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I’m convinced that the reason so many main characters are sassy/over-confident in the face of imminent death is that they’ve become aware of their plot armour.
It could be, but being sassy and over confident in the face of death is also a defence mechanism for many people, not just book characters. You know fake ‘till you make or die trying in these cases 😅
@@Cambryn18 yeah and the fact that she was called weak and fragile her whole life by everyone and she hated it so I guess her defence mechanism was connected
to that too
for violet at least
Hey guys I am here because I am looking for help for an exam which is coming up in a week which is based on a novel that we (the students do not know). However, my university professor spilled some information on the novel, mainly that the novel or a certain chapter of the novel is set to play in a house/appartment on 89/Lamberton (street), which seems to be a very specific type of information if you ask me. If anyone out there happens to have read a novel which included this address I would be thankful if you could leave a short reply under this comment, stating the title and author of the novel. Thanks a lot in advance and have a nice weekend 😊 and to those who are also in the midst of writing exams: Good luck 👍
@@tobsixi6702 What was the novel? And how did the exam go?
The Juniper and Thorn backlash also bothers me because so many of these people who consume unfathomable amounts of smut suddenly have a problem when it’s used thematically to unpack the author’s trauma.
This this thisssss!
im in a few book groups who read smutty books and nobody's mentioned it. this is the first time ive heard of this book. i have to assume its targeted to non-smut readers?
@@cerebrumexcrement Definitely. There are some popular books marketed for their smut, (like Sarah J. Maas books), or books that simply contain major or minor smut scenes (Seven Days in June, The Love Hypothesis, etc.). Juniper and Thorn was never a smut book, and was explicitly marketed as anything but, but a major criticism about the book was its portrayal of sex which was meant to be a source of trauma for the main protagonist and not a source of pleasure.
I love this woman. She's so honest & doesn't get caught up in the hype ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Yes, while never being condescending when she doesn’t enjoy a book! Unlike other booktubers who I stopped following for this reason ❤
Yes, I agree! I appreciate how honest yet respectful she is! Slay queen (:
Hey guys I am here because I am looking for help for an exam which is coming up in a week which is based on a novel that we (the students do not know). However, my university professor spilled some information on the novel, mainly that the novel or a certain chapter of the novel is set to play in a house/appartment on 89/Lamberton (street), which seems to be a very specific type of information if you ask me. If anyone out there happens to have read a novel which included this address I would be thankful if you could leave a short reply under this comment, stating the title and author of the novel. Thanks a lot in advance and have a nice weekend 😊 and to those who are also in the midst of writing exams: Good luck 👍
Pirate stories are basically heists with adventure, and heists are modern pirates🤝
I got Kindle paperwhite as a Christmas present 9 years ago. Never looked back. Game changer truly
I got mine for my birthday from my boyfriend and it just sat there for like 2 years and it made my heart break that I didn't use his present. Then I realized how much cheaper e-books are and how convenient it is to read on a kindle in my bed haha. Yep, Game changer
Do you still buy phyiscal copies of books even though you have an e reader? I'm looking into buying one but don't see much point in continuing buying books and I don't want to stop collecting them 😂
@@laradadic908 not really. But I do receive them as gifts. They look nice but tbh I cannot be bothered to read actual books as they are heavier, you need light & everyone can see what you are reading 😂 I take my kindle everywhere I go. So even if I am queueing up for something, I can read. And I never run out of reading material 😂 physical books look & smell nice, I still like to LOOK at them, but that's about it
@@laradadic908 I just unhauled so many books simply because I don't like owning too much stuff haha I only keep the really sentimental, signed or pretty ones :D
I usually read on libby (an app to borrow ebooks and audiobooks from the library) and if I like a book enough I do add it to my list of books to buy when I have spare money
I'm just glad you talked about Divine Rivals and how it is mismarketed. It is truly a beautiful story about two people and their own struggles and how they find strength through each other. The way the feelings and emotions poured into this book is just so wonderfully written. This is definitely one of my favorite books this year (or like, ever).
Thank you for mentioning the racism in The Bell Jar! I read it last year and it hit me out of the blue, especially as I'd seen so many booktubers talk about the book and it was just never addressed. Began to feel like those bits were a hallucination tbh. Same experience with One Hundred Years of Solitude - doesn't mean that they are automatically bad books because of it, but reading these books in a modern context I feel like the problematic elements should not be neglected in discussions.
Exactly. I love Sylvia Plath’s writing, but if you dive deep enough you’ll find a lot of antisemitism, too. 😢
Yes, so happy to see people mentioning it too when is something so strongly present in the book, it's so rare to see anyone talk about it that i also had the feeling i was hallucinating when i read the book, like you said, it doesn't mean the book is bad or that people shouldn't read it, but because of the big amount of racist comments, it's very important (and i think even more to content creators) to at least mention it.
@@gabrielemenezes712it’s literally all anyone mentions
I always go for the dragon books so I appreciate anyone willing to weed out the wastes of time. Thanks, Leonie! So sorry to hear about your phone--that really sucks. Hope your week gets better! 🙂P.S. 100% with you on being ready for Autumn.
I wouldn't rule it out, imo it was a fun time and kept me entertained
If you liked or didn’t like Fourth Wing I highly HIGHLY recommend Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee. It involves flying birds instead of dragons.. I think it’s relatable 😂😂😂
Also, it’s Fonda Lee, how bad can it go?
Aren't most birds.... flying??? Lol just sounds funny
I had the same experience with Fourth Wing. I tried about 3 chapters of it, and it was just not for me. It was trying too hard in its "epicness"/sassiness/smoldering stares at times that made absolutely no sense, so dnf'd it. Elliott Brooks' video put it so well and made me laugh so hard at the reenactments!
The Left Hand of Darkness is one of my favourite books of all time, and Ursula LeGuin is one of my top favourite authors. So excited that you're going to read it!
Hey, may I ask you if this book works as an introduction to Ursula? Also, is it a standalone? Bc someone told me it is like the 3rd or 4th book in a series but i've never seen anyone say that so im kinda confuses
@@r4.v3n Yes! Left Hand of Darkness is a standalone. Some call it part of the "Hainish Cycle", but since all of those books act as standalones and are loosely connected at best, I wouldn't worry about reading them in any kind of order. LeGuin herself doesn't, so I take my cues from her. It's a fine introduction to her work! I also really love The Telling, and A Wizard of Earthsea by her. Hope this helps! :)
Finally someone that doesn’t rave about fourth wing 😅 I felt so misled by the internet, it felt like such Wattpad-y writing and the character was such a pick me It was painful to get through… I wish I DNFd it too
I dnf it at ch 31 😅 def wish I stopped sooner
FINALLY!
I’ve been waiting for someone that agrees it has such a wattpad writing lmao
yes!! i only ever heard about the dragons and that there was romance. i didnt know that the romance would be the main focus and dragons would get very little page-time. i wish i was able to DNF it too
i listened to it on audible and for some reason it highlighted the awful writing more than it would if i read it myself, the teenage level descriptions/lust was appalling
Juniper and Thorn is a fantastic novel, glad when I see any booktuber give it the praise it rightfully deserves (so far just been you and Hannah/a clockwork reader). Hope more people pick it up from this video!
if you want a MUCH better book but with very similar tropes like fourth wings, then i highly recommend The Aurelian Cycle by Rosaria Munda (a completed trilogy with the first book called Fireborn). This is one of my absolute favorite YA fantasy all of time and for someone who doesn't really read YA, im truly impressed with this series.
Im sure you'll love this one. It is more focused on the political aspect but there's also a romance subplot that you'll also love (spoiler: it's childhood friends to * and to *). I think elliot has recommends this series multiple times but there's still not enough ppl talking about it :( i truly think it deserves much more hype than it has gotten so PLEASE i beg pls read this series! annie and lee will break your damn heart
oh one more thing! although, the characters on the audrelian cycle are younger than the ones on fourth wing, i feel like they (the ones on aurelian) are soooo much more mature lmao and they're also riding dragons, just right after the revolution
For me Fourth Wing felt like a combination of Divergent and ACOTAR... in the worst way possible. It's so badly written. Why are the characters using modern, gen z slangs in a fantasy world? Nothing about this book makes sense... the world building is sloppy, the characters are bland, their only personality is their trauma. Some scenes were taken straight out of Divergent lmao. The "districts", the bridge they needed to cross was the alternative for the jump from divergent, Xaden or whatever his name is, he's literally a copy of Four with some sprinkles of Rhysand from acotar. The scene where Violet throws knives and She only bruises the guy's ear, didnt something like that happen in Divergent too? Lol. And those are just a few similarities i noticed while reading and i didnt even finish the book. I just cant understand why people praise it so much, it's sooo bad.
The ear thing was from Assassins Blade, the Throne of Glass prequel
The ear thing did happen in Divergent, when Four was throwing knives at Tris.
Please don't forget the Dragon sex scene that's forced on the MC... basically "Grape".... pretty cringe
@@kingjones20excuse me the WHAT??? so glad i didn’t buy that book🥶🥶🥶
I recently got a kindle, I love it ♡
100% agree about Juniper and Thorn. The fairytale itself is dark and contains horror elements that Ava Reid wove into their story.
The thing about goodreads that is so infuriating is that when a new book comes out that people are super psyched about, they rate it 5 stars before it even comes out just because they're excited!!!! I'm like " that's not how the rating system works"! Also if a book is hyped enough people will generally rate it higher regardless of how they really felt because of the feeling of wanting to be on the same train as everyone else. I have no idea how it got as much hype as it has though
I LOVE Arrival!! It's so beautiful, and the exploration of language is fascinating. I would definitely read anything remotely similar to that movie ❤
Hi! Which book did she say was similar to Arrival or that we might like if we liked Arrival? That’s my favorite film! I must have missed it when she brought it up.
It was Ted Chiang's Stories of your life at the end of the video. She said she hasn't read it yet but that Arrival is based on it 😊
I had so much fun with Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi. I did go into it fully trusting the author, and knowing the story was in the same world as her Daevabad trilogy, I was so excited at the couple of connections that showed up. At the first mention of a marid, I was like ooooooh it's gonna get magical!!!
Juniper & Thorn was one of my favourite reads this year. Great video 👍🏻
this is so off topic but I am obsessed with the way you say the word 'war' I could listen all day
Well i’m like 30% in Fourth Wing (picked it up bc of the hype duh) and you’re so spot on about it being immature! And no it’s not portrayed as coping mechanism, the way it’s written is so unserious and immature that it makes me roll my eyes constantly! I do wanna finish it though, waiting for that magical thing to happen lol but yeah your gut didnt lie to you😄
I absolutely ADORE Juniper & Thorn, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Ted Chiang’s short story in that collection The Great Silence is on of my most favorite short stories. I read it in college and was my big intro into sci fi. I loved that short story~~~~
I think you'd like The Poppy War trilogy- magic from the gods that is kinda random powers depending on the god and Iron Widow- dark female rage
I'm so glad you talked about Divine Rivals. I have that one my shelf through Fairyloot, and I felt kind of unsure about reading it, because the premise it sells itself on isn't always my jam. But your description of it makes it sound a lot more like something I'd enjoy. Thanks!
You should check it out! The romance in that book is just so perfect 🥹
Kindle Paperwhite! Subtle but clearly front-lit e-ink page, it's SO nice. Feels like a real book. Also I love how everyone apparently loved Fourth Wing but so many BookTubers found it so vapid, so I'm starting to ask "who are these fans? Where are they?" lol. I just watched Elliot Brook's hilarious review of it yesterday!
Ive had a few kindles myself and have gifted my old ones (over 10 years). The kindle paperwhite signature 11gen has been my all time fav! E-readers are a game changer!
If u liked this book by S.A. Chakraborty try City of Brass (if I remember correctly) I LOVE THIS TRILOGY it has everything, action, romance, friendship, battles just chef’s kiss!!!
For the e-reader, pick one with lights, it so good to be able to read in the dark
I have a kindle Paperwhite and I love it
I'm so happy you've quelled any sneaking doubt I've been feeling about not reading Fourth Wing. It doesn't seem like something I'd enjoy at all, but seeing the sheer number of people reading it and loving it, I started to doubt myself, so thank you for taking the plunge !! Now I know for sure my instincts were right because we have very similar tastes!
I understand that people may love Fourth Wing if they've never read fantasy before, but it really doesn't do anything new. I don't get why so many people who do read fantasy love it so much because it's pretty generic. I had a good time reading it, but it was nothing special for me. I made a plot summary though in case anyone wants to find out what happens.
Regarding the naming of military schools, the US does have four schools with the words _War College_ in the name. One each for the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps. However, these are graduate schools, conferring masters degrees. So you're only going to see senior officers there, not young lieutenants/ensigns fresh out of OCS, ROTC, or the service academies.
If you're interested in a book about a USMC officer, read _One Bullet Away_ by Nathaniel Fick. He talks about his experience in the Marine Corps from OCS through the end of his command shortly after Operation Iraqi Freedom, and how it affected him mentally both during and after his service.
As someone who read and really enjoyed fourth wing & iron flame, I think the beginning of the book is not that good. However, the main character, - Violet - goes through amazing character development. Her personality really improves throughout the book. The main thing and the only thing I dislike about the book is that it is unnecessarily long. I get why fourth wing was like that, but Iron flame was really long and the main event was all the way at the end
I am that person that realy really loved The Foruth Wing!!! The story, the plot, the characters ad the DRAGONS!!!! I just cant express enough how this book made me feel... escepically when dragons showed up for the first time, I just screamed with excitement! I have read a lot of YA/Adult fantasy books and still loved this book! And I dont feel bad for liking it!... All of us have a right to their own opinion, and I think it was really great book that saved me from a reading slump! Thank you for your review, I respect your opinion, cause you have a right to have different oponion, I still follow you and love that you are honest with what you like and what not.
I really like fourth wing as well 😭
you are not alone
I got a kobo e-reader a year ago and I love it! I didn't wanna support amazon so I got a kobo and it works really well for me, don't really have any complains. also, thanks for the new vid, I was super excited to hear your opinion on the pirate fantasy book!
this channel is my comfort place in youtube
To make it easier on the eyes, using brown for the book color on iPad is also great for reading in my opinion!! (Or black or grey)
I got a regular kindle last year when they had a massive sale going on, never looked back. Total game changer
If you like female mc driven primarily by rage, PLEASE read The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang. It's adult fantasy and has such good complex characters and politics. Literally left me in shambles
Honestly, getting a kindle CHANGED reading for me entirely. I fell out of love with reading during university and getting a kindle was instrumental in getting me back into it.
I find changing the settings on my kindle app helps a lot with eye strain! I reverse the coloring, so the background is black and the text is white, plus I make the size of the font one size larger. Those two things help so much!!
I am so over the Summer too and can't wait for Fall season.
I don't care what season it is I will always read whatever I want and when I want. Right now I am in such a fantasy mood and it's all I'm reading.
Same I'm not a seasonal reader
Have you read
"A Thousand Steps Into Night" or "The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea"?
@@zachreads I have not but those titles sound interesting. I'll have a look into them, thanks!
Okay but I am loving the representation of different intrusive thoughts in juniper-thorn. As someone who deals with very graphic s3xual intrusive thoughts I love to see some representation in media because in my experience, on the topic of intrusive thoughts, those kind don't get talked about as much and it's nice to be validated a little.
i feel so called out by the "waiting until autumn" thing haha :D
00:34 - mood, I've had enough of heat, give me those October vibes. And wow, The adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi sounds interesting, need to check that out.
If you are looking for more "pirate" fantasy books, I can recommend the Isles of Glory series by Glenda Larke! Well, it has been years since I read them, don't know how well they hold up, but I enjoyed them thoroughly back then! Weirdly enough, the second book was my favorite haha It has pirates, magical tattoos, some romance elements, it's not full on pirate stuff, but you can easily get those vibes!
In France, there is actually a military school called "L'école de Guerre", the school of War 😂
Using brown for the book color on iPad is also great for reading in my opinion!! (Or black or grey)
yes!! left hand of darknesssss gooo!!! im adding half these books you talked about to my tbr list, i specially cant wait to read The Adventures of Amani al-Sirafi
Been seeing that Ted Chiang's short story collection everywhere but now I that know Arrival(a fascinating movie) is based on one of his short story, I'll consider it. I love science fiction that goes beyond its sciency stuff and touches on philosophical/emotional stuff instead.
I read manacled because of you and it destroyed my life in the best way. Fav book of 2023 maybe ever so thank you.
If you guys love pirate fantasy, read The Daughter of The Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller. It was one of the first books id finished in a long time and i LOVED it. I havent read the rest of the series yet, but i hope to.
yes reading on the ipad is not feeling nice for your eyes and i probably would also turn it as dark as possible but i have heard that it is also not good when you have it too dark because then the contrast of white and black might be to little thus straining your eyes even more
Looking forward to your thoughts on both those upcoming books! One is a favorite of mine, and the other one is on my TBR
So nice to have another video ffrom you as always. And Omg your earrings are amazing! Where did you get them?
NO WAY, YOU WATCHED FAIRY TAIL??!!! Omg, you need to talk about anime (and manga) as well on your channel, I would really love to hear your thoughts, even if it was just nostalgia^^
Love that: “See you soon…very soon.” ❤
8:15
We have a military acadamy in Oslo, Norway called "Krigsskolen", which directly translates to "The War School"...
No beating around the bush! Here we will teach you how to war! Hahaha! I've always found that name hilarious, in sort of a bleak way.
My friend was trying to make me read Fourth Wing, but I knew it in my heart it wasn't going to like it, nothing I heard about it made me want to read it. Then I saw your new video, and was like "okay, if Leonie liked it, I will read it". Well, thanks for sparing me the read hahaha.
On another note, I was contemplating buying Juniper and Thorn and A Study in Drowing from Ava Reid, and now I'm more than convinced.
Having lived in Brazil all my life if I waited for autumn to read autumnal books… I’d never read them (same for all seasons but summer)
oh i totally read faster using ebooks! i use my books app that came automatically on my iphone haha it is nice bc it has different reading options for display i use one of the dark modes so black background and white text but theres a variety of fonts and u can change the size it works sooo well for me! im glad u enjoyed e-reading!
i got a kindle paperwhite last week and its the best decision i made this year
In order to read the Fourth Wing without being put off and then actually enjoying it, think of it as YA. It's YA, it's Sarah J Maas, it's turn-your-brain-off-and-enjoy.
I mean to be fair in 4th Wing it’s not called “War Academy.” It’s called Basgiath. It’s great. It’s solid Divergent fanfic + dragons.
Please please please everyone read Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher!! It is the best fantasy book I have read in a little while!
If you like fantasy and found family with a bit of a twist and sprinkling of cute romance on top you will adore this book (please note that the romance really is just sprinkled on the top, it is really light).
The world building is beautiful and and it’s at the same time an epic story that has been wrapped up in a cozy blanket. Favorite book of the year!
Hello book people, my book spark is back and I’m out of my reading slump! After reading Fourth wing, which only happened after I returned to watching your videos, and I’m so happy because it’s been a year 🥲 but I’m like books! I wanna buy them, I wanna read them, I wanna watch things about them. That feeling was gone this entire past year.
actually. the academy is called basgiath college
3:09 omg i saw those same sailor moon soda cans here in NYC, that’s so random 😂😂. i would also 100% keep the can forever
One of my favourite pirate fantasy book is the mermaid, the witch and the sea which is very well written, a little bit on the darker side and bonus point it's queer !
17:45 if you enjoy pirate fantasy’s I recommend the kiss of a selkie
My jaw dropped at the Sailor Moon soda...so...I feel you 😅
I am a little confused about you being sponsored by BOTM. Arent you living in the netherlands? I thought they only Shop to the US and Canada? I would love to get it, but I live in Germany
My comfort personnn
i will say, i completely agree on the beginning - i put it down twice but the hype kept going so i tried one last time and pushed past those first chapters - and the plot just takes off so hard that you kind of stop noticing the writing, it doesn’t necessarily improve - but the plot and characters are so good and the dragons and the twists. if you ever get inspired to try again i recommend :) but yeah… the beginning was rough.
I bought the fourth wing as it was soooo popular and always sold out in book shops… so yeah, I bought it but haven’t started it yet as I’m quite so busy… hahahaha your review makes me anxious in starting it… hhehehehe but thanks heaps for your honesty… I looove your earrings btw ❤😅😊😊😊😊😊
I’d really love to hear a review of Gothic Violence by Mike Ma.
Boektip! The ivory key. Benieuwd wat jij ervan vindt! (Geen internet hype, vond het via via maar heel vet! er komt ook een deel 2)
Leonie, I must know where you got your mushroom earings! I adore them! ❤ Also, I don't go anywhere without my kindle . I have the oasis, but the paperwhite is also amazing. It is so small and lightweight which makes it perfect to take with you everywhere. Since getting mine I have read so much more! It is so convenient.
I'm 7 chapters into Fourth Wing and already I've soft DNF'd it. I'm gonna give it another go during November and see if the dragon improves it. I'm just generally pissed I fell for the hype and wasted money on it.
From what I’ve heard one particular scene is the reason people call Juniper and Thorn ‘too sexual’. Which personally caught me off guard, but didn’t make me hate it, while I was reading it.
9:30 yes! if you know, you know lol
I just recently read Fourth Wing and I enjoyed it just because of the mystical dragon part. The way that it was written was not my favorite but I enjoyed the overall plot line though the love and relationships threw me off a bit with the constant detail.
I don't think that "War Academy" is an unusual name. The US has an Army War College (in Carlisle, Pennsylvania) and a Naval War College (in Newport, Rhode Island) (they both have UA-cam channels). These are post-graduate institutions, meant to train Lieutenant Colonels and Colonels and their naval equivalents for higher command, but still.
My feelings were very similar to yours about "Fourth Wing". I finished it. I shouldn't have, it wasn't the book for me.
I am so sorry you lost your phone! Madrid is mostly safe, but in the city centre...criminals take advantage of crowded places :(
@mynameismarines also made an excellent video about the fourth wing. She recorded herself multiple times during reading. It was so authentic, funny and clever. I really recommend it ^^
Heroes and Villains by Angela Carter is my all time favorite. 😮 !!!!!!!!!!!!! 10:50 Angela Carter is my fav author 🎉
i stopped reading on my ipad because it hurt my eyes and recently got a kindle that isn’t backlit and LET ME TELL YOU it is a game changer. i was in the worst reading slump and i’m not anymore coz it’s just so nice to read from e-reader. i always thought i was a physical book girlie at heart but nope.
I love your sincere reviews and I'm generally not a big romantasy reader and don't fall into hype but I did enjoy Fourth Wing despite its flaws. But I just had one correction: the academy is called Basgiath... so it does have a name besides just 'war academy'... not that it changes your opinion on the book 😂 but thought I'd offer that bit of info. 😉
idk but I loved fourth wing 😅
Not really related to the video but the moment the words "siren noises in the background" appeared i heard a really loud drilling noise from like the floor below me lmao
I am so ready for autumn as well :)
I read loads of Angela Carter when I was in my post-university magical realism phase (before I realised that I was looking for fantasy... it was 2006, it was a different time...) - can I suggest Wise Children or The Magic Toyshop? Wise Children is Shakespeare inspired and based around 2 theatrical families, and is written in first person so definitely get more point of view stuff. The Magic Toyshop is about a girl who goes to live with an aunt, uncle and 2 cousins in a toyshop (shockingly). There's plenty of female rage and drama and larger-than-llife characters - they're both great (although not without scope for criticism)
Have you read Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders trilogy yet??? First book is Ship of Magic. Pirate fantasy with everything very well done, if you ask me. More serious than fun, though. But I think you'd like it. It really stuck with me.
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Honestly, I’m a grown ass woman of 34, who packs Camus and Mishima for her beach reading, and I thoroughly enjoyed the Fourth Wing. I laughed, I cried, I was giggling and kicking feet, spicy scenes’ve sent literal tickling through my skin (I haven’t even cringed, though those were as much fantasy as dragons😂)
Maybe it is just because I haven’t actually read any romantasy or fromace or whatever it is called - no ACOTAR, no Folk of air, and my only YA was Hunger games back in 2015-ish🤷🏻♀️
I'm actually in the editing process of a pirate fantasy trilogy that's been in the works for 10+ years. I'd love to send a sample to your or any other fans of this genre to get some general feedback and initial reactions.
the school is not just called war academy its called Basgiath War College.