
Might not share the same thoughts on some of these but you are so well spoken! Great video! (:
I'm currently reading A Court of Thorns and Roses and it is going so slowly... I did really enjoy the Throne of Glass series so I thought I'd enjoy this next series as well. I will try to trudge through to the end and hopefully it picks up because I bought the sequel as well... but right now it's not looking too good
squidy2343 the end of a court of thorns and roses is pretty good but if you can trudge through that book a court of mist and fury is AmAZiNg!
squidy2343 I get u I was was a bit disappointed with acotar but the second book is truly phenomenal one of the best books I have ever read so I'd say give it a shot
READ THE 2 BOOK ITS SOOOOO GOOD
most people who don't enjoy ACOTAR much enjoy ACOMAF. if you think you might like it, i say keep giving it a try!
HOOOO BOI ACOWAR WILL LEAVE U IN RUINS
If you unhaul them then I totally would take the red queen and glass sword off your hands.. oh and the raven boy series :) haha
Should totally just do a giveaway with your unhaul books! Lol
I agree with the trope idea- Although sometimes they help me get back into reading lol
Your makeup is so pretty today!!!
i literally GASPED when you started talking about ari and dante i’m sad :-(
I LOVE The Raven Cycle series, I honestly thought the writing and characters were fantastic
I love it when people make videos like this! I think it's incredibly brave, especially when the book or series has a lot of hype or die-hard fans.
I LOVEDDDD All the Bright Places. It is one of my all time favorites 😍😍 I completely understand your thoughts tho, I kind of agree as well
Mental illnesses are different for everyone. Just because it doesn't describe it how you went through it, doesn't mean it's not how someone else went through it. It doesn't make it a bad book just because it doesn't fit your expectations for how other people's mental health is. She wrote that for her boyfriend who killed himself when she was younger and I'm tired of people saying "it shouldn't have been written like this" when she literally was writing what happened.
Again, just because it's not similar to your personal experiences, doesn't mean it's not how other people experience things. No offense but you're highly uneducated if you think everyone's mental illnesses are the same and should be talked about in the same way.
I never said everyone's experience is the same is mine, that is why I continually say in the video that I understand this book means a lot to other people and I'm genuinely happy they are able to relate to it!
But it is entirely possible that a book can relate to one person and be bad representation to another. There are tons of books that I love and feel are accurate depictions of mental illness, whereas another finds it to be entirely inaccurate, and that is absolutely valid, that's just how personal interpretation works. And it is also possible for a book to be based on real life events, but be executed in a way that some people may consider to be negative. I don't believe I ever tried to dictate how the book should be written, I just expressed my concerns about it while also stating that I am aware it means a lot to others.
I made it extremely clear in the video that while I found the book to be a bad depiction of mental illness (in general, not just based off of my own personal experiences) I am glad it was accurate and a piece of comfort for others. I'm sorry if you missed the point I was stressing so much.
You have a good point and I get that, I just took it the wrong way when I watched this last night. And I didn't specifically mean you for parts of this, I just kind of ranted about everything I've heard people saying. I get your point :) Sorry if I seemed a bit rude, that's not at all how I meant to be I just get really protective about things I like.
I know everyone interprets things differently. that means some people won't like the things I do and I'm okay with that, I was just trying to stand up for it, if you know what I mean. Maybe just a bit too much.
Her: *pulls up Ari and Dante*
Me: CANCELLED!
(not really i just love that book more than i love myself)
Same!!!!
IM CRYING BECAUSE YOUR BOOKSHELVES ARE SO GORGEOUS OMG IM A NERD. IM REDOCORATING MY ROOM AND IM GETTING NEW BOOKSHELVES
Oh no! Red queen is on my TBR, now I’m scared!
Also so weird cuz We seem to share common opinions on most books, but I am currently reading The Raven Cycle and I love it! Lol!
As for books I didn't like, I never understood how highly praised the Falling Kingdoms series was. Like really. It makes no sense.
Zoe Lala omg. Yes. I don't understand?! How is it even good! It's so boring. The world is sooo flat! I don't know the first book was so slow until the last part where it suddenly picked up pace. And I'm like WTH?!
huh i never read that one! but i have heard theres a lot of hype
Zoe Lala that moment that I did not like the first book at all. but for some reason i was like I am going to continue with the series and now I have fallen head over heels for it
Zoe Lala finally! Someone else who didn't like Falling Kingdoms!
I feel like the writing was terrible especially the dialogue. I heard that with each book it gets better, so I bought the second one very cheap, so we will see.
When she pulled out red queen I was triggered
I LOVE U SOOOOOOO MUCH, EMMA!!!!
U are really cool! I love u for not ranting about the books u didn't like but explain logically the reason behind why u don't like them.
I LOVE YOU TOO
thank you so much xx
The fact that you're so respectful is amazing
Omg are u serious how that u did not like the red queen saga they are my babies !!,
Honestly I liked almost every book you disliked. I’m very much a character driven kind of girl, so this was very interesting seeing another perspective on it.
But seriously, how did you not like Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe?
Yes, so agree on All The Bright Places!
The Raven Boy series has a very intricate world. I've read other books by Maggie and I really love her writing because there's so much inside the story. The main plot as well as the side stories that are also going on.I totally loved those books so I want to say give it another try! I think they're the kind of books you need to read and not listen to because Maggie's writing is so whimsical and her worlds are complicated (in a good way!) I plan to re-read the series this year because there's so much depth to them it's hard to completely get everything in one read through.
Oh and Aristotle and Dante is my favorite book ever so... that's awkward lol
should I read Harry Potter ? I love the films but don't know if I should read the books x
Ok im probably late lmao but yes yes yes
Yeah you should the books are more detailed and more amazing.
I liked the way you showed your genuine overall experience .
i loved loved loved this video. your makeup is amazing. (i hated the raven cycle ugh i have no idea why)
thank you so much
I am heartbroken you pulled out ari and dante...those kids, that book...means the world to me. The fact it was so hyped ALSO meant allot to me. I'm just...heartbroken. We can't all like the same things, but everytime someone says they dislike that book, I kind of stop caring bout them
you are fully allowed to love them even if i wasn't a fan of the story :) i'm so happy the book had a positive impact on you!!
emmmabooks Thank you for replying, I really love you and your reviews, so I really just wasn't expecting that choice. However, like I mentioned before, we can't all like the same things. I absolutely hate Twillight and think it's one of the worst things I ever read, yet you love it, my sister loves it and so many people love it, so I respect that. Could you just explain me why you stated that you were obsessed with raven boys in another video I saw and here you say you hate them? Thank you for your empathetic and kind reply, showed allot of class. Kudos to you girl. Keep making videos cause I love watching them. All the best!
I really loved The Summer I Turned Pretty but didn't like The Fifth Wave. :/ I do understand your point on the tropes and while I see it, I don't really mind, haha. I love Red Queen even though it's pretty controversial in the book world. I haven't read The Raven Cycle and Aristotle and Dante but I'm just not really sure what they're about. I didn't really like ATBP either, to be honest. Loved this video anyways!
I'm living for that background! 😍😍😍
First video i've seen from you, and I agree with all of these! I also saw the quote from The Infernal Devices on your home page and smacked subscribe
Anything by Cassandra Clare. I read the first three books in The Mortal Instruments...didn't like it. Read the first two books in The Infernal Devices trilogy and DNFed the last book. Cassandra Clare is not for me.
ah i can totally understand that!
Rory Gilmore
I'm so glad I'm apparently not alone with that ^^'
Jada The Bookworm i only like TID. TMI really isnt great
Jada The Bookworm Agreed. I hate the mortal instruments.
Atleast one who didn't like the infernal devices 🙌
I didn't get past the first 150 pages of The 5th Wave
i get why haha ;D
I don't think I even reached the 50th page tbh. Thank god I borrowed it from the library
I bought it two years ago and i put it down and can't pick it back up lol the interest is gone
@@kaiserkeller6189 I got them from the library as well! I just started but it was one of the first books i didn't really liked
I love the way you did this video! You didn’t talk about how much you hated these books, but made sure to say that you weren’t a fan, but understand how much other people love them. I love that!
I love your background!
There is one book I honestly and truly hate with a passion. And I'm getting my English Lit degree to be a publisher, so I know I should be more unbiased and hate it because of critical errors vice the story itself. While this book is absolute trash in writing, how it's to be read, and the plot, that's not why I hate it. I hate it because it's an honestly dangerous book if applied to reality. That book is 50 Shades of Grey. Or rather, 50 Shades of Abuse. I just cannot stand it and don't understand how it got popular. In all honesty, if I could go back in time and was the publisher the author went to, I would've burned the manuscript. Or do something to make sure it was never published on a global rate.
Bratist omg fsog is such a joke 🤣
It's a bdsm book
My beef with 50 Shades of Rape and Grooming ( sexual assaults, stalking, and raping aside) is the lack of research the author did when writing the book. That is NOT how a dominant is supposed to act, and promoting that is dangerous. You want him to be a damaged person, FINE. You want him to be an asshole who is controlling - FINE. You don't have him cross hard nos, you don't have him push boundaries already set. You don't fucken make it where it could easily be a Criminal Minds episode if he wasn't a wealthy asshole....He is the worst trope. I plan on writing a romance between a 'villain' and an MC....and he is the worst example, but the sad fact is that he isn't even a villain in 50 Shades. He's the fucken hero, apparently.
Daddy Delicious no it's not? It's cringy fanfiction she wrote thinking the abusing male character will be fine because he is rich and sexy. BDSM community is nothing like that. There is respect in relationship and not obsession like he did. He literally didn't want her to talk to any other guy! Obsessive much? Also BDSM is not just ropes, sadist and masochists. It's relationship that is built on respect and consent AND most important of all TRUST! If you cannot trust your partner not to hurt you or to be able to stop when you use a safe word (which they did not have in the series) then that is not person you want to be in a relationship with. She wrote the book while researching so little of the subject she was writing on.
I agree with you on All the Bright Places! I found the rep sooooo damaging too. It definitely romanticized the character's depression and was just so poorly written.
i'm so glad someone else sees it!
I think you'll find that there's actually a lot of readers out there who felt the same way - especially people who have or are battling depression themselves.
When I first read it I really really enjoyed it because I felt recognized, like I wasn't the only one going through something like that. Though thinking about it a few months after having read it, I can't disagree with your statements. Are there any other depression related books that you recommend?
PS. Sorry if this comment is poorly written, English is not my first language.
Yessss I agree with this so much, the rep felt so inaccurate to my own personal experience with depression
Same here! I felt the romanticization of depression actually quite triggering.
i would recommend give the raven cycle another chance and reading the physical copies!! so much of the beauty of the story is in the writing and i feel like sometimes a narrator as opposed to reading in your own head can ruin it if that makes sense (although that might just be my bias of physical books over audiobooks speaking). trc is honestly my favorite series ever and i think it's worth another shot!
Oh my gosh!!! The red queen! I agree 100% percent! I still haven’t read glass sword and I bought it yeaaarrrsss ago. I am going to try it again though just because I had a dream that I liked it? Lol don’t know