The Wives Is A HOT MESS

[@strangeaelurus]

"I hate Tuesday. She's selfish. Her career is the highest priority in her life." No wonder Colleen Hoover liked this book 💀

[@evansecencefan1435]

This isnt even creative misogyny, if youre going to be salty about women having independence in 2023 you better be imaginative and innovative with this shit

[@queenning28]

Like why can’t women just be selfish. What’s wrong with that? Career-driven men are never hated for being “selfish”. They’re praised for being ambitious, and responsible/dependable for providing for his family.

[@Green-cactus.]

​@@queenning28because men stronger than women duh

[@talynhastime9343]

@@queenning28I think it’s because, since it is at least unconsciously assumed that women are socialized to be emotional and conscious of how their actions affect others to the point of neurosis, it’s considered especially egregious when women act selfishly. It is a new form of patriarchy in which men, despite being smart and all that, “aren’t good at feelings” so they’re ignorant, and women “are bad at real life stuff but good at emotions and feelings”. It’s a false dichotomy of Ignorance (Men) vs. Negligence (Women), and negligence has been determined to be worse than ignorance, and isn’t it doubly convenient that women happen to be the “negligent” ones and “negligence” is worse than “male ignorance”. (I’m not saying that to be male is to be ignorant, or that either of these qualities are innate to either men or women, but it’s how society has chosen to perceive antisocial behavior as it manifests in men or women).

[@varshini6904]

Omg I don't have words to say. I *hate* the amount of girliies liking her and her very obviously problematic books

[@sophiet.3426]

“she’s 25 but looks like a college girl” me, a 25 year old college girl: 👁️👄👁️

[@crowdemon_archives]

... Do college girls not look 25? :O

[@frankensteinlives]

I clocked that too lol

[@KreeZafi]

Lmaooo yeah and also, assuming someone starts at 18 and does a three year program they'd be there at 18-21 (and that's the low estimate, tons of people start later than that, when I was in university almost all of my classmates were older than me). There really is not much of a difference between how people look at 18-21 and how they look at 25. A few years up or down doesn't make much difference as an adult, it's not like the difference between 8-11 and 15. The only difference between how I look now at 25 versus how I looked at 18 is that I changed my hairstyle.

[@nirvanaheights]

@@KreeZafiwhere are you from? Usually college is from 18-22 in the US

[@KreeZafi]

@@nirvanaheights For a three year education if you start in autumn at age 18 you'd end your first year in spring at 19, start the second year in autumn at 19 and end the second year in spring at 20, start the third year still at 20, graduate in spring the third year at 21, no? Obviously with variations depending on when in the year your birthday is but with a three year program starting the year you turn 18 you should finish the year you turn 21, shouldn't you? If you do three years you'd only end the year you turn 22 if you start in the year you turn 19. Correct me if I'm wrong tho.

[@animekittykitty]

My family: There isn't a stigma against people with mental health issues anymore Shitty Romance/ Suspense Novels: *the true villain was the mental health crisies we had along the way~*

[@itsriverwren]

you know Alizee is behind on the rent when she uploads two videos in one week

[@AlizeeYeezy]

😶😶😶

[@linstar9172]

@@AlizeeYeezy More videos please!

[@theskittleman8215]

Top 2 signs that a book is insane: 1. the cover says written by Tarryn Fisher 2. the cover says written by Colleen Hoover

[@chromesthesia]

True. Ugh. Mud Vein. I've only read one Colleen Hoover. Not sure I want to read another but I didn't hate that book about domestic abuse so much

[@justforfun1205]

Thats one of her most sane book. Trust me i read it and liked it. It wasnt bad then i read ugly love and wanted to throw it in the sewers

[@TiaraClarese]

OK, as someone with schizophrenia who had delusions surrounding my ex-boyfriend and was eventually admitted to a psych ward because of it, that part is not uncommon in my experience. However, portraying her as this crazy violent person offended me. People already judge me when they learn of my illness despite me being outwardly normal. It truly upsets me how this whole ordeal was presented and ended. It could've been done so well, and it wasn't.

[@SaigesArstgo1031]

I don't have schizophrenia but wouldn't the other characters make it much worse? Everyone around her encouraged her delusions, knowing shes mentally ill.

[@TiaraClarese]

@@SaigesArstgo1031 oh most definitely! Especially the first wife egging her on and using it for her own personal gain. When I am dealing with psychosis it already feels like my life isn't mine, so to be used like that by someone with a grip on reality is truly deplorable.

[@asteridshydrangea-jt2hf]

Yeah, IMO the narrative treatment described seems so lurid and lacking in authorial empathy - a cheap twist where the knowledge of her disorientation and suffering is meant to make the audience kind of lip curl and go 'ew what is UP with her' in the prolonged latter parts where you can guess that her perceptions are being interfered with by her own brain but you aren't sure in what way. Just a giant gross bummer, treating mental illness like the cheap shock twist slasher that gets up again at the end of the film.

[@mystic0screams]

My mother had schizophrenia and at some points was admitted and in my experience a lot of mentally ill persons are not this Uber violent personality that media likes to tact on. It is offensive and builds the stigma. This is one of the reasons a lot of people feel discouraged seeking help because they want to deny being "crazy"

[@mrsmaggiekoch]

I'm sorry as someone with different mental health issues I don't understand what it's like. But I do understand what it's like to feel like your life isn't your at your lowest point.

[@Mintetea]

I don't want to read bad books, but i want to feel like i'm hating a bad book with others.

[@Nathi98]

I'm going through that week™️ right now Normally listening to these I feel nothing, but now I feel anger 😅

[@xLiLlyx98]

​@@Nathi98how do you feel nothing at these, I aspire to this level of inner peace (unless it's deadness, then... My condolences? 😂)

[@Nathi98]

@@xLiLlyx98 Yeah it's just inner peace & thinking: "just fiction, just badly written fiction"

[@xLiLlyx98]

@@Nathi98 I think my problem is that deep, deep down... I fear that there are actual people out there that think like these protagonists. And that they might be among us, not even questioning what the hell is going on inside their own minds. And it scares me.

[@Nathi98]

@@xLiLlyx98 That is entirely justified

[@skylarjohnson7779]

It sounds like Seth took advantage of a mentally ill woman to get sex and a house and I have to wonder if Thursday could press charges.

[@platedlizard]

It’s a romance scam so possibly

[@skylarjohnson7779]

@@platedlizard I was thinking rape but that too.

[@nightmarefanatic1819]

Exactly, I'm surprised Alizee didn't mention how absolutely messed up it is that he tossed her aside after her miscarriage but was perfectly fine living in the house she provided. He's not only a cheating bastard, but a leech as well.

[@billiep1603]

Ten minutes in and literally how can a book be this misogynistic in such a short time 💀 someone stop Tarryn Fisher from writing ever again. Also I don’t want kids so am I not a woman to Miss Fisher????

[@dementia8745]

Man, I'm just at 8:12 and I'm already looking at Thursday like what?!

[@mrsmaggiekoch]

Technically the person who thought that was crazy the whole time, so it is implying only crazy people think that. It is in fact a feminist novel.

[@palinurus]

You're KIDDING ME- two Alizee updates in as many days??? You're spoiling us! Considering that this author is a friend of CoHo, I'm so ready for a book full of unnecessary girlhate

[@basedcentrist3056]

It will never cease to amaze me how many female authors reinforce patriarchal standards and even desire it, write the most 2d women ever and how many women just eat it up without question

[@babyblue_22]

God forbid any women choosing and being genuinely happy with a different lifestyle than yours.

[@basedcentrist3056]

@@babyblue_22 it's an observation not a prescription. Sorry that opinions hurt you so much

[@haggisa]

@@babyblue_22Is that the lifestyle described in this book that you’re defending? Putting the desires and needs of your husband above yours no matter what and obsessing over how you compare to other women all day?

[@Pixelchus]

Okay so I am going to guess the plot twist early: there aren't three wives, she is somehow traumatized and her personality split into three. 1. preppy housewife 2. sexy plaything 3. caring baby-maker

[@Ashbrash1998]

Surprisingly no but somewhat yes

[@CelticGuardian7]

This was basically my guess too! Oh well, can't win them all. =P

[@mrsmaggiekoch]

This was a better twist.

[@rebecky5ever]

better ending tbh

[@FireLordMeagan]

This book honestly broke my heart- not because it’s good, obviously. But because the story of how Seth abuses and lies to Thursday, who then finds out he’s abusing other women, too, and then immediately pivots to (truly and literally) gaslighting Thursday and weaponizing psychiatric incarceration to keep her from exposing him is so real and textbook. And yet the “twist” at the end of this book is that no, she really *is* crazy! Seth was right! 💀 What a hateful book. There is no consideration or sympathy for people with psychosis and how vulnerable they are to exactly the kind of abuse depicted in the story. It’s really vile.

[@mrsmaggiekoch]

Yeah, you're supposed to go, "Wow Seth is so awful." And then change to "Ew, she's crazy, poor Seth."

[@fralanasko2900]

It would have been amazing of it had ended up being set was an abusive prick.... bit then Thursday kills the other wives and steals the baby in order to.have him.to.herself without him realising.

[@Jess-qg2gk]

ik you're probably losing brain cells by reading these horrible books, but it's giving your fans LIFE TYYY

[@AlizeeYeezy]

it's ok i didn't have many brain cells to begin with xoxo

[@RozyPoyo]

We're like tiny little vampires lol

[@goodnight-moon564]

@@RozyPoyo We should riot against Zoey Redbird

[@acharris]

It's disturbing how popular these books where toxic and abusive relationships are normalized.

[@BooksandBuns]

11:18 ok, look. I'm polyamorous, & I knew of the shitty portrayal of polyamoury in this book. I have mental health issues, & was aware of the horrible portrayals of mental illness in this book. I'm also a transman & this sentence... Really took me by surprise. The last thing I need is to find out the author hates Slavs or something, & then this book would literally be made to bully me, specifically. How this author managed it, I do not know

[@rosettastarlight6239]

The way when I first heard of this, I thought the twist would be that Seth has a "wife" for every day of the week, or that he was an actual abuser. Like, anything other than it just being that Thursday was crazy after her miscarriage. It being revealed steadily throughout the book Seth was using Thursday's clear insecurities against her and every time he tried to explain was just him manipulating and gaslighting her when she starts to look into all his lies in the book, leading to her and Regina joining forces after realizing how Seth's been treating them, him likely being the source of their miscarriages due to him maybe seeing them as unfit mothers (Regina because "she's always focused on work" and Thursday because she's unstable) and pitting them against each other. Then they go to try and save Hannah who is not only on a similar path, but being visibly, physically abused. Then again, like I said, I would take almost anything over "oh, it was just all in her head". It's such a cheap cop out and assists to the stigma of mental illness. Even if it was just in her head, that means Seth had to notice at least a sign or two but never thought to get her help and made everything worse. Oh, and Regina, too. How do you see someone clearly going through an episode and seemingly genuinely believing all the theories she's telling you while in a panic, and instead of calling someone since this woman's clearly troubled, you fuel those delusions by lying? It ultimately led to her spiraling further and shooting Seth, which does make Regina seem like a bitch using someone's unstable mental state for her own benefit of revenge

[@Ashbrash1998]

I hate it because it pins all the faults and blames on Thursday. When Seth is also terrible, and now they'll have it that he's a good person it's just that Thursday was driving him crazy socits not his fault

[@rosettastarlight6239]

@ashbenamti9490 True. Like even with the plot twist, Seth is still a serial cheater, possibly abusive towards Hannah (though it's left for us to decide), and took advantage of a Thursday who was clearly not in her right mind for a house and sex. Like as much as I hate the plot twist of her being mentally ill, he still saw she wasn't in her right mind, led her on and fed into her delusions and probably only tried to break up with her when she started following Hannah. But, no, the plot twist just makes him out to be a poor, tired man with a crazy ex

[@imtiredofmycontinuedexiste6324]

Oh geez, this book. I really enjoyed ReadWithCindy's review of it, time to watch Alizee's brain fall apart too lmao

[@katherineeaster5799]

I saw that too, but honestly couldn't remember how it ended. So, here I am again, watching a video about a book I never wanted to read.

[@wompppwompwomppp]

I had a good chuckle at the line about him being in a wheel chair and never being able to hurt a woman or anyone again. My husbands father was in a wheelchair/blind and was the most abusive person. To his wife as well as my husband and his siblings. He was such a hateful guy (I'm sure because he was miserable with his existence and taking it out on everyone else)

[@platedlizard]

I’ve heard of abusive people using their wheelchairs to batter their spouses so if anything it give them an extra weapon

[@nyssalynn5216]

I want to thank Colleen Hoover and authors like this woman because it's inspired me to actually write. I want to write about abuse and what it's genuinely like- that it's sometimes small and grows bigger and worse. It isn't just always obvious

[@abhainn35]

Same! I got inspiration for writing my extremely dark and twisted psychological horror from listening to bad book reviews. The "love interest" starts off as "Oh that's not good" and ends with "Sweet mother of Hera what is WRONG with you?" Thank you, E.L James. :)

[@raincandy1653]

Yep! I'm interested about writing a story about a super abusive partner with an extreme power dynamic (in intelligence and social standing) and books like these are helping me write better abusive people :D thissoundssomessedupaftertypingit-

[@gaga.markez]

Every time i click on one of this vid on trashy books there is always someone that's been inspired to write just out of spite or to actually create smth realistic, and i have to say same. Literal same. Not with this trashy book but i too am on a crusade to rewrite abusive relationships in a more realistic light, especially when the abuse isn't obvious which is smth i see rarely talked ab in books. Btw good luck with ur book darlin

[@nyssalynn5216]

@@gaga.markez thank you! And good luck to you too, honestly.

[@TiredMonsterArt]

I am also inspired by book reviews covering these kind of books, but mostly to write something wholesome. To hopefully get the bad taste out of my mouth.

[@frankensteinlives]

28:10 I feel like she must've heard her friend say "We can afford to travel as much as we like because we don't have or want kids." And the idea of someone not wanting kids was so incomprehensible to her she just couldn't internalize that part of it and I'm definitely overthinking it

[@oolgadiez]

jesus this book is seriously insane. the misogyny in colleen hoover‘s books is immense but this is on a whole new level of insanity

[@whiteraven562]

Now that you've tried Colleen Hoover and Taryn Fisher you should try the novel they cowrote, called Never Never

[@WolframHeart]

The “cider” mentioned is most likely non-alcoholic apple cider, it’s a thick apple juice that’s popular in America, especially in the fall. Alcoholic cider is called “hard cider” in the US.

[@KDM268]

I live for your book reviews. It’s charity work. I can’t suffer through the bad writing but I need to get mad about something while I cook dinner.

[@xladycaosx]

Alizee, I’m Italian, lactose intolerant and also vegetarian, and in Italy it’s super common to get a pizza and ask them to remove cheese so you only get the tomato sauce and whatever toppings would normally be on it! You’re not weird! 😂

[@indeeditiscirro]

Vegan by force 😂

[@pam9919]

He has three wives and I think the biggest mystery about this whole novel is why any of them even like him - with Cindy the most accurate why do describe this book

[@tyler-df3wy]

Damn two ‘plot twist: women crazy’ books in two days Can’t wait for it to be the plot twist of the mockumentary too

[@Kyman102]

"Seattle and Portland" Oh I can actually weigh in on that, as I live in that part of the US. So, Seattle's the biggest city in Washington State, Portland is the biggest city in Oregon, the state just south of Washington. Portland is about a three and a half hour drive south of Seattle. It's not impossible to make a drive a couple times a week, for someone in the US, but it would be exhausting in a lot of ways.

[@trashpanda3544]

Slamming your boyfriend crazy ex wifes head on concrete as an act of self-care is kinda queen behaviour.

[@fedepereiraa]

Okay so I never actually read the book but Reading With Cindy did a review of it a while ago and I lived vicariously through her horrific but quite entertaining journey. I’m super ready for Alizee to destroy this book and her sanity with us

[@sirmaestrothehorse5152]

Can't believe I was more invested in the Vegan Pizza Rant than the actual plot of the book. Alizee is the goat 🐐

[@whocares5946]

29:44 Fun fact. American 'cider' is actually non-alcoholic apple juice, sometimes served hot or with spices

[@miaisdrawing5509]

my reaction went from "ok, weird but kinda good" to "what the hell" to "now its getting annoying" to just straight up laughing at the twists. great video, like always. :)

[@mxsimone1097]

other than datura, delirhiants like benadryl and dramamine can also cause hallucinations to the degree of believing you've had a full blown interaction with someone who was never there. had a friend who thought her floor fan was this guys named Johnny, and in her explanation of how she could've confused the two she says, "it's because they've got the same hair" lmao. these affects are only attained at around 6x the recommended dose and up.

[@mikusheadphones]

I found out I was allergic to gabapentin after taking it once, at the lowest doss (100mg, I was allowed 600mg up to 6 times a day) and I had audio and visual hallucinations for 8 days straight. Brains can freak out

[@ashannaredwolf8485]

As a housewife who absolutely adores my husband, I’m ten minutes in and wanting to hurl.

[@rddands]

GIRL. You are spoiling us lately and I am here for it, thank you for brightening up a rather chilly summer in Iceland 🎉❤

[@AlizeeYeezy]

i really wanna visit iceland one day!

[@rddands]

@@AlizeeYeezysix months later I’m listening again to lull me to sleep and notice your reply😅, you absolutely should! Volcanos notwithstanding lately, it’s utterly gorgeous! The people are wonderful too ❤

[@BishopSaysWHAT]

alizee is a legend a powerhouse, my crops are watered my skin is clear-

[@kmarciano6010]

Love the casual transphobia out of nowhere. She just threw that in there like a little extra spicy hate speech. "It's like when your hand is halfway down a guys pants when he tells you hes actually a woman." First of all, that doesnt even make sense. My theory is that she dated a guy who was trans and when he told her, instead of recognizing that it was WAY more dangerous for the trans man, she probably felt like he lied to her in some way. Because this sentence literally implies that a trans man is just a woman pretending to be a man.

[@lisanee]

how does everything has to be about yourself

[@happyjellycatsquid]

I don’t think I’ve ever acknowledged it, but I’d like to say that I’m a big skipper in videos, like my ADHD has no interest whatsoever in boring things I didn’t ask for in my videos BUT I have never skipped the trailer for the mockumentery. Not because I want to be nice, but because it’s great and I chuckle every time I see it. Seriously “He should just keep doing what he’s doing, he’s being his best self” or something is such a golden line

[@AlizeeYeezy]

mockumentary is coming out tomorrow btw!!

[@AlizeeYeezy]

maybe i should have said so in the video too but LOL oops

[@happyjellycatsquid]

@@AlizeeYeezy I cannot wait !!

[@nimeshchokshi1921]

“Lapis lazuli water” is probably meant to be ultramarine water in a “fancier” way. It doesn’t really work as a substitute, though. For context, the ultramarine pigment used in Renaissance art came from lapis lazuli stones thar resided in Afghanistan. Renaissance artists were far from the first to use it but if I recall correctly, ultramarine/lapis lazuli was considered more valuable than gold during the Renaissance.

[@laurelelasselin]

Reviews of Verity and The Wives within two days? I can't wait to watch - but also Alizee what are you putting yourself through, I can barely handle these books even through someone else's reaction 😭

[@xLiLlyx98]

These past two days have singlehandedly destroyed any desire of mine to ever get married 😂😂😂

[@papadivertida]

ngl this video was a hard one to get through. The unrelenting unoriginal misogyny was almost too much but you made it bearable. I cackled every time you looked at the camera and sighed.

[@dementia8745]

8:45 based on my memory, what happened to monday was actually kinda good, 1 woman acted as 7 characters, and she did a good job, im gonna watch it again

[@samlerf]

Nobody tell Alizee that E. L. James published a new novel this year!😅

[@AlizeeYeezy]

i saw 😫

[@mauri-mattiaslaanesaar5305]

Goodness, so many Alizee book reviews in a short period, is it Christmas already?

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

This book about vegan pizza was quite the adventure. The twists, the turns! 10/10 highly recommend.

[@kittytudor9770]

the way this book started out i legit thought the book would be about thursday realizing she is in an abusive and controlling marriage and escaping from it… no such luck lol. also i expected the twist to be a horrible take on dissociative identity disorder where thursday regina and hannah would all actually turn out to be the same person and i cant tell if im relieved that it wasnt or pissed that the actual twist is just as bad

[@kristinfrostlazerbeams]

Fuck me shoes? You mean the shoes with no function other than to make escape impossible? I've not heard them called that. 😂

[@yeeyeebangos9409]

I feel like this book tried to do what Jacob’s Ladder did where there’s an element of trauma-induced schizophrenia, but unlike this book Jacob’s condition was due to an experimental drug that caused the condition. This is really just a poorly handled case of mental illness with internalized misogyny mixed in with it. Why didn’t the main character (I can’t remember her name) go through some therapy throughout? Why wasn’t there an instance throughout the book that eluded to the MC’s condition? Why does MC’s husband just allow her to just not take her medication, or her parents? I did kind of blank out towards the end, so I’m not sure if what I’m typing is what happened in the book, but I have so many questions (And I’m probably taking this book too seriously) Edit: Just finished the video and I have even more questions that will remain unanswered

[@ByzantineDarkwraith]

yeeyee, there was no book. there was no review. this “video” is just a delusional alternative reality that your mind created due to the trauma of accidentally dropping your plate of chicken nuggets on the floor and them all being eaten by your dogs before you could even react. do you know why you can’t remember the main character’s name? it’s because they don’t exist.

[@dramaticleftistgoblin1367]

My mom told me Colleen Hoover's books are good and that I can't judge since I just watch your videos instead of reading the books.

[@lucat17lula]

Alizee, thank you for uploading so much. It really helps me doing my real woman chores that fulfill my very being. I'm off cooking a five course meal for the husband now! :))

[@user-pm7mt7ho9w]

We've gotten so many uploads in such a short amount of time, thank you! I know it must take some time to finish the scripts, but i love them so much. They always keep me entertained when I'm working.

[@kikivf4nr]

jesus christ alizee we are BLESSED edit: every time you said BEHAVE it made me cackle it was great

[@softwiinqss]

I was actually kinda invested in this story. If a better writer got a hold of it, I feel like it would have been more than just kinda interesting.

[@sirfurbingtonthe23rd4]

We're being fed well these past two days. Two Alizee uploads? We're blessed 🙏

[@NG-ue4th]

Oh no...of all the books alizee has covered I this format, those one I've actually read and the moment I saw the title and thumbnail of the video, I was like 'oh no, that poor woman, hasn't she suffered enough already'. My deepest sympathies, Alizee

[@wabbitwabbit98]

Already watched Cindy’s video on this book thrice, can’t wait to get into this one!

[@music_YT2023]

This twist... I saw it coming and yet it still makes no sense. And the abusive, manipulative 'husband' as the cherry on top? Yes, right up Hoover's alley.

[@imnotirish3221]

Thinking other people are evil masterminds out to destroy you is common with Narcissistic Personality Disorder; two of my relatives have it. NPD people think everything is about them everything people do is about them, but they don't have hallucinations like Thursday. Edit: A psychologist friend told me that people do not just "go crazy." You see that a lot in media, but it doesn't happen. In the case of Thursday, she would have already had mental illness symptoms that the people around her ignored and dismissed, and then "noticed" when she lost the baby.

[@milquebox]

my dog passed away yesterday and i really needed a good laugh ❣️ thanks for all your hard work, alizee!!!

[@hanpines3808]

I'm sorry about your dog, internet stranger. I hope you're doing okay

[@milquebox]

@@hanpines3808thank you so much!

[@strangeaelurus]

I was NOT prepared for your hot dog arms 😂

[@AlizeeYeezy]

this is why i stay indoors!

[@haggisa]

“Hot dog arms” is such a rude, yet hilarious description! 😂

[@KB-om9fc]

I forgot about this since I watched Cindy's review, but now I am so fucking happy to hear the sarcasm queen tear this misogynistic shit apart

[@Dzyntara]

The second half of this book is so unhinged and unrefined. It's like the author didn't know how to continue her own book and just went off the rails

[@Al-aholic]

“Do people really eat chicken salad on a croissant?” Yes. And it’s amazing. 🤤

[@sullivankaldwin]

There is something about your videos that even after I’ve seen full plot explanations of these books I still click. Every time.

[@Alresu]

01:19:47 - A book co-authored by those two? You know exactly that we want you to read that. You are just asking for the engagement at this point!^^

[@songweretson]

Lapis lazuli (emphasis on the u, not the a) is a very common comparison for tropical waters. But I can already tell that is the only thing I'm going to give this book

[@dragondancer2823]

How are we this blessed?! Alizee how did you know I had a horrible week and needed a ton of snark?

[@pennyraehawkins9788]

As someone who is in a healthy polyamorous relationship, I find the competitive mindset incredibly unrelatable. Sure, jealousy is never truly squashed and bad days happen, but the constant competition between the wives is insanely foreign to me.

[@xLiLlyx98]

Yeah I mean, I'm not polyamarous but I'm still sane enough to assume agreeing to something like this just because you want that bloke so badly is a bad idea. 😅 Like. If you're not actually down for the concept and just insecurely hang on to any dude that will have you that obviously is gonna backfire..?

[@pennyraehawkins9788]

@@xLiLlyx98 but then she’d be…without him! Her worth wouldn’t be tied to a man! How can a woman live such an existence? 😭😂

[@xLiLlyx98]

@@pennyraehawkins9788 I mean just get a man that is just as territorial and attached and then be codependent? I'm sure they're out there, it doesn't have to be a healthy relationship all of a sudden, just go for a toxic misogynist who is monogamous 😂 that would be my advice for the protagonist 🙏

[@pennyraehawkins9788]

@@xLiLlyx98 But he wanted polygamy, and all that matters is what the MAN wants! Besides, women crazy, amirite? 😂

[@Ashbrash1998]

Honestly the constant competition sounds exhausting

[@pp-jt7mb]

I actually laughed out loud when Regina said "no, YOU're the mistress"

[@mrsmaggiekoch]

NO YOU!

[@Catsafari25]

Fisher heard the term "unreliable narrator" and didn't wait to hear the explanation before going off the deep end here 😂😭

[@emilymelonsun]

I joined a book club and we read this book. I then promptly left the book club.

[@theboneeater]

*doesn't drink for religious reasons* *keeps a bottle of alcohol in the office*

[@platedlizard]

I know right? I was like, he HAS to be a baptist, but no

[@kat.w.RBF444]

Thank you so much for summarizing these crappy books so I don’t ever have to read them (like with the Twilight and 50 Shades series), adding your amazing brand of humor and commentary to the reading. I’ll never understand why these books make any money or the authors gain a following (maybe it’s all the sex scenes and talk of sex), but I refuse to give my money to these hacks. Toxic men, toxic women, abusive relationships…what a fantasy life 🙄. I appreciate your service in enduring this garbage so we can laugh at it.

[@MiraBoo]

I got three chapters into 50 Shades, and it was beyond bad. To call the writing mediocre would be a compliment. It’s popularity is entirely due to the insecurities of the reader. I shall explain… The protagonist is depicted as nobody special. At best, the protagonist thinks of themselves as “bland and boring”; at worst, the protagonist assumes they are “ugly and undesirable.” Presumably, the reader relates to this and inserts themselves into the protagonist’s role. Then it is revealed that the protagonist is actually incredibly beautiful and highly sought after. She was just too modest, humble, and oblivious to realize it until some extraordinary man (who is often a wealthy hot brooder) notices just how special she-and the reader-is. The attention from a wealthy sexy man is fulfilling the reader’s fantasy, while the brooding (i.e. him being a “bad boy” or a “sad sweetheart” with a dark past) adds mystery and intrigue to the paper thin plot. That’s it. That’s all it takes. Having those elements, of course, doesn’t necessarily make a story bad. A good author can use that formula and all of its tropes to create a compelling or entertaining narrative. However, the story doesn’t have to be well told or skillfully constructed by a good author for it to be popular. So long as it follows the formula above, it can be the worst written drivel and still find success.

[@ninavale.]

I'm just 5 mins in but given the polygamy thing(which I think is no longer a thing at least for the main core LDS church?) and not-drinking for religous reasons I'd say that's bc he's supposed to be a Mormon. LDS is pretty big on the abstinency/sobrierty thing. Since the author is USian and there are a lot of Mormons there, I'm guessing she just assumed people wouldn't need to be told the religous reasons bc they'd well...assume themselves what branch of Christianity he belongs to. Edit: Ok, she mentioned Utah. He is DEF a Mormon...Utah is seen/regarded to as a bit of Mormon state by people in US...so yeah that's what this book is going for.

[@lucybarnes8969]

I was thinking the same thing!!!

[@platedlizard]

Yeah he’s Mormon for sure. They can’t even drink coffee or tea. The main church doesn’t allow polygamy anymore and will kick out anyone who does it but there’s a lot of people in splinter churches who continue it. Not all of them are super conservative either

[@YukiT14]

Damn, you're on a roll. I haven't even recovered from your Verity video yet. Give a girl the time to breath sheeez

[@Alresu]

14:56 - Can't argue with that while I watch this video at just before 1AM...

[@TPNsBiggestFan]

lol i wonder where youre watching from because its similar for me (12:17 am as im writing this). nice bedtime story

[@Alresu]

@@TPNsBiggestFan Germany here.^^

[@nalon__]

Have I watched readwithcindy review this book? Yes. Will I watch this entire video? Also yes. This book is too crazy to not watch someone utterly destroy it. Love the vids ❤️

[@doraokeke3228]

I got whiplash from this whole story, you’re truly a national hero😂😂

[@oliveoil8736]

There's a trigger warning not a lot of people know about called "unreality" which is useful when saying things that might trigger someone's paranoia or delusions. For instance, anything implying that their reality may be false or stories of characters discovering that their realities are false. This is because stories like this can cause thoughts like "what if this is happening to me?" I looked it up and most people have put the trigger warning of "mental illness" but I consider that to be too vague for this scenario to be of much use. I don't expect everyone to know this warning, but I would have hoped that the author would have done enough research for this book to know to use it.

[@maximillian1109]

This book is just so damn stupid, I don’t even... Why the hell would aly of these women feel the need to share one man like this? What is going on?!

[@Coyoteari]

Damn, I actually had this thing loosely on my books list under the assumption it was a legit horror/mystery. Nice to know I don’t have to waste my time at least 🤣

[@mrsmaggiekoch]

I HATE when that happens. But it's even worse when you read a whole book and the plot and/or mystery was awful. It feels like time was STOLLEN from you.

[@mxsimone1097]

when Alizee's pitch went up in her takeaway rant, that was fun and I liked it lmao

[@YT_DogloverAnimates]

Omg yes. I was waiting for you to read this!

[@migratory.114]

hey, ms yeezy. quickly popping into the comments to say i'm about to binge your latest coho content. my day was totally shit and my health has suddenly shown slight causes for alarm. your vids are a great comfort at times like this. kudos.

[@lemmyphatch]

As someone raised in Utah and the LDS church, Mormons stopped practicing polygamy before the 1900's for the same reason they eventually started allowing people of color in the church: for fear of retaliation from the government and people with common sense. There is still a sect of the religion that still practices it called "FLDS" or fundamentalist latter day saints. If you go to Utah and see a bunch of women dressed like sad pioneers, that's who they are. Polygamy is especially stupid because polyamory is something that can be done ethically and consensually and polygamy twists it in the worst way possible.

[@apeescapefan]

what's bizarre to me is that I never ever see these women with their husbands. like they might be at the store with their daughters but there's never a man with them in public. maybe it has to do with shopping being women's work? idk. they always look lonely to me. my mom actually knows a lady who was married to one of warren jeffs' brothers. she divorced him but hasn't left the faith. I'm sure she has a lottt of info on that family though and I wish I could talk to her about it

[@lemmyphatch]

@@apeescapefan I totally agree! I've seen some of them with men, but only in "fun" situations like hiking (can you imagine hiking in Southern Utahn heat in those dresses? They seemed miserable). I've never seen a FLDS woman look happy, honestly. It's depressing to think about. I hate that books like these are still glorifying this nonsense.

[@kikinationforever]

"What Happened To Monday?" Sounds interesting.

[@dead_vibes]

Bless your heart for dealing with this.

[@bethk8120]

I would love a supercut of every time you say "behave"

[@anaiswinter9893]

And yes, please. I watch anything you read. I love getting ready for bed and just listening. It is an incredible comfort for me. The comment about you spoiling us is true. But thanks a lot for that.

[@jojol.2630]

Your videos are a blessing to put in while working Edit: I wrote this before the day/night comment. Lol yeah I watch these is broad daylight

[@kindred-spirits]

I love your long-form videos, they're so entertaining!

[@andrearoth9676]

omg yay!!! also btw, i went to the bookstore yesterday for a friends birthday (she wanted a CoHo book 🙄) and i got the biggest side eyes and glares from all around.

[@parvanaturalia]

Yes, please do Never Never or whatever the thing is called, I need you to suffer in my stead. I barely have the time to read good books, heaven forfend I spend my time reading bad ones lol (currently reading My Dark Vanessa, which was recommended by Rachel in her Villains video).

[@NighttimeLibrary]

Holy crap, another video? And you're doing "The Wives"? You've just turned a shitty day into a great one.

[@jacksyoutubechannel4045]

The frequency of your content lately is impressive! It's always good to see a new video from you, but I've still not stopped thinking, "Wait, wait -- is this _another_ new one?", whenever a thumbnail from you comes up in my feed during this latest streak. ETA: My preferred manner of chicken salad eating is on a croissant. They're light and airy, so it's both complementary to the fresh, picnic-food essence of chicken salad _and_ balances out the density of chicken salad. I don't know about anywhere else, but it's a pretty common option in the States.

[@5PctJuice]

"Imagine coming across my channel in the cold light of day." I take exception to that! The light of day where I live is hot as sin (average 38-42 C), thank you very much.

[@GenXLisa]

OMFG! I am so excited about this video! TF's protagonists are, dare I say, worse than CoHo's...IMO 😜The thing with TF is the premises sound good, but the execution...nope. Absolutely want you to cover "Never Never" TF also has a trilogy that might pique your interest, book 1 is the girlfriend's pov, book 2 is the guy, and book 3 is the wife... it's wild!

[@xLiLlyx98]

Love that her initials are the fuck 😂

[@guggelguggel7491]

​@@xLiLlyx98i was thinking transformers or team fortress... The fuck is probably better

[@akesan20]

Alizee has become a content machine. i've never seen so many videos in a week