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Book one is really like just a prologue.

All those sound interesting. I don't have money, but I might make a recommendation to my local library.

At this point, I'm convinced that The Last Jedi's biggest flaw is apparently putting people to sleep. As I've yet to see a criticism of it that doesn't rely on missing everything that happens in the second half of the movie. And frankly, I'm tired of the lie about "subverting expectations." That was used exclusively to talk about how The Force Awakens is too similar to a new hope by some estimations. It's just saying the last jedi isn't a retreat of the empire strikes back. Stop divorcing it from context because the movie didn't magically make you 12 again.

bro that intro caught me so off guard and i'm laughing i loved it :)

13:20 in other words: everything is the hero's journey

I highly recommend "My Best Friend Is an Eldritch Horror" by Actus.

"First of all: shut up" this made me laugh out loud

Thank you for the recommendations! I'm very interested in the premise of a hero who says "no" to going to their magic school, who wants to focus on a "simple" life, but fate has other ideas... Will add to my wish list. Also, Fire and Ashes sounds epic!

Amazing take!! As a series grows it’s inevitable that it becomes the cool thing to hate on it. Love this book

It just wasn't good. I guess my expectations were too high

I dont think it is as bad as Rythm of War but it really just didnt do anything for me. I havent read any of Sandersons other work, so this Cosmere stuff falls totally flat for me and just leaves me baffled. Think this is the end for my Sanderson forray, which is a shame as i devoured the first three books.

You are amazing! Thank you for spreading your passion for books and helping others find their love for books, too! Greetings from the Czech Republic! Thank you once more! Keep going!

I should have said this on previous videos, better late than never. I really like the new intro!

WTF, I don't know ware the impression of "side charictors" comes from but, it is ironious, each bridge book has important charictors depending on your preference

I love how much you clearly love these books! ...they're not for me though, i'm over grimdark.

fun. riftwar saga and empire were in my top list back in the day

My first Discworld book was 'Equal Rites' which I borrowed from the library. I loved it so much! Discworld forever!

Loved the book. 10/10. I always listen to Kramer and Redding narrate his books.

Aaaaaand now my want to read list is over 200😅

Thanks for this.l will definitely check out a couple of these books.

Fantastic video !!!

The people who defend the length are absolutely insufferable, in my opinion. You always hear, "I like this universe, I WANT to spend more time in it." And while I get liking the world, you can ALWAYS stuff more and more and more into any world you build as an author, and the die hards will chew it up... but it overburdens the narrative and makes it a slog to get through. You had mentioned the people who read it quickly liked it while the people who took longer didn't.. I think what you're missing is that a lot of those people (definitely including me) who took weeks ended up taking weeks because it was so difficult to get through it given all the extraneous garbage. You talk about everything being so essential... but you're thinking of the overall plot beats, and you are not considering how long it takes to get to them. This book was absolutely intolerable in parts, and it came from how endlessly weighed down it was by pointless length that gave you virtually nothing. Shakespeare said that "brevity is the soul of wit," because a text can be overwhelmed by too many words and too many things done and said, which ultimately distract from the thrust of the story. The ENTIRE LOTR saga can fit into ONE of Brandon's books, and yet the world-building, characters, etc are all richer and more developed. How? How did Tolkien do that with such little time? Modern fantasy fiction, as a genre, has this problem where people mistake length for quality and detail. They see big books and almost grow arrogant about reading them, as though you getting through them means you are a bigger fan or smarter or the story is more interesting. Funny how thrillers, mysteries, horror, etc are all able to tell compelling, rich, detailed stories in 300 pages, but somehow fantasy NEEDS 1300 page books to really fully explore fictional universes. Come on. Should this have been 300 pages? No... but it could've been 600 or 700 pages easily, and it would've lost none of its narrative direction.

Absolutely love your videos and it's so cool to hear about other indie authors.

12:54 man, I need to catch up on all your videos because I didn't know you don't like captivity plot-lines. The book I'm writing has many accounts of capture (over 20 and counting) this also means I have a lot of escapes which are part of the reason I use capture so much in my stories. But yes, slowing or stopping the story is a valid critique of the plot device.

Shining a light on not just mainstream fantasy, but indie fantasy too?! We are so lucky to have The Book Guy! Thank you so much for sharing my book and just being all round awesome. Check out A Journey Thrice Begun on all E-Readers.

Thanks for your video! I also had a great time reading it and I think a lot of his choices made sense to me too as it pertained to the relevance of which plot lines he pursued. I quite liked the open ended nature of all the character fates and I’m so excited to see what he does in the meantime before we come back to SA. However, the prose really took me out of the story in this one and while actual events hit high highs for me this was the most challenging from that perspective. Kaladdin is my favorite character and while I also wanted to see him spring into action more I thought the one time we got it (won’t mention for spoilers sake) albeit quick was a nice nod.

I heard it wasn't good so i just read the spoilers and moved on. I think i need a decade break from sanderson

thank you so much for giving space to indie authors! as one myself (my sff debut is out in 2026, think atla meets percy jackson but with more queerness) it makes my heart happy to see indies being given chances and time!

As a fellow indie author, thank you so much for this video ❤❤❤

i love your title sequences dude

"Should hovers include personal beliefs?" It's the author's prerogative. No one is forcing you to reas their works. Who are any of us ro tell them what to include?

The series by Jessica Barberi is my current obsession!! Thank you for showcasing her amazing talent!!

You think 4 years is a long time to wait between books? Try waiting 12 years between books 4 and 5 and then another 9 years between books 5 and 6 in Jean M. Auel's Earth's Children series.

Right after hearing the quick summary of the first book, I put it in my priority TBR. But then not so sure about it being a priority after hearing the weaknesses, especially the mystery revelation part... Still in my TBR, though, because mystery

Thank you so much!! I am Jessica the Author of Fire from Ashes and I so appreciate this wonderful review of my debut! I have learned as a self published and new author it's hard to get eyes on our work and so it was a privilege and an honor to have Cronk The Book Guy here take a chance on it! I hope some of you will take a chance on it as well and love it as well!

Love the new intro!! Keep up the great work! 👏

One day UA-cam will let me communicate only in meme gifs. I wait for that day with great anticipation. Until then indie author discovery day dance:💃

Journey Thrice Begun sounds very interesting to me. I’ve added it to my keep-an-out-eye-for list.

The overwhelming control of the major publishers is difficult to fight against. Thank you for your efforts. Every voice matters. Also, your book is now on my TBR shelf. I look forward to reading it in the fullness of time.

me in a recent post tagging the book guy: should i use this swear word? him rn: this author is australian, she should curse more! ... okay i picked well leaving the sentence in

Let's go!

Mentioning about the YA genre, recently I have given a thought to His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. Do you recommend it? Or even better, will you do a review about it?

Neuro typical tells Neuro diverse how to adult...yeah.... nothings going to change 😢

I think this is my least favorite Sanderson book. And I've read everything he published up to Cytonic

I read it in 2.5 days - hated it. So your assumption that reading it quickly means you won’t hate it was totally wrong

Thank you for this one, I’ve been meaning to read them but never knew which book to start at

Love how you discussed a series you don’t like, I love this series and think you did it justice, I’m a reader that doesn’t pick up on those annoying things like ‘everyone snarling’ which probably helps, I also did not find celaena to be overly angry, I skipped the assassins blade until after kingdom of ash, not knowing where it fit, I tried skipping tower of dawn, I agree I don’t like it but it did introduce a lot of new characters, and found portions of kingdom of ash confusing so went back and read it, I’m glad I pushed through it I do find with S.J.Maas fans most either love TOG or ACOTR but usually not both, I enjoyed ACOTR but did not love it, it is not a series I will go back to read anytime soon, I also did not finish it, off to watch that video next though, maybe you’ll change my mind

A finished series, huge amount of books, bad reading habits (I start and don’t stop…. Is that bad? 😂) give me this series now, already wanted to read it after watching the series but you sold it for me

I love reading but as a responsible adult I typically choose not to read because I can’t stop once I start meaning I don’t sleep, I read instead of cook, I have zero self control once I start reading

I read the book in 3 days loved it. Reread it over the course of two weeks and hated it. Idk what it is if you take ur time its awful but if you read it fast its awesome edge of your seat.