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I'm only three and a half minutes in but I wanted to comment on Brandon's writing habits: Brandon is a very competent lecturer on writing novels. He has three different iterations of his class on writing somewhere on UA-cam and he openly says that with all the books before the ones that got published he was not a revision girlie (not a direct quote). Apparently he'd go through a first draft he'd just written and go "oh there's all these mistakes; I'll just fix them in the next book I write." So yes, twelfth book in that he probably kinda understands how to make the words come out and he probably has a good system in place for doing things and it probably means that he's got good ground work going in as far as assessing story structure and designing magic systems and worlds and whatnot, but I think Mistborn might've been the second book he'd actually sat down and thoroughly revised the way we think of books as almost universally needing revision in order to turn a first draft into a passable product. That said, I never read Mistborn because he never dropped any interesting lore about character design that I wanted to see in a book. The Way of Kings has a character that he actually had to split into two to make the story work and that was a very academically compelling concept to me. It also, for the record, has a much more tolerable female to male ratio.

Your channel is the only one where I break my rule of, “I won’t read a new book if it’s endorsed by booktube.” I started reading the Temeraire books because of your guys’ video, and I finally started The Locked Tomb series this week! I just finished Gideon the Ninth and can’t wait to finish Harrow to watch your video! I loved the section where you got to have fun and look back at videos you loved to roast. It’s always great as an artist to look back at fun things and successes. I love your Six of Crows video and so want you to do the sequel. As a fan of the books, I still found structure and plot oddities that for some reason no one else pointed out but you all. Also, I feel like you’ll either like Crooked Kingdom way more or hate it way more and I want your thoughts. But also, I think you’ve done so many LB books so feel free to move on 😄 hopefully this year you’ll be able to grow the “Books We Love” List!

I think women writing men coukd be a fun topic to discuss. With romatasy and romace reaching rhe popularity that it did, it has become a more prominent topic. There are already parody tictocs making fun of women writing men. (Righfully so)

Don’t usually comment but have been here since nearly the beginning. Congratulations on 3 years!!

Sad that i missed this, but happy 3 year anniversary! 🎉 I think ?? I found you guys through lightlark and then binged everything that came before it Because of you I started the Temeraire series (and i am slow 😅 so i will watch the sequel video one day i promise!) so you have my undying gratitude for that

Congratulations on three years! Been watching since Saviors Champion. Some thoughts on names for your viewers that play off the Text part of the channel name: Something kind of boring: Texters Playing off the Swiftie name: Texties Or, if you’re hoping to get demonetized more, you can call your viewers your texticles Also, Katie about to make a person cry at the end.

I know people who love this series and it is purely based on the smut between characters. Everything else, all of the things you mentioned about the plot and the characters, don’t matter in the slightest

ACOTAR got me back into reading on the reg and literally every book I've read since then has convinced me it's not a series worth finishing.

I found this channel as it came recommended by a friend last year, and I loved the video critiques and the rewrites of the Savior's series along with the Cyborg Tinkerer, simply outstanding! I also enjoyed your insights on Mistborn, along with the roasts of A Million To One, and Children of Blood and Bone. Spot on observations, and I love the many wonderfully interesting debates that happen between you guys

I’m not very active on comments and usually listen on Spotify but I’ve been here since Savior’s Champion. Y’all are my favorite podcast and I spend most of my work days listening to old episodes for comfort/background noise. Congrats on 3 years!

HAS IT REALLY BEEN 3 YEARS!? time goes by so quick

Sounds like "Weirdo sex Dmnpc the book."

Happy anniversary!! I found you guys when you dropped the Nona the Ninth video and it's been nothing but a joy since. Even in the few times where I disagreed with a point or assessment, your love for the artistry and craft still really do come through so strongly that it never makes me feel defensive or like you're just hating. ^_^

The Iliad as codified by Homer is a historic fanfiction. And while I personally did enjoy SoA, this book is an OOC historic fanfiction of a historic fanfiction. If you have any love for the classics or any love for history, this book will make you rage the way Will raged.

Your messages at the end are so sweet - especially Katie's ❤ Thank you to all of you for existing and coming together to create this channel!

I stopped this book out of boredom before they got to the pirate ship. IM SHOCKED AT WHAT I MISSED. Im so angry that so many of Brandon Sanderson’s people were associated with this book. It has to be the Mormon connection

Isn't this his first book? People shouting how bad the drinkers story or shads story when its their first time then questioning of they even are allowed to criticise anymore cause they didn't make perfect stories the first time By thag logic none of you can criticise as well cause you guys didn't even write anything. People these days 😅

Did y’all coordinate the red yellow blue outfits?

I think I found yall from the saviors champion or iron widow bc I remember watching a few Jenna and xiran’s videos and wondering if their books were good or not then the review popped up and I watched it, hooked ever since ❤ I fall asleep, write and clean to your old videos if I don’t know what else to watch and need some parasocial company

It’s tough to say but probably been watching 3 years now?? Regardless I love you guys! Edit: Okay maybe it FEELS like 3 years

I found you guys after I read Iron Widow and kinda hated it. Most other reviews seemed to ignore most of the flaws and didn't critique the "modern POV" aspect of the book. I've watched most of your backlog now, starting with stuff I had previously read then moved on to stuff I will never read. I can't recommend it enough to other readers. I appreciate Maria's cutting wisdom and Katie's lived insights as much as William's sad boi snark. William, I think you should make them read some Military Sci-Fi. Since YA has burned you out a bit. Similar probability of roasts with the added benefit of some really good stuff hidden in there. You could do classics like Starship Troops or the Forever War that have a variety of political themes. You could even go for some Bush era schlock like March Up Country. I think it would be interesting to hear Katie and Maria's critiques of that kinda stuff. Anyway, keep of the great work! Cheers from Alaska!

I used to follow every Shadiversity vid when he covered arms, armor, medieval history etc. Then he came out as an Injustice Culture Warrior and kept getting so bad and so dumb it led me to question every datum in his old vids. So now his channel is blocked instead of subbed. Not surprised he wrote a big weirdo pedobook.

3 years?? I've been here since Harrow The Ninth, don't usually comment but I've really enjoyed being along for the ride! I love your criticism, and especially how you guys still make it feel like a fun, on-the-spot discussion. Shame I missed the livestream because of my timezone, but I'm going to enjoy watching it back and hearing all your ideas. :) Just one quick question (you may have answered this already sorry) do you plan on ever reviewing short stories as well as novels? I'm primarily a short story reader these days and I've read a couple of anthologies and stories I'd love to hear your opinions on. I understand if it doesn't work as well for the algorithm though, and I'm sure to keep enjoying your work whatever you choose to do.

1:41:10 This is why you don’t delegate contraception, I guess 😂

The FMK at the beginning was so funny

3 days and wanted more

Maria I would LOVE it if we read ANY Le Guin

If i hear this dude say versimillitude one more time, I'm gonna off myself i swear. Believability, there. Now you don't have to sound like a stuck up douche all the time.

I love you guys. I think I rewatched the roasts for “The Fourth Wing” saga at least 4 times each. Happy anniversary! 🥰🥰🥰

I think I've been watching your channel for a little more than a year.

6 months or so. I enjoy it quite a bit

Its like he was trying to make his own version of Planescape: Torment, but there were two big issues. His writing sucks, and Torment already exists and didn't need a bizarre conservative remake

Absolutely LOVE your podcast and channel, finally a booktube space that does proper objective critique. If you ever want to do a collab, then let me know :)

Think we found you from the shadow of the conqueror review, had watched a few others and yeah, you all kept us around after checking out a few other videos. Think what solidified it was the temeraire reviews cos we loved those books and it was great to hear 0raise and well thought out criticism of them actually.

Pickle juice = electrolytes

I’ve watched your channel for about a year now. Found you through your Iron Widow video, because i wanted to find at least one review that agreed with me, so i knew i wasn’t crazy. Watching that video actually really helped me hold to my opinions more and now i thrust them upon everyone i see. So, thank you!😅 Congratulations on the three year anniversary🎉🥳🎊

Saviours Champion brought me here too!!!! I can’t believe it has been three years but it has flown by watching! Even over on the other side of the Atlantic so the hours don’t exactly sync 😂

I’m an OG fan.. been here for a while. I’ve been watching since the Savior’s Champion days 😭😭😭 It’s been a time 😅

It's so funny when Shad tries to say "you just don't like my book because of my politcal views" because like oh, honey, no, you just suck at writing. There's PLENTY of authors out there that many of us know are despicable people but can still appreciate their work. For me it's Lovecraft; I adore the worlds he's created and his obnoxious af writing, but damn I don't agree with his views at all. Edit: Another of my fave authors who are awful dudes; ian fleming.

Found your channel through your Shadow of the Conqueror review literally last week and have binged most of your channel already...keep up the good work!

Earlier today, I recommended ya'll's podcast in a comment on another bookish channel I enjoy. I honestly don't remember what the first video of yours I saw was, but I've been here a while. As an aspiring writer, I love that I feel like I genuinely learn from your critiques. Keep 'em coming, please 👏

I've been here since almost the beginning, meme'ing so hard from the get go. 😂 Congratulations on 3 years, you guys are great 👍

Congratulations on 3 years! I've been listening to the podcast for about a year. I found your ACOTAR roast in suggestions for caricanread's ACOTAR plot recap and I love YT algorithms for that! I hadn't even realised how I missed this kind of in-depth conversations about books. I believe you taught me a lot about critical reading and gave a lot of fun.

The actor who plays Wylan is 28. He just looks like that.

i found you guys from the kushiel's dart videos because kyle HATED that book when he first read it but admitted it might have been a hatred born from the circumstances he read it under more than anything so i scoured the internet for hot takes

3 years WOOP WOOP!!!! 🎉

Why is luke warm above burnt?

I'm gonna use the fact that im second here to congratulate you on 3 years and, as a gift, recommend you (and everybody else) to read "The Lions of Al-Rassan" by Guy Gavriel Kay, I think all three of you would enjoy it very much. Thanks for all the content.

Happy 3 years! I cant remember how I discovered you guys, but I think it was around the Ice Planet Barbarians vid with Amanda bc I remember being surprised at the sudden crossover lol. Here's to (hopefully) finding more good books in the future!