i read The Beautiful Ones and now all is good in the world

[@RoxanneCanRead]

In college I got my whole dorm into a Turkish telenovela and we watched it together every Thursday 🥰

[@loureadingthings]

during this pandemic my grad school gc became a telenovela gc lmaooo it's SO good to watch them with friends!!!

[@thedylangirl]

Check out the Russian one, Chains of Love. I began picking up on the Russian language, I watched it so intently. 😅

[@DanaDays]

i don't even need to hear you explain this book. your energy just exploded my mind. i am convinced

[@loureadingthings]

alskjdhglkdfh THANK U

[@mariiloera1674]

Hahah seriously I was convinced only a minute in to the video!

[@themusereads2457]

im not even from any spanish/portuguese speaking or colonized by the spaniards country but avenida brazil raised me... the amount of telenovelas consumed by little me who spent hours alone they live in my brain they've shaped its crevices ..... i would love to see in the future a list of recommendations w books that have that same feel and/or ur ranking of all of smg's work!! this is so much bumped up my tbr now omg

[@loureadingthings]

..........i might have to steal those video ideas ahahaha also EVERYONE knows of avenida brasil it's insane!!!!! the way i still yell "INFERNO" like carminha did speaks volumes of what it meant to me lmao

[@lua_ferraz]

"You know what's coming" LOOK I DID NOT THAT FINAL CONFLICT SCENE I ALMOST DIED 😭 And yes, I had this video bookmarked so I could come back and watch it after I read the book. I loooove the way Silvia's writing feels like novelas, I actually felt the same with Mexican Gothic. Also, her writing style is so lush, it makes me want to live in her stories forever, no wonder Sel read it 5 times 😂

[@mariahsnerdynotes2027]

Silvia Moreno Garcia is one of my must read authors and I need to pick this up. Thank you so much

[@loureadingthings]

you won't regret it!!!

[@MrinaliniRaj]

I am just waiting for your channel to touch heights...deserves it so much

[@unusualconjurer]

This was my last read and I relate so freakin much to your reaction... I'm obsessed with this book and I'll literally read anything Silvia Moreno Garcia writes! I couldn't put this book down... So much tension and drama 🤌 absolutely loveeeeeeed it

[@NerdyNurseReads]

THE BEAUTIFUL ONES WAS SO DANG GOOD

[@loureadingthings]

IM SO IN LOVE

[@KP-fy8fm]

I love the intro - I grew up watching Thalia telenovelas. I’m reading this book right now. I grabbed the book because I was drawn to the cover.

[@sanssmithy8246]

@18:53 I will say she hit the jackpot with Mexican gothic … I did like the beautiful ones but Mexican gothic was fire 🔥

[@SanchiaSaru1]

I regret not picking it up at our Barnes & Noble shop, im ahuge fan of the author and i read an looove gods of jade & shadow, i was not ready for the awesomeness i guess lolz, but thk u for this review and reminding me how telenovelas have been a huge part of my life as a latina, i am on amazon ready to purchase

[@loureadingthings]

you're welcome!!!! i hope you love this as much as i did hahaha

[@PaulinaSanchez]

Novelas are my childhood! It was my grandma and basically everyone sitting in the living room watching them every week. I need to read this now!

[@loureadingthings]

it's such a good feeling of being home!!! i love that this book captured it so well!

[@JhonnyScipioni]

You have such a soothing voice! New subscriber por aqui!

[@themusicsnob]

This sounds so good and is flying to the top of my TBR

[@loureadingthings]

yes join the beautiful ones gang

[@ash120ify]

Ooooh novelas a very formative part of my childhood and now as an adult I loved them more. Growing up watching them with my grandma and my mom makes me so nostalgic. Here in Venezuela, and as you said in many parts of the world, novelas are a national treasure.

[@loureadingthings]

exactly! it was such a treat to see this form of storytelling in a book!

[@mithzelluque4754]

ooff, listen. destilando amor? iconic. corazon salvage? beautiful. en el nombre del amor? maria la del barrio? maria isabela? fuego en la sangre? rebelde? el color de la pasion? rubi? lo que la vida me robo? those were all my favorite growing up. i'm mexican so i grew up with univision or telemundo always playing in the background. after dinner? straight to the living room to catch that evenings new episodes.

[@loureadingthings]

REBELDE HOW COULD I FORGET TENGO UN TICKET SIN REGRESO Y UN MONTÓN DE SUEÑOS DENTRO DE UN VELIZ

[@paperboundprotagonist]

Thank you for this review. I read this book last weekend and really enjoyed it, although I had been disappointed that there wasn't enough fantasy to the book. I had been hoping the telekinetic powers would have played a bigger part. HOWEVER, now that I have context about the book and understand the inspiration for the book, I appreciate the story much more. Just because I had different expectations for a book doesn't mean that the book didn't do what it intended to do, which it did. It still would have been cool if Nina had used her powers to hit Valerie in the face with a book or something though.

[@noname1314100]

I loved some o the author's previous books (Mexican Gothic and Gods of Jade and Shadow), and The Beautiful Ones did not really click with me. I think I have expected more fantastical elements, and was disappointed that the telekinesis took a big backseat. But after listening to your review, I will give it another chance, with more consideration for what the book was trying to do

[@leeah8419]

I grew up in Romania and telenovelas from South America were so popular! I still remember some of the more popular ones, like the one you mention with the twins Paola and Paulina 😊

[@loureadingthings]

LA USURPADORA, AN ABSOLUTE ICON

[@DivCreates]

AS ALWAYS WINGED EYELINER IS PERFECT

[@loureadingthings]

NO UR THE PERFECT ONE

[@wangocopperboom]

If my mom is home and it’s 1pm she can’t be bothered. Days of Our Lives is on. I am named for a character on that soap she loves it so much. When I was little and out of school for the summer I would play Barbies in the front room while my mom watched Days. I can’t deny it influenced the drama in the lives of the dolls 😂 Also, YES. At this point I’ll read anything by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. She’s so good.

[@loureadingthings]

oh my god YES my barbie dolls had such eventful lives because of soap operas ahahaha

[@paulavs9308]

Nossa! Encontrei você por causa desse livro! Estou na metade e estou amando. Aí comecei a procurar resenhas sem spoilers e cheguei aqui! Pura sorte! Ah! Eu discordo um pouquinho de você. Esse livro é muito Jane Austen! Tem aquele mesmo clima! E eu AMO Jane Austen! Pode recomendar para os fãs dela! Agora vou te seguir! Até

[@mmst761]

LOU I WANT TO SLEEP

[@loureadingthings]

NO SLEEP ONLY LOVE FOR ME

[@bebella9005]

Lou, the country literally is named lkslgnlksnlgnlejdsbf 😭😭😭 it's Levrene! And yes to everything you said! Novelas are written in a way where you don't have to watch every episode in order to understand the plot. Basically, they're written in a way that you can turn on the tv and start watching the novela from any point. They do adhere to the hero's journey most times, but the middle chunk has a lot more things happening. THIS BOOK IS SO EFFING GOOOOOOOD! Great video, babe!

[@loureadingthings]

I HAVE NEVER CLAIMED TO BE SMART

[@allegraintegra9023]

I loved Certain Dark Things and I neeeeeeedto read this.

[@loureadingthings]

omg i'm DYING to read certain dark things!!

[@heathersepulveda6697]

Am I going to violate my "don't buy more books until you've read the ones you have" rule to buy this book? Claro que sí. I watched several telenovelas with my mom and cousins growing up so I'm really excited for this!! Some of our favorites were Salomé and Gata Salvaje.

[@loureadingthings]

i am so sorry for your book buying ban but YOU WON'T REGRET IT

[@heathersepulveda6697]

@@loureadingthings update: I bought it and immediately started reading it and it's Soooo goooddddd!!!

[@bebella9005]

NAZARÉ TEDESCO STANS UNITE

[@lauraisabook]

I've never been a novela fan but to watch them or not it's not really an option, right lol Most Globo novelas, I hate the repetitiveness of the plot and tackiness of the dialogues, it's just not my thing, but totally agree with what you said about working class escapism and cultural importance, there's no denying that. Also the fact that they always 99% of the time set in the Southeast and when they try to represent the Northeast or the North it's just terrible and I wish they didn't. Maybe that's why they never grew on me, I never saw myself or my family in the characters, their scenarios and daily struggles. BUT the good ones are so good, I remember O Clone, and freaking out about Avenida Brasil. The last episode was like an Oscar night, simpler times. I am super convinced to pick this one up though but maybe it's because you're a very convincing lawyer kkkksdkdkkj

[@loureadingthings]

INSHALÁ MUITO OURO ALSO PLEASE. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!! PICK IT UP. PICK THE BEAUTIFUL ONES UP. YOU WILL NOT REGRET THIS BEAUTIFUL ESCAPISM

[@isabellabeatriz2242]

Unpopular opinion: A Favorita and Cordel Encantado are my all time faves

[@loureadingthings]

COMO UNPOPULAR EU AMO A FAVORITA

[@lauraisabook]

OI OI OI

[@lauraisabook]

NÃO ME CONTE MENTIRINHAS DÓI DEMAAAAAAAIS

[@lauraisabook]

MANDE NOTIIIIICIAS DO MUNDO DE LA DE QUEM FIIIIICA

[@loureadingthings]

EU PODIA TER INCLUIDO MALHAÇÃO NESSA TAMBÉM, SAUDOSO CHORÃO CANTANDO: ELA ACHOU MEU CABELO ENGRAÇADO, PROIBIDA PRA MIM OH YEAH

[@VerityBooks]

You’re making me so nostalgic for telenovelas 🥲 My fondest memories are having my mom or grandma explain the entire context of the story to me because I always ended up missing episodes and being so confused

[@loureadingthings]

you miss a single episode and three people get murdered, one gets kidnapped, one fakes a pregnancy and a couple breaks up