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Jesse: I'll probably never read Lightlark
Me who just watched a 7,5 hour video roasting it: Good choice
OMG I WATCHED IT TOO IT WAS SO ENTERTAINING 😭
I'm still working on that video
Krimson rouge ?
Where the Crawdads Sing is such a good book. The movie is oookay. I loved this book. Coming of age story. Beautiful.
Where the Crawdads Sing was so good! First of all, I think it was beautifully written and the scenic descriptions alone had me calculating how difficult it would be to upend my entire life and move to one of the Carolinas. I also enjoyed the way the story's timeline happened (if that makes sense?). The order of the flashbacks and plot itself told the story in a compelling way. After watching the movie, even the small differences in the order of events in the movie was less compelling in my opinion which further solidified my love for the book's timeline. I'm assuming you've heard that you know the plot involves murder and maybe I'm just bad at guessing plots but I genuinely could not figure out what the truth was until it was actually revealed. I also loved the twist at the end that was unrelated to the murder trial. Additionally, I'm usually not the type of person that cries over books but when I finished this book, it had me tears rolling down my face, staring at the wall mourning the fact that there is no more story left for me to read. At the very least, I think it's worth reading so you can appreciate the fact that the movie adaptation is one of the few book to movie adaptations (that I've seen) that I actually thought did the book justice.
My list is huge. I rather not get into it 😅 Also I understand with Dune. I tried the audiobook and was book after 11 chapters. I'll try to read it someday after I finished A Song of Ice and Fire series. 😊
I don't know Jesse, but where the crawdads sing was a pretty decent book. I have no idea what controversies are going on with the author -i usually ignore such if I liked the book- but I found the book refreshing. It's not everyone's book, but for me, it was different from most books. Btw, my unpopular opinion is enemies to lovers overused these days. People need to start exploring other tropes too.
Edit: Just checked out google on the author stuff. Hehehehe 😂 was not expecting that. Btw I actually live in Zambia.
I read two books of Colleen Hoover at least 6 years ago abd I will not read her books again. I read Hopeless and it's sequel and I was really traumatised about the topics that were in it. A warning really would have been nice. And not only for young readers for everyone. I do not care if would be a spoiler.
I do not say she is a bad writer. I just say that I will not read nother book of hers again. I solf those two copies I had last year and I will not buy a book of hers again.
All I'm going to say in Dune's defense is that it's not really as complicated as it looks. Weird terms do get explained, plus there's a glossary in the back.
That said, every time I reread it, I notice more problematic aspects.
Also, don't go in expecting a grand, sweeping space opera. It's like 95% politics.
Me getting visceral flashbacks as u say ur willing to read verity as a coho book
UH OH is this one of her known "bad books" LOL
@@jessethereader DONT TOUCH IT
@@jessethereader just read Rebecca or Jane Eyre. Colleen doesn't have good books
@@jessethereader they all are 😂 at least this one is supposed to be a thriller 🤣🤣🤣🕳️🚶♀️
verity is the ONLY colleen hoover book that i’ve enjoyed
Jesse don't be scared to get "controversial" your honesty is always appreciated even if you don't share a necessarily positive opinion, you're always very respectful in the way you talk about books and authors you dislike! it's one of the things I appreciate most about you and your channel
“It Ends With Us” was my first and my last COHO book🥰 you are not missing a thing!
You really aren’t. At least for you you read probably her least problematic book. November 9 and Ugly Love made me want to End It All.
@@xLovelyThorns thank lord I will never read another coho book except it starts with us becoz I have already read it ends with us
Reminder of Him is not quite as problematic at least in terms of the boyfriend...but I think that book would have been better without the romance
@@xLovelyThornsUgly Love was my first and last. There was NOTHING good about it. And the comment about the baby’s 🥜. Wth?!
If I had a nickel for every time a booktuber mentioned my favorite book series in a books they will never read video, I would have a lot of nickels. But... today, I do not have a new nickel. And that is very satisfying.
Never will i touch a book by Colleen Hoover or Sarah J. Maas, think i am allergic against overhyped authors with their own desks and shelves in bookstores. In the case of CoHo i hear that she only writes toxic relationships and makes those appear as being the norm to her mainly ya female target group, makes me feel so icky....
With Colleen Hoover i agree, but with Sarah J Maas Acotar is shit, but Throne of glass are the best fantasy books created, there is no other fantasy book that compares to it
@@MariamMariam-xv7oo Eh. I tried ACOTAR and Feyre was so stupid imo, I can't even imagine the author being able to write smart characters. I liked A Fate of Wrath and Flame so much better for world building. And the fact that it doesn't get enough credit and attention is ridiculous.
I read ugly love when I was 12, and it’s literally about a toxic FOB relationship with the guy verbally abusing the girl. It might have been physical too. But it was 🥰🥰soooo romanticccc. Not. Can’t help but feel like reading that subconsciously impacted me
@@MariamMariam-xv7oothat’s how I feel about ACOTAR I bought it the day it came out and have been obsessed ever since. Favourite series of all timeeeeee
Same!
all i'm gonna say is that it took me ages to read Priory of the Orange Tree (bc life) and not once did I forget what was going on or feel uninterested in the story and it made me so happy to be immersed in that world for as long as i was. as far as the pages contributing to the story, i feel like every page is like slowly weaving the threads of the plot together and it was really cool to watch it all come together and unfold. sooooo yeah -- when you feel up to it, i recommend giving it a chance👍😄
i think some books are meant to be read over multiple sittings, and i hate how booktube/booktok has made fast reading the norm! you do not need to finish a book in 2 days, especially one that's almost 1000 pages. you can take your time with books, especially with priory.
There are several popular books that I had wished to read but sometimes when a book is overhyped, I go to Goodreads and read both the top 5 star and 1 star comments. Then I determine which one convinced me more. I don't trust the general rating anymore because there are several highly rated books that I've ended up not liking. So I'm wary now. I've had an awful time with books recently. Now I just want books that slap me with greatness. So this is what I've ended up doing.
Same!
You are not missing anything with Colleen Hoover. I wish I had DNF’d It Ends With Us. I honestly think that a more accurate title is “It Begins and Ends with Smut.” The relationship in here was so toxic, abusive, and all they did was have sex. I don’t like books with explicit content. It’s just not my cup of tea. I didn’t know CoHo was known for that before going in. I’ve heard that all of the relationships in her books are toxic and I just can’t get behind that.
The vibes I get from the summaries of her books is “fanfic author I’d quickly scroll past every time they popped up because I know I’ll hate whatever they write”. I will never understand the obsession with toxic relationship smut, it just makes me feel so icky, but for some reason a lot of people seem to enjoy it.
CoHo has also written main characters that are disabled and they are in abusive/toxic relationships. I’m disabled and unfortunately was in a abusive relationship I don’t need to read it.
Dude! This is so true. I read it and was almost super overwhelmed. Did videos and shorts on it ..slowly i am feeling so guilty of giving time to it.
@@VicandWes I’m so sorry that you had to go through that type of relationship. I hope you came out stronger. You definitely deserve better. They are definitely so many better books out there with healthy relationships.
That’s what I’m saying it ends with us is it begins and ends with sex and more abuse
After Cindy’s CoHo Discourse, I’m happy to see it here as well 👏🏽
the coho cult is so real bro im TIRED 😭
Jesse saying that he doesn't want to talk about the controversies about the author of Where the crowdads sing and we should search if we want to know, took me out of guard 'CAUSE I HAD NO IDEA!!! Aaaaah and I love that book so much! How unfair XD
For my spicy viewpoint of popular books, it's Lord of the Rings. I was a freshman in high school when the movie of Fellowship of the Ring came out and everybody I know (even my friends who had always hated reading) were picking up the trilogy and reading it and telling me how great they were. So I read the first book and gosh I was so BORED. It took me hours to read the first hundred pages, when usually I can read a page a minute, easy. And I've tried to start over again and see if I can make it through books 2 and 3 multiple times in the 21 years since then and I still find myself bored to tears. And I do almost nothing else but read in my free time! I've read plenty of boring books! But Lord of the Rings...it's a no. It may make me a literary Philistine, but...I'm going to say it. They're boring as hell.
I listened to the Priory of the Orange Tree as an audiobook, just saying you have other options if you're intimidated by its physical form. The length is worth the story, though. Its a great book.
I thought I saw this video posted yesterday and when I went back to it later, I couldn't find it. Wonder why it was deleted and reposted. Either way, today I'm on time. No way will I miss the same video twice😂
yeah when i clicked on the notification it said it was privated, must've accidentally hit post or something
My guess is that he deleted it to edit some things or something, but who knows^^"
The Priory of the Orange Tree is 3 books away on my TBR, and I just wanna say: I’d focus on looking at word counts rather than page number. Priory is around 225k, which is still a big book. I totally understand your unwillingness to read it because it’s so THICK, but the book was literally designed to seem super big on the shelves, since it’s supposed to be a punchy standalone. I’d look up the word counts to a bunch of books you’ve read to see how the length compares. I understand pacing can make a book feel endless or quick, but I’ve never understood people’s focus on page count and spine thickness. I have the tiniest books that are actually 300k words, and you wouldn’t be able to tell by the page count.
This is not a dig at you by the way, this is just a thing that’s been building up inside me over the past year or so lol.
For me this is the whole ACOTAR series... I just can't be bothered to read it, it sounds too smutty for my taste and the way fae are described feels generic like it could be any other creature (which is a bummer cus I do like fae as they are in mythology).
I feel the same about Coleen Hover the way she writes trauma according to what I'm told is a no for me.
Tbh I just read Where The Crawdads Sing because of the movie and because I wanted to understand Carolina by Taylor Swift. Since every swifties that have read this says how great Taylor translated the story to a song.
Tbh same and I'm so glad I did because I loved it!!!
literally the one reason i read it haha, i loved it
I loved Dune but it was one of the harder books I've read, no shame in not reading it if you're not enjoying it now.
I'm still in the middle of reading Dune, it is a hard book to get through, it requires so much attention to it; Also with all the Spice opening I was expecting us to dive right into Dune XD. But I agree, I avoided Dune for a long time because I thought it would be basic and now its because it is hard to just, I guess, digest?
I just wish we had better movies so people who won't/can't read it will finally understand my love of it XD
@@Xatalla Reading Dune is like taking a University Class haha, but it helped me get through some fears in life, which I really appreciated! The new movie only scratches the surface of the heart of Dune, it's more about gorgeous visuals then the depth of this story. Also take your time, don't rush it and I hope you love it in the end :)
For me it's Malazan. Didn't like it at all. I've read the first book and started the second, but I've understood that I don't like the prose. The way he overuses words that are archaic just for the sake of it irritated me. I specialize in Japanese mythology. I've read "mysterious and unexplained" texts in Old Japanese. Malazan is not that. It is written like that just to make you feel stupid. I've tried to read the book in 3 different languages, hoping that if the prose changes, I would like it more, but nope. The need to be smarter than the reader still was there and it was irritating.
Also the fans of the book are really... Culty? And have a superiority complex as if Malazan is the pinnacle of writing and no one in history ever written better book than Malazan. Never will write it and if you think differently then you deserve to burn in flames. Two previous sentences were the reaction to me saying I didn't like Malazan that much. I still think it was a little extreme of a reaction on some random thread that was about books you didn't like, but are popular.
I mean I looooved Priory and the Prequel - could I write an essay about it?? Absolutely not 😭😭
They are chunky and complex, but VERY good.
A popular book that didn't meet my expectations was Normal People by Sally Rooney (there are a few more books but that's the most popular one out of the bunch). After the first 60 pages, I strongly disliked it and similar to you with Ali Hazelwood, I dislike Normal People so much that I really don't foresee myself reading any of her other books. Also, I think it's normal (no pun intended) to shed light on books that aren't your cup of tea and provide reasonable explanations as to why. Some people may feel the same but are afraid to voice their concerns. As long as people are respectful with their opinions, there's no harm to it.
you are so valid for never wanting to read colleen hoover 👏 protect 👏 your 👏 peace 👏 king 👏
I don't get the Colleen Hoover hype. I read It Ends With Us and it was so badly written and the characters were so toxic that I was furious at myself for wasting my time when I finished. And her other books seem like more of the same.
i relate to the feeling dumb when starting a book thing so much! i recently started reading "this is how you lose the time war" and the writing style + english not being my native language just messed with my head to the point where i was very confused about what was going on.. i paused it atm 😅
Alright you asked for an essay and an essay you shall have.
Priory of the Orange Tree is truly SUCH an amazing book! The writing style is SO elegant and there is so much description that you really feel immersed into the story. It is big and I can understand the intimidation, but one thing that I really liked about it is that despite it’s length it doesn’t feel long at all because you can’t help but continue reading. It’s also broken up into the six parts with each part almost feeling like it’s own story so if you did get to a point that you needed to hit pause on reading it it’s very easy to do so.
The world is fantastic, the characters are beautifully written, and the way it all gets woven together is so fascinating to unravel.
I had my doubts going into it as well but it has since become my favorite book ever, and I really think that you would like it as well. And if you do decide to read it and don’t end up liking it I will give my sincerest apology, but I REALLY believe you will enjoy it.
Only the first chapter? Jesse no! You have to keep going! The first chapter does not do this story justice trust me!
Colleen Hoover. The new James Patterson.
I felt the same way about Where The Crawdads Sing and wasn’t very interested in grabbing it. And then my husband’s nana got it for me and I couldn’t deny her. So I read it and cried a few times not expecting it to be as good as it was as I thought it was overhyped. It was good and it reminded me of a writing style similar to To Kill a Mockingbird (but third person instead of first)
it's funny to see verity mentioned here after Cindy posted a video about it hsjshsjshs
LOL
Dune is one of my favorite books (and the one that got me into sci-fi!) but I don't know if I could have read it without the movie lol. I saw the movie several times in theaters because I was obsessed and that really helped me in my reading experience to understand the world and visualize/understand what was going on! But you definitely still need a lot of patience, it's definitely more of a vibes over plot experience for the majority of the first book
Me too, I never would've made it through if I hadn't seen that movie
It helped me not only figure out the pronunciation but it made it so much easier to follow the story
I'm just starting the video, but daaamn! I'm so into Jesse's looks here, with the cute pink like sport jacket and THAT chain, AMAZING! ✨✨💜
I loved Dune so much, but it definitely is a big boi. Not to forget that there's a whole series (which I haven't started yet...) If you ever have a sudden urge to consume high sci-fi / fantasy, definitely give Dune a try, but don't if you're not in the mood, it'll just feel like you're making yourself suffer.
where the crawdads sing was overhyped 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ come for me
I DNF'd The Priory at around 30% 💀 I just couldn't get through it. I read It Ends With Us and I know I will not read any more CoHo.
Jesse please share your 'controversial' thoughts. This is your channel and you can do whatever you want on it. Btw a popular book series that I'll never read is ACOTAR. I'm NEVER reading that.
I'll be honest, one book/series that I'll never read is Throne of Glass. The concept of it seems overused, the main character (from what I heard) has a personality I can sense I'll already dislike, and I've had thrown in my face too many times to ever want to pick it up. Same with A Court of Thorns and Roses.
Written Sci-Fi(especially Classic Sci-Fi), as a genre, is kind of notorious for being a bit more intellectual work to read[ rather than just being fun romps]. Which is kinda different from Sci-Fi movies & tv, which kinda carries a bit more of a fun-romp type reputation, maybe because it often tends to lean a bit more into the full-on Sci/Fantasy side of things(?). But sci-fi books, on the other hand, are kind of known for leaning pretty hard into philosophy and actual theoretical science and historical context/precedence and greater implications for the future and such-plus, when it's classic Sci-Fi books[ like written at very least in the 1990s and/or even earlier], the ways that people write back then & the ways that people worded things or structured and/or punctuated their sentences & everything are pretty different than nowadays[ where easy digestibility and clear-glass/straightforward prose and Deep/limited POV and mass marketability and such has almost completely taken over most things]. I feel like you often had to do the work to immerse yourself in your own mind with classic books, but more modern books tend to make more of an effort to do the work for you and immerse you in their world for themselves. So, for all of those reasons, I think it makes perfect sense that its more difficult maybe to just get swept away by them or that it might feel like more work to digest them as you're reading especially if you aren't already used to that. I feel like Sci-Fi specifically targeted more toward teens and younger readers is more prone to just be fun futuristic romps or whatever(so like YA &/or Middle-Grade sci-fi books). But maybe that's just me. 🙂🩶
No, I think you're right. A lot of classic SF is very much like that and is much harder to truly connect with a character because the story is deeper, so it requires more attention than most people think and I feel jumping into classic SF can be like you said--the world is more in media res in classic SF (like Dune) so you kind of have to parse the references and what things are using context clues while paying attention to the context.
It's a very difficult genre to jump straight into, because you have to approach it knowing that it's philosophical questions first, the Science Fiction is just the Set Dressing
I read Dune alongside the audiobook and found it much easier to consume.
I tried reading the Spanish Love Deception but I feel like I’ve been reading for 84 years and I still haven’t got to the main part of the premise. Had to DNF- I might pick it back up if I think I can get further but not right now.
Always enjoy watching your videos 💛
The audio book is the way I got through dune too.
Hey!!!! Thanks for posting!!! You always make my day!! Hope all is well!
Priory was just 3.5 stars for me. Like, not bad, but not great enough to be worth the time investment.
I'm imagining a Dune book with a bombastic side eye look under EVERY SINGLE SECOND of this video XD.
The priory of the orange tree was a book I dnf’d this year. It was just too boring and I did not get into it at all, cause I did not like the characters 😅and I own the book and the audiobook 🤣
I don't think you'll like Verity! It's marketed as a thriller when it's really a "romantic suspense" light suspense.
Verity is the only book by Hoover I plan to read. It was pretty good, not a favorite, but I enjoyed.
Where the Crawdads Sing isn’t worth it. Decent but doesn’t live up to the hype at all.
I live for the slander!! Ali Hazelwood’s books seem fine, but every premise sounds the same to me
Where the Crawdads Sing was nice, worth the read, It ends with us, definitely not. The priory of the orange tree, I’m always on the fence about because of how beautiful that art is…I know, I’m shallow like that…The Atlas Paradox, I’m with you, The Atlas Six was such a disappointment. Now, I’m there for Dune, that being said, I read it like 20 years ago, not sure how I would enjoy reading it now, or re-reading. Keep up with your opinions!
I refuse to read any Coho books, before I knew what her books are about and any feelings from other people there was something about her covers that made me run in the opposite direction, you know when you see something out in the wild and it makes you cringe? That has been my genuine reaction to her books, pure eek, then I started watching booktube and I realized why I get that reaction in the depths of my soul.
I literally have no interest in any of these books except maybe priory. Its size excites and intimidates me at the same time for someone in and out of slumps lately. I have ordered it solely for the fact that i have a book buddy who wants to try it and we agreed itd be more fun as a buddy read at the end of the yr.
i would LOVE a Verity reading vlog. I feel like youre someone who's opinions I really enjoy hearing even if I sometimes don't agree
I read “The Invisible Life of Addie Larue” and “Song of Achilles” and found both of them very underwhelming 🫢 I definitely missed the Hype Train, by a lot, on those two.
Priory of the Orange Tree…800+ pages of meh.
I refuse to read The Priory purely because of how BIG that book is. I read DUNE way back in the 1980s when the very first DUNE movie was released. I loved both the book and the movie. Still need to read more books in the DUNE series. Have not read anything by Donna Tartt. I am not a fan of thriller/murder, so I will not read any Colleen Hoover. I tried reading the Atlas 6 and I really wanted to like it but so far that one is a DNF. I may try again later. I am also not big on romance, so I wont be reading any of the STEM romances. I am not a fan of Fantasy so I dont read Jennifer Amentrout or Sarah J. Maas. But I do like Steampunk and Scifi. Aurora Rising and Illuminae were both WONDERFUL books. Must read the rest of those series. I did try reading Nevernight and Poppy Wars and DNF'd those as well. I have purchased Babel but have not read that one yet! The size is quite daunting. Have also purchase Jade City but not read that one yet either.
“What do you think, would not one tiny crime be wiped out by thousands of good deeds?”-Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Reading this right now and loving it so far 🥰
I got Because of Winn dixie that my teacher read us. I am currently reading Pamela Anderson's new book. I heard Britney is writing a book, and I'm excited.
I read Because of Winn Dixie for school too, but I loved it!
@@kayla68779 no I loved it too
ooof, having dune on this list hurts a bit, I read for the first time a few months ago and loved it, I can absolutely see people not vibing with it though, more than any other book I have ever read it has required me to sit down and dedicate time to read and understand it.
You arnt missing out on Colleen Hover I know that some people like her books and I know where she was coming from in her book I read the author's note so I got the message she was trying to send for the book but I just did not enjoy it. For me, it was too problematic the relationship was too abusive for my liking and it almost reminds me of a bad version of what I can remember from reading After by Anna Todd I feel like in my mind the relationship was along the same lines as by no means was the relationship in After abusive but I feel like it was toxic and so was the relationship in Colleen Hover. Also, I really liked the Secret History.
To me it's funny when I see how many readers don't approuch to thick books because of this and I'm totally the opposite XD but I know it's something I'm used to since I could bought just a few throught the years so I wanted books that I would ended up like in months XDDD
I’m truckin my way through Les Mis right now because my friend and I are seeing the show in February and he wants me to read the book first (I’m also kinda curious) but AGHHHH ITS SO LONG WINDED JUST PLEASE GET TO THE POINT 😩 I’m trying to think of it as a 5 book series instead of one 1500 page book but it’s not going too well lol. I’m hoping it’ll pay off later
I love it that every time I watch one of your videos, I like completely agree with you 😅 this is why you're one of my favorite booktubers
About big books, I started reading Don Quixote which is north of 1000 pages. It's not bad that I would want to dnf it but it is also not the kind I would read in one sitting. I really don't wanna drop it and I also don't wanna start another big book at the same time. So I'm trying to read short books on the side just to make sure I don't go into a slump. 😅
I'm right there with you with The Priory of the Orange Tree, not because of the length but because I got 30 pages in and couldn't stand the writing. I can understand other people loving it, and that's great for them. But I just couldn't get into it.
I came across Colleen Hoover when she was much less known, so I wasn't experiencing a lot of the hype backlash she gets now. 'Verity,' was the first book of hers' I read. Honestly, I though it was decent up until the end. Not the 'garbage dumpster fire,' (that's 'Layla' to me) others have made it out to be. It was more... 'Eh, I've seen this similar story done better.'
Same goes for 'It Ends With Us.' Parts of it were pretty good, some were cringe and I wished she'd addressed a few things more in depth, but overall it was fine. Hardly the 'will hypnotize young girls into loving abuse,' criticism the internet throws at it. Also, she's really not a romance writer for the most part. Her stuff seems to be much more general fiction.
Any coho book really
Dune is one of my favorite books, but I can definitely see it not being for everyone, just like any other book.
Dune was the first book I read that I liked (first ever sci-fi read) it is kind of weird and there’s a lot of stuff that’s not really explained about the world.
I am in the camp of "i dont need to read a book just because its popular" anymore and have been there for a while. I think with booktube and book socials in general we're hearing about books alll the time and so yay to getting better about what picking up what we know we'd enjoy. Thats not to say i havent picked up some books in the past few years that are hecka popular that i dont think id ever have read if it wasnt for the clout it was getting like the hunger games prequel comes to mind 😅 i was like did i need to know about mr. Snows love live when he was young nope 😂 but i am looking forward to seeing the beginning hunger games depicted. K ramble done! Also with you on the atlas six don't have an interest to read it but go ahead to all that enjoy!
I thinks you are being too defensive, as though you don't want to offend someone who may love one of these books. I've only read two of the books: Where the Crawdad Sings, which I really enjoyed, I was intrigued by the story and loved the nature description and Dune which I read back in the 1980s (yes I'm ancient) when I was really into sci-fi, strange planets and alien customs, it is not the kind of book I'd read today. If I were to make a similar list The Priory of the Orange Tree and It Ends with Us would be on my list, these don't seem books for me, although like you, Verity by Colleen Hoover maybe the exception (with CoHo), I heard the plot is quite similar to Freida McFadden's The Wife Upstairs, not sure which came out first.
I couldn’t read Atlas Six! I got it for Christmas and I was so excited because I really want to enjoy the dark academia energy. But as I read it- I couldn’t keep up with who was who, or what was what. Everything felt both rushed and slow and every character was just agonizing. The only memorable character to me was Parisa and everyone else was completely dull and outshined by her. I never finished it and it held me back in my reading journey for five months!! I really tried to give it a chance but at the end of the day it just wasn’t for me.
Honestly I'm myself am boycotting these books right now for simular reasons. Love your videos Jesse!!!!
The day always gets better whenever Jesse uploads ❤!
I would say, if you want a better version of Where the Crawdads sing, I would highly recommend the author Sarah Addison Allison.
Lol lightlark… it wasn’t THAT bad. But it definitely wasn’t good
The priority of the orange tree is not worth it, is way too long and the ending is on the meh side. I read it besides what everyone says about it, because it was an stand alone and I feel like that never happens with fantasy anymore but now that it’s a series I feel robbed 🤡
Essay to read DUNE.
Read DUNE, there wouldn't be any Star Wars or Star Trek or Ender's Game or Neuromancer without DUNE.
No, you do NOT need to read any sci-fi book to understand.
Yes, the beginning is overwhelming because they have to introduce certain religious aspects in that universe. However, Frank Herbert doesn't use any complicated language except for the concepts he introduces. It is WORTH IT.
This is a story of revenge, betrayal and antiheroes. Tolkien can suck it.
READ IT
I’ve read Verity- its totally worth the hype- but i’ll probably never pick up any other book by CoHo
read berserk manga its literally so good it had me stunned, shocked, dead, married to it, flabberghasted, crying, in awe, everythingg
please please please read the priory of the orange tree!!!! It’s the best book I’ve ever read in my entire life. EVERY SINGLE PAGE WAS AWESOME!!!! also btw the margins are huge and it’s not that many words
“It Ends With Us” wasn’t that great. That being said, “It Starts With Us,” is much better..,. If you are going to read a COHO book, read “Verity,” it’s wild.
My issue with the whole Lightlark… THING… was the just blatant lying. Like calling herself a debut author when she wasn’t implications of being a starving artist when she is actually extremely wealthy and hyper-connected in the industry aside, she blatantly lied about the content. The whole premise, in fact, is a lie. “An island appears every 100 years…”No? It is always there. They just meet up there every hundred years. “A deadly competition…” Arguably, not even a competition. Inarguably, never resulted in death considering it is the same competitors every time and they are all still there. Then the endless TikToks of quotes from the book and POV scenes from the book, a majority of which NEVER EVEN HAPPEN. It was all artificial and a lie.
The love hypothesis was going good for me until it came to the 'love' scene...turned me off so much of aly hazelwood...I am never touching an ally book 'EVER'
If you dislike someone, give them the love hypothesis....I cannot believe how this woman can be so successful....yes this book did me dirt....ally hazelwood need a stake put through her books....I know clearly I have been done dirty by this author
Everything I've heard on BookTube about Hoover suggests to me that not reading her is not a loss. Normally when I encounter a phenomenon whose popularity I don't understand (often because I'm not really the target demographic), I try not to just dismiss it out of hand and give it a chance by actually reading/watching/listening to it (as the case may be). In Hoover's case I will make an exception; I don't see anything good coming of that.
Dune is... good. It's Lawrence of Arabia in space, basically. It gets off to a fairly clumsy start (which is difficult to get past) and falls apart near the end, but the stuff in between is fine. It's just not the greatest SF novel ever written in my opinion. And I know Paul Atreides is kind of supposed to be an ultimately unappealing main character, but that didn't help it. Leonard Maltin once characterised the first film version as joyless, oppressive and long, which description can, I think, be said about the book too.
Heard of Crawdads, but hadn't heard the, er, backstory of it. I'm not sure how that makes me feel about possibly reading it.
The Secret History is something I need to read at some point. Depending on how that makes me feel, I might consider reading The Goldfinch as well one day.
Of the other books you mention, I probably haven't heard of half of them and I'm not interested in the others.
Matt Haig : The Midnight Library. A had really high expectations, because soo many people loved it. And no, it was not good. I couldn't beleive a word he said. So predictable, so simple, so boring. Sorry :/
If you want something that feels different and like something you’ve never read before, I suggest “The Spear Cuts Through Water” by Simon Jimenez. It is excellent. Immediately became one of my favourite books of all time.
I HATED Priory of the Orange Tree, so don't waste your time. I think the only reason it was so popular is because of the queer romance. Otherwise, there is nothing exciting about it
I'm 100% with you on Colleen Hoover and Dune. Hoover has been so overhyped, and from what I've heard about her here on booktube, I wouldn't like any of her books. As for Dune, the premise holds zero interest for me, even though I love sci-fi books. I've heard it's a really tough read and I'm just not interested in investing my brain and time in it.
I understand the reason for not continuing Dune (I myself have only read 2/3rds of it so far and I will finish it one day, but life) and the patience and attention required for it are high. I would suggest for classic sci-fi, if you're still interested in trying more of that genre is Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin; It deals with a lot more classic themes of sci fi and is a bit of an easier read--and if not, the PBS movie adaptation of it is very good and extremely close to the book if you like the story but find the prose hard to get through.
Dune just requires so much attention that it is hard to do other things while reading it. But I feel like Spice got into your brain because I truly thought you were going to say 'The Spice Must Flow' after that intro and then go into why you'll never read Dune xD
I’m still working through Dune. I like it but it’s slow. Apparently the remaining Dune books are much better as Herbert really found a more edited way to tell his story.
Also I will never read a Colleen Hoover book. Actual trash.
I work in a drug store... Colleen Hoover has her own stand showcasing all her books... We're not a large format store - we have limited books... But so much space is dedicated for her... It feels like her books are being shoved down our throats, and I'm not interested in buying them myself at all...
For Colleen Hoover, only one book stood out for me. All your perfects. While I doubt you would enjoy it, the book was okayish. Verity was just giving me weird vibes the whole time.
Hey Jesse, and popular books I’ll never read that’s an easy one for me anything by Colleen Hoover no thanks, Twilight, and Where The Crawdads Sing
Oh, I can say negative things about Priory. Don’t waste your time. I was bored and confused most of the time and there aren’t NEARLY enough dragons to justify having one on the cover
I borrowed “Where the crawdads sing” from the local library last month and honestly it’s ok at best
Priory 😭 it’s so good, but I can understand she’s a honker, but did she be a fav of the year when I read it? Yes. Listen if you like political fantasy it’s good, and sapphics made me happy 😊
I think your reasons are fair tho.