I remember when I decided to randomly read the last line first and I picked the WRONG book. It was catching fire and the last line was “Katniss there is no district 12” 😂

@alexandraa23

Жыл бұрын

when we were like 12, my friend ruined the end of the series for me so I literally just never read mocking jay LOL

@runawayfromme77

Жыл бұрын

catching fire was the first thing that came to mind when i saw the title of this video! back in high school i liked to read the last line of the book before i start it, lemme tell you that after catching fire i immediately stopped 😅

@Jay_lovescats

Жыл бұрын

I DID THE SAME THING! I was just like “I didn’t see that nope”

@sweetviolents29

Жыл бұрын

This is made so much funnier by your username and icon lol

@deepamishra9224

Жыл бұрын

This comment should come with a spoiler alert 😢

omg i would love a video re-ranking these books after you read them to see if the final line was represantative of the book as a whole

@annad1590

Жыл бұрын

Yesss

@georginaashworth

Жыл бұрын

Yesssss

@niezuleanu5241

Жыл бұрын

Yea

@yusinu6642

Жыл бұрын

That's a good idea

This reminded me of when i read The Fault in Our Stars like 10 years ago so it was before everyone and their mums knew how it ended and I decided to read the closing line which was 'I do, Augustus. I do.' and I thought they were going to get married

The sass when Jack put the candy house at the bottom 🤣 I'd do the same, honestly

@meikusje

Жыл бұрын

I thought that was a great last line tbh! It gives closure, but also presents opportunity.

Maybe the last line of Checkout 19 is also the acknowledgment page lol

Hundred Years of Solitude’s final line is as brilliant as the first line.

@palcicaa

Жыл бұрын

Tbh that ending truly made it one of my favorite books of all time

That closing line from Checkout 19 made me so angry; I can't believe you liked it

@StarStar-ec1dd

Жыл бұрын

IKR

@hannahohno

Жыл бұрын

exactly hahaha it would have put me off reading it at all. And to him was the complete opposite.

@kathdong9685

Жыл бұрын

Totally! I'll just buy a dictionary if I need this...

@mwu365

Жыл бұрын

The only one I really like lol

@ralucahuruniuc

Жыл бұрын

Checkout 19 is my only DNF of this year and after this video I'm pretty happy I didn't push through 😅

I feel like it would be so cool to rank the same set of books separately based on the cover, opening line, and closing line, and then compare each of those rankings with a final review of each book. Curious if the opening line/closing line would be more telling of the overall rating of the book…

@anenadecastro

Жыл бұрын

Boosting this because he NEEDS to do a video about this. Amazing idea!! 😲😲😲

@oa5538

Жыл бұрын

Yess

Ok but can we talk about the gorgeous artistic covers ?!

I love that Jack had to read a last sentence that was a page and a half long 😂😂

I’ve just taken Checkout 19 off my want to read list 😂

Aaaa I’m so happy you did this! Very interested to see if any of the ‘disappointing’ lines hit waayyy different once you know the context…intrigued to see the reviews for all of these!

Decided to immediately add “just by looking at him” to my TBR bc of the line and THE SYNOPSIS IS INCREDIBLE?!??? I’m shocked!

Final line of my fantasy standalone PHARMAKIDES: Mute swans understood the mysteries, and took note of which flowers were in bloom.

"That's my closing line" Listen, I'm so used to the way you end your videos that I always say it along with you, 10 out of 10.

"I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope. " Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King. Makes me cry every time I read it.

Are you reading my mind 😱 I finished Dave Egger's You Shall Know Our Velocity this weekend and thought: I know Jack Edwards has done videos on opening lines, but he should really do a video on closing lines as well. FYI: the closing line for YSKOV is "It stopped for a minute I swear, but then the sound and pictures came back on and for two more glorious and interminable months we lived".

"I'm really good at forgetting things." Same Jack, same 😂.

I used to do this with every book I read before I read it, to see if I could guess how the story arrives at that place. Until I spoiled a major character death, that is 😅

Great video! I would love it if you did this video with books you have already read, I think it would be so interesting to hear your thoughts on the closing lines in the context of the entire book.

Notes on an execution was so good. The context was definitely needed.

My own selection: 1st place: Just By Looking at Him by Ryan O'Connell 2nd place: Real Life by Brandon Taylor 3rd place: Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder 4th place: Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka 5th place: Nevada by Imogene Binnie 6th place: Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart 7th place: The Sugar House by Jennifer Egan Last place: Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett Very curious about all of those books and excited to read them! Love your content, keep going ❤

Honestly this is my favorite way to pick a new book!! It’s intriguing. I also know right away if I’m curious how the MC got there. If I’m invested to see the build up. This is the superior way of picking books lol

@Silviduhh

Жыл бұрын

Also have a poor memory, I never remember 😂

I can never remember all the books for my own ranking, but I would definitely put checkput 19 all the way last😹 it's unique yes... but I uniquely hated it

love this! i don't know why but i've always had the habit of reading the closing line before starting a book

you are so brave for doing this i would be terrified 🤡🥲

It would be interesting at some point with one of these videos, either the first line or last line ones, to have you go back to those same books after you have read all of them and see how the ranking of the books them selves compares to the ranking of either the first or last lines. And to be honest, the one you picked as first, just having listened to the last lines, I probably would’ve put about seventh on that stack.

I have read Notes On An Execution and I absolutely loved it even though I didn’t know how I would feel about it but the rest of the books sound like I just got more books I need to add to my tbr. I need to this when I finish reading the two books I’m currently reading for my next pick.

omg I worked an event in which rachel yoda and a few other authors and musicians held readings and performances about motherhood and the relationship between a child and a mother! all of them were so well spoken and their delivery was great

this series has made me STRESS about the first and last lines of my book 😆

Song of Achilles has one of the best ending lines of all time. You should add that one to your next video.

@MaxximusP

Жыл бұрын

He has already read Song of Achilles- so it wouldn't fit in this series

@joon3638

Жыл бұрын

can you tell what was the last line of SOA?

@Abhi-wl5yt

Жыл бұрын

@@joon3638 Lookaway if you don't want spoilers... . . . . . "Go," she says. "He waits for you." "IN THE DARKNESS, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun"

@yourLittleSinner

Жыл бұрын

"Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out the sun.:

@salvaahamed5640

Жыл бұрын

Go!, He waits for you is the best line

You can also make a video on comparing the opening/ closing line video an rating the actual book as a whole. Means the books that u rated highest as the best opening line did u like them as much as you did after reading it!!!

i don’t know why but before starting a new book i ALWAYS read the last line and then if i remember it it’s always interesting to see how my perspective and understanding of it changed after i finished the book and just what it really means

@unidentifiedartist

Жыл бұрын

I DO THIS TOO!! I thought I was the only one! But I don't always do it lol- sometimes I forget

@cfbg

Жыл бұрын

This seems goofy to me.

I actually have a ritual with every book that after i read the first chapter, i always read the last line of the book. It started when i was younger to curb the impulse of flipping to the end and just finding out the whole ending and then not reading the full book. I guessed it was like if i know the literal last line i wouldn’t have the impulse bc it’s the ultimate ending. Not sure how but it worker psychologically and books just tend not to have spoilers in the last line.

i cant believe checkout 19 got the first spot tbh. there were so many inconsequential words in a row i felt like language lost all meaning

I used to do reading the closing lines with every book I read in middle school and would spoil myself all the time 😭 but that closing line of just by looking at him was so good

This literally gave me anxiety! 😲 I would be devastated to know the final line before having read the book - how could that not colour the reading experience?! (Like seeing Tom Hanks already rescued in the trailer for Castaway...)

I just love the last line of Wuthering Hights. Gives me the chills.

Cant wait for part 2 of this video!!

Now, getting back to opening lines, please let us know what you think of the opening line of 'one hundred years of solitude', I LOVE that opening line, it gives you a glimpse of the present, past and future of what is/will/was happening in the story, just fantastic!!!

@juanaabadiebottcher5508

Жыл бұрын

The last line is amazing too. Damm, the whole last paragraph is electric and you read it each time sort of breathless

@juanaabadiebottcher5508

Жыл бұрын

I read it for the first time when I was fourteen and it changed me at a molecular level, lol

I can't wait for your review of Candy House!! I read it and I have feels about it. Haha, this is a fun idea. Mad love, Jack-Jack!

Do this with books you have read and see if your rankings match the before and after 🙌🏽

OMG! This video... I hate checking the end of the book or any spoilers but it was tempting! really tempting...Then I looked at the books and they were not on TBR but NOW after your video they are :D

honestly, i would have put Nevada in my top spot solely because "so get the fuck off my back,Roland" made me laugh out so loud.

@user-qt2kn7wx1o

Жыл бұрын

I legit thought he said “rodent” instead of “Roland” lmao 😂

Jack, please make the video of all the books you've read in 2022 🙏🙏🙏

@AshtheViking

Жыл бұрын

He did- World cup of Books.

Something I've learnt about these is that I like my final lines to be normal length. Anything longer than say thirty words and it just becomes convoluted

YESSSS BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!

My list would be exactly the same, but with Checkout 19 at the bottom hahahah

I like that you actually show the books in the thumbnail

@jmsl910

Жыл бұрын

yes!!!

Checkout 19 would've bee toward the end for me. I did like this video & look forward to you doing more like it. It was fun.

pls ur silence was so loud when u placed candy house, istg i was in hysterics

Keep waiting anxiously for your review of Young Mungo. Interested to see what you think of it. I’ve just finished it.

I would have ranked Checkout 19 4th. It was so confusing, but it did have a nice groove in reading it out loud. Maybe it makes more sense in context, but to me it just felt like a bunch of words.

Out of context, I love everything Jack wears. 😍

Wow some of those had such cool last lines!

I think song of achilles has one of the best closing lines(with having read it)

WHERE did you get that edition of Just by looking at him!!!!! it’s so beautiful!!! i much prefer it to the yellow and pink one!

I always read both the opening and the closing line when I start a book!

Omg this shirt looks so good on Jack!

When you said ‘omg it’s so long’ I thought that was the last line 😂

You should read The God Child by Nana Oforiatta Ayim (if you haven’t already). It’s a poetic novel that tells the story of a Ghanaian emigrant and her journey in search for a sense of home.

Ooh! You should have read the closing line of The Great Gatsby. My favorite closing line ever.

@Sazbo17

Жыл бұрын

What’s the closing line?

@nl3064

Жыл бұрын

He's reading the closing lines of books he hasn't read yet. Were you not paying attention at all? It's pretty safe to assume that he's read Gatsby.

@Paaseliten

Жыл бұрын

@@Sazbo17 The closing line of "The Great Gatsby": "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

I am so excited for you to read Young Mungo. If we were allowed to rate books 6/5, this would get it. Probably my favorite book of the year. Happy reading!

@darbo1701

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, I doubt he'll ever get around to it. I mean, when did he first start talking about it? Probably when it released? LOL

@jules48ee

Жыл бұрын

@@darbo1701 We can always hope 😅

@kaseytucker9608

Жыл бұрын

I’ve been waiting for his review for ages! One of my all time favourite reads 😭

@jules48ee

Жыл бұрын

@@kaseytucker9608 it was so good 👌👌👌

I read Real Life and don't really remember the ending. It wasn't a favorite of mine. Just by the ending of Checkout 19, I wouldn't read it. I'd love to see you take those same books and rank the first line and then do a final ranking after you read them.

I'm so curious about the books that are turned around on the shelves behind you. I hate when I can't see the titles of books!!!

checkout 19 was last for me and I was shocked when he put that on top.

On an unrelated note, I really love the Shirt featured in this video.

LOVE!!!! YOUR SHIRT!

Trust me, that last line of "Just By Looking At Him" is nothing compared to the opening line. IYKYK! 😂

@deepamishra9224

Жыл бұрын

So True😂😂

That last sentence in Checkout 19 might be impactful in context, but in the abstract it seemed, to me, like "competing for the longest sentence in English literature." 4,491 words (Ulysses). Proper sentence is only 1,287 words. (Absalom, Absalom) (According to Google.)

jack I loved the video, as I always enjoy these video ideas that are fun and feel very natural in a way! jjdjd but this would be my ranking lmao: 1. Nevada 2. Just by looking at him 3. Checkout 19 4. Nightbitch 5. Real life 6. Notes on execution 7. Young Mungo 8. The candy house

ever thought about becoming a rapper? the ending of checkout 19 was so funny to listen to

I think you should do books and just go to a random page and rank sentences in the middle of the books - as that would be very chaotic - and suit yours and this channels energy

not me adding books to my tbr solely cause of their final sentence so to get tl the part I love I gotta get through the whole thing

Just By Looking At You is such a good book!!! ❤

I am obsessed with that shirt omg

Oh trust me once you read Young Mungo that line will be a boat on the horizon after spending 4 days out in the ocean in a life jacket

Whenever I buy a book, the first thing I do is read the opening line of it and then the last line. I'm always scared to do that but it's fun. 😂

I loved this idea!

I'd tell you to read Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint but I haven't even finished Volume 1 and I'm at 900 pages already. The last line needs context but once you understand it all you'll feel is pain or maybe something bittersweet.

you should do a video of reading books aloud - it changes reading and I think it’d be fun and interesting.

the line you read from checkout 19 is actually from an interview with her at the end, not from the actual body of the book!! still absolutely gorgeous though… classic CLB

can you do a video ranking the books once you've read them and compare please thanks :))

YOU INSPIRE ME TO READ MORE

i WISH if we were villains was in the lineup for this. that is a closing line to end all closing lines

The stark difference from checkout 19 to the Candy House💀😂😂😂😂

Makes me sad knowing how many books you now have to read before reaching Notes, which was doubtless the best book I read in 2022, if not one of the best, most well written stories I've ever read. So glad it's made the list though!

need ur shirt rn

I think I'd put Notes on an Execution at the top because it feels more impactful than others somehow, I can imagine myself reading the book and being moved by that ending.. Checkout 19 is also a really good one, it doesn't give any clues about the story by itself which is really cool.. I've found the other ones generic or cheesy..

Lots of things to say: 1. Thanks for listening to us because the was such a good idea and I just found a new book to add to my list because of the gorgeous final line. 2. When your book comes out, I'm expecting a live reading in London 🙃 3. My order wouls be: 1Just By Looking at Him 2 Nevada 3 Real life 4 Night bitch 5 Checkout 99 6 Yung Mungo 7 Notes on execution 8 The candy house

Day 1 of asking Jack to read Hungarian fiction

okay but that hollow men joke was so nerdy of you

The endless of Checkout 19 made me never ever want to read that book 😂

Omg i love real life! It takes place at my alma mater, University of Wisconsin-Madison and it made it sooo magical to read. On Wisconsin 👐🏻🔴⚪

Bring back the kitchen roll.

"The cannons of his adversary were thundering in the tattered morning when the Majesty of England drew himself up to meet the future with a peaceful heart." (Almost) the last line of the original version of T.H.White's "The Once And Future King". Gets me every time, especially after the preceding pages where the King muses that only Culture can save humankind, along with the abolition of the imaginary lines we call borders.

That shirt is amazing

Just starting the video but can I just say. Jack your shirt is *chefs kiss*

Just because I absolutely loved Real Life I would pick that. I loved the finale sentence of the story. It’s very fitting.

I was in foyles today and I heard 2 girls talking about you! You're so popular in London! Xx