jack being a hater has got to be one of my favorite genres

@khalilahd.

Жыл бұрын

No cause same 😂❤

@katielewis9215

Жыл бұрын

omg same

@honeytalkies6864

Жыл бұрын

agreeddd 😂

@calina4544

Жыл бұрын

His humour makes it even better😂

@avni8277

Жыл бұрын

Yesss😭

seeing someone who is super nice the vast majority of the time go absolutely in IS the entertainment I needed today

@joey_was_here

Жыл бұрын

Unrelated buy I love ur pfp

@MeryKeit

Жыл бұрын

that’s an October libra for you 😂

Jack really went from “no offense to the authors.. it’s all about taste.. 😌” to “your words ruined my life”

@mushroomhehe370

Жыл бұрын

it's so hard to stay respectful when the publishing industry accepts books that are this bad 😭

I won't say who because that's just rude, but one of these books was by my creative writing lecturer in my undergrad, who refused to write me a letter of recommendation for my masters, so seeing them in this list was so satisfying.

@eh_maybe

Жыл бұрын

begginggg you to share, even a hint!!

@sweetestaphrodite

Жыл бұрын

@@eh_maybe it’s Leone Ross

@bookishmillennial5297

Жыл бұрын

@@eh_maybe start googling authors and see which is a professor 😌

@eh_maybe

Жыл бұрын

@@sweetestaphrodite ty!!!

@riley2243

Жыл бұрын

@@eh_maybe did you end up finding out?

"Realistically, has fake dating ever been done well?" -The Hunger Games has entered the chat

@anavargas2837

Жыл бұрын

SO true

@giorgia.m

Жыл бұрын

Totally!!! I also feel like maybe cruel prince, I enjoy it when it’s like for survival and they actually kind of dislike/hate each other. If its just let pretend to date, for no real reason, its just so weird lol

@luiiiandmovieee

Жыл бұрын

the german book die Lügendiebin (translated: the lie-thief) by Saskia Louis does fake dating pretty good as well

@js66613

Жыл бұрын

Nope, that was lame. There was a weakass motive for it, but it was still bad.

@funkunko

Жыл бұрын

@@js66613how tf was it a weak ass motive?

finally some booktok slander 🙏🏻 wasted so much money on them when i could've just read the same story on wattpad

@justfreetea2037

Жыл бұрын

no because one of my friends literally bought A PHYSICAL WATTPAD BOOK 😭

@khalilahd.

Жыл бұрын

THIS!! Oh my god I’m embarrassed to say how much money I spent on terrible recommendations 🤦🏽‍♀️

@daniellec9695

Жыл бұрын

Jack edwards reads the After series next

@MiMiDiction

Жыл бұрын

I have leave the hard way; never trust booktok

@chelsey8737

Жыл бұрын

@@justfreetea2037 I did for My Life With The Walter Boys and its sitting on my reread shelf rn bc 🎆 nostalgia 🎆. I have no idea if it's actually a good book. Also there's at least 2 wattpad stories I would ABSOLUTELY buy in physical form right this second if they came out bc I genuinely still love them to pieces even 6 years later.

My greatest fear as an aspiring author is to end up on Jack Edwards’ shit list 😂😂

@lachdownproductionsyt

Жыл бұрын

I had a similar fear myself.

@ionaskualexander1255

Жыл бұрын

the bitter truth critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than their criticism

@mickeythelovelyfairy

Жыл бұрын

OH MY GOSH, SAME!!

@sylviagodsmith6957

Жыл бұрын

If you are passionate about writing, dont fear it. Instead, start confronting it and listen to it as a third person. Believe me, once you take up these criticism (by any one), you will realize how much you can improve.👍

@bored_potato

Жыл бұрын

@@ionaskualexander1255 RATATOUILLE

The intensity of "you hated him five minutes ago sweetheart" made *ME* sit up straighter.

I feel like booktube is very anti book slander most of the time so I’m SO here for this

@lachdownproductionsyt

Жыл бұрын

I totally agree! Sometimes a book is just trash and should be addressed as such.

@19Rena96

Жыл бұрын

@@lachdownproductionsyt Wrong. Just because you hate something doesn't mean it's trash. Like i dislike The song of achilles and forced myself to finish it because it was so boring and the characters had no chemistry. Do i say it's trash? No. It's just not for me.

@lachdownproductionsyt

Жыл бұрын

@@19Rena96 I respect that, though I think what I was really trying to convey is an overall concept of honesty. I feel like when reviewers don't like something they still play nice so as not to offend anyone. I say if you didn't like something be frank about it. Of course that doesn't mean the whole world should or will agree with you, but at least you were honest with your thoughts about it...

@theaizere

Жыл бұрын

@@19Rena96 there are books that is just shitty fanfiction published. How is it that you should treat them the same way as for example 100 years of solitude is treated. Be real

@19Rena96

Жыл бұрын

@@theaizere So what? It's still not trash because you hate it and we don't shame people for what they're reading like so many do in this comment section. I really thought we moved past this ..

I read the Spanish love deception right after the love hypothesis which means the bar was already on the ground,and yet somehow the former sinked right under it.

@khalilahd.

Жыл бұрын

Lmfaoo rip cause same

@doloresofcourse

Жыл бұрын

Samesies. I am so mad that I spent all that time reading the Love Hypothesis and Spanish Love Deception. Workplace sexual assault not doing it for me. WHY does anyone think this is okay?

@mumzy897

Жыл бұрын

Please tell me that you read them for free and that you didn’t pay for it

@qwnlly

Жыл бұрын

i hate that, as a spaniard, i know some people who the only contact they ever had with spanish culture which is immense was this book😭 pls dont

@codedcarla

Жыл бұрын

both were so bad omg

The love hypothesis was originally a Reylo fanfiction on AO3 and I feel like that explains SO MUCH

@hollyturner4186

Жыл бұрын

At the time when it came out, I was in a community of Sherlolly shippers, who were mostly also into Reylo. They were getting kind of wild about the book, and I just thought the plot sounded ridiculous.

@charmedgirl90

Жыл бұрын

That makes so much sense!

@ONEDIRECTIONLOVE1730

Жыл бұрын

I’ve been thinking that it reads like a fan fiction and now everything makes sense

@bubblybridget56

Жыл бұрын

my roommate and I were just talking about this, AO3 is just such a different format and platform that it makes total sense for the love hypothesis to not translate well. (also reylo....)

@ssi-ruuk9396

Жыл бұрын

even before i knew it was fanfiction i was like. Huh the guy on the cover looks a little bit like kylo

I just read The Spanish Love Deception for my book club, and the woman who picked it apologized before we even started to talk about it. 🤣🤣 it was sooooo bad.

"To my core I'm a hater"- this is so me because I legit read authors I don't like cause I love to hate them on Goodreads. And I hate myself.

@nina1872

Жыл бұрын

same💀💀

@amartyasingh6295

Жыл бұрын

🤝

@darlakook890

Жыл бұрын

The end of the text explains it all

@katiewodaege2247

Жыл бұрын

😂 savage

@sammy6499

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a waste of your precious time doesn't it?

every time i see the spanish love deception on a recommended table/shelf at a book shop i genuinely want to take it down to save everyone the pain i endured

@bibiooh118

Жыл бұрын

I'd put it down and dnf right after just 10 pages into this book, your comment made me believe I'd made the right decision

@Ana-ld9js

Жыл бұрын

Now I'm so mad that I bought it because I know it's trash....

@booksandwine6245

Жыл бұрын

You'd be doing everyone a favor!

@onabalcony

Жыл бұрын

@@bibiooh118 i wish i had! i was just intrigued to see if it got any good cause it was sooo highly recommended! i was tricked by the hype

@loriwald9532

Жыл бұрын

I started a “NOT” TBR list and this one is on it! I’d probably love typical TikTok book recs if I was 14 years old. 😅

it's the fact that I never read The love Hypothesis but I already know that I HATE it 😂someone sitting on someone's lap during a lecture? Wtf? Kill me now 😂💀

@alyssacascos8665

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. There is a reason why I refuse to pick it up because I know that I will hate it 😂😂😂💀

@teddiespicker

Жыл бұрын

NO WAIT WHY DID I MISS THAT BEFORE I BOUGHT IT EWWWWW

@mysticdragoon5789

Жыл бұрын

Same. Plus it was based on reylo (its not even fucking hiding that shit) which is already a red flag to me.

@areebajaved8145

Жыл бұрын

Sameeeee

@valeflower2.084

Жыл бұрын

SAME

“The bar was so low, it was in HELL.” I’m gonna start using this line

@lachdownproductionsyt

Жыл бұрын

I got a lot of solid lines out of this one!

@nicoleneedschocolate

Жыл бұрын

My fav quote like this “The Bar Was So Low It Was A Tripping Hazard In Hell, Yet Here You Are, Limbo Dancing With The Devil” 😂 (and sorry idk who the original poster was, but kudos to them!)

Quote of the Day: “You hated him 5 minutes ago, SWEETHEART!”

“I wasn’t looking for Bono, I was looking for the end” I’m sobbing

@lachdownproductionsyt

Жыл бұрын

Great line, like so many others in this book!

@YW2324

3 ай бұрын

Lol good one 😊

“I’m a Libra… to my core, I am a hater” I’ve never felt more aptly represented 😅

I really hope books with the love interest having one singular characteristic 'being long and big ' will stop getting hype. That is my wish for 2023, the next eyelash I lose is going to that purpose

@spongebobonmolly

Жыл бұрын

imo size differences always feel so forced in anything other than a fantasy setting, like why is this man who works in an office 6’5 with an eight pack and a 12 inch pp and why does he growl during sex. stop being a coward and just write monster smut

I feel like the core premise of The Love Hypothesis itself is already so absurd that I can't find a genuine reason to be upset at its hilarity. I read the first few pages and immediately went "oh so it's THAT kind of book" and just turn my brain off for the remainder of the story. It truly feels like a fanfic (I know it used to be one) in the way that it scratch a particular itch in your brain that needs a certain kind of wackiness that you can't really find in books that takes itself seriously. It's 100% a matter of taste though

@tanneisarker9624

Жыл бұрын

Yea i love that book but only because i recognise its really bad, and it manages to be good bad not bad bad yk

@isilmonika

Жыл бұрын

The book is only readable once you can imagine the guy as adam driver

@jo2bob1

Жыл бұрын

@@isilmonika I found it readable for many reasons, including that one. Adam Driver, I mean Carlsen, is so hot.

Ali Hazelwood is the physical manifestation of everything wrong with the publishing industry because like girlie literally admitted that she doesn't even come up with the plots of her books herself

the fact that the love hypothesis was featured as a botm selection and it's mentioned in your worst books video which was sponsored by botm

@xnng

Жыл бұрын

Omg😂😂

@reemthememe

Жыл бұрын

☕️ 😂

If i get a penny every time the "blue gaze" Is mentioned in the Spanish love deception.. I swear i will be a billionaire.

The fact that even seeing the love hypothesis in thumbnail make me feel the embarrassment all over again. That book is the epitome of Cringe and cliche plotline.

@khalilahd.

Жыл бұрын

Yup I completely agree 😭 I just finished it

@bibiooh118

Жыл бұрын

So true

@marshm3llow467

Жыл бұрын

I was on goodreads trying to find someone else who hated the book to no avail, and I think I realised what tiktok girls see in it. Its only redeeming qualities are its fanfiction-ness, as in, it’s tropeish and a bit unrealistic, which in fanfic are more forgiveable since it’s just a different reading experience. I don’t go into fanfic wanting a literary experience, you know? I enjoy the fics for how tropey and simple they are. I mean, you do need good writing which this book did not have, but the fun of it is reading the tags and knowing the entire plot ahead of time so you can just switch your brain off and enjoy reading about your favourite characters. This tells me that the tiktok girls would really love fanfic, but they don’t read it, (or they only read like Wattpad and the like) so they appreciate the scraps of that kind of culture they get from this book rather than going to the source and reading genuinely good fanfic. At least, that’s my theory.

@BexsBoxofConfusion

Жыл бұрын

@@marshm3llow467 I read it on my 29th birthday last year and enjoyed it throughly. Like... it was inoffensively sweet and I don't always want my books to be serious. Many of those "tiktok girls" (that sounds like you're being condescending, don't do that) read and write fanfiction. The snobbery of "but I want a LITERARY experience" is making me roll my eyes into the back of my head. Okay, you want that, not everyone does. Sometimes people just want to crack open a book and enjoy the ride. Don't make it any deeper. Say you didn't like it, and why, instead of going into a spiel. You're not the target audience, you live and you learn

@akaashikeijiluvr

Жыл бұрын

okay? and sometimes we want a cliche plotline. not everything needs to be a literary masterpiece, books can be silly and stupid and still be a great time.

the Spanish love deception gave me trauma, the so called "smut" was horrendous and I wished multiple times whilst reading that I was suddenly crushed with something very heavy so my misery would end

'It has all the subtlety of a reversing dump truck, if it were painted neon and on fire.' That's a great line and if I ever write a book I'd use that.

YES THANK YOU!!!! Omg everyone ignores the unconsentual kiss in The Love Hypothesis, but it made me so angry! It's not funny, but everybody seems to think it is.... truly appaling

@patrickonaleash1979

Жыл бұрын

the guy looking back at the girl after the kiss with the swollen lips : 👁️👄👁️

@francescakyanda9182

Жыл бұрын

It’s why I gave it one star 😂

The jokes on this video are just a 10/10 so much hate, so much sarcasm… I love it

also in The Love Hypothesis, the mc says (almost verbatim) “i think i must be asexual, there’s something broken/wrong about me” which would be sorta fine if it was shown as part of her journey to understanding and accepting her asexuality, but instead it becomes that trope of “i thought i was ace but it turns out i just hadn’t met the right guy yet!” as if he “fixed” her or something, which is demeaning and invalidating to our community. and it’s never mentioned again after the main sex scene. i wish the author had just left asexuality out of it because her intentions for including it don’t seem genuine and i don’t think she understands it much at all

One thing abt me.. I’m a hater lol. If I read a book and I hate it?? I’m gonna dnf then head over to Goodreads and read the 3 star and bellow reviews for the books. They give me validation and satisfaction lol. This video is everything to me lol

@lachdownproductionsyt

Жыл бұрын

There's certainly satisfaction in knowing you aren't alone in your opinions of something.

If the Love Hypothesis is bad, you don't even wanna look at Love on the Brain😬

@Old_Soul_

Жыл бұрын

Yes!! Atleast Love Hypothesis was like a fanfic but Love on the Brain was soooooo unbearable. I'm not good at predicting the plot but even saw everything coming from miles away. The author just wrote the same Book twice.

@_SincerelyEden

Жыл бұрын

I hated it. Hahahaha i didnt even finish it

@kirubhashankar7511

Жыл бұрын

@@Old_Soul_ okay good thing I haven't bought it. Love Hypothesis was a romance novel I read after ages so I kinda liked it? Then after reading more (better) books in the genre I kinda realised I was only deprived of my share of romance novels 🥲

@Anabnormalelf

Жыл бұрын

Wait is it?😳 the reviews were good so I bought it oops

@teddiespicker

Жыл бұрын

I feel like I got cheated with ali hazelwood, all I wanted to do was to get back into reading 😭

i absolutely love and live for how entertainingly mean jack can get

@badobsession28

Жыл бұрын

Me too, it was so much fun to watch this

@lachdownproductionsyt

Жыл бұрын

Right? It was unexpectedly entertaining, and now I need more!

I think i loved the love hypothesis so much because I knew going into it that it was going to be a silly, light-hearted, tropey, reylo-coded book so I didn't have expectations of it being a literary masterpiece. Sometimes we just need an unrealistic escape and pretend that's what our lives are like so I have no problems with love hypothesis but I can see how it's not a lot of people's cup of tea.

@cytuxx

8 ай бұрын

yea i was the same. i mean, it's cliché and all but it's nice on its own 🥹

Your review of The Spanish Love Deception made me laugh so hard!!. I am Mexican and I lived in Denmark for a while, the Danes really believe that "Hola amigos" is the perfect pickup line 🤣🤣 Love Mean Jack.. 😅

I’m so ready for Babel to save you from these horrible books- I just read Babel and it’s honestly one of my all time favourites!!

@St3in

Жыл бұрын

I was in the book store today and bought another book for my book club and then I saw Babel and I can't afford to buy more books before christmas but my heart was literally bleeding to leave this book in this shelf... One day my friend I will come back!

@IoIita

Жыл бұрын

i want this book as a christmas gift so much. i just hope the hype around it is worth it

@elliotli4286

Жыл бұрын

@@IoIita I think it is!! R. F. Kuang writes so beautifully and I absolutely fell in love with this book

@yumira.92

Жыл бұрын

yes! i just finished it yesterday, and i was so amazed by everything. first of all, the book wasn’t a type that i would read, but since i gave myself a reading challenge (read dark academia books), i had to. i think the only thing i didn’t like was how the book doesn’t really trust its audience. there’s a little too much explanations about a certain phenomenon even when a character is making an important decision. however, i can live with it. 4/5 for me.

@elliotli4286

Жыл бұрын

@@yumira.92 yeah, i get what you mean! i felt like that sometimes as well, but i also thought it was helpful to have the explanations too (i might just be a little bit dull jisdfsk)

I definitely wish I saw this video before I bought so many books this year because I’m embarrassed to say how many books I read that were on this list that I wish I didn’t read 😭😭

@ejmniej

Жыл бұрын

Girl, try libraries. You can read all those terrible books for free 😂

@squidwardtentacles7144

Жыл бұрын

I'm telling you see we watch the same people cuz I've been seeing you for MONTHS, not day not weeks MONTHS!😂

@sumi3410

Жыл бұрын

@@ejmniej physical ones dont exist here where i live

Kristen Stewart had a wonderful interview with Channel here on YT about books she loves, maybe you could do a video about it? Unlike most other celebs recommending books, she actually seems like she has read them (and it's not something her PR wrote for her) and she talks about them and analyses them so intelligently and articulately.

Oh no!! I absolutely adored She and Her Cat. That being said, I’m very much a cat person, and was going through a hard time when I read it, so it was perfect, very gentle and sweet. Not exciting but a lovely comfort read.

@Katieemmaw

Жыл бұрын

Me too!

@faenights

Жыл бұрын

there is a manga adaptation of the book as well, illustrated by tsubasa yamaguchi (mangaka of blue period), and the art is truly beautiful.

@littleinfinities

Жыл бұрын

@@faenights this is amazing news, thank you I will check it out!

@Katieemmaw

Жыл бұрын

@@faenights ooh thanku!!

Poetry recommendation: Ocean Voung’s Time is a Mother is haunting and beautiful! We read it in my writing class, and I loved it!

@vedikapaliwal2758

Жыл бұрын

Reading it currently. What's your favourite poem from the collection?

@alyssacascos8665

Жыл бұрын

Oh I loved this poetry collection so much 💜💜💜

@gravyall0va

Жыл бұрын

I wish I was smart enough to understand his poetry. I didn’t get most of the poems in the book 😭 but I absolutely loved On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

For the poetry recs, literally anything by Elizabeth Acevedo. I’m not a poetry girlie, but her books were so easy to read and told really powerful stories

@screamingbegins4688

Жыл бұрын

yes omg poet x is fucking incredible

"good idea, bad execution.. and you know what execution is a good word for when it comes to reading these books" damn bro, you weren't holding back 💀💀💀

I love the love hypothesis. Ali Hazelwood filling a niche for us stem girlies. The key is not taking it seriously and enjoying the camp

@samanthadiaz2318

5 ай бұрын

But it is bad STEM rep!! I'm a stem girlie and i swear to god if my grad school experience starts to resemble anything that happened in that book, im dropping out

Ocean Vuong single handedly got me into poetry! I love all of his works!!!!

@brightdeadthings

Жыл бұрын

his writing is sooo gorgeous!!!

@alyssacascos8665

Жыл бұрын

Yes! When I found his books, my life changed. That sounds dramatic but his writing is that beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

@paperbackfern

Жыл бұрын

He keeps me motivated to keep writing poetry

@jill5676

Жыл бұрын

I think Ocean Vuong was featured on this channel a while ago, but yes very good rec

It's so refreshing to have you talk about the books you hated, because after every other video where you recommend books I'll always have to add 5 - 10 by oks to my tbr and I NEVER will get a around to read them all, so thank you for not adding to the list today 😂

Imagine how bad the books must’ve been that jack is this salty about them 😂

@lachdownproductionsyt

Жыл бұрын

You know they had to e a special kind of bad lol.

I feel that most contemporary Japanese novels are formulaic as Jack said - the fascination with rehashing the same plot in different settings is absolutely alien to me as a means of entertainment. And this is visible in the majority of J-dramas too. Im a Japanese major but literature killed the passion for me.

So disappointing reading a book that wasn't enjoyable, but I love the entertaining way you present them 😄

'' All this book did was take. There was no glory here. '' a cracking title for a shelf on goodreads. ICONIC. both the title and also how jack spent a whole MINUTE and a half to elaborate on how much he hates all these books. *chefs kiss*

My biggest mistake this year was getting "The love hypothesis" as a beach read... It ruined my vacation. Luckily they had a bookstore there and I was able to get "The night Olivia fell" by Christina McDonald. It fixed everything.

Poetry not to miss: Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong / Scary, No Scary by Zachary Schomburg / Twelve Moons by Mary Oliver

I also read "The love hypothesis" and my God it felt like a chore reading it. I was about to give up and DNF it and I have NEVER done that before. The book put me in a reading slump 😭😭 I did finish it and I will never pick it up again.

@19Rena96

Жыл бұрын

The Song of Achilles did that for me lol

@vanitymarks8798

Жыл бұрын

I only read it recently and skimmed through most of it. When you can skim through a book and not miss any plot points, you know it's bad. I didn't know it was Reylo fanfic until after 😅

Jack is so real , wouldn't know what to do without your book videos ! We love you from Germany ✌️❤️

I'm sorry that you were disappointed by the poetry you bought! In case you're looking for other ideas, here are some of my favourite poetry collections: "Averno" by Louise Glück, "Time is a mother" by Ocean Vuong, "Cien sonetos de amor" by Pablo Neruda, "Devotions" by Mary Oliver, "Songs of innocence and of experience" by William Blake, "Crush" by Richard Siken, "Bright Dead Things" by Ada Limon, "Méditations poétiques" by Lamartine.

@siiri8902

Жыл бұрын

I read crush by richard siken this year and I loved it too!

@paperbackfern

Жыл бұрын

I would add The Surrender Theory by Caitlin Conlon, Plums and Apreggio by Seneca Basoalto, and Sometimes I Fall Asleep Thinking of You by Catarine Hancock. I am a little biased as they're my friends but...

the Spanish love deception being on there eases my soul 🫡🫶🏼

@happinesss2

Жыл бұрын

Came here to say the same. That was the book I hated on the most this year out of all that I read lol complete nonsense. Felt like it was supposed to be Henry Cavill fanfiction but the way she described him only made me envision a giant towering blob with dark hair and ✨BLuE✨ eyes

@busbop8318

Жыл бұрын

I was pissed after reading that book and realizing I wasted $15 😭

@LivesInHerBooks

Жыл бұрын

I genuinely want to buy it, not because its good, but because I want to torture myself.

I can’t believe you hated Isaac and the Egg 😭😭 Reading it after having recently lost a loved one tore me apart and somehow pieced me back together. While clearly a mental help book, the hopefulness of it was exactly what I needed at that time

“S**t de la S**t” has to be part of my lexicon now.

The poems of Emily Brontë are incredible. The best poetry I have ever read.

Hi Jack! Poetry recommendation- Sarah Kay’s “No Matter the Wreckage”, and Sierra DeMulder’s “New Shoes on a Dead Horse”. Two of my absolute favorite poets! Sierra has a podcast too it’s so funny and full of heart, called “Just Break Up”

I loved the love hypothesis… im just a sucker for romcoms tho..

@alexelizabeth4515

Жыл бұрын

Me too. Romcoms are therapy to me lol

@genericname-no8dx

Ай бұрын

Your taste in books is way too shallow.

The fact that 'the love hypothesis' is there makes me happy!

I also read "the love hypothesis", "the Spanish love deception" and "the ugly love" only because there were so many people on insta promoting this book. It was such a bad decision.

i know the love hypothesis is absolutely horrible but i gave it 5 stars and read it in like a day, no regrets 😭😭😭

@sablethompson1212

Жыл бұрын

Was it high quality? No. Did I have a very fun day reading it in one go? Yes.

we love 'the spanish love deception' on the thumbnail👏👏👏

I went through way too many poetry books that were mediocre at best (or milk and honey-esque), so here's some of my favourite collections so that you don't have to: Sweetdark by Savannah Brown, Our Numbered Days by Neil Hilborn, Some Say the Lark by Jennifer Chang, Calling a Wolf a Wold by Kaveh Akbar, Newspaper Blackout by Austin Kleon, all collections of Maggie Nelson (author of Bluets), Don't Call us Dead by Danez Smith, The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta (technically not poetry but a novel written in verse), Stag's Leap: Poems by Sharon Olds, Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong, The Perseverance by Raymond Antrobus, Prelude to Bruise by Saeed Jones, Heliopause by Heather Christle, Soft Science, Floating, Brilliant, Gone, and The World Keeps Ending and the World Goes on by Franny Choi, and When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen. Hope u give some of these a shot, they are all great.

The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy and Poukahungatus by Tayi Tibble are my two favourite poetry collections - would be interested to see what you make of them!

this is now my new comfort video. seriously. i did not think i could love a video about hate THIS MUCH

You having No Such Thing As An Easy Job in your worst books of the year when it was definitely one of my favourites and something that helped get me OUT of a massive slump… Jack you wound me 😅

@quirilei7568

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Hahahahaha same!!!! 😂

@whitechs1225

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I thought it was just me. But I do understand when people tell me it’s repetitive. Personally, I enjoyed reading it because I paced myself and only read it during my commute back after a long hectic day at work and this book always gave me a sense of comfort. 😅

Poetry recommendation - Space Struck by Paige Lewis! A great collection about space, anxiety, and coping with religious trauma. One of my favorite quotes from the collection (and apologies, I'm working from memory here) "“I feel as if I'm on the moon listening to the air hiss out of my spacesuit, and I can't find the hole. I'm the vice president of panic, and the president is missing.”

@katedidier6083

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Wait omg, I think if this is the same Paige Lewis I’m thinking of, they’re actually my current creative writing professor! One of my favorite professors I’ve ever had, saved me and helped beta read my novel!

I couldn't have agreed more with the points you made about The Love Hypothesis... like... the people who enjoy it... have probably never attended a proper university class..... because everything that happened in that book was outrageously ridiculous!!

My favourite poetry collections are “Crush” and “War of the Foxes” by Richard Siken. “Crush” especially, well, crushed me.

I'd recommend the manga version of She and Her Cat ~ it follows just one storyline, is a pretty quick read, and the illustrations help to draw you in emotionally. I'd love to see Jack's opinion after reading both :)

Yesss! Babel is so good! I don’t like fantasy that much but I’m over 13 hours into the audiobook and loving it!

Thanks much! Not enough time to dent the TBR list let alone the page long list of recommended books! And I certainly don’t need more therapy! 😮

I really hope you consider doing another one of those books gifting guides. I absolutely LOVED the one you made last year and as someone who has too many readers in my life, I need it.

I actually liked the love hypothesis. A few pages in, I already knew exactly what type of book it was so I just turned off my brain and read it.

@isabellarobinson7166

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Same! I bought it for a holiday; I knew what I was getting into, some fun nonsense to occupy me while I relaxed! :)

THANK YOU! With so many of the usual good reviews it's sometimes quite hard to find honest negative reviews that could save you time and money

@lachdownproductionsyt

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They certainly do seem to focus on positivity.

The fake dating trope was so well done in Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall! I usually don't like this trop but this book is perfect 😊😊

a good poetry book in my opinion is Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, especially if you like poems about nature! I read it this past summer during my afternoons by the lake and it was a beautiful experience, it was probably the best thing I've read this year :D

I’m not big on poetry, but I love Mary Karr’s poems. Her memoirs are amazing, too.

Might be interesting to see Jack do books referenced in other books. I was reading Northanger Abbey and Austen quotes and references so many within it.

If you want some good poetry I highly recommend anything by Nikita Gill. My favourite is wild embers but also where hope comes from is great. There’s also inward by yung pueblo which is great. And the white book by Han kang who also wrote the vegetarian! ☺️

For poetry I would go for: • Alejandra Pizarnik, her poems and imagery may seem minimalist-like but there’s so much depth in them, especially in the connection between nature and quotidian life. • Rosario Castellanos!!! she’s so smart and ironic in her poetry, especially regarding her identity as a female writer, a mother, and a Mexican woman during the 50’s. My favourite collection is “La tierra de en medio” • Neruda is also a great option, I don’t particularly like all his poems and his way of portraying women, but there are some incredible poems about his self-awareness that also use nature’s imagery. I know in spanish are called “Residencia en la tierra” • and finally Alfonsina Stormi and José Juan Tablada, I haven’t read a whole collection from neither of them, but they have great poems that resemble haikus and modernist tradition

@anya1691

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I have not been able to find much of Rosario Castellanos' poetry translated into english, do you have any recommendations on where i could find it? (perhaps you have read it in spanish, in which case don't worry)

@andromedaespejo7986

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@@anya1691 hi, I did read them in spanish, so I don’t know a specific translator or edition in english :c I know there are bilingual versions, and the closest collection in english that I could find is called “The Selected Poems of Rosario Castellanos”

It’s been so fun seeing your channel evolve from gcse content to this lmao I love it here sm

Thanks for the warning about 'The love hypothesis'! I've been on that book's waiting list at the library for ages, but now I would rather spend my time reading something good instead:)

"Blackmail must be involved if you promote this book" I never thought of it like that xD

It's funny when you say that the TikTok girlies must have been bribed because I thought the same about everyone recommending Beautiful World Where are You. I HATED that book!! I know it is a book from 2021, but I still have rage inside me hahaha

Love hypothesis slander!!!! I really disliked it and felt so guilty because it seemed like everyone on booktok hailed it as one of the best fake date trope

thank you for adding "the love hypothesis" in the list fr i told my friends how bad the book was how it made no sense and they literally cancelled me for it- Gotta show them dis vid

For poetry maybe go for classics? Maya Angelou has a beautiful poetry collection.

Really needed this since my indecisive self can't tell if the book i'm reading is horrible or is that just me. Sometimes i do need that different perspective to rate a book. Thank you so much for saving my time, honestly was trying to get away with reading 48 laws of power!

11:42 your duolingo mention literally saved my streak, thank u sm!!

A poetry recommendation: one of my favorite collections is Pilgrim Bell by Kaveh Akbar! Pilgrim Bell deals with themes of religion, language, addiction recovery, and being an immigrant in America, among so many other topics. Every time I read it, I discover new meanings hidden in his poems, and his use of language and imagery is striking and emotional. You can see if his poetry style is for you by reading his poem "The Palace" published online by the New Yorker. My favorite line from The Palace: "Art is where what we survive survives."

As someone who read the Love Hypothesis, I enjoyed until the whole hotel scene. I'm usually fine with spicy scenes but idk it just maybe uncomfortable. And from there I just had felt numb about it.

If you want to read a book that makes genuinely good use of unusual text placement and layout (NOT like Isaac and the Egg!) then I really recommend Little Scratch by Rebecca Watson. It’s so so good ❤

@LaQuaintrelleChristie

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Little Scratch is one of the best books I've read this year and it doesn't get nearly enough love!

10:59 OMG, Jack. You saved my life. I'm about to buy The Spanish Love Deception and after watching this video, Clockwork Reader's and Hailey in Bookland, I'm just... okay, scratch that from my list 😁

the love hypothesis was like the first book i read in years this year and while reading i liked it but now looking back at it idk why i hyped it up so much

For poetry I recommend Brown Girl Dreaming one of the best books I have ever read. It is about this brown girl’s childhood and it is written in poems. Amazing.

@alyssacascos8665

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I read this book this year and I am obsessed❤❤❤❤loved it!

when it comes to great poetry, you should definitely read some of the poems written by Fernando Pessoa! He's a total genius and deserves even more recognition!

@ed32568

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Respeito pelo Fernando Pessoa, finalmente.

Poetry recs; Slug by Hollie McNish and Bargain Bin Rom-Com by Leena Norms! Also, I loved There's No Such Thing As An Easy Job but I completely get why you didn't.