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    @nonfictionfeminist4 years ago We need to have a discussion on fandoms in booktube. Why do people not understand that it' s okay if someone doesn' t like a book you like? Fandoms ruin everything for people just from their attitudes. 10
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    @chrisyoungberg32454 years ago I feel the same about maas and her books. Just. Ugh. I havent tried sanderson yet but yikes! What an experience you' ve had. 5
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    @odinseinherji97193 years ago Ive heard quite a lot that malice is kinda difficult to get into since its setting everything up, but ive always heard that the series gets so much better with every book. 1
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    @killer921733 years ago Even though i love the way of kings and words of radiance, words of radiance is actually one of my all tim ed favorite books, but i' m actually struggling . ...Expand
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    @anangryscorpion58384 years ago I like sanderson, i really do. But oh man, i' m so sick and tired of all the sanderson hype i see on nearly every booktube channel. I swear people like . ...Expand 41
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    @taylorstege99044 years ago I want to know what makes tog problematic. I' ve never understood that. 1
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    @raoul_alexander4 years ago I don' t know if i' m ever going to continue with the shades of magic trilogy by ve schwab (i hope that' s what it' s called) i had to force i had hoped it was going to be a nice fantasy series to read on the side with some cool characters and a cool world, but it really didn' t deliver. I' m still mildly interested in vicious though. ...Expand
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    @Juli6SS4 years ago I' ve read first book of deviners, and in general i liked the story, but yeah characters left me feeling pretty meh and i hoped it would be scarier.
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    @Jazzy1154 years ago The diviners i have a love/hate relationship with lol. After the first book it took me about 6 months to pick up the second book because yeah i couldnt s but yeah im with you on throne of glass and the mortal instruments i cant with either of those. ...Expand
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    @matturso22244 years ago So is a little hatred a new series set in the same first law universe? How does it compare to the other first law books? I haven' t read it yet. And . ...Expand
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    @lesyablackbird4 years ago I didn' t pick up the second age of mistborn books for the longest time. I liked the first trilogy fine. More for the world and magic and events that . ...Expand 1
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    @elenathegreat4 years ago I really liked tid but all other cassie clare books have just been blah for me. " got through" yup that was what it was like for me: / i think it was the tid setting that made it more readable for me.
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    @Polgarra2 years ago Im probably being silly, but im new to this channel and trying to find this infamous way of kings review. While i really like those books, there are id="hidden11" things i dont like about them, and also dont feel like i can talk to many people about those parts. Super excited to see a relatable review. ...Expand 1
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    @dionshaewishum41792 years ago Brandon sanderson finished the wheel of time series. Did an awesome job and i was seriously considering giving one of his series a try. His fans chased my tenuous desire away. Slightly amused to see i am not alone in this.
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    @SimplySaraReads4 years ago I am a sanderson fan. However, it may not be everyones cup of tea. To each their own. Great video. 1
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    @TheBookishMom4 years ago I don' t think i will read any more of throne of glass either. I read the first book, and just did not like it. I' ve heard they get better but i . ...Expand 1
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    @rasaslase4 years ago I dont know why im always surprised that there are people who hate on someone just because they dont like the book they love. I just cant wrap my head it never comes in my mind to do that.
    i actually really enjoyed aurora rising, serpent and dove and the lunar chronicles. Im planning to continue on with those series
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    @Juli6SS4 years ago Oh, i' m so with you about the witchland series. I hated most characters and the romance - yuck people told me that there is barely any, but in my . ...Expand
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    @m.k.83524 years ago Hi liene, i love your channel!
    for me, its ' prince of thornes' read a third of the first book and had to put it down.
    just plain garbage. I have no idea, why it is best selling.
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    @campwriter92894 years ago Im glad im not the only one who feels meh about the diviners. I keep thinking maybe i should give it another shot, but then i remember how insufferable the . ...Expand 1
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    @wolfgirl5354 years ago My manfriend just finished skyward, its next on my list, and he thought it was lovely. A nice easy read. The most common criticism i see of it is people i' m sorry about the vitriol you received for not liking stormlight. I personally don' t get a lot of your arguments in your video, and i think you deeply misunderstand some of the characters, but i fucking hate six of crows which you seem to enjoy a great deal, so they might just be characters that don' t mesh well with you. I am however very sorry about the hate, fans can be scary sometimes, but i understand where they' re coming from. See, they' ve developed a very parasocial bond with those characters, they are deeply special to those people. And i can imagine your video made them feel like their beloved characters were being attacked, and they needed to come to thosedefense. That isn' t to say what those people did was right, its not, but i get from a psychological standpoint where those angry people might' ve been coming from. If it' s any consolation, later stormlight books focus on different characters within the world, so if it' s just those specific kinds of characters didn' t work for you, later books might do you better with the new characters to explore. I' m particularly fond of oathbringer, shit gets reeel spicy in that one. ...Expand 5
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    @lenna60134 years ago I taught you made that way of kings review as some kind of joke, but then i watched many of ur videos and grown 2 like you. Now i feel kinda bad cuz 2 be honest, i was hoping you would try to continue with stormlight. 1
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    @Nastya-uj9bg4 years ago The problem you pointed out in outlander- i had the same one with serpent and dove which i loathe. She is like in the time where witches are burned to . ...Expand 2
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    @ThePreciseClimber4 years ago Have you ever read the neverending story?
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    @MattGrimmett2 years ago I' m so glad someone else isn' t just gushing over sanderson. I liked way of kings. I liked words of radiance. But here' s the thing: he could . ...Expand
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    @knigoholik99464 years ago When you said " so far" d let' s stay real, right. Btw awesome then that i don' t always share my opinions in english because legion . ...Expand
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    @Nastya-uj9bg4 years ago I was considering starting some brandon sanderson book but seeing how vile his fandom can be if you don' t think he is a second coming i lost interest. Do you know if he tries to control his most aggressive dudebro fans? ...Expand 3
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    @eloisehelewidis46784 years ago In literature and arts in general some people come close to religious fanaticism and it' s beyond pitiful and disturbing. Not too long ago a guy verbally . ...Expand 1
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    @FreeLatveria5 months ago Regarding dune, as someone who really liked dune and finished all the books of the main series, including the two that were done by herbert' s son and way of kings i started on jan 1 and i still haven' t finished it. Haven' t dnfed it either though. Ive had the strangest reaction to that book. When i read it i like it pretty well, when i' m not reading it i don' t really want to. I' m thinking about finishing it before years end though, just so i can start the next book on jan 1 again tho. ...Expand
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    @Katelynwouldratherbereading4 years ago Good choice to not finish throne of glass. I pushed through the entire series and kind of hated it by the end.
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    @TornadoCreator4 years ago As someone who is actively reading the way of kings now, and really like brandon sandersons writing so far; i just want to say that i am genuinely angry . ...Expand 2
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    @eleasy19762 years ago I wasnt nearly impressed with the lunar chronicles as i thought i was going to be. I do often see it on peoples favorite books of all time youtube video . ...Expand
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    @chernz7224 years ago I didn' t have the negative experience with the sanderson fandom but i definitely wasn' t impressed with either mistborn or stormlight. I read the . ...Expand 7
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    @ReadswithRachel4 years ago Hard agree on the diviners. Yup. Evie was unbearable as a main character. And of course, i agree on aurora rising. That book is just a bunch of stuff stolen from other sci-fi media and i dont get why everyone loves it. 1
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    @Juli6SS4 years ago Aww, i' m so sorry about the situation with radical fans ofbooks. I love most of his works, but i' m totally fine if someone doesn' t. id="hidden30" taste and preference is a thing and people need to respect other opinions. Or just don' t watch negative reviews of books you love if that hurts you so much. ...Expand 5
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    @dirkcrafford18144 years ago You have to finish faithful and the fallen. It' s really good.
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    @CrowMacnas4 years ago I' m late to this video but felt compelled to further support your opinions on a previous book that shall not be named. However, it does make me slightly . ...Expand 2
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    @AndrewsWizardlyReads4 years ago Im sorry sanderson fans made you feel that way: i like sanderson but he is by no means the end all be all. The author himself seems to be a good g id="hidden32"uy who engages with his fans. You like what you like and thats fine.
    add: i didnt like the way mistborn 3 ended either. And era 2 is kinda boring to me i struggled through it. He just announced recently its planned 12 books for mistborn with 2 more time jumps or eras. Im not gonna be reading those
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    @ariadneblue22014 years ago Throne of glass made me almost give up on ya completely.
    i don' t and will never understand why so many people adore sanderson and i don' t you' re not missing anything with not reading the mortal instruments. I' ve read it. The original trilogy is a lot better than the rest, so if you were struggling so much with that - it' s really not worth it going further. I tried reading clare' s lady midnight and dnf-ed it. It' s just not gonna happen. Her characters are too flat to me. I only liked isabelle and magnus in tmi. And i am not interested in the infernal devices because i heard it has a triangle that involves two best friends and a girl, which is my most hated trope in romance books along with siblings fighting over a random person. ...Expand
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    @fullspectrumgeek59254 years ago Dune sequels tosses the first book on its it' s head lol. It gets so much better lol.
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    @dpt854 years ago Honestly, i' m surprised that you have such a bad experience with sanderson fanboys. I belong to sanderson groups and even in the fandom, there is a . ...Expand 15
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    @thewildwomanofthewoods4 years ago Could not agree more about truthwitch! I do not get it, it also got progressively more boring the more books i read? I truly don' t understand why people like it.
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    @Joenah52 years ago I' m sorry to hear you' ve had a bad experience with sanderson fans. I myself haven' t seen too much toxicity within the fandom, though i suppose . ...Expand
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    @Tadicuslegion782 years ago Controversial but: a song of ice and fire. With the winds of winter nowhere to be seen, no clue if ever it' ll get published, and the taint of game as for sanderson? It' s funny, he, robert jordan, and again george r. R. Martin all have the problem of overkill of pointlessand the repetition of the same phrases over and over and over. I swear all three writers could trim out thousands of pages from their books if they didn' t stop to describe every single little thing.
    i think that' s why i' ve, for the most part, have moved away from fantasy because i' ve gotten burned on too many " mystery box plots" that promise big epic things. And it was incredibly underwhelming what they delivered. And also the problem of, and i say this as someone' s who' s read the silmarillion twice, they bog down their story with too much world building, too much purple prose, too much firehose exposition where all this stuff is dumped on you and you' re still trying to figure out, who' s who again?
    i guess that' s why, in my attempt at making a fantasy series, i' ve tried to be more like hemingway or robert e. Howard or the old pulp writers who kept it to short tight sentences, left a lot unsaid so the reader could think about it, and keep the stories really short and tight because i' d much rather write a really tight 120 pg story than a bloated 1200 page story that drags on
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    @LiteratureScienceAlliance4 years ago I feel like i am just adding to the chorus but i am so unbelievably sorry about the portion of the fanbase that came at you for thei love them, they are what got me into adult fantasy and they are still my favorite series but i would never ever attack someone who didn' t feel the same way cause i can totally see the critiques people bring up. Honestly i don' t talk about the cosmere a lot of my channel cause i love it so much i don' t want it to become work and maybe have my thoughts attacked or whatever cause its just a happy safe place that i don' t want the internet to have too much of haha but there is so much good fantasy these days so i am excited to see what other series you read and continue.
    and man i am bad at dnfing books but i can dnf a series like its my job haha i think the one i am on the fence about right now is the gideon the ninth series, the second one comes out soon and i didn' t love my experience with the first one but also it has so much promise and i ami picked up the free sampler tor gave out for the first part and i think i will do that to pass judgment. A series i did a hard dnf on was the tamerie series by naomi novik, although i really enjoy her stand alones and am excited for her new series this fall i got so bored in book three that apparently i read it and rated it on good reads and i have no idea what in the world happened
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    @BookishBrits4 years ago I' m glad you' re giving up on certain series. If you' re not enjoying, why bother? It sounds like a lot of the books you' re giving up is down to negative fandoms though which is pretty crap:
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    @winniejenkins1084 years ago Ya the brandon sanderson fandom is awful. 18
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    @SniperDiplomat2 years ago Words of radiance is better than a way of kings, but here' s what the fandom won' t tell you: it' s all downhill from there. It' s an exhaustingly . ...Expand
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    @fullspectrumgeek59254 years ago Sanderson and wheel of time stans are something else. 1
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    @AndersRah-cq9bv4 months ago Okay, i can' t help myself. I do love your work! I have aawork and honestly chat about it. Naomi klein, doppelganger. read it yet but expect it will be furiously good.
    sometimes a stretch is a good thing. Just ask camus' sisyphus!
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    @Writer_Gaby3 years ago It makes me sad that you had that experience with brandon sanderson fandom, i can say we are not all like that, i think its valid that the book wasnt for . ...Expand
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    @dadefectivedunyain4 years ago Brandon sanderson is blooday boaring mate! 2
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    @KaleidoscopesAndPolkaDots4 years ago I can see how a feeling of persecution by a certain audience would put you off from reading a series. I don' t understand it - their reaction. also - a am soo happy that you don' t read books that you know that you wouldn' t enjoy. Why waste your time? It is so valuable. ...Expand
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    @spottheturtle95684 years ago I' m sorry you didn' t like the greatcoats. I do like those. But it' s ok to disagree with people. Some people definitely get a lil too into their . ...Expand
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    @nichoudha4 years ago Actually, you' re wrong about your influence regarding sanderson books. I was looking for negative reviews after watching 3-4 positive reviews and - conversely, your explanation for dislike traitor' s blade sounds absolutely hilarious and now i' m intrigued and will go check out your rant review to see if the positives outweigh the negatives enough for me to purchase that book on my kindle. ...Expand 2
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    @Godsmack477x3 years ago I wanted to take a look at all the hate you got from sanderson fans to see howit was but you took down the mentioned videos. I feel if you want to continue some of sandersons work go for it, he is a really great guy and provides a ton of updates on his own channel and is very interactive with fans. I feel an author as connected as he is deserves another shot. Wot is considered the best of fantasy so of course fans of his that carried over from that are gonna hate a negative review of his work. Again i have no reference of your deep thoughts on sandersons works, i understand you wanted to get rid of the hate. If you guys want to read something just fucking do it who cares about toxic fans, like grow some thicker skin i' m sure its all not that bad. If youre gonna give a negative review at least list the positives that you thought on the subject matter to have a fall back. I just came here cause i wanted to learn a bit about the first law before reading. ...Expand
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    @thus67624 years ago I feel like the issue is the way you convey your disliking of a book without giving it the credit of being a book that is loved by many others. You give . ...Expand 5
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    @irishknight68932 years ago Aww man dont not read stormlight because of the aggressive fans: / thats how i feel about dodger fans im huge fan but not big on the fandom. One piece . ...Expand
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    @jericosha28423 years ago I disagree with the idea that if the fans you happened to interact with are unkind, you can judge the book/series through that lense. That doesn' t . ...Expand
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    @MarxIsDeadAndRotting2 years ago I wanted to finish this review, but ultimately the fantasy hipster hostess came off as a bit cringe and sanctimonious. I' m not really sure why i should . ...Expand
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    @Musashi66994 years ago You didn' t like the stormlight archive and then the fandom cements it. Confirmation bias? 1