definitely my favorite book from the series after my 6th reread. maybe second is book 5 and third is book 14. Favourite scenes in the books are the falling into the garden scene, this rhuidean terangeral scene in this book, and the flicker scene in book 2 there are a deluge of somewhat important characters with hard to remember names and a lot of them are aes sedai haha, every reread ive remembered a few more
@PulpMortem4 күн бұрын
I know it's not based upon the biblical Babel, but that comparison would be apt: Unity disrupted by diversity. Maybe why this one didn't is because of Kuang's prejudice. The end conclusion of the biblical narrative is one of restoring unity while Kuang is like, "White bad."
@RagnarKarlssonG5 күн бұрын
Thanks for the review, seems like a hard pass for me based on your review. Thanks!
@allvilde8 күн бұрын
I strongly disagree. It's rare to find a book that so viscerally captures the experience of coercive control, emotional and sexual abuse. Doug is complex, as a well written character should be, abuser or otherwise. I think Annie being a bot is a terrific metaphor for how certain men perceive women as less than human and treat them accordingly.
@noname360912 күн бұрын
It took me 3 months to read it 😂
@hbenensky15 күн бұрын
Three is the best book for a while in that series, that's why
@sofiareads466818 күн бұрын
Hi! New subscriber to the channel :) I just finished reading this one as well and really enjoyed it! I was so sucked in during the last 200 pages and could not put it down.
@mersenneprime104419 күн бұрын
I read the book recently. I do agree with you that I find how the book deals with Philip's attraction is interesting. One thing that I noticed is that his mental monologue is much more likely to compliment men's attractiveness rather than women's (Remember how, while he is working as an artist in Paris, the special project he has where he decides to use a model uses a male model? Additionally, he is extremely uncomplimentary to characters such as Miss Wilkinson, Fanny Price, and Mildred Rogers in terms of their physical appearance). Philip's relationship with the boy Rose while they are in boarding school can also be very easily read in a romantic lens as well, especially given how complimentary Philip is towards Rose's appearance and the jealousy which he feels at other boys interacting with Rose. The (rather prominent) undercurrent of self-hatred that he often feels in his relationships with Miss Wilkinson and Mildred could also result from his disgust at how he is conforming to the norms of the heteronormative society in which he lives. I seriously doubt that any sort of queer reading of Philip was in any way intentional by Maugham's part (whether consciously or subconsciously), but it is interesting to see how viewing books through a modern lens can result in interpretations that are very different from how people would have read the book just a century ago.
@Waldemar_la_Tendresse19 күн бұрын
I'm not entirely sure about the quality of this summary, but at least it was discussed, which unfortunately seems to be quite rare for this particular book. So thanks for that.
@crystalward144420 күн бұрын
The entire royal family have served in the armed forces. The book's plot was based on the actual assassination of Lord Baton Powell by the IRA.
@redclayfarm649023 күн бұрын
I read the book years ago when I was 16 and not going anywhere in life. It was the opposite for me than it was for you. After the first 50 pages or so of boring set up, once the action started, I couldn't put it down. It sparked a love for reading in me that really did turn my situation around. I went from C student to an A student. I ended up going to a good college and have had a successful life. I give the much of the credit for this to reading this book.
@s_b_books22 күн бұрын
I'm glad you had such a positive experience from reading this novel!
@user-zx9jq4pv1w29 күн бұрын
Ignatius is an over-educated, unambitious, lazy white-savior who is enabled by his long abused mother. He views everything through biased and bigoted opinions that he inflicts on everyone around him in a society that doesn't care until they are forced to deal with Ignatius. Hate watching movies in the theater Ignatius is like the loons screaming about wokeness in Marvel films and everywhere else. Today, he'd be a blogger or ranting loon on Tumblr, Twitter, or Reddit. Or KZbin. Ignatius is utterly hilarious and given the culture online, seemingly timeless.
@BreeMarieRN29 күн бұрын
Interesting concept I'll have to pick it up
@JulieGhoulzZZАй бұрын
Girl. It's 3 for 3. This is the third month I've come looking for a BOTM review, and you pop up. We are on the same wavelength. Lolz this book was SO GOOD. I love the different perspectives.
@MiguelGarcia-hl5joАй бұрын
You feeeel meeee
@DJLA2009Ай бұрын
I'm halfway through the third book now but I started last year so I'm going much slower. I've heard some of the later books are slow so I'm a little nervous about that. But I've been enjoying listening to the audiobook before bed and during my drive to work.
@jamescharles590723 сағат бұрын
theres definitely entire chapters ive skipped in the "slog"
@fayebarry5748Ай бұрын
This is my book pic! I can't wait to get into. I'm finishing up my June one which was the The Lion Women of Tehran and it's ok. Kinda slow. Then the one I read before that was the Real American and omg that was a slow read so I'm excited to get into a good page turner! :)
@PeachyxLemonXx-ku9moАй бұрын
Ahh, I can definitely say that I've tried to not but more and more books, but the URGE. I can't help it! Also very nice book hall, and for such a low price, there was no way you could say no!
@societyizbroken9723Ай бұрын
I've always wanted to read the lonesome dove :P I had no idea there was a sequel 😮. Also would you ever switch over to digital books?
@s_b_booksАй бұрын
I do in fact have a nook and used to use one religiously in middle school and high school. But these days used books are a lot cheaper and there's really nothing like the feel of a physical book.
@MrPatrickAnonymousАй бұрын
Zodiac is a fun intro to Stephenson's work.
@JulieGhoulzZZАй бұрын
If you want some more time with Lilly 'A Talent for Murder' is actually one out of two or three books. Your book review is awesome btw!! ☺️
@mulkytoolАй бұрын
Either we're all together or we're all alone
@milesknightestrada3286Ай бұрын
This was one of my all time favourite novels. Read it once a month for a whole year when I was 16. Read it again recently, and while I prefer it to 1984, I recognise that there are better books.
@Tolstoy111Ай бұрын
If you haven’t read “We” by Yevgeny Zamyatin you should. Orwell was a better essayist than fiction writer.
@s_b_booksАй бұрын
Thanks, I'll check it out!
@Tolstoy111Ай бұрын
@@s_b_books Also "Bend Sinister" by Vladimir Nabokov. Written at virtually the same time as 1984.
@MrPatrickAnonymousАй бұрын
Animal Farm got me an A in AP English!!
@s_b_booksАй бұрын
Congratulations!
@ToReadersItMayConcernАй бұрын
It can feel at times like once you get Murakami there's not much else to get, the substance not being particularly deep beyond surreal emotion. Another great review!
@s_b_booksАй бұрын
I'm definitely finding that to be the case. The more I read of Murakami, the more I find he's just making variations of a singular novel.
@ToReadersItMayConcernАй бұрын
I read Erasure in college and felt the premise exceeded the execution. The film accomplishes the aim with more emotional cohesion and a smoother pace. Great review!
@leopercara3477Ай бұрын
That's the problem with this author. All his books are the same. It can be comforting if you like the book, but if you don't it can be grating and predictable, making it boring. Have you read the other Murakami? Ryu Murakami. His books are crazy, in a more perverse way than Haruki.
@s_b_booksАй бұрын
I have not read the other Murakami. Though I did read the insane novel Earthlings by Sayaka Murata.
@Tolstoy111Ай бұрын
All the characters in WH being loathsome is part of what makes that novel so fascinating. It takes place in a completely malign universe. There’s nothing quite like it. It predicted surrealism
@laiorenАй бұрын
I think your review is spot on. This may sound strange; I'm glad Haruki Murakami exists, but I don't think he's for me. I absolutely adore Norwegian Wood. It's one of my favorite fiction novels of all time. But I hated 1Q84. I think if it had been 4 million less pages, I wouldn't have disliked it so much. But after getting done with it I immediately had the thought, "That wasn't worth it." I haven't read "His Years of Pilgrimage," but "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" was definitely closer to 1Q84 for me than it was another NW. In fact, other than NW, I don't think I've like anything I've read by him except for "Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche" which is a non-fiction work where he interviewed survivors of the 1995 terrorist chemical attack. I still think of those stories often, and it has permanently unsettled me.
@GuroFlemmenАй бұрын
The first three books were originally supposed to be one book, but it became too long. I think that's why they were all published so close in time. He didn't finish one, then start the next. He had already written part of the story. But the whole series was supposed to be a trilogy. And Brandon Sanderson was supposed to write the last book, the twelfth, but there were so many ends left to gather that he had to split the last book into three. I hope you enjoy the fourth book. It's one of my favourites.
@sillylady5558Ай бұрын
My opinion on it, spoilers for anyone that hasn’t read yet: I had to dnf after Martha got killed cuz she was the only character a gave a single care about and for that to be followed by four chapters of “teehee im a psycho killer and I killed so many people”
@rickdesperАй бұрын
If you think Book 3 is short on plot, I've got to warn you that it's action-packed compared to some of the later ones. The good thing is that you have a few very good ones coming. But it really starts dragging at about Book 7-8. "Egwene" = "Eugene" is hilarious. BTW, all the female characters are based on Robert Jordan's wife. Well, at least the younger ones who are love interests. It _really_ gets tiresome after a while. And there are more to come!
@MrPatrickAnonymousАй бұрын
thanks for the review, I just ordered this book for my mom
@Raptorrex652 ай бұрын
He needs to fulfill several prophecies in order to truly become the Dragon Reborn to all people's of the world if not they'll say he's false, I know it sounds counter intuitive but that's the way it is until all prophecies are fulfilled. Trust me you don't want to skip any books because everyone has a part to play.
@maikeruu14912 ай бұрын
My takeaway is that the book had a lot of "wish fulfillment," reflecting the 1980s obsession with princes and princesses. At times, it was almost unbearably cringeworthy, but overall, I liked it. One particularly well-executed scene in the novel was Miller's escape from custody during transport to prison. It was well written and so ominous. Despite its strengths, the book is definitely a product of its time. Currently working my way through the Jack Ryan novels
@bonfireatnight39982 ай бұрын
I agree completely, book two was a significant improvement. I suspect especially the beginning of the series shows that it was published in an era when the audience still expected the usual Lord of the Rings plot beats. And for the most part the first book is really just that (down to the secret kingship); the second book is at least more original. I also remember that the ending was very confusing... or maybe not confusing, more like under-described. You are probably right in what you said in your first review, this is probably true for other moments, too. Now it's more than two years since I've read the second book and somehow never continued. Actually, I picked up the third book just last week. I started to read summaries online to refresh my memory, but frankly, that too was kind of confusing. I think I'll have to re-read the second one. I won't go through the first one again, though! It's refreshing to have a channel that focuses on good reviews, rather than name-dropping floods of books.
@PoorPersonsBookReviewer2 ай бұрын
They all go to the glow sword , that’s a pretty good recap lol Keep the videos coming
@Rach.Reads_2 ай бұрын
Great review! This one is on my TBR!
@pwmel12 ай бұрын
I have been a fan of John Irving AND The World According to Garp ever since I first saw the movie in 1982 at the age of sixteen. I connected very much with Garp in many ways. And, from this point forward, I knew I wanted to be a writer. I've read the book twice, and plan to read it many more times. And I own several editions, including a 1st Edition, 1st Printing of it. I loved your review!
@judithbreastsler2 ай бұрын
your impression of Joan Didion made me laugh so hard. She was self-important in a way that isn't accepted, in fact, it'd be pathologized and therapized, in our time.
@judithbreastsler2 ай бұрын
I think this book is becoming increasingly relatable as technology advances and integrates into social life. If you want to feel like the main character, watch a 4K video of the metro station in Shnezhen China. One can feel incredibly alone, insignificant, but in a sweet, melancholic sort of way. IT brings to mind a passage by the NYC poet Edward Hircsh: I am disappearing so far into the dark I have vanished from sight. I am a tiny seashell that has secretly drifted ashore and carries the sound of the ocean surging through its body. I am so small now no one can see me. How can I be filled with such a vast love?
@Tolstoy1112 ай бұрын
And the famous 1965 film is a huge gloss that reduced the entire thing to a soap opera - with two lousy performances at the center of it (Omar Shariff and Julie Christie). fwiw Pasternak may be the single greatest translator of English poetry in to Russian. Shakespeare, the Romantics etc.
@s_b_books2 ай бұрын
Fortunately, I have not seen the film as of yet, but I can definitely see the beauty and lyrical quality of Pasternak's work.
@Tolstoy1112 ай бұрын
@@s_b_books the film is worth watching. It’s quite beautiful from a production point of view. David Lean had quite an eye
@milesknightestrada32862 ай бұрын
Had this book in my personal library for at least a decade. By your description of ... well, the 'description', or lack thereof, I have decided to cast it out. Characters come first in my eyes. Without a clear idea of them, then what's the point? Thank you kindly, and have a lovely Sunday.
@Tolstoy111Ай бұрын
It’s more of an impressionistic swirl of the era. It works on that level.
@ruanstrydom75332 ай бұрын
Great review!I have read the shadow of the wind and the Angels game and now I have to read The prisoner of heaven after seeing your review.Have you read the fourth book in the series called the labyrinths of the spirits?
@s_b_books2 ай бұрын
I have not read the Labyrinth of the Spirits but I do have the book on my shelf!
@RuthieRobles2 ай бұрын
Girl in on page 283 (ch 38) and I'm over it. I've been sluggish in reading it. It was getting my attention in a few Parts like the evil husband and her being rich or when she meets Bohai. Her getting a divorce from Amos and going to Denver to try to find what's his face but I'm not interested in finishing it. I want to put it away and pick up a different book but I can't leave a book unfinished 😒. I'm frustrated. Ps this book was so bad that I didn't find many reviews on it on KZbin.3
@s_b_books2 ай бұрын
The good news is that you are almost finished with the book and the ending is a fun time.
@aliciarodriguez693025 күн бұрын
I'm on chapter 15 and struggling. But I have never DNF a book, so... I hope it gets tolerable.
@rorygilmorelove62 ай бұрын
Listened to the audio book of this and it was just so inspirational. Left me in tears! Another good memoir I recommend is "When Breath Becomes Air". That's good too.
@nellfleming17322 ай бұрын
A Great Book (and Film). My Dearest Friend & I often used "Ya Ya" when normal language couldn't express what we felt in our lives. Now I am old woman and hopefully my new (and only) Granddaughter will call me: Granny Ya Ya OR just "Ya Ya". Fingers crossed 🤞!
@tarquinmidwinter20563 ай бұрын
Love John Irving, especially A Prayer for Owen Meany, though in his later books he does get a bit preachy.