BoT LIVE: Smriti, Anuya, Sharin and Vivek discuss Overrated Authors

[@SantReads]

Man, I'm just rewatching this thing and it's so much fun!

[@20shourya]

that's what she said.

[@ritubagla21]

You deserve more views. More praise. More love. Great job guys. So much positivity even in talking about overrated authors. Love your channel. Please keep coming up with such interesting discussions for your fans !

[@shamamahajan7039]

I held my breath thinking she will say it's Jhumpa Lahiri gosh thanks Anuya

[@jakash1954]

This is regarding the discussion you had about Mrakami: Remember Life is meaningless and empty and it is meaningless that it is empty and meaningless.

[@sumitshetty42]

Such a nice vibe when mil baithe these chaar yaar

[@20shourya]

that's what she said.

[@user-ib8uz9fm7c]

Backman ❤️. He sounds much better in Swedish though 😊. And yes public is not scared of police in Sweden. Police here don’t have the same rights as in India, and Sweden places the highest importance on human rights. You should see the prisons in the Nordics! Also, I felt the police investigation and the apartment viewing in Anxious people were spot on. Hope the future Backman’s books change your mind 🙈. Great episode as always guys!

[@arpitabanerjee2203]

Ahhh so that is it! The translation must have taken away the essence of it all. This is what i am always scared happen to some translation.

[@avdhoota]

Just realized vivek looks and smiles (especially ) so much like Peter patigrue. Also. Keep doing the great work guys. Much love.

[@vivekian1]

LOL!

[@sampadadeshpande7414]

Murakami and Paulo Coelho do deserve to be in this list. The only book I’ve loved by Murakami was The Norwegian Wood. Baaki Kaafka on the shore to kya hi tha 😂🤣 I so agree with Anuya, abstract art😂🤣🤣 Also Smriti’s point on Murakami’s writing of women, I agree with. I’ve read two of his books and I felt that💯

[@sampadadeshpande7414]

Having said that, I do agree with Sharon’s point on Murakami writing about loneliness and all. And I’ll give him a chance by reading Sputnik Sweetheart

[@arpitabanerjee2203]

Thank god you guys called out Anxious People!!! I feel so relieved .

[@ananyapandey4876]

A genre wise recommendation video would be great;) The Push was great.

[@20shourya]

that's what she said.

[@nazemasagi6695]

Wonderful episode! Loved watching it! 😊

[@ritubagla21]

I don’t know if other readers do this - but if I really really like a book or an author- I prefer not to read their other works. Case in point - The Palace of Illusions.Thumbs up Smriti.

[@bhavyachoudhary2321]

Can we please have Kanan Gill over? As a voracious reader and having himself written a book, he seems to be like a human encyclopaedia who would have a lot of interesting insights to offer. Fun fact: most of the guest appearances/podcasts that he has done on other people's channels have garnered the maximum views out of all the episodes present. The Menu please episode on Netflix India, His appearance twice on Kenny's podcast, the one with Surbhi Bagga...

[@wordyballoons]

He appeared in a previous 2 part episode

[@AnuragSingh-xj1oc]

murakami is a good pallete cleanser to read after you finish a giant tome of some high grade series !

[@srijitabhattacharya9235]

Please do this again, y'all :')

[@20shourya]

that's what she said.

[@mugdhachadha]

Loved this! You 4 should do this more! Off topic- I kept getting distracted by Smriti’s perfectly manicured nails! Beautiful color!!

[@SantReads]

HAHAHAHAHHAH thanks! If you noticed, its the BoT brand colors. I'm a complete teachers pet as you can see. 😂

[@blasangna3797]

Guys can u pls get biswa, kanan or any comedians u can? I keep rewatching your old botcasts and they are so so so good. Pls guys. I need some more books content. Can you try to be slightly more active? Bcz i remember 2017. What a year it was for me. I used come back home half day through clg , just to watch your videos after the upload. You guys were a big part of my growth during clg. Now that my clg is over I misss what I had. Pls do more botcasts with people we adore.

[@2011szaman]

I started watching this video with a light heart and enjoyed it until I found some of my favorite authors in the list :-P! But that's the beauty of open and honest exchange of thoughts. It shows us how diverse our choices are and how we have so many similarities and differences with each other. Just wanted to point out one thing, expecting that you'd love every book of an author because you liked one or a few, is probably an absurd and unrealistic expectation. It's like watching a movie or tv show of a male or female actor, or a director and loving it, and expecting that all their other work to blow your mind in the same way. It never happens with books, movies, tv shows, music, sports, or anything else. So you shouldn't start calling them overrated based on that. Do I think every book Paulo Coelho wrote was a masterpiece? Absolutely not! But did I love some of those? Yes! Same goes with Murakami, Dan Brown, Garcia Marquez, or anyone else. But they truly lost me when they said "Normal People" was overrated! Neither the book or the tv show was overrated. I loved it so much. Again, proves how different each of us are and how varied our tastes are! I guess there is no right or wrong answer to this. "Overrated" is perhaps a very subjective choice!

[@sriramya560]

I agree with Anuyeah on Murakami. Gave me headache and existential crisis with Kafka on the Shore and Ikigai. Thanks. I am glad, someone agrees.

[@SabaAnsarii]

52:13 "Saalo Kitaabo Padho" --Anuya

[@tanyagarg791]

Absolutely loved this video, you guys are a riot!

[@20shourya]

that's what she said.

[@treeofbooks2173]

It is always pleasure to watch Vivek Tejuja Sir.

[@20shourya]

that's what she said.

[@prashantsurti5788]

Hey I wouldn't mind checking out Vivek's Boxer choice.. Review it next time.

[@vivekian1]

Hahaha, Prashant. Why don't you write to me about it at [e-mail]?

[@prashantsurti5788]

@@vivekian1😂😂 surw

[@naladas3453]

I'm watching this video for the 8th time in a row It is that entertaining 😍

[@sampadadeshpande7414]

I got mildly offended after hearing Backman’s name here 😂🤣 Like I kinda get your point when you say manipulative but A Man Called Ove worked wonders for me, it felt like I had just finished watching the movie Up.

[@SantReads]

hahaha, oops. Sorry! 😂

[@PokhrajRoy.]

The Robert Langdon series is now a formula and I’m buying it 😂

[@prathameshrane5841]

It was really difficult for me not to outrage on all the Frederick Backman Hate.I love his books and couldn't bear u guys shitting on them.But then again that's why like this channel.Honest opinions always..

[@SantReads]

lol sorryyyyy!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

‘Lisey’s Story’ is on Apple TV.

[@TejasShekhar-b8s]

maybe i am really young to understand shit but the thing is that mark manson book subtle art of not giving fuck is a good book, if you read it before a crucial year of your life, when you have to decide between plethora of options and there were two great take aways everything else was common and you can find in other book 1) do not chose the end but struggle that come along (like i want to be teacher, can i make do with the less pay, can i explain same thing again and again, can i refrain from frowning upon someone stupidity) and 2)there are two kind of entitlement-the giver and the receiver.

[@Feyenoord101]

I am shook that vivek thinks amitav ghosh is overrated. I LOVE HIM

[@vivekian1]

The Ibis trilogy is insufferable. I love the shadow lines.

[@nidhijha219]

Thanks for the fun conversation.

[@shalinipant4147]

I love Anuya. “Char bar enter Mara. Saale Kitaabo padho “ 😂😂😂

[@sampadadeshpande7414]

Smriti’s friends who’ve bought subtle art are just like my friends 🤣😂😂😂

[@SantReads]

HAINAAAA? Bas instagram pe pose maarne ka bas.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

‘Kitabon ka Karan Johar’ never gets old.

[@aanchalpandey168]

This was so much fun!!!

[@vivekian1]

Thank you, Aanchal :)

[@20shourya]

that's what she said.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

‘The Dark Tower’ sounds like ‘The Office’: Just get through the first part and then you’ll enjoy it 😂

[@sree.8556]

Treat the first book as a prologue to the series. From book 2 , it's a cocaine ride!!🔥🔥

[@prashantsurti5788]

OMG really ? I started watching the office and gave it up after the first 2 episodes...Will try again

[@sumitshetty42]

@@prashantsurti5788 Office first season is horrible but after that (till the point *a certain someone* leaves) is gold. After *a certain someone leaves*, just skip to the finale.

[@aisha1447]

Anuya, I absolutely agree with your opinion on Murakami. Please don’t read his short stories, just don’t. I read Men Without Woman, and oh my God(puke, puke, puke) The way he talks about woman, ughhhhhhhhhh.

[@sampadadeshpande7414]

Loved this video for all the banter and good recommendations! Thanks guys ❤️

[@irfanhaider948]

A man called Ove might not be an amazing book but it was very well written and the hype was justified imo. But yes, Backman is definitely overrated! Paulo Coelho deserves to be on the list for sure... The Alchemist was just a desperate attempt to sound intelligent.

[@akshaymategaonkar722]

I just added about 10 books to my Amazon Wish List.

[@vivekian1]

Yay!

[@prolaapyparijat6997]

Folks... love you all... But it is Jhumpa Laa-hee-reee (not lehri)...

[@swapnilmahadik7112]

Amish Tripathi??? I mean I will give him credit for rejuvenating interest in Indian mythology but I found his books really predictable. Aisa laga ki 80's ka bollywood movie dekh raha hu.

[@cliffton_f]

Haila I just bought the first Dune book on a friend's recommendation abhi padna padega.

[@muskaan3711]

I agree with Sally Rooney. I've read only Normal People and it's so pretentious. The book takes itself too seriously and feels like it's "deep" but it's just boring trash.

[@nickeltesla7375]

100% agree about bookstagram promoting free books. it's annoying as fuck. But I will not stand for the Gaiman slander 😭 and my high school English teacher won't for Ruskin Bond 😂 I also just got Project Hail Mary xDDD will get on it once i'm done with exams. Duma Key was my first ever Stephen King book and I didn't read another for like 5-6 years lol. One friend described Paulo Coelho to me in school as "this man goes and talks to snakes then to sand then something something." 😂

[@sampadadeshpande7414]

Rupi Kaur was part of Watson’s book club ! And I agree, overrated!

[@mouriran3906]

People think Gabo and Murakami are over-rated? And, Black Leopard Red Wolf is over-rated? Wow. People wanting resolution in books would go mad after reading Krasznahorkai. My favorite book, Soul Mountain, has really no story. What happens at Brothers Karamazov in the end? Ilyusha dies. Big deal. Salam thok, Chal rasta naap. I sincerely suggest you guys read more non-english literature. Peace out and apologies for snobbery (if any).

[@SantReads]

Black Leopard Red Wolf was just too much for me tbh. And Murakami, as I said, I read only one book and didn't gel with the writing. It's all good though. As for reading non-english literature, I can assure you that we all do. :) No snobbery though. Appreciate your thoughts! :D

[@MuskanShaikh-ij7wv]

Amazing video💜💜💜

[@20shourya]

that's what she said.

[@loonymandy]

Adding to the list- Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

[@sampadadeshpande7414]

💯

[@BooksonToast]

HAW

[@rohitshetty9531]

Aaaye iske upaar Kuch Nahi bolneka

[@vivekian1]

I thought you meant you will buy his books. WTF! You think he is overrated? Oh dear God!

[@shikhachatterjee941]

I really like this. 👍

[@20shourya]

that's what she said.

[@Verito_47]

overrated Indian writer and no one mentioned Devdutt Pattnaik??? I am shocked😅 😅

[@ritubagla21]

I was about to comment that ! Ditto

[@ritubagla21]

I liked Jaya & Sita ; but then the tropes became too familiar.

[@ritubagla21]

And you guys also thought Chetan Bhagat wasn’t even worth mentioning. I get that .

[@Verito_47]

@@ritubagla21 true;)

[@shiwangi787]

Yeah Murakami deserves Nobel, Kazhou Ishiguro ko mil gaya, ab toh Murakami ko mngta hai

[@shiwangi787]

No Murakami is amazing 😫😫😫😩😩 don't be like that Annuyeah

[@nidhinair3948]

I was surprised to not hear Chetan Bhagat’s name when you discussed overrated Indian authors. I kept waiting for you guys to shit on him! 😂😂😂

[@AnuragSingh-xj1oc]

project hail mary is my fave book in 2021 !!

[@ketkib7567]

What is the name of book Sharin is currently reading?

[@BooksonToast]

The Accusation : forbidden stories form inside North Korea bandi

[@sillypie1656]

Which is the last book recommend by Sharin

[@BooksonToast]

Aspyrus by Appupen

[@deekshaapadhi884]

So nice seeing the og gang together having a bitching session 😂😍

[@Verito_47]

All of the opinion is fine but murakami is not overrated 😅 😅, he is like movie TAMASHA

[@apurvaandhare763]

Hey , plz have Neville Shah once again

[@20shourya]

that's what she said.

[@MultiKarthiks]

So I am a complete fantasy reader. Non fic mai I just sleep off. I Really Really LOVED the king Killer books. So kinda hurt when they dissed Patrick Rothfuss. But I agree with Pablo and all. It is shit. Also Brandon Sanderson is good not amazing but he's goodddd.

[@sree.8556]

Please do a stephen king episode soon🥺. Invite Rohan Joshi too ❤️

[@rahulloveannie]

Veronika Decides to Die is the best book

[@MS-gn8xo]

"Hype ka dukaan" xD

[@sree.8556]

Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson shouldn't write?! 😂. You mean 2 of the greatest fantasy writers who redefined the entire genre shouldn't write? I think Vivek should actually try READING their books instead of seeing the page count and running away.

[@vivekian1]

Sree, I have read their books and definitely still feel they are overrated af. Just not my thing. But let's agree to disagree? If page count would've scared me, maybe I wouldn't have read the classics then, and enjoyed them.

[@sree.8556]

@@vivekian1 Glad to know you have actually read them, cuz since u said they are all 1000+ pages long and what's the point, I assumed you left it somewhere in the middle. Yeah let's agree to disagree. Cheers👍

[@BooksonToast]

@@sree.8556 Vivek reads everything... he never discusses something he hasn't read. Have you *met* the man? He's already finished like 200 books this year. Mad fellow he is.

[@sree.8556]

@@BooksonToast well I didn't know that 😂. Will follow him more closely then from now on 👍😂👍

[@Verito_47]

@@vivekian1 you goodreads id please?

[@varundwivedi7950]

Chitra Banerjee Isn’t overrrated smriti !

[@SantReads]

Hahaha 🤭 I don't think she's bad! I just think her books have dipped for me a bit - from Palace of Illusions to Forest of Enchantments to The Last Queen. Will still read her. There's no question.

[@varundwivedi7950]

@@SantReads so glad you said that. 😂

[@richatiwari1039]

Very true about Paulo Coelho... 👍

[@richatiwari1039]

You name it...Brida, Alchemist..writing is 😭

[@mugdhachadha]

You didn’t shit on CB?

[@vivekian1]

Not worth it, plus I haven't read anything by him. So I couldn't shit on him without reading.

[@shamamahajan7039]

Not Amitav Ghoshhhh plzzzz

[@20shourya]

that's what she said.

[@bhushan21699]

What cool , will smith gets impressed by Sadhguru.

[@Verito_47]

what a judgement, if he gets impressed by sadhguru then that means he is not cool🤣🤣🤣

[@bhushan21699]

@@Verito_47 :D