John Milton - Paradise Lost

[@cletusjones9411]

“Satan’s up to some shieeet.” That is one of the most profound lines in all of epic poetry!

[@user-yn8ll7fj1e]

The funny thing is that John Milton was actually a Christian and Paradise Lost was actually a story written to shame satan. But the poem was mis read and people thought he was praying Lucifer. Its just like when people say J.R.R Tolkien ( Author of Lord of the Rings ) was a atheist when he clearly was christian.

[@sadolescent]

Bran ThaMan Great example of how our morality has changed since Milton's era. I do hate it when people insist that the book is anti-theistic without doing research

[@user-yn8ll7fj1e]

Alexandria C I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks this.

[@elleelle5847]

It's not even so much to shame satan. More to demonstrate that evil collapses in on itself and isn't anything to do with God "punishing" anyone. In Paradise Lost, Satan is an arrogant character, who choses his downfall and ultimately destroys himself. It does pity him, but in no way does it try to make some kind of suffering hero out of him. It is an attempt to rationalise and tell a different perspective - Satan is the lower, God is the higher -but they are both an allegory for the duality of man, and how man choses to utilise his wisdom, from the forbidden fruit of knowledge. Will people use their knowledge to be kinder and reach higher persuits? Or will they, through their addictive and destructive behaviours (which may lead to destruction of their spirit and loss of meaning and true self) destroy whatever is left of Paradise (Hence Sin births Death). Well, that's how I see it. The poem is pretty deep.

[@wonderlandlegion6926]

Ivri Yaa’sraelite Yahuda Hebrew Israelite Judah Not really. He didn't humiliate Satan. He was portraying what he saw and honestly makes more sense than God himself. God sounds more greedy and evil than the Devil himself even without reading this poem. The Bible does itself.

[@Pantano63]

Tolkien was Roman Catholic, more specifically.

[@katherineerinslingerland4981]

"If you go home with someone and they have a pet snake and they make you eat apples - punch them in the face and don't do them if they don't have books". Brilliant.

[@everynamewastaken6995]

I bought "Hop on Pop" and it sits on a stump so that when I lure melons to my hidden glade in the woods that perimeter Ole Caster's farm, the melons feel less guilty when I take advantage of the tiny holes I've bored into them.

[@BlielPol]

I'm rewatching your review because I'm just about to read Paradise Lost for the first time. It killed me how enthusiastic you were while talking about Satan and then totally dismissive about everything else about the book. Not complaining, just found it hilarious.

[@lookoutforchris]

Watch an actual academic lecture on the work. This review is shallow and depressing. I doubt this guy read even the full work.

[@bacon4708]

​@@lookoutforchris🤓🤓

[@Bidilizer]

you helped me a lot with understanding the situation of the story. just had my finale exam about this poem, hoping to get a good grade. or not, whatever. glad to write this quotation on my exam paper: "better to reign in hell than serve in heaven" HELL YES what a charisma :3

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

+İdil Merve Karaoğlu :D

[@Bidilizer]

+Better Than Food: Book Reviews aaand this is the favorite video of mine in your channel, where you use your mimics and gesture in the way that i like so, keep doing such things :D

[@JayKumar-on2qj]

He was drink rum. Saitan

[@lookoutforchris]

I hope you failed your exam for such a shallow reading of the work. You realize you’ve fallen for all the arguments that Milton sets up and then gracefully knocks over.

[@Bidilizer]

@lookoutforchris oh I passed wonderfully :D how much hate you have man, chill. I'm not gonna write my essay on a youtube comment fs 😎 I hope you find peace

[@JonahInWales]

Milton wrote Satan to be seen as heroic, but upon further reading and a rereading it is clear that Satan is more like a lying politician with a silver but empty tongue, than a hero. Milton is often misread, Satan is not a suffering tragic hero, he is a self-destructive empty shell of his former self who doesn't have the balls to admit what the truth is even as he digs his hole deeper and deeper with his denial and pretending he is fine. Milton is such a powerful and persuasive writer that his Satan has fooled people for 400 years, that was Milton's aim. We are fallen and will make a hero of the most pathetic silver tongued liar, rather than the brute force of reality and truth. It is exactly because we are romantic and fallen we identify with Satan, not God. The fact that people still fall for Satan's flowery prose and contradictions asserts Milton's true poetic genius. He wanted you to read it and fall for Satan, thus the book is not just about the fall, but your falling as a reader.

[@BadAssMacmillan]

Exactly. Milton was a devout Christian. The fact that some people think this poem is pro-satan blows my mind.

[@JonahInWales]

​@@BadAssMacmillan ​Been thinking of making a video or essay about this, because so many people miss the point that Satan is like a lying politician with a nice smile in Paradise Lost. If you read more than the first two books, or actually reread the whole poem it's pretty obvious. We dislike God in the poem because he is pure justice, and lacks the human side of softness that we give to Christ, because of this we feel that God is somewhat alien to us in the poem, but that is because we have fallen and lack the ability to be just without forgiveness. I wrote my dissertation on the Theodicy of Paradise Lost, so it really frustrates me how so many people have such a shallow view of the poem and miss the point.

[@shymebc]

9:02 actually made me cringe. Not because it’s cringy…because that’s probably the worst reaction to that quote. Like it’s basically saying try to make it to the top, through deceit and lies…for your own power and gratification. Whilst making everyone else miserable. And he’s describing it as if it’s a powerful message, but for the extreme wrong reason.

[@Dade333311]

I like your analysis of Satan as the protagonist. The first time I read Paradise Lost, I felt the same way. But I humbly suggest that you failed to take the next step, which is to see past the attractiveness of Satan's standpoint to the depravity behind it. Milton doesn't make it easy. And after all, if evil was not fascinating and attractive, who would ever be seduced by it?

[@jonathanrivera3400]

You make an awesome point about the attractiveness of evil.

[@lookoutforchris]

Yeah he has missed the entire point of the book. Satan has powerful and attractive arguments. This is what you do in good writing and argumentation. The bigger and harder you make your opponent the greater your victory when you overcome them. There is no story, no stakes, if Satan is weak, if he’s unintelligent, if his arguments fall apart or are easy to get around. I feel bad for the guy that posted the video. Instead of understanding Milton he’s fallen for arguments of Satan like a naive person.

[@davidbrant390]

I love how there's no bullshit with an intro, you're just straight into the real stuff :)

[@kellychhakchhuak7760]

I have a test on 'Paradise lost' today. Thank you for being helpful. Good job.👍

[@ebervillegas7440]

This one is your best review yet. Keep it coming

[@johncantwell486]

"That shit just leaves me clapping like a retarted seal".

[@clementine8996]

Thank you ! One of your best reviews so far (plus your impersonation of the seal was perfect ;) ) As Baudelaire wrote : "Il me serait difficile de ne pas conclure que le plus parfait type de beauté virile est Satan" which means "It would be difficult to me not to conclude that the most perfect type of manly beauty is Satan".

[@brittinee529]

This is amazing.

[@johnnyshaman3525]

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[@drewcipher896]

"Michael, God's butt boy"

[@categories5066]

Milton condemns you partiers and drunks: Here love his golden shafts employs, here lights His constant lamp, and waves his purple wings, Reigns here and revels; not in the bought smile Of harlots , loveless, joyless, unendeared, Casual fruition, nor in court amours Mixed dance, or wanton masque, or midnight ball, Or serenade, which the starved lover sings To his proud fair, best quitted with disdain.

[@SanghamitraGautam]

you are so helpful for people like us

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

Sanghamitra Gautam I'm very happy to hear that.

[@elenasyvokaite7019]

that was great, I really enjoyed that. Studying Paradise Lost at uni at the moment, quite hefty. Thanks for that!

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

My pleasure

[@saids7737]

"God's butt boy" killed me lmao

[@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551]

You can be my butt girl

[@vaporreads5095]

Trigger warning: Heck, Seal, Fruity sex, Rimbaud cameo.

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

Godammit you're great

[@vaporreads5095]

Better Than Food: Book Reviews The natural thing for you to do is follow this up with the often overlooked spiritual sequel Heaven is For Real.

[@Vytautas99]

Good review. The best part was Satan's soliloquy to his rebel angels. But I think that your attempt at acting (which is all right by the way) of Satan's soliloquy shows that the poem was for a private audience, rather than for a public theater. And you hit the nail on the head: PL is read for the character of Satan, which a figure that I approach with fear and amazement.

[@jwalkr001]

Vytautas99 w

[@marinebaron5646]

OMG that guy MUST be the hidden son of Harrison Ford and Bradley Cooper ahaha ! looks so much like them

[@zacbones6355]

SO TRUE

[@bilge9545]

Marine Baron definitely agreed..

[@wendydimas8412]

Marine Baron so true lol

[@modernape9878]

I think he looks more like Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

[@leefroml.a.8679]

Attention fake literatis and bimbo readers: He's talking about something important. Stop acting like teen groupies. Get a hold of yourselves and listen to the content. This isn't Buzzfeed. This is literature. Geesh!

[@Whatever_Happy_People]

I'm reading this book glad you like it. Your smart you read good books peace.

[@Riddle99-v7q]

Is that Arthur Rimbaud in the background?

[@andrecunha3526]

How the HELL did you, Cliff, become so wise so early on? Listening to you talk Milton was refreshing, fun and instructional. Thank you!

[@Yzjoshuwave]

"It's better than food -- it's even better than God's delicious, all-knowy Eden-apples. Remember the Gospel of John: if you go home with someone and they have a pet snake and they make you eat apples, punch 'em in the face... and don't fuck 'em if they don't have books." Hahahaha!!! The delivery of this little eulogy channeled right through my heart and pinged against my ribcage from the inside, like a rousing racketball match (or how I imagine such a match would be for someone who loved racketball -- crow's feet beneath the goggles and everything).

[@Gonthor1000]

What are you always drinking? Pepsi? Tea? Whiskey?

[@DerFrischkopf]

It's coffee. Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. The genus Coffea is native to tropical Africa (specifically having its origin in Ethiopia and Sudan) and Madagascar, the Comoros, Mauritius, and Réunion in the Indian Ocean.[2] Coffee plants are now cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in the equatorial regions of the Americas, Southeast Asia, Indian subcontinent, and Africa. The two most commonly grown are C. arabica and C. robusta. Once ripe, coffee berries are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds (referred to as "beans") are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor. Roasted beans are ground and then brewed with near-boiling water to produce the beverage known as coffee.

[@tenand11]

@@DerFrischkopf you think he doesnt know what coffee is?

[@bunnyblurrz]

okönig lmao

[@zuckeraffen7803]

@@tenand11 you think he was serious?

[@tenand11]

@@zuckeraffen7803 and you think I was serious?

[@davidschmidt5507]

Finally a character I can relate to.

[@Manell90210]

+David Schmidt hahaha

[@edeliteedelite1961]

Evil is attractive. I pity you.

[@shymebc]

*David* 😂 *Schmidt* 😮…we gonna act like 9:02 Someone didn’t do this to Germany and wipe out a significant portion of people with that second name. And I know that’s a common Jewish name so one of your ancestors got well… That’s why your not supposed to sympathise with…you know the devil in all of us. You need allah or Jesus my friend…fuck Buddha will probably help you if you sympathies with a demon who literally was made clear to be lying through the whole book…which is also why this review is ironic. My guy got decided in his own review. My point. We know what the road to hell leads to because history books exist…anddd we’re all capable of making that road. Just takes a pile of lies and corpses. And someone to be enticed by the devil…like…you😅 Also that someone (Hitler) ruled their own personal hell and probably killed one of your distant relatives.

[@davidschmidt5507]

@@shymebc Lol was a joke my guy

[@shymebc]

when Satan actually sees the garden of Eden and the newly formed earth for the first time he actually is filled with sadness and despair at the *PARADISE LOST* because he has forsaken it by bringing sin into the world, he almost seems remorseful. yet after his hinted brief remorse decides to double down on his efforts to overthrow God in anger, letting his pride consume him. I think John Milton executes this amazingly. Satan is supposed to be the master of deceit, the ultimate attractiveness of evil that lives in us all and can consume you completely. The reason what he says is so enticing even at times logical is because hes playing on the short term gains people in power exploit or people without power desire, Satan is literally trying to bend reality to his will like all tyrants. you only need to look at the nature and history of humanity to understand. Really think about the quote "Better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven" In my mind it means Satan would literally rather live in a world were he is the most powerful/free and use that too oppresses others and spreads misery throughout his domain with him being the sole guy at the top while his subjects live in fear...take your pick of real world examples. Then understand this was published in 1667...Tales and teachings from the bible really are timeless. To reign in Hell you must be the most savage and evil to rise to the top. and anyone who subscribes to that that notion (Better to reign in hell) understand only one can reign at the top, and if your not willing to do unspeakable acts to obtain it, literally the most depraved actions imaginable then...trust me your not that guy pal. your most likely gonna be one of his lackys who does the deeds with all the consequences. "To serve in heaven" is supposed to touch on how people can perceive serving god as being enslaved or not free when in reality its supposed to be upstanding to a moral code that god has imposed...and you can take that as you will, Satan certainly didn't like it. Yet the message has a duel meaning. Yes you *SERVE* God but the idea is that even the lowest servant, people who have sinned but forgiven can even still reaps all the rewords of heaven and be by Gods side by living a furfilling life. I feel like the Islamic faith has a good notion on this. considering reigning in Hell is a herculean effort just to stay at the top but lavish. and serving in heaven is humble but is reworded with true happiness, literal Bliss . i choose option B.

[@victorgalindo3982]

Hahaha! "Child support, day time jobs, taxes"

[@EddieLeal]

Yeah, we actually had to work for a living after that "little" incident! Thanks Adam and Eve!

[@siempre8028]

1:26 When your mom call you downstairs, in the kitchen just to close the drawer while she is cleaning the dishes.🤭

[@paradiceislost9]

About eight months back there was a Milton festival in Dublin, a dieing Seamus Heaney gave a reading ( partially up on youtube, worth a listen) and i remember Joad Raymond having a paper on Milton's political thought which was surprisingly engaging.

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

paradiceislost9 Heelll yeah, so good

[@Tordah90]

Good stuff man, wasn't expecting this one at all but glad that its in the Better than Food repertoire. Will you consider reviewing The Master & Margarita? I'm currently reading it & every page is just mind blowing.

[@rebekahburns6770]

love it

[@rebekahburns6770]

"THAT SHIT HAS ME CLAPPING LIKE A HAPPY SEAL" aha

[@mimicervantez3001]

1:00 exactly what i was thinking before you said it hahah nah you're alright. The video gets better...I'm fascinated with this story.

[@Jenny8Jenny]

Your book reviews are awesome!!! You make my day! ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

[@earthwisdom9]

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[@mef1975]

So basically it's Genesis retold as if the devil kicks ass?

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

No - it's way better.

[@mef1975]

Better Than Food: Book Reviews Has anyone ever called you a narcissist?

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

mef1975 daily

[@mef1975]

Better Than Food: Book Reviews Does it suck? I've heard that it doesn't. But I look at so many videos about the subject and it's like all of them, but maybe one or two, just serve to treat victims of it, instead of the narc themselves. I think I have found that I tend to treat my abusers as such, like a mirror reflecting back what they are, but not other people. Being a narc studying the matter, Sam Vaknin came up with the concept of "reverse narcissism", but most professional say it's not possible for the victim to be the narc.

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

You know, it's a good question man, thanks for watching/asking. It is to be expected - It's like no matter what you do, if some people dig it, there's always gonna be some who just under-all-circumstances-fuckin-hate-you, and they will, I kid you not, watch everything you do and try to find something to humiliate/discredit you, which is very entertaining at first, then quickly becomes routine. They're important though, because it means you're doing SOMEthing. There's a funny quote by Gore Vidal 'A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.' So, it doesn't bother me. If this is getting people to read these books (and it is) that's what's important. Hope you pick up Paradise Lost.

[@montsemajanmartinez9824]

Granted, the aire we breathe in these PoMo times is shot through with Nitrous on one side/formaldehyde the other ; and as such we are all constrained to speak giddily and goofily of the obsidian realities that bedevil us. Nonetheless Milton is Sublime -and Paradise Lost supremely so. The "Postmodern" phase we are living through has deprived us all of a sense of the Sublime, - even to the point that we misconstrue the very meaning of the term. As such, sober understandings and respect for a Sublime work such as Paradise Lost is nearly impossible in our day. Because of this, I propose a corrective : Please read Edmund Burkes *On The Sublime and the Beautiful* -and perhaps do some syntopical reading in Puritan spheres* in order to regain a little gravity for the psyche. This being done, Milton can be read and discussed without the distortion of snickering or smirking - and the work can be given the respect it deserves. In short : Milton is a Mountain -and should not be scaled lightsomely. Thank you. . . . * suggest listening to AND reading sermons from contemporaneous ministers of the Puritan & Reformed Church. Jeremiah Burroughs is a good place to start. God be with you.

[@tiergas98]

If im not mistaken, this video was down for a bit? Glad its back up

[@lohkoonhoong6957]

Paradise Lost is less about God and Satan and Jesus and all those angels, And more about the significance of The mortality only humans have.

[@2Sor2Fig]

Ahmen. Whilst I'll admit the book was expressly written to portray Satan as evil, Milton inadvertently created the greatest Anti-hero (and probably the only literal Anti-hero.... barring Deadpool...) of all time. Hail Satan!

[@sudevsen]

Tatenda Tambo pretty sure there are many antiheroes. Barry Lyndon was considered the 1st anti hero

[@wyrdhorror6898]

One of my favorite works of all time!

[@minanguelova]

hahahaha you best review i've seen so far XD !! love it

[@t.michaelbodine4341]

1) Those woodcuts are just gorgeous. 2) Including royalties Milton and his widow old made £18. That’s fuckin brutal

[@alexandrarix3573]

How have you managed to end that with the dating advice I've always needed but never heard?

[@xarlev]

Love your videos! Have you thought about reviewing any Pynchon?

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

Yes

[@williamrobinson6059]

Better Than Food: Book Reviews RIP! Lol

[@menaclaura]

Men who used to be metalheads are the best

[@bijoymardi]

Damn you presented it so well... with common man's language that I can understand... It was so helpful... thank you....

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

+Bijoy Mardi You're welcome!

[@shymebc]

Maybe a tad oversimplified, 9:02 for example “Better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven.” Follow by, clapping 😅 Let that quote really sink in. Sound almost…epic. Like something ghengis khan or some famed conquerer would say. Which is why the message is so misconstrued. Short term conquests in the pursuit of power. Built upon by deceit, lies and down right brutality. For the sake of 1 being at the top. Which could be anyone. Which is terrifying, because it could include anyone willing to do such horrific acts. Sound fun until your realise actually living in another person’s *HELL* is far worse than serving in someone’s else’s *HEAVEN* explains why Muslims say they submit to God. And here’s the interesting part. What do you think happens to those who submit too. Or even rule a hell of their own creation. Look at the most disgusting rulers in history. And then think 🧐 Hell on earth is completely possible. If your ruled by devils on earth. The holocaust. Stalins reign. Moa. Cambodias mass killing. Ghengis khan’s killing of 10% of all living humans. Yeah. I’m submitting to god thank you very much. Because until we don’t. We let people make hell on earth. Il take my religious educations degree now.

[@chase36chase]

love your reviews

[@everynamewastaken6995]

Can I suggest a Raymond Carver story collection? Or Chekhov, please? Any ole collection by either of them.

[@aishvaryapujar9460]

lol. I love his video

[@n7275]

2:47 on Desolation Row...

[@user-wr5ed4xj6b]

This book is good

[@rt_aue]

Love your reviews!!

[@rolandhawken6628]

He forgot to say ,"If you want to know in depth the English language you have to read Shakespeare and Milton perhaps also the King James bible ." Nothing to do with religion unless you want it to be.

[@haditover6890]

Have to read for A level lit soon oh no

[@haditover6890]

Elizabeth Palladium A level (uk exam)

[@haditover6890]

Ah I see, in the UK A levels are exams you can choose to sit when you are 18 if you pass your gcses when you're 16. a levels are considered to be very advanced (hence the A)

[@ryn4710]

"God I'am such a cunt" made me laugh so hard.

[@leefroml.a.8679]

I had a slightly hard time following the text, not because of the older English but more because of all the references to great literature and the bible. You really have to read the footnotes. Half the text, in some pages, are really the footnotes. Also, because it's in a poetic form and it reads like a series of long soliloquies, it feels like you're seating through someone's hours long lecture, except, you're not sitting in a lecture hall but in front of a camp fire, incidentally a one in hell. lol

[@Welther47]

Do you want to review divine comedy? I always wonder about the language/writing style in these classics; that's what I want to see reviews for - mainly.

[@TheEvilscotsman123]

Whats that black book with the gold lettering on the spine, in the background, am just curious.

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

+TheEvilscotsman123 Collected works of Poe

[@TheEvilscotsman123]

+Better Than Food: Book Reviews Merci beaucoup.

[@presidentrepublic2479]

How many books do you read in a year?

[@AndalusianIrish]

Surprised that Milton is so sympathetic to the devil what with him having been a Puritan and writing hymns but it adds another layer to him.

[@Vytautas99]

+Andy McKinney He was sympathetic to him, I think, because of the lost cause that was a Puritan commonwealth on the Island.

[@SiddharthaCC]

+Andy McKinney He was only "sympathetic" to Satan to a certain extent. But one must remember: Milton, being a Protestant and a very pious man, was not "of the Devil's party without knowing it", as Blake suggested. Milton was an extremely meticulous poet, and would have made humanity itself the hero(es) of Paradise Lost, and not Satan. Satan only appears to us as a heroic figure because of the influence of the Romantics, such as Blake and, I think, Shelley. If you're interested on this, you should read some critical commentary regarding Milton's stance on Satan's character in his work.

[@Vytautas99]

+Alejandro Chirino Yes, I have my favorite critic in mind when thinking about why Satan is so well received among the Romantics. They have rejoiced in the that heroic figure, which is how meaning gets started in PL, but we have to look to Adam and Eve for direction, since Satan is beyond us. They ground us in knowing more about ourselves, however much we applaud the fallen angel.

[@AndalusianIrish]

Ok Aaron. I haven't read it and Cliff doesn't really give you the sense that this perspective shifts.

[@tianshiyuan4728]

You should review some more French authors, such as Stendhal, Zola, Balzac...

[@PaoloLeoncini]

question: are we escaping from a paradise to reach our infernal reign OR are we escaping from an heck of an hell looking for our paradise lost?

[@bobdobbs7000]

No. Read for self edification. I am not a guru. I am not trying to convert anybody...Moreover who said the books you read and review were dark and depressing. Hell, I enjoy yr reviews.

[@sudevsen]

lost it at the seal impression

[@TheTrueJuan]

It's funny you review this book, as I am currently trudging though this for the last few months. I'm curious is there any supplementary material you think is good for this epic? I've read a good amount of Shakespeare, but this book is like being at the trenches of poetry. On other note, I'm glad to hear you branching out with your movie channel I can't wait to see what consider to be better then food in that regard. I hope you raise to be one of the most popular book related channels on this website. As always your dear follower, please continue your literary trek!

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

Juan Perez Thanks man, nah no supplementary recommendations...Maybe the Old Testament. You got me.

[@laurellove03]

Love your style of commentary hahaha

[@knl654]

can you recommend poems to read

[@Welther47]

7:26 Haha that got to me! :D

[@johncantwell486]

This could be your best review so far.

[@TheSuperseppe]

How is the movie channel coming along ?

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

Seppe Van Dijck Gettin there, just preparing, launching asap, thanks for asking.

[@willlexie]

You could read a phone book and I still wanted to pay it on Audible.

[@fisherroastedpeanut]

why arent YOU my english literature professor?

[@PaoloLeoncini]

the difference between heaven and hell is not as clear as it seems to be... one single injustice in heaven has much more consequences than thousands of crimes in hell

[@aishvaryapujar9460]

Do you not read a little mainstream, popular or recent books?

[@nicknack191]

Aishvarya Pujar the books that he reads are pretty fucking popular

[@AS-tx3fi]

@@nicknack191 they're FAMOUS, well known, but the people who've actually Read them are few

[@aengusappleseed3325]

Decent Indecent books

[@fallenfreak828]

I'm wondering if you get the point of the satan character...

[@MultiKestral]

Had a to read at uni....I don't think I took much in, it was sooooo long lol

[@cloramurphy3838]

Iambic pentameter

[@Mr.Pink1996]

Not one of his best reviews

[@strangeisclairvoyant5154]

I don't get why everybody is clapping hands for Satan lately. What did I miss?

[@imakrewitatl]

Jesus & God had their 2000+ years, its Satans turn, dont be selfish

[@CorbCorbin]

imakrewitatl Dude, this is the Age of Aquarius. So obviously, it's Poseidon's turn at the wheel....eh heh....

[@daymi7300]

@@chill8375 the same scripture that contains plagiarized stories?

[@treestumpisland5586]

Can you come teach my English class? I fell asleep every day in lecture, but this was a great way to study!

[@leomoschen695]

Thank you man! u saved my life ahahah

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

Happy to hear it man

[@annanyapriyadarshini7499]

Thanks for making Paradise Lost less intimidating XD

[@cloramurphy3838]

Genesis

[@Xeper616]

Hail Satan! Best literary character of all time!

[@MrCrazyeyes07]

"Oh okay.... Satan's up to some shit."

[@bobdobbs7000]

I like your reviews and you would be more fun to discuss books with than anyone else I know. IMHO, most folks I talk with are more interested in sports, celebrity gossip, or, perhaps...uh...party politics.

[@alpenlandhermit2181]

melkor

[@Bidilizer]

+Alpenland Hermit I wish tolkien could have lived long enough to write a book like paradise lost about melkor.

[@alpenlandhermit2181]

İdil Merve Karaoğlu Read the sil. A lot of parallels.

[@Bidilizer]

i did but it never mentioned about a detailed story from melkor's eyes. it told about how beautiful the trees of light were and how that little evil shitty melkor came to destroy them and suck their happiness away and how he then flied and how miserable and sad the others were, how cursed and tricky and selfish this arrogant melkor was. I'd like to know more about melkor's feelings. love the book though

[@courtneybyrne688]

Accessible and engaging review! Satan is the bomb in this book, 100%. But please don't use the word 'retard', you're undoing all your good, man.

[@davidadams6863]

♡

[@francineemma2051]

you are funny and smart and handsome..loved this review. one of my all time favorite books evaa....

[@reginaphalange6343]

literary kingslayer.

[@johnmurphy2168]

Isn't Satan being the most interesting character the point.

[@AleksandarBloom]

Great Review, Another Masterpiece, Hail Satan

[@Welther47]

God is an asshole haha

[@chill8375]

John Milton was a Christian. This is not the devils work. Praise be to God.

[@sunkintree]

@@chill8375 death of the author

[@phill5922]

I tuned out at .....I haven't showed

[@RafaelMarques01]

Arthur Shelby talking about literature. Just very unexpected that is