Recently I really come to appreciate your openness about being dyslexic as a dyslexic reader myself who struggled with literature it’s fun to see other people who have dyslexia but are still very academic and nerdy

Don't judge a book by it's cover, even though that's literally why covers exist in the first place. (Aside from most movie covers).

@turma8eac

2 жыл бұрын

There are many great books with terrible covers but many that I just bought because of the cover

@oooofoooof4251

2 жыл бұрын

same for manga

@aronnemcsik

2 жыл бұрын

@@oooofoooof4251 I mean I hate when they draw the cover with the characters in a completly unreletable environment.

@britneynicole8903

Жыл бұрын

Yes!! Agree totally! The first thing you judge a book by is its cover.

@ramudon2428

2 ай бұрын

​@@britneynicole8903I tend to judge it by it's genre, title, and reputation first.

I really like your videos, no matter what you're doing.

@corneliastreet2491

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly it’s 99% Merphy and only 1% the content 😅

@LordOfTheRings897

2 жыл бұрын

@@corneliastreet2491 I agree. I love her personality. I've watched many other booktubers. But the only ones I watch regularly are Daniel and Merphy lol

@prajwaleliya9539

2 жыл бұрын

Same🙌🏼

@billyalarie929

2 жыл бұрын

Literally exactly the same video could be done by 50 people, with the exact same content, and merphy would be the one I would be most excited by, and turn out to be justified in that.

@grey3318

2 жыл бұрын

Seconded. Murph is just a cozy person to hang out with while I work, and ultimately procrastinate to listen to Murph.

The one about books waiting to be read hurts. I have the entire Earthsea series sitting on my desk, waiting, and I’m just like “it’s only been a year!”

@corneliastreet2491

2 жыл бұрын

I read them all when I was young and loved them and last Christmas my friend got me a huge volume of all of them bound together with gorgeous illustrations and I’m scared to read it and ruin it which is so so dumb because books are for reading.

@VampireHeart518

2 жыл бұрын

Just yesterday I finished reading the first one! I enjoyed it, esp the idea of the 'antagonist' being refreshingly different

@metallsnubben

2 жыл бұрын

@@corneliastreet2491 I have that same mega volume and no joke the main reason I've put off reading it is it's TOO BIG. Like you'd almost want a nice sturdy lectern to read it comfortably. The 4-5 chapters I got into Wizard were great though!

@stephr2980

2 жыл бұрын

@@corneliastreet2491 I think that's the one I bought!! I read the first three for the first time last summer, I liked them. But I totally feel for you, I've got a few old favourites I'm afraid to re read...

@phoebewickliffe5145

2 жыл бұрын

READ THEM! They changed my life. They are still some of my favorite books.

-You are a caring parent of an angsty teenager -You are loving, wholesome person -you help and support your child, despite that, they are never able to fully express their appreciation of you back -Wait, why is there this red target thing on your back all of a sudden?

Large parties where people insult each other seems like any family gathering I've ever been to. We like to drink, laugh, and be assholes when we're in a group. Also: books, coffee, and music because I can't choose between my cat or dogs

@nathancarter8239

2 жыл бұрын

It's the difference between a quality roast vs a drunken rant, you know? Like, when I had a baking phase, my brother showed me a bread machine and said "If I buy this, you become obsolete!" and I just about died of laughter. It's the difference between calling someone a weeb and saying they look like someone who watched all of Fairy Tail when they were younger.

The one about the trick book and hidden doors made me feel some type of way. I didn't realise I needed this today. Thank you for including it

@iam__Lani

2 жыл бұрын

@Vishal Hello there, I am thinking "Open Water" by Caleb Azumah Nelson. I am currently reading it and loving it so far. :)

"Is that normal? Am I okay?" "Is that fine? Am I fine?" Merph being a mood in this video lol

I'm the guy who made the meme about manga and I just want to say thank you for helping me get back into novels (sorry I said "read books"). I stopped reading during my senior year of high school and I've finally gotten back into it. I read Jurassic Park based on your recommendation and I'm currently reading The Eye of The World (it's amazing).

@deliii395

2 жыл бұрын

That's so great

“In the book they actually,” l do that all the time. 100% that girl.

Meme: "Harry Potter, how are you the only person in this film series who wears glasses?" Dumbledor: "Do I mean nothing to you?" McGonagall: "Come on Albus, you know people only cared about the kids." Trelawney: "I can see it now-" Flitwick: "Oh shut up, no one cares."

@annakilifa331

2 жыл бұрын

It said student, not person, though.

@ChopTheViking

2 жыл бұрын

@@annakilifa331 There's a student standing behind Harry with glasses in the first movie when they're doing the Sorting...

@ChopTheViking

2 жыл бұрын

There's a handful of kids across multiple movies that do. In the books you even have WEASLEY kids who wear glasses.

A friend of mine brought this up regarding classics: why do we assume that everything written by classical writers were intentional, rather than a happy accident or maybe even a *looks around nervously* plot hole? Not to diminish classics, but these authors were human and fallible, just like modern authors. Storytime: There is this play in the Caribbean where I am from that is widely studied in high school literature and theatre classes, and even at university level. The playwright had been a guest at one lecture and someone had asked him the significance of giving his characters numbers rather than names. The playwright then said, and I shit you not, that he chose to do this because he didn't know what names to give them (we can't use that answer in tests though).

@rriggs6547

2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorites like this is when there was a critical forum about an author's works and the stuffy professor was telling everyone what the author meant. The author was there and told him he was wrong. And the professor proceeded to argue with the author.

@danieltorres7519

2 жыл бұрын

My story with overanalyzing is this: Senior year of high school we read the Shakespeare play Othello. There is a scene where I belive Othello and some other characters are inspecting the fortifications on the island of Cyprus. The scene was less than a page and it added nothing to the plot. We had to do a test related to the act the scene was in and one of the questions was what does this scene mean why did Shakespeare add it. I just put that it felt like a filler scene. If forgot if I loss points or not.

@kosmosvanhartland747

2 жыл бұрын

Can't use that answer is tests? That's just lame.

@katherinep1010

4 ай бұрын

This is why the main character in Rebecca had no name. The author couldn't think of one.

video idea: I would love to hear merphy's husband and son answer bookish questions or talk about their preferences 🥺 assuming she hasn't done it before, I am relatively new here🙊

@Lysis99

2 жыл бұрын

I don't remember if they did a video about this, but there is a lot of video with Cory. And she decided to remove her son from her videos.

@fouzya8310

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lysis99 ohh, I see. totally respect that.

Watching a person react to something goes (slightly) deeper than just general entertainment. If it's a tv show or movie, it can be the only way to regain some of that experience of watching it a first time, same goes for anything else. That feeling can be contagious and remind you why you like something. Alternatively, compiling something like this can bring those things to a new audience that wouldn't otherwise see it, like myself in this instance.

Seeing symbolism everywhere is finding patterns where there was mostly only coincidence. The trick is knowing how to point out the real symbols. Seeing symbolism everywhere is also a great way to add extra lines to a book report. The trick is knowing how to point out the "real" symbols.

@lesliellama7779

2 жыл бұрын

Reading Waiting for Godot in English Lit and being told to find the meaning, when Sam Beckett literally said that there is no deeper meaning...

@DeeSnow97

2 жыл бұрын

No, the trick is that real symbols are indistinguishable from good enough fakes, mostly because the majority of symbols claimed as real are fake to begin with. I wrote three pages of criticism for a two-page story for my literary exam at the end of high school, my teacher underlined two sentences in red saying that's nonsensical and gave me 98%. I was baffled, because I was like "wait, is the rest not?" Since then 451 has been my favorite xkcd.

I just wanted to point out that I've been reading a lot of comments from licensed therapists being concerned about the privacy and protection of your data because BetterHelp collects data and offers it to 3rd parties for targeted ads (I think primarily FB). As you are a very conscientious creator, I just wanted to point this out to you to double-check this (I am not from the USA). Just thinking about this makes me very concerned about the safety of it all and I wouldn't like to see it reflect poorly on your brand which is of extremely high quality. As usual, your content is great. Keep up the good work!

@r.charlie

2 жыл бұрын

I've come across the same things, I hope she might reconsider the sponsorship.

@lolthejoker

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was a huge controversy about how shady that site is, many youtubers got in a lot of problems

@maggiem6209

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah... I wondered if that was going to be the case when I first heard about it. Called it! Very glad I didn't use it.

I think "Don't judge a book by it's cover" has been around so long that we forget it started when everything was clothbound with the title stamped on it. no art. No summary. Often not even a dust jacket

Everyone else tear up when she read the every book's a hidden doorway meme? Just me? 😭 For me, Books+Coffee+Music, but I could probably give up coffee for a very very good Dog. ☺

Actually... Isn't literary criticism snobbishly fandoming? Like building theories and talking about books. Technically you can still talk like that about books irl, just in academia.

Just wanted to say your Dear Authors series just popped up as a recommended watch in a writing group I am in on Facebook. It has over 100k people in it and people seem to love it! Hope to see more!

@jaginaiaelectrizs6341

2 жыл бұрын

That's AWESOME! ^-^ 👏👏

@britneynicole8903

Жыл бұрын

That is so cool!

I actually finished a book today that I got for xmas in 2013. I'm feeling proud. The sequel I got at the same time is still sitting on the shelf though.

@dubbingsync

2 жыл бұрын

Well if you only just finished the first one where would the other one be?

@nikcantsnipe

2 жыл бұрын

See in another 8 years, bud.

@leirumf5476

2 жыл бұрын

Plot twist, the series is Discworld and you'll finish reading it at age 400 at this rate, thus ensuring and extra long life

@bigbundle3223

2 жыл бұрын

you need to read that sequel now or itll take another ten years! CONSERVE THE MOMENTUM

@melvinlinderoth7108

2 жыл бұрын

What was the book?

My husband and I got married on Bilbo Baggins' birthday because we both love LoTR. It was a great choice. For our 10 year anniversary, we might go full 111th birthday style.

@viviankalogirou6145

2 жыл бұрын

❤

Your reaction to the "all books are doorways" was absolutely beautiful ❤️

Really enjoyed this video. Don't be afraid to put out things that just make people feel good. We all need that sometimes.

11:00 I love how you look at your shelf thinking about how to get a secret door behind it and which book would be the chosen one to be used as the lever. Thank you for your content, it was such an entertaining video! ^^

The issue for me wasn't manga-novel it was manga-graphic novel. Cause it took me some mental gymnastics to stop reading the pictures and dialogue right to left. The first couple I read after my manga binge I am fairly sure I misread some stuff.

@tusharjoglekar

2 жыл бұрын

True I've binged dragon ball, naruto and then one piece in a year and now i only read pictures right to left.

I'm going to be honest that every book is a doorway part I was just imagining a book shelf where every book was a fake book that opened the secret door and laughed at how dumb but hilarious that would be then you said aw then said I didn't need to explain it and I realized how dumb I am lol

@ChantelReadsAllDay

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, I was right there too! The lightbulb was slow to go off for me. ☺️

@theprincessserene18

2 жыл бұрын

Actually I thought the same . So you're not alone

@bigbundle3223

2 жыл бұрын

i went to both. its really sweet and emotional, but also, that would be amazing to find in the wild. i would be so incredulous! i would be so confused and i would LOVE how weird that was!

@NameNotAChannel

2 жыл бұрын

My mind went to the literal door thing immediately, but a split second later, I got the other thing, and then I thought of books flying off shelves and the pages splitting apart and forming the edges of glowing portals that you could step through... so yeah... my mind...

Nah-uh please don't feel u ain't really "delivering any information" if vids like this are solely for entertainment. I love watching them! They always lighten my mood. Don't have second thoughts on it "being worthy" ...they're totally, undulatingly🙃 worth it!

7:23 my version would be folk of the air themed. Like imagine the gowns and flower crowns, bare feet on the grass and never ending dancing (which if you've read the books know isn't that nice of a thing, but hopefully your new spouse would save you) Edit: also the groom just has to be Cardan. There is no other way.

@gulcinkabay1887

2 жыл бұрын

Jude would probably burn down the entire area of wedding but you'll die with Cardan atleast

@circeismyspirit

2 жыл бұрын

@@gulcinkabay1887 😂true that

“In what order those letters are in…MAN, SHE’S ARTICULATE” I should NOT have taken a drink of water because I almost SPEWED IT EVERYWHERE

8:10 I mean, in all fairness does the Cursed Child really count as a book? I think it would more accurately be described as kindling or a waste of paper.

@samt3412

2 жыл бұрын

Cursed Child is the hardest I've ever been clickbaited in my life

"That's the problem, I'm too expressive" Ignore the haters, you're adorable! Embrace the nerd within.

I know you don’t always do classics, but if you do another I would love to hear your thoughts on War and Peace. I read it recently and was blown away. I always thought it would be a boring dry read, but holy crap was I wrong. It was funny and exciting, and sad, all of the motions, and read really smoothly. Anyway, loved the video and the memes, keep on keepin’ on!

Books, Tea, Art. I did this with a housemate once who made me go through all the things I loved in a knockout format. We excluded books as too obvious and she only picked more obvious things that she knew I liked. The final was Doctor Who v Chocolate. Doctor Who won.

@clymbr

2 жыл бұрын

she loved books more than anything, and he gave her them all

I just enjoy all of your videos so much! Thank you for posting!!!!

Merphy, don’t feel bad about videos like this. 1- we like them 2- even if you are nervous about them not being “worthy” the money can still be used to buy books and we approve of that :) plus it means more videos about books. Never ending cycle of joy

Your laugh is so contagious! It was so much fun seeing you do something a little bit different and I would love to continue seeing fun ideas like this one. I'm keeping books, tea and music. :D

This really brightened my day. For real, thanks Merph.

It is difficult to be a fan with no local fandom, but I also really wish the books I am writing had a fandom, because some of the details are *so cool*

The reason I keep coming back to your videos is the emotional energy & enthusiasm you put into your reviews. Please never ever change that aspect. I actually look for that in booktube channels. It’s a winning feature 😁

this was the best Merphy video ever! I enjoy your other videos, but this one was *chef's kiss*

Please do more of these, I love them!

Great video! I always love bookish meme reviews, probably my favorite kind of videos. And books, coffee, music.

Never stop being huge in your gestures and expressions. It’s delightful.

You’re videos are great! You may not be providing information but you are providing something in the form of joy and laughter. Goal achieved!

This was genuinely fun. Lighthearted and wholesome. Wait, am I still on the internet? Huh, neat.

Merphy's emotions in this video were UNDULATING!

Best birthday gift! Bookish memes! Thank you Merphy!

pls continue doings these merphyyyyyy, I watch your videos every time I eat lunch, I NEED MY LUNCH WITH MERPHY

Thank you for the video, enjoyed it

Please do more of these. They are so much fun

That was great. thank you. perfect video length for me to finish lunch to. thank you.

You are not too expressive! I would love to have someone as passionate as you in my circle of friends to discuss about stories. You are great.

Another humorous video, thanks Merph.

I dont usually do the sports fan while reading bit but, I just finished Five Total Strangers and man did I keep up a what are you doing commentary.

Even if you just answer questions or rant I'll totally watch 😁✨

These are awesome! Love all your video and just pure entertainment are great 😊

5:44 that's me when I started reading manga/one piece !!!!! I was like WHY ARE THERE SO MANY *PICTURES* !!!!!!

This was waaay too short! I loved it, so much fun 😂 And I am with you: books, tea and cats. Combined at best 😎

Love your reactions 😍 pls keep it going Merph 😄

I love these videos! Whenever you post meme reactions, I send it to one of my friends. It’s a thing. 😂

I love your videos! the part about the classics is soooo true!!! I love classic books! Jane Austen especially! I read Pride and Prejudice in the 7th grade, fully understanding the context! I love books ❤

That was so fun to watch!

Great video! Love these and the games with Korey, both make me laugh!!! Will forgive you for picking cats b/c Locke seems to be a really good cat.

Had a blast watch this. I always love watching your videos. I would pick Books, Dogs, and Cinemas.

Thank you for giving me something to smile at this morning! These may be my favorite content that you put out. Addendum: Turtleneck laughing Merphy is the most wholesome Merphy Addendum 2: Books, Coffee, Music. Not necessarily in that order.

I could see it took half a sec before the “all of them” hit. And your reaction drew alligator tears from my eyes as (2 seconds after you got it) the meaning hit me. I had to stop the video, finish crying and wrote this comment! Thank you for that gift.

10:39.. I put that one on a Facebook books and movies group once.. it was adorable and so on point

Funny video, helped start my day on a positive. Thanks!

My library will be so huge. Definitely want a channel like this

(5:45) I can kinda relate to that, but in my case, I primarily read comics, including graphic novels, but I also read illustrated novels, so I remember having a similar reaction when picking up a book (at a public library) thinking it was an illustrated novel, only to find that it's a regular novel (what you call 'traditional novel'. Even more so if it's from an author I follow for other works they may have done. I have trouble reading large amounts of plain text, due indirectly to what happened in my troubled past. (6:15) This reminds me of when I listened to an audiobook of a graphic novel, while reading a digital print-replica copy. I don't listen to audiobooks on their own, just as an audio track to the print or digital edition. I have the Kobo, Storytel, and Libby apps just to access audiobooks on those platforms, but read digital reflowable text and print-replica editions on my BOOX paper tablet. (6:45) This reminds me of how, when I'm not reading a book, but haven't finished reading it, I'd often think about some of the characters. In one book series I'm reading, one of the lead characters is named 'Max', and I'd often end up thinking about him when I see 'max' (as in 'maximum'). The books are all illustrated novels, and so it also happens that he wears the same style of glasses I wear in real life, and it's also coincidental that the other lead character, who is also the titular character of the series, is named 'Kevin', like I am. A contributing factor to that is the fact that I put aside all the other books I was reading in order to read this, so I can research the series for a fanfiction I'm writing, because the character cameos in something one of the co-authors did not only introduced me to the characters, but also inspired me to write the fanfiction because I dreamt of meeting those characters in person. (8:02) I have the same reaction, though not for books I don't like nor that are in bad condition. I also imagine people pulling books off NLB Public Libraries book exchange shelves (works similarly to bookcrossing and Little Free Library) for that purpose. 😖 if it's a book that I like. (8:18) I can relate to this, because a lot of the books I read are aimed at children, and they're modern books, as in stuff that came out in the past few years, and especially stuff that push boundaries and defy stereotypes to the point where some people try to ban them because they only factored the books they grew up with in the 1970s to 1990s. I somehow find it cool to be reading books that most adults wouldn't be reading. It's usually that I find the plots easier to handle, plus I follow a lot of book illustrators because I like their art styles, and they'd announce books that they had illustrated. On top of that, I follow a number of artists who happen to be furries, and so, for example, I had 'The Bad Guys' series on my TBR for a while, and it was only when DreamWorks posted a preview of their film adaptation that the furry fandom woke up to it and the artists started drawing fan art of the lead characters! This made me realise that most furries don't read books!! I confess: I've dreamt of the furry fandom talking about 'Mr Wolf's Class' and producing fan art, especially of the title character, but it'll likely only really happen if there were a TV or film adaptation of it, like I've seen some people on Twitter mentioned they dreamt of. (8:24) I too have been working on starting my own 'Booktube' channel for the same reason (and several more)! Yes, as part of that, I plan to produce videos talking about specific books and series that I like. (10:27) I can relate! (looks at my dusty (digital) copies of stuff like Mythic Creature Trainer, Dungeon Critters, Agent 9, and more) (10:36) I'm somehow getting 'The Strangeworlds Travel Agency' vibes from that, but only based on the blurbs since I never actually read that series as I have trouble reading regular novels. I'm also reminded of the intro to the original 'Dexter's Laboratory', in which the trick book had a big red button in it. One trope I'm vaguely reminded of is that some of the remote controls the title character would have would just have a grey shell, one big red button, and an RF antenna. (14:55) It's through authors and illustrators I follow on Twitter that I realised that there are not only book editors at publishers, but also book designers, who'd design stuff like the whole cover art, any fancy embellishments to the covers, and I believe they also help with page layouts for print and digital print-replica editions. (15:29) I vaguely remember an illustrator (I think it was Rob Biddulph) posting on Twitter about different cover ideas he had for a book he worked on. (16:24) I feel that way too, for books that have covers and blurbs that are attractive enough to me. It's just that I often get busy and not have enough time to actually read.

I don't know if this is a meme, but I find it exhausting to read R.A. Salvatore because whenever he writes dialogue he ends every sentence with an exclamation point. Even generic things like "I'm going to cook eggs for breakfast!" I just find it extremely hard to read a story where everyone is always yelling at each other.

So far as the glasses in the Harry Potter films go there's likely 2 reasons he's the only one who has them first and foremost is branding you want your audience to see the glasses and think there's Harry, Daniel Radcliffe recently talked about how he's never allowed to wear circular glasses in a movie again because of how recognizable that imagery is, and two glasses are a real pain to shoot around they reflect light and can cause errors that aren't immediately noticeable but might make you have to scrap a good shot in post because the glasses are reflecting the lights too much or showing a random distraction in reflection

I’m traveling and eating dinner alone so I needed a laugh. Thank you for this video

Can confirm, a fun video 100% needed today

10:27 "books from 3 years ago" Me watching this in front of the books I bought while working at Borders books... BORDERS BOOKS

For the 3 Keeps meme: Books, Music, Art. I read while listening to music and then I doodle scenes that grab me. I only judge covers because if I'm going to spend $20+ on a book I like, it better have a pleasing cover. These were fun to see. Hope thing look up for you. Happy reading!

The face you make when mentioning Facebook on the last meme is just perfect. Also, I would keep books, coffee and chocolate. Mostly because a day with all three of them is pretty good and I can enjoy them all at the same time

That's something I do in real life all time (go on twenty minute rants of a book/series) My roommate likes to point out what my different expressions mean and also especially when writing I will mumble when not realizing but I do it when reading. Often just reading aloud not knowingly

man i really needed a laugh today

Thank you, Merphy, the video is indeed a lot of fun :) A lot of them are way too true.

Great video! :) I dont read books usually (one piece fan) but you showed/reacted to some great memes that even I got :) Thank you for agreeable video! Chocolate, cats, cinemas (one piece?)

18 :23 , percy does wear glasses and some others I think as well, they just don't wear it in the movies. Thanks for the happy moments, really needed it ❤

'you guys are being read?' ** side-eyes the copy of GRRM'S Fire & Blood that I bought soon as it came out then proceeded to completely ignore in favour of other books **

That shooting star meme was 100% accurate, same with the explanation of books meme. Actually, these were all really good, love the meme videos a lot. Please keep doing them!

Currently reading the first Locke Lamora book, and while I'm only about halfway through it, if this quality continues as it has then I can highly recommend them.

Thanks Merphy! 😄👍🏼

Your expressiveness is not an issue. It's why i enjoy your videos

Books, Music, Tea EDIT: Your love for LOLL is rather admirable. I wasn't going to start the series because Scott Lynch doesn't seem like he'll finish it, but hearing you talk about it in the way only you can makes me happy. You have convinced me to give it a shot. Thank you and stay healthy.

I felt that pronunciation vs spelling one. My brother listens to audiobooks exclusively while I mostly read hardcopies except for the occasional audiobook I borrow from his audible account to listen to while doing chores. When we discuss them he ends up having to correct my pronunciation. Jasnah comes to mind in particular

This was a very entertaining video and it's nice to just do something for fun every once in a while, keep up the great work Merphy Also: Books Cats and Music

6:55 I'mm so happy to learn it's not only me who sometimes mixes up things that happens in books with my own memories ahahahaha - every time it happens I'm like *nervous sweating* "pull it together fam!!"

My three are books, music and cinema. Couldn't live without those 3 😁

Gotta be books, beer, dogs. Could be a country song, or the 2nd best idea to a shirt after that bbq, beer, freedom shirt from 2020

lmao, this video brought me so much joy

Nah, the real problem after reading manga is forgetting that the rest of the world reads left to write, so I end up accidentally starting on the last page the next time I read a standard novel. That's usually my 'I'm consuming too much manga again' indicator.

The memes with van Helsing checking on Lucy got me! I almost spit out my drink!!

don't worry merphy, we all need some chill videos every now and then. thanks for the content :)

Ok, I thought I already watched this but I guess that was one of your previous book meme videos so I'm sorry about posting this comment so late. The video was absolutely amazing, loved the meme about books being doorways into other worlds (almost made me cry it's so true). Anyway, I wanted to mention something. It has come to my attention that you have never watched Marvel. Now, I don't know how much you know about it or even if you like movies, but I've seen Marvel integrated into all of your meme videos so I've got to try to convince you to give it a chance. I only started watching it a couple of years ago but now I'm a fanatic. The first experience for me was much like my first experience with ATLA: kid's shows? great character development and amazing story telling? no way. This time it was: superheroes? great character development and amazing storytelling? no way. In both cases I was proven utterly and completely wrong and brought to tears multiple times during the course of the stories. So if you've never tried it please do, just don't judge it by the first few movies. Anyway it will all be worth it just to see Loki (aka my favorite character of all time besides maybe Zuko or Elend) just reading quietly in his corner while complete chaos plays out all around him. PS: Sorry if I got a bit too intense, not trying to force you into anything.

That trick book really got me, got me in the feels