I’m so glad you approach everything in a positive light and saying things just aren’t for you instead of totally bashing things and calling them terrible. This is why I love your content negativity sucks the life out of people and I love that even when you’re making a video with a negative connotation you still make it positive
I loved Milk and Honey but I also found it was difficult to connect with the subject matter too, it's amazing that the book has brought so much healing to a lot of people (and I did still enjoy it) but I totally understand where you're coming from when you talk about finding that connection to the poetry. It's wonderful, healing, and raw - but that doesn;t mean we would all automatically connect it to it. I really enjoy Lang Leav poetry, I think she's my favourite.
I was super let down with milk and honey too. I hated how it just seemed like tumblr poetry and I felt like there was no depth in the poems. I love Rupi Kaur as a person but her poem just don't do anything for me.
i agree with what you said about milk and honey. a lot of it didn't even feel like poetry to me. more like tumblr quotes with the enter button pressed in random places. i respect the story and how it has helped a lot of people, but it didn't make me feel anything poetically.
Totally agree about Milk & Honey...I felt bad about disliking it because it was obviously so personal for the author but it came across as melodramatic. Many of the “poems” were barely a sentence long and I just felt there wasn’t a lot of effort for how much hype it got
SixthSenseSynesthete no shade at all...but, the length of a poem does not in anyway dictate the effort put forth into that poem. It takes many authors years of education and personal growth to actually learn to create shorter poems. Also i think its hard to deny that she really poured her heart and soul into it. Its not my fave book of poetry or anything but I think it's hard to deny there was a lot of effort put forth. Also i think the melodrama you sensed was actually pent up emotion on the page, many poets could be seen this way lol. Like I said no shade at you intended at all just throwing it out there. Hopefully you find a poet who's style suites you more!
I absolutely agree a length of a poem does not indicate how "good" it is. I just found that Kaur's poems were trying really hard to be profound with how she staggered the text of a short poem around the page, and that for me, it ended up being melodramatic instead. I got the sense, as do a lot of critics of her work, that I was reading a teen's Tumblr page rather than published poetry. However, I am planning on reading her newly published anthology and I've heard good things about it. Thanks for sharing your opinion!
I saw the title and was like: Yeah! It's ok to like/dislike books. Reading is one of the most personal experiences ever, and I read this awesome quote that said "Two people never read the same book" anyway, gonna watch the rest now!
I started reading YA at 8 😂😂 My third grade teacher kept taking my books from me and my dad had to get them from the office!! Which kinda sucks, because the books that were average for my level were way too easy!! 😂😂 I'm in sixth grade now and I read a few adult books but my dad reads them before me to make sure I don't get 'scarred' from it. (My dad thinks I'm still innocent minded. But I only know the basics of.... Yeah.)
Worst Books I Read This Year: Caraval (liked the plot, but not the flowery dreamy prose, not my thing, but I will read the second) Wicked Like Wildfire (same dreamy prose, but less enjoyable plot, not continuing the series) Hollowlands (there's potential there, but nope) Who Censored Roger Rabbit (I think I went in with the wrong expectations) Overall 4/31 isn't a bad year.
Just discovered your channel, and I'm not disappointed at all! It just makes me want to discover new books, and go out of my comfort zone by trying new styles!
I work as a page at a public library and I also expected “I Work at a Public Library” to be a lot funnier than it was! I tried to read it a while back and I don’t think I even finished it. iirc some of the stories were also just... mean? Like mocking patrons for not knowing things... which to me feels very against the goals of a library.
Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I know it's a touchy subject, but I find we have pretty similar tastes in literature. I feel the same way you do about poetry. Some poetry resonates with me & some doesn't.
my only existing goal in life is to amass the myriad of books this man has acquired and display them all exquisitely within a backdrop of sleek wooden shelving okay that’s all i need
Finally! Someone else who hates Milk and Honey. I got why it was a hot thing for a minute, but I absolutely hated it. It did make me want to go pick up other poetry to try and find an author that I did love.
I was dissapointed by no good deed, wildman, lets get lost, and windfall. Honestly all the characters annoyed me! Also the ending of stranger than fanfiction (although i loved the beginning and middle, especially loved all the characters and humor BUT THAT ENDING had me chucking the book across the room)
Let's talk about Summerland, I read it for school last year and it was probably the most painful experience of my life. There was no way for me to sparknote it, no one really cares about baseball enough, and characters were just popping up left and right
My biggest disappointment was The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue... I know, crazy. I just couldn't stand Monty and didn't really find the book all that funny..and I'm a big historical fiction person. I was so upset because it was some people's favorite 2017 release!
@Jessethereader you should've been in my creative writing: Poetry class. You'd think writing the poems/reading them aloud would be terrifying, the worst was we had to critique each others poetry and at first we really didn't want to because we didn't want to come across as too critical or mean to each other.
Many people don’t like milk and honey but like her new one her sun and her flowers :)! It’s so annoying when you expect a book to be great and it isn’t! Makes me sad haha!
You are amazing Jesse, you are the best, you are my favourite you tuber and I love your funny book related videos. Just a reminder that you are the best. Keep doing what you do.
I've read like around 100 books a lot were rereading and I barely didn't like any of them I can't remember if didn't like any uhhh torch against the night was a little slow in the end but it was still good
I didn't like Milk and Honey that much. I did like her newer book though. I don't know that the writing was different but I did connect with the subject matter a bit more.
So my two least favorite books of the year are Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum and The Last EverAfter by Soman Chainani. The first book could have been avoided by one two minute conversation. Instead 60 years of self loathing. The second was actually the worst book I've read in my five years on booktube. I don't honestly know why I didn't DNF it.
For a while I was hoping that "Hunted" by Megan Spooner would end up being my least favorite of the year. I didn't hate it, really. It just wasn't for me. Then I read "172 Hours on the Moon" (can't remember the author's name). It was *so* bad! Most of the book is following the characters before they're supposed to go to the moon, yet we never really get a chance to connect to them. Then about 30 pages of creepiness, and then the ending just made the whole thing so ridiculous that it was no longer remotely creepy/scary. I'm so glad I just borrow it from the library, otherwise I'd have cried.
it's interesting seeing all the different opinions people have on milk and honey, personally it wasn't my favorite but I completely understand those who like it.
I hate it when books disappoint. My least favorite read of the year was The Gate Thief by Orson Scott Card. I had some serious issues with the way female characters were treated, especially toward the end. Not sure if I'll finish the series, tbh.
All The Birds In The Sky by Charlie Jane Anders was my disappointing read of this year. I really liked the first half, but the second half when they’re older just wasn’t for me. Thankfully I don’t read many disappointing books 😊
This was the first book I read this year and I completely agree!! I loved the first bit where they're kids, but just couldn't connect with them as adults. It was a great concept, but I'm not sure she quite managed to achieve it.
It´s great that you didn´t have that many bad books this year. I only have one Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce, found it at a used bookstore and though why not?. But less than half way through already knew the ending coming, which normally isn´t a problem but it was sooo boring that ended up dnfing it
I'm surprised Kings Cage by Victoria Avyard wasn't on this list. I love Victoria Avyard don't get me wrong, but the third book was extremely badly passed. Sometimes it was so slow that i fell asleep reading, and others it was so fast passed that I had to go back a page or chapter to figure out what was going on. She also didn't do a good job of transitioning the P.O.Vs of the characters, it always seemed inconsistent. (The last sentence was a little awkward to write for me)
When your last name is Jacobson...haha I always love shadey videos! They always make me feel better about being such a shadey human towards books haha.
I had a pretty good reading year even my worst books were like a 2.5 soft 3 stars and they were, Percy Jackson Book 2, Sing Unburied Sing by Jesmyn Ward, and Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire. I feel like all of them were either missing something or trying to do to much.
My least favorite book is actually a court of thorns and roses. I know, I know. It is a really liked book overall, but i just do not like her writing.. I’m sure she is an amazing person and she probably has written other books, and they are probably amazing. And i was really exited when my local library got it cus i had wanted to read it for a while. But i was really disappointed and ended up putting it on my dnf list...
My least favorite book of 2017 was ‘The edge of everything’. Took me over 2 months to finish it and it got me into a HUGE readingslump. I don’t even know why I didnt just DNF it.
Did anybody here read the Dear Evan Hansen novel? If so did you like it? I just finished it and loved it. Recommend it for anyone who needs a relatable book for teens.
I didn't like "The Shadow Hour" and "Savage Dawn" by Melissa Grey. I liked the first book in the series, "The Girl at Midnight." Yes, it was tropey but it was fun. The other two were so slow and I didn't care what happened to the characters.
I haven’t heard of most of these books outside of your channel other than Milk and Honey. My sister and best friend loved it but I don’t really like poetry so I haven’t read it and probably won’t.
Biggest disappointment for me was the Castle of Otranto: I am in love with Gothic Romance, and this is supposed to be the original gothic romance novel. I was so excited to read it, and it was just so, no. But I do appreciate that it kick started the genre that brought us Dracula and Poe, but still, Never again, Ontranto. It played more like a ridiculous parody of the genre than the foundation of the genre.
I was so disappointed with The Husband’s Secret 😭 like it was supposed to be a mystery book and I was in 100 and something pages in the book and still NOTHING WAS HAPPENING 😤 I couldn’t even continue reading it 😒 talk about waste of money 😑
I had a good reading year for the most part, honestly. I have to say though I was kind of disappointed with Crooked Kingdom. It just seemed to drag on and on (to me) and it was sort anticlimactic at the end.
That moment when you have to have a disclaimer for your disclaimer... 😂
LOL RIGHT?!?!
WOW JANET I DIDN'T NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR CRUSH ON JIMMY JACOBSEN
Ellen The Cat lol i died
"But I read more than YA, I read ADULT!"
What about the children's books? THINK OF THE CHILDREN'S BOOKS!
Yes! Where are the children books?!
I’m so glad you approach everything in a positive light and saying things just aren’t for you instead of totally bashing things and calling them terrible. This is why I love your content negativity sucks the life out of people and I love that even when you’re making a video with a negative connotation you still make it positive
YAAAASSS !
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You critique books so well! So polite and understanding, yet still throwin' ALL DA SHADE😎 Keep it up!!
I loved Milk and Honey but I also found it was difficult to connect with the subject matter too, it's amazing that the book has brought so much healing to a lot of people (and I did still enjoy it) but I totally understand where you're coming from when you talk about finding that connection to the poetry. It's wonderful, healing, and raw - but that doesn;t mean we would all automatically connect it to it. I really enjoy Lang Leav poetry, I think she's my favourite.
I don’t even need to read milk and honey because people posted it on insta so damn much and idk why but the writing annoys me so much
I was super let down with milk and honey too. I hated how it just seemed like tumblr poetry and I felt like there was no depth in the poems. I love Rupi Kaur as a person but her poem just don't do anything for me.
i agree with what you said about milk and honey. a lot of it didn't even feel like poetry to me. more like tumblr quotes with the enter button pressed in random places. i respect the story and how it has helped a lot of people, but it didn't make me feel anything poetically.
Oh my god yesssss the "tumblr quotes with the enter button pressed in random places" thing is so damn accurate!
Totally agree about Milk & Honey...I felt bad about disliking it because it was obviously so personal for the author but it came across as melodramatic. Many of the “poems” were barely a sentence long and I just felt there wasn’t a lot of effort for how much hype it got
SixthSenseSynesthete no shade at all...but, the length of a poem does not in anyway dictate the effort put forth into that poem. It takes many authors years of education and personal growth to actually learn to create shorter poems. Also i think its hard to deny that she really poured her heart and soul into it. Its not my fave book of poetry or anything but I think it's hard to deny there was a lot of effort put forth. Also i think the melodrama you sensed was actually pent up emotion on the page, many poets could be seen this way lol. Like I said no shade at you intended at all just throwing it out there. Hopefully you find a poet who's style suites you more!
I absolutely agree a length of a poem does not indicate how "good" it is. I just found that Kaur's poems were trying really hard to be profound with how she staggered the text of a short poem around the page, and that for me, it ended up being melodramatic instead. I got the sense, as do a lot of critics of her work, that I was reading a teen's Tumblr page rather than published poetry. However, I am planning on reading her newly published anthology and I've heard good things about it. Thanks for sharing your opinion!
I saw the title and was like: Yeah! It's ok to like/dislike books. Reading is one of the most personal experiences ever, and I read this awesome quote that said "Two people never read the same book" anyway, gonna watch the rest now!
When you were expecting to be slightly offended but you actually haven't even heard of any of these. XD
I thought I was the only one who didn't enjoy milk and honey.
audrey feist I think I heard more positive than negative, but I could be wrong about that.
"I'm let you finish but that's a lie" 💀💀the shade lol
I LOVE the way you THROW SHADE!!!!
I started reading YA at 8 😂😂 My third grade teacher kept taking my books from me and my dad had to get them from the office!! Which kinda sucks, because the books that were average for my level were way too easy!! 😂😂 I'm in sixth grade now and I read a few adult books but my dad reads them before me to make sure I don't get 'scarred' from it. (My dad thinks I'm still innocent minded. But I only know the basics of.... Yeah.)
When you can still be thoughtful and positive while talking about things you don't like 👌🏻 great video!
I was disappointed with the Kings Cage by Victoria Aveyard. Also disliked Anna and the French Kiss😕
Linnea I liked kings cage, but Anna and the French kiss was really boring.
I’m super sick today and you cheer me up so much! Thank you! 😊
Worst Books I Read This Year:
Caraval (liked the plot, but not the flowery dreamy prose, not my thing, but I will read the second)
Wicked Like Wildfire (same dreamy prose, but less enjoyable plot, not continuing the series)
Hollowlands (there's potential there, but nope)
Who Censored Roger Rabbit (I think I went in with the wrong expectations)
Overall 4/31 isn't a bad year.
This is why I’m terrified of publishing my first novel, I love you regardless.
Just discovered your channel, and I'm not disappointed at all! It just makes me want to discover new books, and go out of my comfort zone by trying new styles!
Happy to hear that! Thanks for watching!
I am going into Shadow Hunters with skyscrapers of expectations
I work as a page at a public library and I also expected “I Work at a Public Library” to be a lot funnier than it was! I tried to read it a while back and I don’t think I even finished it. iirc some of the stories were also just... mean? Like mocking patrons for not knowing things... which to me feels very against the goals of a library.
Yes! I got that same mocking vibe as well!
DUDE, SAME for Milk & Honey. I wish I enjoyed it, but poetry just doesn't do it for me.
Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I know it's a touchy subject, but I find we have pretty similar tastes in literature. I feel the same way you do about poetry. Some poetry resonates with me & some doesn't.
my only existing goal in life is to amass the myriad of books this man has acquired and display them all exquisitely within a backdrop of sleek wooden shelving okay that’s all i need
Finally! Someone else who hates Milk and Honey. I got why it was a hot thing for a minute, but I absolutely hated it. It did make me want to go pick up other poetry to try and find an author that I did love.
5:35 Omg, I'm d e c e a s e d
ACDO Michaelis lmao same.
I was dissapointed by no good deed, wildman, lets get lost, and windfall. Honestly all the characters annoyed me! Also the ending of stranger than fanfiction (although i loved the beginning and middle, especially loved all the characters and humor BUT THAT ENDING had me chucking the book across the room)
I didn’t like Milk and Honey either but I’ve been in a bit of a book slump so I don’t have much to say about other books
Let's talk about Summerland, I read it for school last year and it was probably the most painful experience of my life. There was no way for me to sparknote it, no one really cares about baseball enough, and characters were just popping up left and right
My biggest disappointment was The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue... I know, crazy. I just couldn't stand Monty and didn't really find the book all that funny..and I'm a big historical fiction person. I was so upset because it was some people's favorite 2017 release!
I love your disclaimer. It gives me ease
Omg! I love Summerland. I listened to the audio book and it brought me into a whole different world. I understand your critique though.
Worst book I read this year was The Summer I Turned Pretty, it was just so boring to me...
I have been WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO!!!! My favorite! ❤️
I’ve definitely felt the same way about critiquing poetry, it is just so personal that I feel like I can’t fully express my feelings about it
@Jessethereader you should've been in my creative writing: Poetry class. You'd think writing the poems/reading them aloud would be terrifying, the worst was we had to critique each others poetry and at first we really didn't want to because we didn't want to come across as too critical or mean to each other.
Many people don’t like milk and honey but like her new one her sun and her flowers :)! It’s so annoying when you expect a book to be great and it isn’t! Makes me sad haha!
Literally have not heard of any of these but Milk and Honey XD
You are amazing Jesse, you are the best, you are my favourite you tuber and I love your funny book related videos. Just a reminder that you are the best. Keep doing what you do.
Great video. Videos like these are always fun to watch.
There goes my boy, slaying the game again
I really did not understand Summerland. I read it two years ago and man, one of my least favorite books of that year.
Wow Im so glad you feel that way about milk and honey! I thought I was the only one!!!
Yessss!!! Jesse throwing shade for 6 minutes 😎😎😎
i legitimately gasped when i saw milk and honey up in here
I didn’t like Insurgent. The other two books were good! Please don’t let me be the only one who thinks this...
I feel the same except I didn't like Allegent either because It just felt confused and rushed to me
Yes I read all three but the third book was the worst.
I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaated Alegiant but I finished it
"I am bringing shadey back.
yeah"
Carval. It looks so pretty, sounds so amazing, but the story was just a no. And also Star-Touched Queen. The pacing ruined it for me
I've read like around 100 books a lot were rereading and I barely didn't like any of them I can't remember if didn't like any uhhh torch against the night was a little slow in the end but it was still good
I’m glad you make these kind of videos because you get to voice your own opinion on different books💛
I didn't like Milk and Honey that much. I did like her newer book though. I don't know that the writing was different but I did connect with the subject matter a bit more.
So my two least favorite books of the year are Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum and The Last EverAfter by Soman Chainani. The first book could have been avoided by one two minute conversation. Instead 60 years of self loathing. The second was actually the worst book I've read in my five years on booktube. I don't honestly know why I didn't DNF it.
Ugh agreed Milk and Honey was literally terrible..
My least favorite book of this year was turtles all the way down. Really wanted to love it but i just didn't
Totally agree about Milk and Honey. I hated it.
I totally agree with Milk and Honey. The Princess Saves Herself in this One is better in my opinion.
JESSE YOU HAVE TO READ ONE OF THE BEST CHILDRENS BOOK EVER!!! OUT OF MY MIND!!!
Milk and Honey is literally a daily read for me (not the whole thing but parts). It's ok to have difference in opinions.
Oh mah lord, I'm early for once! Awesome video, Jesse!
My least favourite book this year was the Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, there was nothing wrong with the book at all, it just wasn't for me.
For a while I was hoping that "Hunted" by Megan Spooner would end up being my least favorite of the year. I didn't hate it, really. It just wasn't for me. Then I read "172 Hours on the Moon" (can't remember the author's name). It was *so* bad! Most of the book is following the characters before they're supposed to go to the moon, yet we never really get a chance to connect to them. Then about 30 pages of creepiness, and then the ending just made the whole thing so ridiculous that it was no longer remotely creepy/scary. I'm so glad I just borrow it from the library, otherwise I'd have cried.
it's interesting seeing all the different opinions people have on milk and honey, personally it wasn't my favorite but I completely understand those who like it.
i just found your channel and I love it
bro, buddy, darling, try The Princess Saves Herself in this One - at the very least it's adorable)))
I hate it when books disappoint. My least favorite read of the year was The Gate Thief by Orson Scott Card. I had some serious issues with the way female characters were treated, especially toward the end. Not sure if I'll finish the series, tbh.
All The Birds In The Sky by Charlie Jane Anders was my disappointing read of this year. I really liked the first half, but the second half when they’re older just wasn’t for me. Thankfully I don’t read many disappointing books 😊
This was the first book I read this year and I completely agree!! I loved the first bit where they're kids, but just couldn't connect with them as adults. It was a great concept, but I'm not sure she quite managed to achieve it.
It´s great that you didn´t have that many bad books this year. I only have one Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce, found it at a used bookstore and though why not?. But less than half way through already knew the ending coming, which normally isn´t a problem but it was sooo boring that ended up dnfing it
I'm surprised Kings Cage by Victoria Avyard wasn't on this list. I love Victoria Avyard don't get me wrong, but the third book was extremely badly passed. Sometimes it was so slow that i fell asleep reading, and others it was so fast passed that I had to go back a page or chapter to figure out what was going on. She also didn't do a good job of transitioning the P.O.Vs of the characters, it always seemed inconsistent. (The last sentence was a little awkward to write for me)
I haven't read it yet :) I'm actually currently working my way through it though.
should i give a disclaimer on a comment? lol
How are the books on the top left called? They look beautiful 0.0
When your last name is Jacobson...haha
I always love shadey videos! They always make me feel better about being such a shadey human towards books haha.
I had a pretty good reading year even my worst books were like a 2.5 soft 3 stars and they were, Percy Jackson Book 2, Sing Unburied Sing by Jesmyn Ward, and Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire. I feel like all of them were either missing something or trying to do to much.
We need "But I read more than YA, I read ADULT!" merch, lol.
My least favorite book is actually a court of thorns and roses. I know, I know. It is a really liked book overall, but i just do not like her writing.. I’m sure she is an amazing person and she probably has written other books, and they are probably amazing. And i was really exited when my local library got it cus i had wanted to read it for a while. But i was really disappointed and ended up putting it on my dnf list...
You have to read Tower of Dawn!!!!
My least favorite book of 2017 was ‘The edge of everything’. Took me over 2 months to finish it and it got me into a HUGE readingslump. I don’t even know why I didnt just DNF it.
Who’s dropping these books in your hands lol or are they just falling out of thin air 🤔
KimStar23 I think he tosses them up and catches them but then edits out the toss
OMG I love that intro!
Did anybody here read the Dear Evan Hansen novel? If so did you like it?
I just finished it and loved it. Recommend it for anyone who needs a relatable book for teens.
Omg I love Jesse so much. I love his videos. He's great. And also am I the only one who thinks that his teeth are absolutely perfect ?!
omg your editing is amazing x) x)
Jesse - you should read Weird things people say in bookshops by Jen Campbell - I think you'll like it :)
If you want to read a great series about baseball and another world, read Level E. It's manga and has aliens over fairies, but it is so good.
Jesse! please please PLEASE! We NEED a 24 hour read-a-thon!! Readbyzoe has been doing a lot of them and they're awesome
I didn't like "The Shadow Hour" and "Savage Dawn" by Melissa Grey. I liked the first book in the series, "The Girl at Midnight." Yes, it was tropey but it was fun. The other two were so slow and I didn't care what happened to the characters.
I SHOULD be reading YA and children's, but I prefer adult fantasy and thriller.
I agree milk & honey was not for me. I did do a full review but I didn't receive any hate which is good :)
Love your videos!
I haven’t heard of most of these books outside of your channel other than Milk and Honey. My sister and best friend loved it but I don’t really like poetry so I haven’t read it and probably won’t.
Biggest disappointment for me was the Castle of Otranto: I am in love with Gothic Romance, and this is supposed to be the original gothic romance novel. I was so excited to read it, and it was just so, no. But I do appreciate that it kick started the genre that brought us Dracula and Poe, but still, Never again, Ontranto. It played more like a ridiculous parody of the genre than the foundation of the genre.
I was so disappointed with The Husband’s Secret 😭 like it was supposed to be a mystery book and I was in 100 and something pages in the book and still NOTHING WAS HAPPENING 😤 I couldn’t even continue reading it 😒 talk about waste of money 😑
My least favorite books that I’ve read this year were Thirteen Reasons Why ( I liked the show more than the book *GASP*) and The Paper Princess books.
Shades of Magic is adult fantasy so that counts 😂😂
Jimmy Jacobson😂. I couldn't stop laughing.
Are you Casey from The Mindy Project?
I agree with everything you said about milk and honey!
I had a good reading year for the most part, honestly. I have to say though I was kind of disappointed with Crooked Kingdom. It just seemed to drag on and on (to me) and it was sort anticlimactic at the end.
1984, i honestly despise this book but I've have it read it twice...