All the Republicans I know are very literate, including me.

As someone who just recently got into this series, I was not prepared to hear the pronounciation of Jasnah

dpends what you define as adult honestly. I know a bunch of people who are adults that read a lot of books in a single year.

not sure if you've tried going to my books, then clicking on stats to get the overall picture. but not sure why your data looks wiped out in 12:32, might just be a non-maintained url?

10:31 ummm… y’all gonna tell him? Cause I was under the impression that Kvothe himself is the only one who doesn’t seem to know that the countess was his aunt. And the story she told about her sister running off with a minstrel was that of Kvothe’s parents.

Thank you so much for the defense. I think I heard on NPR that only like 20% of the adult population read. In my case, I'm the only reader I personally know. No one in my walking life reads...at all. Also I'm a farm laborer. So, I have met a metric ton of ppl and none of the read.

I've gotta be honest.... I'm not sure there's an audiobook narrator I hate more than Michael Kramer 😅there are actually a lot of online threads about how irritating people find his narration so I definitely wouldn't say he's the best in the business (his wife's fine imo. kinda mid but inoffensive. but I also listen to ~300 audiobooks per year, >400 this year, so I have a pretty wide pool to compare against) I actually realized while trying to read Yumi that it was specifically his narration (since my opinion of the text was jarringly different between chapters, immersion reading with the ebook) and now I can't tell if I dislike the recent Sandersons that I read, or if switching from physical only to almost entirely audio only was what made my experiences so much worse.

2:38 Idk if you’ve read it yet but I’m pretty sure this is why Demon In White is the best Sun Eater book. The other ones are great amazing, but none are DiW. If you haven’t got to it yet, just keep this in mind

This critique of this series using Star Wars clips made me giggle so hard starting off with King “Sidious” Galbatorix. 😂

I love how you're so positive and non-judgemental, and reminding others not to be judgemental either.

Actually all the Dwarven culture established in book 2 comes through in book 3 when eragon helped Orik become kingdom so the varden can count on the dwarfs to help fight the empire. Without that knowledge he most likely wouldn't have helped orik secure the throne and win the war.

I haven’t read Malazan yet but… skill issue

Ohh man I love your review. I dont even speak a good english but much better that spanish reviewers.

26:18 Trull is Tiste Edur

I got Gardens of the Moon for Christmas, so here I am. Wish me luck. Great video.

The worst one yet... wait till you read WaT lol

The Corwin cycle is one of the best fantasy series of all time. The Merlin cycle is good but I always feel something is missing, perhaps it's the politics, they're not as interesting

Why should the sexualty of characters matter? Wtf

Great video. If I was a writer, I would ask if I could hire you as my editor! This was very productive feedback.

Voting for Republicans has nothing to do with literacy. What you're seeing in those maps is coincidence or correlation, not causation. Also, you might want to revisit your voting map now that the 2024 election has ended.

I am half Polish and have played the games so I'ma read it no matter what this vid says but I'm still watching.

Ive tried reading the first book twice. Couldn’t finish either time, and couldn’t tell you one think about it….but after watching this, i kinda want to try one more time.

The Chronicles of Narnia is one of my favorite fantasy series of all time. There will never be a series quite like it again. Lewis was a genuis. The more you read his series the more you discover and learn. I've read the series so many times and experienced something new each time.

I can read for hours just not at home for some reason I gotta be in my car, at a park, or a cafe or library. When I’m at home I’m seeking background noise or something to actively do it’s really hard to want to pick up a book

I still wonder when/if The Lunar Chronicles will become an animated series on Netflix or Prime Video. I just love this series so much.

WAT worst book of all cosmere that I've read, not even close with ROW, it makes that book better.

I just don't enjoy reading, I get bored and dissociate. Comics and Manga is a hard sell but I do read those, but I did in childhood and haven't since.

Hey Book Guy! I am super excited to have just received the Wax and Wayne series. I have't read any Sanderson at all yet (I'm new to fantasy). He didn't know about the different series/sub-series. So now I feel like I have to hurry up and read the first 3 and then maybe I can start these books. Does that sound right? Also, can I read Elantris and Warbreaker after these books? Thanks!

The algos deserve to apologize to me for not sending me this channel sooner. That 80s tv intro was the moment I knew

Yes!!!! Preach! So happy to see someone say “Stop the Gatekeeping!l I like to read all types of fantasy sub genres depends on my mood and schedule.

just found your channel! what an amazing guy you are! here is a sub! i wish i can read the wheel of time (not a native eng speaker) my eng is b2 at best... so i will have a hard time reading such a huge/amazing work.

It was the captivity plot line I had issue with. It felt like it dragged for so long… which I guess it really did since it was 700 pages. lol. I actually liked the science plot line. And, I didn’t hate the flashbacks, but they didn’t feel quite as compelling as the others. And you did well explaining why. Great video!

If you haven’t you should read timeline by Michael Crichton

This might be your best video ever.

Reading is becoming a super rare activity or even habit now as almost everyone who can access the internet may find it an archaic habit. I personally used to read few books a year, yet for a couple of years that number went up substantially. I no longer have a day without reading either fiction or non-fiction and besides all the encouraging benefits reading has an incredible therapeutic effect on me personally and makes me much more tolerant to other folks and cultures. By the way, I read books in three languages and English is my third language, yet I try to read in this language as well which also helps to boost my vocabulary. Thank you for propagating a healthy intellectual habit!

As an avid fantasy reader that has read almost every fantasy series out there that people know of and many that people probably have never heard of, I can say that Malazan is one of those series for me that I really want to start, have attempted to start at least 10 times, and can never get past the first 100 pages of book one. I'm not sure if it's my Autism or what, but I really struggle with names, like REALLY struggle. In real life, and for things that I read, it's legit as if my brain just skips over the name entirely for the first 100 time I read it, until it finally starts to recognize it. So starting Malazan's book 1, always just left me so unfocused, because I swear it felt like the first 80% of those 100 pages is just all the god damn different names for everything and everyone, that I could not focus on the plot, and would always lose interest. I had that same issue with Game of Thrones, but that wasn't anywhere near as bad and eventually I pushed through GoT and loved it. It's in my top 5 Fantasy of all time. Alongside The First Law(Including the new trilogy), The Witcher, Jade City, Gentleman Bastard and Kingkiller Chronicle, and of course The Wheel of Time.

If you haven't seen the series yet, you should give it a try. It's one of those rare cases where it does some things (obviously not all) better than the books. I personally think the Abaddon's Gate and Cibola Burn stories are much better in the show, and Avasarala and Amos are seriously enhanced by the performance of the actors

Thank you for being your most authentic self fellow reader :)! I have bought Books 1 & 2. They arrive tomorrow.

I'm in the minority that ranks RoW as one of my favorites. And it was the science and political intrigue between Navani and the Fused and internally with the Fused and Adolin and shallan's plotlines that made me love it so much. I think the only part that I really struggled with was the flashbacks never really hooked me. In Oathbringer, the flashbacks were almost the sole thing that kept me reading on...

I pulled up your video to watch later, but here's my hot take pre-watch: Rhythm of War was top two at release. Oathbringer is the worst Stormlight book (but is still quite good).

Love your channel🖤

What a great analysis, you're without consent convincing us with those crisp and clear arguments and our brains just cannot help it! 😉

Way of Kings is better. There is nothing that can compare to first getting introduced to Roshar. Just the opening showing us all the cool stuff from Keleks perspective promising this epic scale in the future. Just that opening scene with Szeth. "Szeth wore white on the day he was to kill a king". Such an amazing line. Learning about the world and the spren. Kal meeting Syl. I don't care what you do with the story after that, it won't be better than Way of Kings.

Yeah my main problems with my initial reading experience were the science, the flashbacks, and kaladin going from amazing hero to sad boy. Once I got to the end of the book I realized Kaladin's arc was actually even more amazing given where it was going. There was a point though where Kal was handing out blankets while the tower was getting invaded and I was at my limit. After WaT I'm starting to realize how important the sciency stuff actually was. I might even go back and read those chapters again. The flashbacks are objectively boring though. I could barely get through them on the first read along with everything else. I would probably rank it the lowest just because my first reading experience was tough but it is still a great book.

I get why a lot of people dislike Eldest, especially Eragons Arc in that book. To me it's the strongest part of the entire series. f.e. two things you pointed out are themes of his arc with the elves - his relationship towards Arya and him becoming vegetarian. There are also other elements, for example masculity in general, but i think you can group them under one big category. It's half a big lore dumb, but also deals a lot with the conflict between Eragons preexisting attitudes he learned growing up and them not being consistent with the stuff he learns and his inner conflict due to that. It makes you question your preexisting beliefs and i think it's done pretty well. However for it to hit, people have to be at a certain point in their life, where they are willing the question those beliefs in the first place, however not far enough in life that they already did. Or in other words - being part of the intended audience. Or having been a part of it when you read it first.

I encountered this video seconds after seeing a thumbnail of a video about how Rhythm of War is their favorite Stormlight book. Subjectivity in art at its finest lol.

I loved these books. Definitely need to read them again!

I definitely agree with you on all of what you said, especially the relationship between Eragon and Arya. As a teenager, even as a woman, I was frustrated when Arya kept rejecting Eragon, even though I liked her as a character. I wanted them to have the epic romance that I felt like Eragon deserved after all he'd done for her. But as an adult, I really appreciate the way their relationship was written, and it is *so* much more realistic than many fantasy romances when you think about it. Arya is a 100+ year old Elf... why would she be interested in a human who is little more than a child? She also completely recognises his childish crush on her and tries her best to squash it multiple times, because not only is she not interested, she also knows that Eragon really doesn't have the time to spend on romance. The "100+ year old immortal/semi-immortal being falls instantly in love with a teenage human" trope has become *way* too normalised IMO, we really need some more fantasy authors to follow in Paolini's footsteps and show that it's *not* normal for someone much, *much* older than the main teenage character to suddenly be in love and obsessed with them. There's a real creepy element to it, but we don't acknowledge it much because it's just so common, especially in YA romance...

An aside, but if captive plots are your least favorite thing, I’d be very… curious, to see how you react to current booktube darling, Suneater. (Which I love! But.)

Frankly listening to an audio book of the books surpasses the movies. The bits of lore cut from the movie and the alterations take away from the story. Such as Faramir and his strong role in becoming steward.