Adele said this book "changed her life"... so of course I read it

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[@youvegotnojams9596]

A good idea would be if Jack read the books that Matilda read from the library. I want to hear his thoughts on that.

[@isabelnecessary5915]

Ooh yes I’d love that!!!

[@andiidavis]

YEAHHHHH!!!!

[@smallfrogscorner9983]

YESSSS

[@glacierblue456]

This is such a cute idea

[@bobthebuilderday6leader]

Yes please!

[@madisonelizabeth329]

“Isn’t that the name of Draco Malfoy’s sidekicks? Oh! Crabbe and Goyle!” I’m dying laughing and I’m only a few minutes in.

[@chloesiv1247]

I was looking for this comment! I’ve been laughing about that for about 5 minutes now and replayed it like 3 times 😂

[@magnoliashoals]

Took me out

[@hannahritchie1235]

It's the "sorry Glennon Doyle" 🤣

[@RD-oo6yq]

I was laughing so much that my mother had to peep into my room to make sure I was okay

[@larirodrigues25]

I cannot believe Draco's sidekicks Glennon and Doyle have written a book, I didn't even knew that they could read

[@kynedyr]

I'm here to say your comment *chef's kiss*

[@TaTeasTime]

Doyle's got glasses

[@schneggobart9220]

@@TaTeasTime And glasses dont say anything about ones ability to read...

[@TaTeasTime]

@@schneggobart9220 i'm sorry you didn't get the joke

[@schneggobart9220]

@@TaTeasTime sorry, i'm neurodivergent and have a hard time understanding jokes and sarcasm, especially in written form :((

[@ssarahmooneyy]

Can we talk about how Jack’s humor is absolutely golden

[@Nohame44pl]

Not really it is excessive for my taste

[@ssarahmooneyy]

@@Nohame44pl then why are you commenting on and watching his video😂

[@ttoharr]

@@Nohame44pl it was tho.. I feel like he was a rlly funny person but now he’s just rlly critical and not in a nice way.. he has interesting concepts and that is why I watch it. I hope he’d get his thunder back:)

[@Nohame44pl]

@@ttoharr I used be one of his old loyal viewers when he had 75,000 sub .. it sad to see how he had changed.. but it seems that he is popular and happy so good for him 👏

[@jack_edwards]

@@Nohame44pl if you preferred my old content I’d recommend watching my second channel, where I post vlogs! This channel now focusses more on literary criticism + reviews, because that’s what I’m most interested in ☺️

[@Ola..]

I’m glad you touched on the criticism that this book has and will receive. I’d never heard of this book but I will say even just a few minutes into this review, I had already subconsciously dismissed it. As a black woman, I cannot read self help books by rich white women because it just shines a beaming light on the differences in experiences we have. It’s hard to deny or ignore the sheer amount of privilege in a book like this; not just for woc but less financially privileged people. I agree with your point about the dangers of dismissing something simply due to “privilege”, but sometimes it is something we do without even realizing that we are doing it and that makes it even more dangerous. But you calling me out really did help me in re-evaluating things past my initial gut “nope” reaction. I’m happy for Glennon and how she’s thriving with her methods and ideologies but I know in my heart, I could never digest this book. It would drive me insane. But I also refuse to dismiss her experience and path to self love simply because it doesn’t resemble my path. It’s a balance at the end of the day.

[@Rahim-444]

But i think now days black people made a huge step towards ending racism especially after the death of George Floyd .

[@marcellastname6862]

@@Rahim-444 Hey bud you can hear a black woman say she has a different experience from rich white women in a comment section without immediately dismissing her experience. Hell if you truly believe that people paying attention to racism like a greater than average amount of people did last summer solves racism- why are you ignoring the opportunity to pay attention?

[@marcellastname6862]

Ola I think this was a really good intelligent response to the subject at hand

[@koalaenthusiast1]

@@Rahim-444 get out

[@valeriavalentinazaratecard7767]

Bruh 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@JanetSuzanne]

“Everything in life snaps, crackles and pops.” Jack Edwards, 2021.

[@SH-sw8bj]

Let’s be honest.. Jacks videos always make our days

[@Stellar-Cowboy]

You haven’t seen many other youtubers then

[@strawshelly]

@@Stellar-Cowboy after 5 or more years watching youtube… jack is still my favorite youtuber & although i found out his channel, not that long ago… i like jack better than many many other youtubers.

[@Stellar-Cowboy]

@@strawshelly welp if you want the best youtubers I’ve come across since I’ve been watching yt, here are some: Lemmino Joe Scott Disrupt Pursuit of wonder Veritasium Vsauce Nile Red & Nile Blue Smarter every day Everyday Astronaut Barely sociable Marques Brownlee Tom Scott National geographic (and all its subsidies) Abroad in Japan Enes Yilmazer Mike Boyd Better ideas My mechanics

[@nouraibrahim8051]

i get a mini boost of serotonin every time this man posts istg

[@rashichoudhary2006]

Yes they do

[@PatrickSwayge]

You should have a podcast where you discuss books just like this but in depth for an hour

[@karinareis64]

y e s

[@oa5538]

but no more self help books please😭

[@allisonroggen7773]

I need this, I need English class with Jack more than I need water

[@dr.faustus4123]

"I'm out of job" - every literature major ever

[@idunnn.h.3792]

Either out of a job or working as an English teacher. That would be me 😅

[@Candlekeepdeep]

My only issue with the self responsibility angle of self-help books is that as a chronically ill disabled person, my life is very much around my physical and mental health. There are things we can't just 'mind over matter' our way out of, and we do need support and community, which is something I think a number of self-help books fail to address.

[@stellarae8257]

as a fellow chronically ill disabled person, i agree with everything you said! kinda gives the same vibe as someone saying "choose joy" and im like, yeah but it's hard to be joyous when my joints are on fire lmao

[@noone-gf5op]

yeah I feel like most self help books are about psychological blocks and limitations, and how to get over our mind's inabilities more than anything else. basically tackling the theme of when *we* are our own demise, or in this case - "disability", rather than tackling any hardship we may face.

[@kofukuuu8993]

I feel the same but with my mental health being in shambles, you literally can't sometimes pull yourself out of a heavy depressive episode without the help of meds no matter how hard you try, so hearing stuff like you are the one person that can actually bring happiness to yourself is not always true and I'm sure it is the same for ppl without depression

[@kofukuuu8993]

@noone-gf5op exactly! I have such strong beef with self-help books mostly for that reason! Bc in theory these should be really helpful (and I'm sure for some ppl they're) but for me it has always been like "yeah I understand that but what can I do to face it, how do I do it"

[@kashviiijain]

jack i got u an idea! in Adele's interview with Vogue (73* questions) u can actually see her book shelf so idk maybe u can read those 😳 ( coz u r unhinged)

[@Progress234]

yes yes yes

[@ElijahWatson]

THISSSS

[@blaise31]

Just bear in mind that Vogue apparently does a bit of set dressing for those shoots!

[@jack_edwards]

Unfortunately those are set-dressing, either set up by Vogue or Adele’s interior designer. If you zoom in, you can tell that they’re all “coffee table books” about really really random stuff. Not a single novel (and Untamed itself isn’t on there) which is a little bit suss 👀 Otherwise I would’ve been ALL OVER IT

[@hollyrose6508]

@@jack_edwards the fact that you genuinely did research that is everything Jack. Another amazing video and another book to put on my TBR that’ll help break the book ban 😭

[@evenmytiredistired5330]

The way you read so many books and still have a good eyesight is astonishing

[@julian_pat]

he wears glasses/contact lenses sooo not such a good eyesight

[@namitaseshadri2638]

his power is like -8 or something insane so yeah..no

[@evenmytiredistired5330]

@@namitaseshadri2638 really 💀!! Sorryyy

[@sreeshmamuraleedharan88]

he doesnt-

[@chelsey8737]

Its a running joke about how bad his eyes are 🤣 he once lost/broke his glasses and ran out of contacts so he was blind for days

[@Jgfiugvuig]

7:17 “It doesn’t matter how you find the path, as long as you find it” My maths teacher obviously hasn’t read this book

[@natashatabbush9672]

LMAO

[@charityshumba6189]

Taylor swift works HARD. But Jack words HARDER because this man is posting videos like crazy lmao

[@ursulaking4411]

My father once wrote something I said down and told me about how smart it was for years. Then I finally read what I'd said and...it was the Circle of Life from the Lion King. You know, the bit about the lion and the anthelope😅 He totally believed that I came up with that on my own. I guess parents do that...

[@ossswin]

Oh my god that's fantastic

[@Sk-wv1uv]

Hahaha that is amazing…

[@larirodrigues25]

the problem starts when he did not watched the lion king

[@StochasticGreen]

So true, the profound and wise words that comes out of kids you find out are just regurgitated things that they hear from other places like TV and other kids. If you actually then ask what they mean they usually don't have a clue. I mean kids though do have the best questions like why is the universe and what are tongues made out of (a recent gem from my 5 yr old) but conversations hardly read like a script.

[@ursulaking4411]

@@larirodrigues25 the weird part is that he definitely did watch the Lion King. I think a father wanting to believe was stronger than his memory ahaha

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Not Jack making a connection between ’Glennon Doyle’ and ‘Crabbe and Goyle’. We love a good bit of Wordplay.

[@laurenmiller149]

As someone with anxiety BUT has held many customer service positions in the past, I both painfully identify with and detest the cell phone section. I used to get extreme anxiety whenever I used or answered the phone; I've since grown out of it, forced to by work, but I can still empathize with anyone who feels this way, especially as our culture becomes ever more dependent on texting and emailing rather than phone calling and face-to-face conversation. All that said... Erica did not deserve to be called out like that lol. She's just trying to communicate with you-what this shows, in turn, is that you, Glennon, have not disclosed to Erica which forms of communication you're most comfortable with, so clearly Erica is not the only bad communicator in this friendship lol.

[@callummclachlan4771]

I used to be the same too. But I've accepted it and actually learnt to be pretty casual with them. I actually worry that I'm going to answer too casually to someone who I don't know like a potential employer.

[@BlackCampariBlue]

same anxiety here :D my heart jumps everytime my ringtone goes off. Still, this is not the fault of the people calling me. One could argue that talking on the phone is at least more personal then writing a text message. Besides, as you pointed out regarding Glennon in your comment, most people don't know about my apprehension towards talking on the phone. So let's just say - this is my problem, not theirs, and I have to learn how to communicate my needs

[@juliebean1910]

You make excellent points! I think that if Glennon had talked about it differently, she could've avoided calling out her friend but still addressed the very real anxiety that phone calls can cause. I also wonder if she could just tell her friends and acquaintances, "Hey, phone calls make me really uncomfortable, so please don't call me. Or, warn me if you're going to call me at a certain time so I'm not caught off guard."

[@kofukuuu8993]

10:34 YES! The calling phone anxiety is so frickin' real 😭 This description from the book described it so well, I heard many ways of describing it but never portrayed so well and so accurately

[@kofukuuu8993]

10:24

[@scarlett4402]

Watching that video of Adele meeting her English teacher made me tear up because I miss my old English teacher so much :(

[@anneloes2]

If you remember them, find them online and send them a message! Teachers love hearing that stuff! (unless they've passed away, in which case I'm sorry.)

[@Maddiereads8]

Ok 1. There is finally a book that I have read before jack 2. I’m so happy he gave an honest review of this book, it felt sooooo overhyped and while I enjoyed it and some parts were relevant I found quite a bit repetitive and somewhat condescending. ❤️ totally here for jack’s honesty and puns ❤️

[@debraschnitzer8802]

Not my favorite but Eliabeth Gilbert is her friend. I hope she isn't like Gilbert and changes her life every few years and writes a book about it. This was only her second wonderful life.

[@britbc4461]

Repetitive and condescending are such good words for this book!

[@michouvansluis4539]

I love how you adressed the privilege of 'only having to worry about a divorce'. It's like Zadie Smith said in Intimations, pain is absolute. You can't compare it to someone else's pain. Even if you're privileged to the max, you will still go through the same emotions as any other human. Even if the pain is different.

[@necrxmenace]

i lost it at "isn't that draco malfoy's sidekicks?" oml

[@anjalishah2925]

When he was talking about the author not actually making conversations normal and losing touch with reality, all i could think about was "The Fault In Our Stars". Literally in that book too there was only philosophy and metaphors interfering even in most normal and common of the conversations lmao

[@dawn_gently]

after reading tfios at the tender age of 13 i was talking in labyrinths of meaningless metaphors and my friends kept saying that they dont understand half of what im saying. its been almost a decade and the effect still lingers. but now my friends just think that im doing a bit. reality imitates art.

[@elizadaria3555]

Jack is basically stealing stars' taste in books and becoming more and more powerful booktube star, an icon. How smart is this guy!

[@jenniejiang7672]

HAHAH i started laughing in the first three seconds of this video: "THIS IS NOT A DRILL THIS IS NOT A DRILL ADELE HAS RECOMMENDED A BOOK"

[@DorinaFarkas]

The phone call part - I interpreted it as her telling us she has phone anxiety

[@rh2219]

Yeah, I haven't read this book yet, but my gut reaction to hearing that line was that it was many to be funny in it's delivery, and highlighting how anxiety feels instead of hey literally being upset at get friend for calling. Huge grain of salt there since I haven't read it but that makes sense with how kind this person seems to be

[@jack_edwards]

Agree but think she wrote it in a very obnoxious (and maybe quite nasty??) way - this was just an example of how the hyperbole in the book is a bit.... much

[@amyg8176]

Of course, but the thing about phones these days is that she can…. Turn the sound off. Put it in airplane mode, or do not disturb. If the sound of the ring causes that much anxiety, change the sound.

[@AnnabelleFr]

I have read it last year and honestly cannot understand the praise it has gotten. There are so many good books out there with a similar concept but better execution that bring way more to the table.

[@azure113]

i loved the discussion you had about privilege. i feel like there’s a difference between asking someone to acknowledge their privilege and telling them that their privilege means they need to shut up.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

“If it’s good enough for Adele, it’s good enough for me.” is a line that should apply to most things in life. Jack starting the video with an iconic line 👏🏽

[@Andrea-rj7lp]

I really did not like this book, it was way too "white feminism" "preachy" for me and it felt dishonest but glad to hear your thoughts! Love your videos Jack and love how you are living your best life in Paris.

[@johannaisolde]

To be honest, I think the idea that you are responsible for your own happiness and liberation is priviledged, because a lot of people don't have the financial means to divorce for example. What if you are financially dependant on your husband or wife? Of course I don't think you should dismiss the book or it's message because of that. I simply think that not everyone has the same oppurtunities to find happiness in life and we should acknowledge that. Adele is "solely" responsible for her "own joy, happiness and freedom" because she has the money to be.

[@amyg8176]

Right. Money doesn’t buy happiness, but having money removes so much stress. How can you be truly happy if you’re always panicked about whether you can afford rent or food? Or if you’re being forced to carry out a pregnancy you don’t want, or you’re black and police exist?

[@moonstruckfaye]

It's also this kind of neoliberal bs that in the reverse this also means: if you don't succeed in life and are unhappy it's YOUR fault. You didn't work hard enough, you were not willing to make a change, you were not 'wild' enough...when often a lot of variables are out of your hands and depend on a system that is designed and dependant on keeping you down were you are.

[@moonstruckfaye]

@Stephanie Oh my glob yes, sure, obviously. But the one is about psychological coping mechanisms / a way to positively frame your life circumstances and the other about making you believe you can change your actual circumstances and if you don't succeed it is on you - and not the injustice of the systems we created and rich and privileged people uphold. That's two very different things and the "happy poor people" is just one of those narratives that exactly the people at the top love so much to keep the systems they profit off in place and people complacent. Don't get me wrong: I also don't think money buys happiness. I've seen enough miserable rich people and comparison will keep you unhappy no matter how much money you'll amassed, but I'd like to live in a world without Elon Musks and Jeff Bezoses and countless others who have built they're empire on the backs of the people they're telling that it's just a matter of working hard and relying on yourself and they're own genius.

[@katenz100]

@Storing up energy for the right thing that's one community. If you really get into the stat's and causes it's kinda bs. Because poverty stricken communities aren't often communities at all. They have higher rates of crime, gangs, and socio-economic deprivation. Vege stores are less common than bottle stores. Overwhelmingly people have poorer access to health services. Women are late presenting to maternity services and have poorer health outcomes for their children. Asthma is prevelant. But they can't afford inhalers. Overcrowding is prevelant. And because of that so are skin conditions and moist home environments. You watching a documentary about one happy community in deprivation doesn't mean that poverty stricken communities around the world is set up for happiness. The councils who run the towns could care less. They're not in a position to be developed for happiness.

[@idonotresidehere.5709]

@Storing up energy for the right thing @moonstruckfaye I mean you're both right. It's undeniable that it will be much harder to find happyness if you don't have access to things like shelter, healthy nutrition, and healthcare, but it's also true that it is possible to find some semblence of happyness without those things, and obviously you can have all those things and no happyness. It would be ridiculous to claim that your access to basic needs and wants isin't a huge part in your likelyhood of being happy, but it would also be foolish to think that it's as strightforward as poor=unhappy, rich=happy.

[@bhargavimurthy4638]

Not even gonna skip the ad portion cus that’s gold too!

[@jack_edwards]

🥰🥰

[@cloveskiwis]

I think when she talked about someone calling her phone being "such an aggressive act" it was really just her social anxiety talking. To me it felt pretty relatable and made me chuckle a bit.

[@bl4ckc4tn0m4d]

This camera set up is really nice. It feels as if you're actually sat down with a friend discussing the book :>

[@avni8277]

I like that point so much. I too used to sort of expect to have conversations where I'll say something profound and I'll get an equally profound answer and it'll be a like a movie life changing moment, and I was a little frustrated when people kept saying the wrong things in those moments. Sometimes I couldn't put myself into words the way I had imagined. Now I feel so free as I've started to accept that it's not all polished and perfect all the time. People are imperfect in expressing themselves and it's wonderful to appreciate that while it's happening. Mostly the meaning comes to you more fully when you look back and reflect.

[@hurricanetortilla2569]

"anyway so the book is by glennon doyle" "isn't that the name of draco malfoy's sidekicks???" "...oh that's crabbe and goyle" JACK I- 💀💀💀

[@PokhrajRoy.]

8:51 Children are more intelligent than we give them credit for but I get your point. It’s a thin line between parental delusion vs plain precocious.

[@lostinwonderart]

I used to work for a basketball team where they bought this book for every female employee (never even offered to buy it for the male employees 🤷🏻‍♀️). I just couldn’t. Ended up gifting it to someone who might like it. I always feel these types of books are there for people to have the appearance of depth in their personality, Oprah is famous for hopping from one to the other to the other of trendy self-help books. Maybe I’m jaded because I ran a bookstore for 13 years and saw so many of these things come and go, being bought from the same people, and seen these authors either being revealed as less than authentic to just scammers.

[@kaylacorinne]

Exactly how I felt about this book.

[@CinemaGeekAna]

This is my probably my fifth attempt on getting Jack to do a Hozier Book Recommendations 🥺🥺 c’mon Jack pleaseee 💕

[@ariellediaz1227]

Dnf'd this at like 10%. I couldn't stand her voice/attitude while I was reading it, and the beauty is nobody has to read things they aren't enjoying! Even if all the people around you love it, including Adele. I can see why this book had so much impact on her though. Thank you for your honest review.

[@Chocolatetart88]

I was hesitant about reading Untamed initially (as i’m not a big self help reader) but I honestly loved this book. It really helped me understand a lot of things about myself and I like how it addressed a number of issues. However, I can completely understand your criticisms - there were points where I took a step back. It has stayed with me and I would definitely recommend it.

[@hurricanetortilla2569]

when i heard that adele recommended this book, i just knew our man jack would deliver and he DID

[@Holly-ub5vn]

“I’d have it tattooed… on my scalp” idk why but specifically on the scalp just really got me 😭

[@annnaaabel]

“The review section of this book looks like the Met Gala lineup.” - why did this get me. 😂

[@irmak2898]

Jack is really spoiling us with all this incredible content

[@yellowismyhappycolor5650]

we need a “I read every book Emma Watson recommended” 🍄

[@lyncassady9868]

Soooo many important points here, thank you, Jack! :) I love what you say about privilege. I think called someone "privileged" is just not differenciated enough for the human experience. It's a lot more interesting and brings so much more clarity to look at what privileges a person has and what privileges they don't have. Glennon has for example: white privilege, she is able bodied, from a middle class background, she is cis and conventionally pretty. She doesn't have male privilege, she is a lesbian, she is probably neurodiverse. The thing is: her divorce is not Glennon's only problem - she describes how being raised as a a girl taught her to make herself smaller, quieter, more "perfect" according to other people's expectations. How early on she struggled with mental health issues, eating disorders, addiction. She denied herself her own sexuality. She had sex she didn't enjoy until she met her now wife. So there's quite a lot of trauma here, which obviously has a different kind of impact when you are part of even more marginalized groups. But her privileges don't make her trauma go away or make it easier in her lived experience. Plus: she is aware of her privileges. And uses them to lift up others. She grew up in a culture of appearances and perfect surfaces and decided to be radically vulnerable. Oh, about Erica: If you listen to the way Glennon talks, she often has a way of making things super big verbally, as a way of making fun of herself. So the way I read this part about cellphones, I'm pretty sure it's just meant to be funny. It matches her sense of humour online, her conversations with her wife on instagram are super funny. THANK YOU again for reading and talking about this book! And about Adele!

[@jaco3394]

11:03 You put something that I've been thinking about a lot recently but couldn't articulate properly into words. I feel like discourse, especially online but also in media (whether it's books, TV, film etc.), is more and more about people shutting each other up rather than having actual conversations and it's so important to acknowledge that to make sure it doesn't become the norm.

[@celly589]

The fact that that many celebrities were on the back of the book screams “I paid them to “read” my book so I could use their name”

[@Sam-h3x9u]

Despite me having an attention span of a teaspoon, I can literally listen to Jack talk for hours.

[@fyiadhi]

The book changed Adele's life. Jack is changing my taste in books, in a good way✨❤️🔥🤧

[@hannahduerr1610]

I think it’s important to note Glennon’s writing style here. She writes like she talks which is what makes the book so relatable. Obviously there’s pros and cons. When you talk about her comments on the phone ringing, it’s important to know that she’s being mostly satirical and sarcastic. She also has anxiety, and so the reality of this fear is possible but again she’s being “relatable” and funny.

[@shabnamaria5170]

The fact that this sweetheart of a human being reads every single comment and interacts with every single viewer... Jack you're setting the bar so high my guy...

[@justjulia1720]

I'm on a random Jack Edwards binge for some reason, but I guess today my brain just decided it's Jacked Wards day, so yay.

[@CharliGirlMusic]

I'm about halfway through Untamed and put it down for a bit, needed a breather. On another note..."To Be Loved" broke me! So beautiful and heartbreaking!

[@mimipipi120]

the bit about the mobile phone was super relatable. i think it’s an introvert thing, i hate phone calls. message me, enail me, and i’ll get back in my own time. if they want to have an actual conversation, let’s decide on a day abd go out for a coffee or lunch, or decide on a date and tine for a videocall. but phone calls are really stressful and feel very intrusive of my personal space, my me time. as an introvert i guess this is common. it has nothing to do with who’s calling. thank you for this review jack you’re wonderful!!

[@ag4444]

Sure, but it’s not the caller’s fault that you don’t communicate that you don’t want to be called

[@bonjosireads]

7:31 took me out 😭😭 “👋🏻 divorce, babes, divorce! 👋🏻”

[@hopeayiasoumi27]

I just got out of the hospital and saw Jack done a video, I wish I could go to the events over the next two days to meet Jack in person, he’s become an amazing part of my watching life on KZbin especially in hospital

[@cozy_fern_]

I HATED this book so much. I couldn’t even finish it. The author felt so out of touch and I didn’t care to read about her life as much as she wrote about it. It felt more like a memoir to me than a self help book. I might try and revisit it again, but the author really just left a bad taste in my mouth. As a queer person it really irritated me that she kept bringing up her marriage to a woman in such a way that it felt like she wanted a special badge for leaving her husband and marrying a woman. I’m glad she found love, and I love reading about queer love, but the way the author wrote about it just felt cringe and self congratulatory. The author also rated her own book on goodreads and left a review and that just feels icky and strange. I really wanted to get something positive out of this book, and I truly tried my best to keep reading it and ignore the cringe bits but I eventually just couldn’t ignore those bits and I had to DNF it. 😅

[@zuzuzuzuuuu]

i love your sense of humour and playing with words

[@GretaZewe]

all the adele lyric references killed me, jack you are a gem

[@anamarija9283]

I appreciate the straightforwardness, and how concrete and understandable your descriptions are!

[@emilym5870]

THANK YOU for articulating the thing about polishing conversations. I’ve always had a problem with it when I read but didn’t have the reasoning for why. Bless you

[@rimakambar1175]

I love how I always find myself nodding and humming along to anything Jack says as if we are casually having a one-on-one conversation. Love you Jack!

[@SanchiPatil]

the painting in the background is so capturing that I can't comprehend what jack is talking about

[@Rebe_e]

3:29 the way Jack said he spoke in broken French to a non-English person but still thought the waiter could read English. 💀

[@janetg3826]

jack! you need to go easy on me with all of these videos!! x

[@jessiethorp]

you are so intelligent. omg i could listen to you analyze any topic all day long. you make me excited to learn!

[@oliviaaagrace1]

hi jack! i love your videos!! i have an idea: since you’ve done celebrity book recs that have changed their lives, how about you do a video of books that changed your life? books you can’t live without, books that you wholly and unconditionally love, etc. i would love to know! thank you for being one of my support booktubers!

[@ajruck]

I had the exaccccct same reaction to the, what I felt were, completely fantastical conversations she had with her children. The interactions were so unbelievable and so TED Talk-sounding that I couldn’t stick with it. I finished reading it but I was so peeved that I didn’t get much joy from it 😂 Thank you for your honesty in your review!

[@marwanazeem1483]

I love the balance his reviews always have. He always shares his opinion on how the particular book at hand may have impacted the artist, but never fails to give his honest take on it either. Awesomee!

[@naive_person472]

the high density of jokes Jack manages to have EVERY SINGLE VIDEO is mindboggling. moonlighting as a comedian??

[@watchingthewatchdogsphilip1457]

“Hello.” Pause. “It’s me.” I didn’t expect that. 😂

[@rubahash4857]

everything aside, i can't help but get distracted by jack's outfits!!!! please share links of the clothes you wear 🥺

[@TinaMondelia]

Huge respect to you, Jack, the way you addressed the talk about privilege. The way you describe that one thing is to recognize it, but the word also being "thrown around" - it also would be kind of invalidating someone's feelings and struggles. Anyways; Have been curious about this book for a while, and I might now just need to read it... Adele is very convincing.

[@lolagras8391]

I love how I recommended this video to him in tiktok and one week later this is on my KZbin fyp ahahh

[@theworldof11]

''This is fast paced'' *me literally starting to slowly cry realising fast paced is about how fast ypu read the book and not how fast the plot progresses*

[@mariacrist101]

Still waiting for the day you'll make a week reading only Brazilian books 🛐 (if you do, I'll make a playlist for the ✨mood✨)

[@melimilka5666]

Discovering your channel is definitely my biggest highlight of 2021 (even though you wrecked my TBR list:))

[@Emily-gc1jm]

I started reading this book a few months ago, put it to the side and haven’t continued reading it so far. Being about 3/4 into the book I 100% agree with your criticism! I have not heard any criticism toward this book so far and I am glad to hear it from someone else but myself haha

[@Sunmedallion_]

people on good reads tear it apart haha. I also didn't finish it

[@GinaLuciaReads]

I have to say, I'm not religious either and I found the way she talked about her going deep inside very appealing and accessible. Was a great read for me but perhaps not as life-changing as others found it.

[@leen7704]

I love love love your personality and humor like how can a person just think of saying genius and funny things every minute! happy I found your channel❤️

[@juliarosetwamley]

I love how Jack always brings things back to the theme. Like even here telling us the sponsorship is 83% off and he brought that back to Adele’s albums being numbers like how did he think of that ❤️ He does that in every video I really appreciate it. It’s very English essay

[@bitsypout3087]

You are genuinely the most articulate person I have ever come across & it's so refreshing

[@aulbayne]

Loving the reading celebrity book recommendations series! I saw there’s another one on Monday too, Timothee Chalamet! And some of you may have heard but we actually created a BOOK CLUB with the community 📚😎 (details in replies)

[@Hello-wj6cp]

It’s on 📚R📚E📚D📚D📚I📚T📚 And the community is just Jack’s name :) It’s also a cool place for us to communicate and post anything from memes to book recommendations. Thank you to anyone who joins and we really hope you enjoy it! :D

[@Hello-wj6cp]

There’s over 400 of us and the poll for what book we want to read in December is currently up! :)

[@Progress234]

@@Hello-wj6cp can you send the link

[@fatima-qn2le]

the titles of your videos are my favorite thing ever

[@vanessa_mcleod]

all these uploads are giving me a reason to not start the 7 papers i have to write for uni.

[@muskaan3711]

Lol same

[@ToomanyFrancis]

I have never heard my feelings regarding cell-phone calls put into such eloquent words. I personally would never say it, because it sounds completely ridiculous, but I still agree wholeheartedly.

[@noone-gf5op]

"just because someone is more privileged than someone else- doesn't mean that what they've created is worthless." just for a little bit of context, a lot of the old world's artists and creators were usually among the elites and privileged in society. thats how they had time to be profound and follow their passions in a very bitter reality. in the renaissance, we're talking about people like Leonardo Da Vinci who had rich patrons supporting his art for most of his life and could be found frolicing with noblemen, high class and royalty, and other privileged artists. in newer times its authors like Fitzgerald and Hemingway who had extravagant lifestyles of drinking and partying. these people created the classics, the hauntingly beautiful, the most inspiring artworks. so what if they were born into money, or came upon money. so what if they partied and befriended ladies and lords? they were talented and interesting and different. and we enjoy the art they've brought to the world all the same

[@dumbdoggie21]

JACK. YOU MAKE MY DAY. NO SERIOUSLY. I COULD LISTEN TO YOU FOR HOURS.

[@carolinv9792]

Who else loves that Jack hypes spotify wrapped as well? Completely shortened my study time by 12:47min but I don’t regret anything - made my day The only thing that bothers me, is the camera not focusing in the first half of the video? I wasn’t sure if it was my eyesight or the camera, but I’m pretty sure it’s the camera :/

[@redwineandagingerale]

The only thing is that spotify wrapped is based on data from jan 1 to oct 31 so Adele's not gonna be in there

[@carolinv9792]

@@redwineandagingerale wait what 😵 I hate that, why isn't the stuff from november in it?

[@robynshort8190]

You know when you just feel like you've found your absolute best friend on this earth, and that person is Jack, im in love on a spiritual level with this man

[@louise_411]

Just want to say I love what your channel has become. Your videos are so so good - funny, relevant, ever evolving but they never lose sight of their purpose, integrity & authenticity. Your also just a joy to watch. Thank you :)

[@Tiffany56765]

Vid idea: after having reviewed celebrity book recs, make some recs you would have for celebs ? Hehe

[@llinta1]

THAT’S THE TYPE OF CONTENT I PAID FORRRRRR

[@crescentflower444]

bought this on accident at the beginning of the year and its so nice to have ur fav youtuber review it!

[@behnammcdelijani3898]

It doesn't matter what you even talk about. Your energy makes me smile through the whole video.

[@JilianToree]

😂 Every second of this video was pleasing to my eardrum , thanks

[@miquesbookvlogs372]

🤣 if I was that waiter I would’ve thought to myself “damn, I didn’t know books could teach me how to do those, I had to use the internet”. oop 💅

[@devayanig.3100]

Jack , I really like how you don't like people being rude and unkind to each other , as a fellow libra we can't probably tolerate this kind of attitude . I really like your empathetic and compassionate reaction to every rude comment and remark in every book ! You're really a great person ❤️

[@anagha8298]

i cannot believe how much updated you are about pop culture knowledge