nooo, don’t let the publishers get you down! you have excellent presence & really refreshing honesty in your reviews📚✨👏
@TheEmzies43 минут бұрын
I didnt mind Headshot. Held on the other hand was pretentious garbage - another example of a writer wanting to show off their ability with language ignoring plot, characterisation, and storytelling
@TheDiscoKingOfficial48 минут бұрын
NO YOU'RE AWESOME!! 😘😘
@TheEmziesСағат бұрын
Im a bit like you with the longlist. I really enjoyed James and My Friends but have found the others a bit meh.
@user-rw7tw5tx6h2 сағат бұрын
Stay bitter. Keep reviewing.
@douggordy2 сағат бұрын
I'm 1/3 through Headshot - and it has sapped my will to live ... and screw Netgalley - you have PLENTY of presence, Andy!! (... although they approved my requests for the new Kushner, Hollinghurst and Ali Smith, all of which were AMAZING - so I also love them!! LOL)
@LaughingStockfarm13 сағат бұрын
I just finished reading this and the parallel between Doug and Annie’s relationship and the white slave owner’s view of an African slave…from being an animal to be trained to please to a person who better understands her situation and tries to escape and is returned to her owner to the benevolent white man who grants the slave her freedom because she’s been so ‘good’. I think a lot of people may miss the racial undertones, the issue of slavery and the whole ‘good white man’ myth. It’s also an interesting examination of what is sapience, when does a machine stop being a machine and become a person.
@ephrussi97653 сағат бұрын
You're phenomenal with plenty of "presence." I always trust your insight. Thank you.
@LaughingStockfarm15 сағат бұрын
I just finished Orbital and while I didn’t hate it it was really meh. Completely forgettable. Flat characters, endless run-on descriptions of Earth. I think the author is just really fascinated by the ISS and wanted a story to shovel factoids into. I really don’t understand why it’s on both the Booker and the LeGuin lists. It should have been spaced out the airlock.
@lauracorsi33095 сағат бұрын
Your time will come! Don't give up. Love your reviews.
@Shelf_Improvement6 сағат бұрын
Pffft presence?! Well, you've got plenty of stage presence! Also I like a rambling mess.
@hazelhood74566 сағат бұрын
I’m also struggling with this long list. I’ve read most of the list and I’m struggling to find enough books for a short list. I’ve dnf’d 2 of them and didn’t care for most of them and still havent got to the boxing book yet
@joangavrilik30096 сағат бұрын
Don’t feel too sad - we all adore you - hopefully, that’s what matters most!
@Shelf_Improvement6 сағат бұрын
This is my first year reading the long list, and I'm really not enjoying myself. Do the Booker judges read books?
@mandab42457 сағат бұрын
you should switch to reading the women’s prize longlist next year instead hehe 😁
@spexi5137 сағат бұрын
I’m only about 50 pages into Wandering Stars , and I did read There, There , but don’t remember characters’ names to their stories, so feel like that’s the part I’m missing out on 📕🪱💚
@michaelbroderick22827 сағат бұрын
Thanks for the heads-up on the rotten books. I'm in the process of collecting all the (600 or so) Long-listed Booker Prize novels and these will sit unread on my shelf till all eternity.
@judybrown16247 сағат бұрын
What's your shortlist? Feel free to include the two you haven't read.
@rororeads7 сағат бұрын
@@judybrown1624 I’m not too sure. Need to think on it a little. I will be dropping a video (next week maybe) on my ranking of the whole longlist (that I have access to)
@judybrown16247 сағат бұрын
You have much more presence than I do and I got the Kushner. However, I am in the US.
@readandre-read7 сағат бұрын
I did read There There and this may be part of why I liked the second half a lot more than the first. I was impatient to get back to the Bear Shield/Red Feather family. I have Wild Houses checked out of the library, approaching with reluctance.
@TheEmziesСағат бұрын
Interesting! I have also read There, There but still found the second part rather dry.
@KDbooks8 сағат бұрын
So… Held to win Booker 2024
@rororeads7 сағат бұрын
Haha! Id love it so much…just to see so many people get so pissed off “Some people just want to watch the world burn”
@onourpath8 сағат бұрын
I'm obsessed with nun books, but terrified of rodent books.... what to do.... what to do? I'm friends with a lot of local authors in my neck of the woods and one of them told me he follows this advice he got from another author: be glad about every rejection -- it puts you one step closer to an acceptance. Maybe this could help with the arc issue? I don't know, but I say, keep trying.... 🤷🏻♀️
@HelenSchneider-tl3yh8 сағат бұрын
Totally agree with your Headshot review, could not care less who was going to win.
@TKTalksBooks8 сағат бұрын
Wandering Stars worthy of being on the list, but yes, yes, There, There should be read first . A vital voice. Tommy Orange is a national treasure. 4 stars
@TKTalksBooks8 сағат бұрын
Could not read Stone Yard Devotional due to rodent phobia and similarly nun phobia.
@TKTalksBooks8 сағат бұрын
I loved Held, btw.. read it twice
@chuty195720 сағат бұрын
Loved it and Demon Copperhead and like you, my very favourite author right now.
@CharlieBrookReads21 сағат бұрын
Last comment got eaten up. Myself & Gem (Gem of Books) were wondering if you would like to join us for a Booker Plod? If you do let know and I will tell you my socials details.
@rororeads21 сағат бұрын
@@CharlieBrookReads 💯
@mikennem90772 күн бұрын
I must say, I finished this book this morning after falling into this series and reading all 3 books within the week and I had an existential crisis.... and now.....6 hours later I am SO MAD!!! I may need help! LOL
@mikennem907713 сағат бұрын
WHEW...Ok... couple days have given perspective. Good stuff
@walterbrowning2 күн бұрын
I’ve always stuck to the rule of finishing a book once started..until today. I’ve been reading for nearly 70 years.
@angelocajipe76172 күн бұрын
I've read so much piss I could almost smell it
@marthacanady94412 күн бұрын
Odd. I was hooked from the first. The words just flew off the pages and I couldn’t put it down. Stupendous from the very beginning.
@johnpower10412 күн бұрын
Really liked Lonesome Dove, but I would have Butchers Crossing by Williams just ahead of it. All McCarthy’s novels are fantastic, especially all the pretty horses
@DUFMAN1232 күн бұрын
I quite liked this one, although I wouldn't say for me that it wove the stories together very well. The novel's structure inherently silos each story and their is little contemplation of how each story relates and contrasts with the others. You're spot on in saying how the novel reads like separate short stories and I felt this to be a bit of a weakness really. Each story in and of itself is great, especially the first four. There is some wonderful writing, brilliant scene-setting and iconic imagery utilised by the author throughout. I just wish that there was more of an effort to bind these tales together iteratively into a more cohesive overarching narrative. I also could have used more of a resolution, and as such would easily have read another 100 pages had it been on offer.
@italomendez44003 күн бұрын
It's a weird book. It's not particularly interesting in itself but it keeps you hooked all the way
@PageTurnersWithKatja4 күн бұрын
Great review - also JA provided me with one of the most memorable author book signing events I've been to from the book he signed to the hardcore fans that did a rap for him (three guys that had travelled most of the UK to attend nearly all his signings 😂)
@emilycox65605 күн бұрын
I am half way through but don’t know if I can finish it.
@doctor_no_5 күн бұрын
I just finished it, and I agree with your take on the poems adding nothing to the plot, really. This will be a bit of a *spoiler*, but I also agree with you that the plot twist ruined the book a bit. However, I was left puzzled about why he didn't use the other girl from Iran as a possible explanation for who the artist was. It felt really weird and too convenient the way the twist happened-I mean, what are the odds? Also, the other characters in the novel-Zee, the dad, the uncle-could have been explored in much more depth if the author wanted to. Anyway, I'd give it a 4-star rating, though
@Book_Hugger5 күн бұрын
You give me so many laughs! Even though, I enjoyed Orbital 🌎🌍🌏, you still made me laugh with your passionate displeasure in reading it. As always, I always enjoy your reviews and passion.
@Shelf_Improvement7 күн бұрын
This is my least favorite of the first world. I felt like the revenge and Monza were kind of one note. Still good, but pales in comparison to the others. And UGH what is up with the Booker long list. Dreadful.
@sepollcas7 күн бұрын
I agree with you. I was so hooked with the 1st one but this was has been quite a chore to finish. I might venture to read the 3rd out of curiosity.
@nenadZF7 күн бұрын
I don't know if it is about the translation, but Haruki Murakami's are like children books.
@NiKkZzZzI7 күн бұрын
I couldn’t agree more with you on everything! Exactly how I felt about the book myself . I was so excited going into it to get a female character as the lead protagonist and thought that she had really good traits that could have been developed more but she ended up feeling like a side character that I couldn’t connect to fully as well . Shivers was the star of the book and his whole arc was my absolute favorite part . The novel did drag for me as well and I had to go for the audio book to keep me engaged in the middle parts . I feel like maybe sometimes editors are reluctant to cut from books of big name authors . Also something else I found a bit weird (and this might just be me ) but I found it a bit unbelievable that Monza after going through all those horrible injuries was still like super hot . I mean I understand that her whole demeanor can be sexy and she has been really really attractive her whole life but she is described as being so broken after the injuries that I think it would have been ok for her to be a little bit like Glokta and her physical charm wouldn’t be the first thing every man would notice you know .
@Smeighl8 күн бұрын
I liked the stories about Senkovi and crew but those are gone around the halfway point. Then some cool stuff at the end with Kern and Nod. Big chunk of slog between it
@SelinaAllinson8 күн бұрын
Oh my, how I hated Orbital. I couldn't stop highlighting passages that were p*****g me off, not usually what I look for in a book 🙄 I really loved both The Safe Keep and My Friends. I also read Stoner and it was every bit as brilliant as you said it was, thank you for sharing the love 😊
@teaguebates58078 күн бұрын
O crap, I ordered Headshot. O well.
@randomportrait25518 күн бұрын
I ve had the total opposite reaction. I ve got bored at the first 100 pages, and I ve got interested later. The first day pages are extremely plot predictable wargame part to be that long. I think that s the reason why I liked the next pages
@doobie14149 күн бұрын
Im surprised so many people like it. I wasnt really to impressed and i read it completely. Yes its wild and poetic, but also really weird at times.
@marthacanady94419 күн бұрын
I absolutely agree with your hyperbole. Masterpiece.
@crestfallenraven10 күн бұрын
Damn yeah, I agree with you; it's very good and much of the writing is pure poetry. Fantastic, strange, sentimental... I won't forget it! Just finished it this evening. Thanks for the review! xx