Things in this book I didn't bring up: - Eddie has a roommate named Dave. After Eddie rapes and murders one of their neighbors, Dave gives Eddie a blowjob and they begin a sexual relationship. After Eddie dies at the end, Dave commits suicide offscreen. - There's some sort of industrial accident across the city that the characters think might be dangerous. They never investigate or bring it up again. - One of the people in the apartment is a man named Karl. Karl undergoes a religious revival and thinks Mona might be a demon, despite her helping them. He gets eaten by zombies while wandering a bookstore. - Alan might have gotten Ellen pregnant, or she might be pregnant by her (now deceased) husband. She requests that Mona get her abortion pills (which is why she and Eddie left the apartment complex before the climax) and then she decides not the take them. So Mona nearly gets violently raped and killed for no reason. Please share this video and like it and comment and all that other stuff. Make my suffering worth it.

@ZeroMoonLight

Жыл бұрын

I didn't even start the video and that first bullet point made my eye lids go wide

@obi-wan-pierogi

Жыл бұрын

The industrial accident is just normal New York I bet that’s why they never bring it up again lol. If the apocalypse happened in my area they’d still try to do road work on parts of I-95 to inconvenience survivors

@jacqueshardin4601

Жыл бұрын

There is a book titled Amygdala by Sam Fennah I would like you to read. It is also pretty mature I think it is just what you would need after reading this dumpsterfire. I have not yet read it but I want to.

@luizcastro5246

Жыл бұрын

that's crazy

@williamshuster781

Жыл бұрын

Unrelated but Bloodywood is a pretty sick band

Kid named Fingerman:

@r0llermonster

Жыл бұрын

went to the comments IMMEDIATELY when he said that name

@mohammadadil456

Жыл бұрын

Same here

@onelividguardsman5681

11 ай бұрын

i don't wanna read your book today Waltuh.

@HarpiesandHarpoons

Ай бұрын

Knew this would be here

I’d say this author needs professional help but I feel sorry for whichever therapist has to deal with him. “Yes Mr. Fingerman, I understand that name of yours made going through middle school really difficult but can we go back to discussing your fetishes.”

@gabbyabbott4965

8 ай бұрын

I love your profile pic. Belladonna of Sadness is a masterpiece.

Lead in his pencil is one of the worst phrases to describe being attracted to someone.

This is the kind of book you read to remind yourself that your own writing could always be worse

“Completely unmolested” Sir, there were other words you could have used. SIR. THERE WERE OTHER WORDS.

@MrxstGrssmnstMttckstPhlNelThot

11 ай бұрын

He'd been reading too much of this awful book before the video

Now this gives me a liiitle bit more confidence in my writing, cuz goddamn

@pjuega

Жыл бұрын

I know right!? xD

@emilyrln

Жыл бұрын

Lmao same 😂

@KatAdVictoriam

Жыл бұрын

Seriously same.

"...hot, emaciated, supermodel, Buchenwald sort of sexiness..." Excuse me but what the actual Jesus.

@jakebrooks7481

11 ай бұрын

No Jesus has left the chat

@willowdigger617

11 ай бұрын

@@jakebrooks7481he left long ago. And so did god. Heaven’s not a thing anymore.

@jakebrooks7481

11 ай бұрын

@@willowdigger617 in all seriousness this shit is why i subscribe to the Calvinist doctrine of total depravity, we are all so immensely fucked up

@maddyrose3943

11 ай бұрын

I has no idea what that word was, and my aussie accent did not help on google. Thank you so much

@swagromancer

11 ай бұрын

@@maddyrose3943 Not sure which word you're referring to, but you are most welcome.

Aspiring authors and writers, take note. If things like this can be published, so can you. Keep at it.

the whole intro I was like, "It couldn't possibly be THAT bad." It was, in fact, that bad.

When you mentioned the umbrella effect of the "zombie repellent" I was honestly expecting you to say that it's revealed that she has a severed head of someone who actually had that ability in a bag. With these kinds of stories you never know

@JamesTullos

Жыл бұрын

See, that would have been cool.

@Arcjaw

Жыл бұрын

@@JamesTullos It would've been a sort of homage to Kingdom of the Krystal Skull. Though depending on how strong your feelings are of that movie it can have varying results

@Mario_Angel_Medina

Жыл бұрын

I juust remembered that there was a zombie repellent severed head in the Netflix _Resident Evil_ show, and I just had forgotten it because that show was mindnumimgly dull and inconsecuential

"Burn this... all copies, destroy them!" that had me rolling

"And yet still the hard-on persisted" is an all-timer line.

"Sumptuous calves" and "doll-like feet" is a real wombo combo huh. The follow-up line about jerking off to a painting of ankles makes me think the author shouldn't be allowed within 500 feet of a Foot Locker. Like they certianly have pictures of this guy around the shoe department in Nordstrom.

@maf6768

7 ай бұрын

500 what?!

Damn… I shall never again feel bad that one of the characters in a book I’m writing was turned into a vampire against his will as his central plot point concerning trauma and grief. This whole book sounds absolutely horrific and like the author did not do any editing cause like if I saw that shit in a editing pass through I’d maybe think it wasn’t a good idea in the bizarro world universe where I’d think of stuff like that.

@Skrill99

Жыл бұрын

Why would you feel bad about that? It does sound rather interesting

@obi-wan-pierogi

Жыл бұрын

@@Skrill99 I feel like my main issue is I’m gonna make his character too suffer porn-y ya know? I want my characters to all still have moments of hope and happiness but damn his start is rough. I’m planning on working hard on a storyline where he works on dealing with the mental trauma from the situation and also getting his life back on track. So a Man vs Himself storyline. Then the sub plot will be revenge against the vamp that turned him. Idk it’s kinda cheezy but I like the idea of him taking out the vamp with help to kinda protect others and get closure for himself.

@albusvoltavern4500

11 ай бұрын

Had a friend write a book. Told him it needed major work. Nothing was corrected and it was terrible.

This really does sound like it was written by a teenager who just tried to think of the edgiest things to think of for a zombie apocalypse

I’m gonna write a zombie novel! “I like feet and abortion is good. Chips. The end.” Could’ve just tweeted.

I'd like to recommend one of my favourite webtoons that deals with a zombie-esque apocalypse. The main difference is that the monsters are not zombies, but way more terrifying and more difficult to kill than zombies. The monsters in "sweet home" are based upon the desire of a person and according to their desire they transform into monsters. For example: There was a father whose son fell out of a window and died. He tried to catch his son but it was too late. His desire was to have arms long enough to catch his son thus he became a monster with long, strong arms. The monsters are also almost unkillable. They regenerate quickly and can only be killed or injured permanently if they are killed during the process of their monsterization, their bodies completely destroyed with professional military equipment, or with fire. To make matters worse: the monsters are intelligent. At least some of them are. For example triggering a fire alarm to extinguish themselves. Also, they are way faster and stronger than the average person and every single one has an unique ability. The main characters on the other hand are ordinary people. Well, the protagonist is an 18 year old suicidal boy whose family just died. He is shy and kind of an asshole at first but his heroic character traits shine through when he sees two orphaned children and decides to save them. I like Hyun Cha's character development a lot. Apart from him there is a diverse cast of characters, many loveable, quite a few loatheable. A rocker girl, who is a terribly noisy neighboor, a guy with the nickname "jesus freak", an old man, a guy who beats his wife, his wife who undergoes a cool character arc, an asshole weeb, a detective, a woman who lost her child a year ago and became crazy so she has a stroller with a pillow inside that she treats like a real baby (that woman is awesome btw), etc. As you can see, I'm obsessed with "sweet home", but I tried not to spoil it.

@chickenfoot2423

Жыл бұрын

ive always been a ‘why would you not just kys if a zombie apocalypse happened’ person anyway but THIS universe brings that question to a whole new level😭 they sound crazy op

@Julia-wp6oj

Жыл бұрын

@@chickenfoot2423 They are. By the way I'd also kill myself in a zombie apocalypse.

@nightmarishcompositions4536

10 ай бұрын

Loved Sweet Home. Their other series Bastard is also really good.

Feet are one of those things where it's really weird to hear people waxing poetically about when you don't have that fetish and personally find them repulsive...

If you want something similar to the Zombie Shield thing, there's a comic called "Heart Eyes" that has something of a similar concept, although the shield is actually explained. And it's Lovecraftian monsters rather than zombies. Also, hell yeah Bloodywood.

"I don't want two nickels" slayed me. Keep up the good work

@CelticGuardian7

21 күн бұрын

That was a top tier line.

I'm loving your Eastern European gangster look. All you need is a tracksuit and pair of worn sneakers

Wtf, are those quotes from Max Brooks and Robert Kirkman real ? Maybe they didn't read the book in full and just said they liked it for a quick paycheck...

Worse than that weird christian dinosaur book?

@JamesTullos

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that one was mostly just boring and dumb, this one is actually disgusting.

@Thomaas551

Жыл бұрын

Oh ok

Headcanon Moana backstory: She is an alien who crashlanded on earth, and the residue from her ship was what started the apocalypse. The reason the zombies don't touch her is their instinctive fear of her otherness and stay away from her. Moana, despite being an alien, is stuck here. She can be an engineer or a scientist or something. Eventually, she adjusts to life and figures out language and realises she screwed earth over, so feeling guilty she goes around trying to find a cure/help survivors. By the time we meet Moana in the book she has started and failed to help three settlements. It always comes down to too many zombies overwhelming them. She goes on looking for company she is broken, hurt and feels lost. She wants to help but is held down by her past failures, so she remains aloof so she doesn't get hurt. Not to mention humans instinctively fear and hate her and only adjust to her over time from necessity. Allen is so taken in by her he is the first human to be instantly friendly towards her. She then starts helping them out but is weary. She knows the kinds of people and we go from there

@JamesTullos

Жыл бұрын

Fuck it, this is canon now.

Max Brooks must have just been asked for a quote and just provided general praise for a zombie book he never even flipped through

Goddamn Periah is Sam Levinson if he was a zombie novel

Thank you for letting me know of this book so I can avoid it like the plauge. At least Baby Teeth and The Wives are enjoyably batshit. This is just disgusting.

I've been subscribed to you for years but haven't checked your videos in a while. When this video appeared in my timeline, I literally did a double take and thought "WHo the heck is this good-looking dude???" Aging did you well sir.

@pRahvi0

Жыл бұрын

I think the haircut did at least

Bloodywood is a great band! Awsome to see a reference to it out in the wild!

14:34 "i woke up. it had all been a dream" would have been a better ending. life is pain.

Your thumbnail face is killing me idk why it looks like you put a chad filter over it

Me: oh cmon it cant be that bad- James: *Gives the small excerpt* Me: _i want to perish_

Butt-Head: Fingerman. Huh huh. Huh huh. Beavis: Heh heh. Yeah. Fingerman. Heh heh. Butt-Head: Huh huh huh huh. Beavis: Heh heh heh heh heh.

Worse than The Fifth Sorceress? Now I HAVE to watch 🍿🍿🍿

I'm sorry this has positive reviews from WHO??!??

@gombocdimensional9050

Жыл бұрын

fake reviews

@elvingearmasterirma7241

10 ай бұрын

​@@gombocdimensional9050 I beg and hope its fake reviews

This is what writing advice givers think we are writing.

You know, it really didn't sound that bad until you actually read some passages. Then I realized why so little plot occurs...

Take those, Nickelback!

Nice to know no one has finished this yet

Oh god why the weird fetish that are prety creepy. Ther is a webtoon thats a pretty good zombie horror that is beautiful, and deals wih people in apartment, good. There is a good main naratives, but it does an apartment with flawed people trapped right too. Also that they get developement and that its som wird psychological thing making pople fascinating zombie types. And its sweet and funny too.

@woohoo3786

Жыл бұрын

what is its name good (insert preferred title here)

@Julia-wp6oj

Жыл бұрын

@@woohoo3786 I don't know what the og poster had in mind but I think it's "sweet home". It fits the description and is absolutely fantastic. There are no zombies but monsters that have overrun civilization. I love it so much. If you don't know where you can read it I can send you a link.

That "(so far)" is the so far of a man with no hope remaining

with a name like Fingerman it was bound to be creepy

@adeyemi120

10 ай бұрын

Let’s not blame his family name, but he was definitely bullied

Since you've read so many books on zombies and vampires already, may I suggest Let The Right One In? I'm curious what you'd think of it

the thing i noticed about max's quote on the book it doesn't really say anything about the novel itself, says plenty about the author which is still true even after that disaster of a novel also fingerman, for how terrible this novel is, still has other works out there which are genuinely good

@OshMMf

Жыл бұрын

What novel ?

@prcervi

Жыл бұрын

@@OshMMf he's also a comics author

@OshMMf

Жыл бұрын

@@prcervi Ok but what disastrous novel are you talking about ? Did he write a stinker lately ?

@prcervi

Жыл бұрын

@@OshMMf pariah, it's a disaster of a zombie apocalypse novel (cool ideas sprinkled in there still)

@prcervi

Жыл бұрын

@@OshMMf did you think i was talking about max there?

A little bit worse that fifth sorceress? It's 4am here and I think I'm hallucinating.

I love the Bloodywood shirt!!

You should review Jack Vance's dying earth series.

Oh man freak'in yikes! That's so bad! Personally I don't like books where all the characters are assholes, even if they're interesting assholes, so this book wouldn't work for me, man not even Mona has interesting personality geez. I do really like the idea of a person having the ability to repel zombies, it's such a shame the author didn't make that idea the main part of the story. It seems like the author was too busy trying to be edgy/gross to bother making an interesting story, dang I hate that. Nice Bloodywood shirt James! They're great, love their music, hopefully they can help you feel better after this huge yuck of a book. Hayley ^_^

@writheagainsoon

Жыл бұрын

Same! My partner (who usually listens to short stories and podcasts that are horror based) was listening to this one audiobook/ podcast thing for like a month that drove me crazy. It was supposed to be a "realistic" peak into the mind of a woman in 90's/ early 2000's new York. Not only was she insufferable, not only was EVERY character insufferable, the references that were trying to date it just made it so clearly sound like a 20 year old who THINKS that's what a deep edgy cool girl new Yorker from the 90s would be like. I couldn't even just ignore it because the characters were so obnoxious, the person recording it had an equally obnoxious voice, AND it was constantly spewing completely false bs!!

@hayleyhistorynerd2211

Жыл бұрын

@@writheagainsoon Oof and to over hear it for a whole month I'm sorry. Hopefully partner's next pick isn't filled with terrible characters. ^_^;;

@nightmarishcompositions4536

10 ай бұрын

Grimdark fantasy books are usually the only ones that can pull this off imo. Manifest Delusions, First Law and Second Apocalypse are all great examples.

Alright, I'm talking to publishers first thing in the morning. If that ...stuff can get past an editor, past QC, get typeset and made into a book, then my writing could totally crack the NYT bestsellers list. And my writing is shit.

Thank you for ruining my evening with this. I want you to know this hurt me severely.

The line you quoted had a word I couldn’t really make out. The auto transcription gave it as “book involved”. I had to scroll through the comments to find the actual word: Buchenwald. Oh nooooo. That makes the line so much worse :/

Thank you for your service James 🫡

Can you please do a video of you reviewing a Discworld novel

Eating lunch during this video and almost had to stop when you started reading the direct quotes. I've read a lot of Dead Dove and this is...another level.

First thing I noticed was you Bloodwood t-shirt! You sure, have some exquisite taste!

Ithought that the point of the Mona character was that there maybe other types - even worse types - of zombies ie the people who voluntarily disconnect from the world. But the rundown of fetishes at the end probably means thats not it.

I would think it’d be interesting where she’s so boring as a character she’s immune because she doesn’t react to the zombies at all. Like the zombies don’t see her as human because she’s so devoid of character.

Your reaction to this book was my reaction to the comic series Crossed.

I was unironically expecting the final line to be a "took the chip and ate it" thing. Guess the author missed that opportunity. =P

Oh my god i havent even watched the full video - thats messed up, i hope the author doesnt write any more books thank you very much

Have you ever read the ExHeros books? Pretty unique zombie stories.

I don’t even read books, but I stay subbed for the introduction song. Who’s with me?

Can you review The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis?

So what’s at the top of the current Top 10 Most Hated Books list?

what is the second book that you've read for this channel that suddenly mentions buchenwald out of nowhere???? also sorry for your loss.

For those wondering, the other book(s) he reviewed where a random af Buckenwald reference was thrown in for edginess is Halo (a YA series of all things)

Mona belongs in a better story, even if she did stay boring. It would just have to be clever.

Now that's one helluva quote right there. 2:34

Damn bro you looking good in this one

"take these nickels back!" Scathing 😁

Just want to say you look great man! Almost unrecognizable now.

Why does every shitty zombie story got S/A jammed in it, can't stand it!

This reminded me of the Bret Easton Ellis short "Less Than Zombie" but really dumb and bad

Sir, what tf was THAT clip 😀😭😭

i just dont understand what boo default means... or involved i cant tell

I wish I had 3 nickels

bloodywood shirt is awesome

Is the painter Austrian perchance

what's bukenvalt?

THIS WAS BEFORE 4TH WING! god did he not now!

6:30 Ah, I see, she's literally a Pariah from 40k. It all makes sense now!

Buchenwald sexy is a phrase that should come with jail time.

i am not opposed to "problematic" fiction but if youre making a proffesionally published book? you should have /some/ grace when it comes to the topic youre tackling.

@elvingearmasterirma7241

10 ай бұрын

It should also be written better. Like on a technical level.

James are there any movies/tv better than the book there based off?

At this point, making your villains racist, sexist, homophobic rapists is just bad writing.

yoo! bloodywood!

"buchenwald kind of sexiness": when auschwrizzma is too mainstream for you.

Wow you look handsome. Nice blossoming man.

O biggest dream is to finish my book so you can tore it apart

I want to see the Netflix adaptation of this book. And yes, it has to be Netflix because HBO and AMC have too much good taste for this edgelord shit.

this could be an entry on an edgy books iceberg

Bloodywood \,,/

how did you turn from geek to chad?

This book could’ve just been a painting

You listen to Bloodywood?

you don't look like you're on death's doorstep anymore. Whatever you're doing, keep it up. It's nice to see people looking healthier

@mattd5240

Жыл бұрын

Did he have a health problem?

@zainmudassir2964

Жыл бұрын

​@@mattd5240he had jaw surgery some time back but don't know anything life threatening

@mattd5240

Жыл бұрын

@@zainmudassir2964 That would perhaps explain the slight jawline change.

I dropped my phone to face palm at the Moses line. don't like zombie books so I will not read this regardless.

I don't know if it's the facial hair that's doing it for me but you're really handsome

Dip the chip? Wholesome.