rating every book Lisa Simpson reads in The Simpsons on how inappropriate they are for an 8 year old

[@Jaruco2102]

“i dont mean to fatshame a book” is the funniest sentence i never thought i’d hear

[@tinta2531]

He's so funny plizzz😂😂😂

[@yinhannasjournal]

Same! 😂😂

[@paulaa7345]

Jesus loves you

[@Clementine3107]

It's not a Jack Edwards video if he doesn't remind you he has an english literature degree.

[@fransgreidanus5678]

And that it‘s ´worthlessˋ

[@positivitybot03]

Not like he's ever gonna use it in any other context

[@Shady_Nox]

OH MY DEAR GOD! THIS COMMENT SPEAKING TRUTH!

[@elweydelosdibujos7885]

the Mike's Mic masters degree of books

[@ellax8455]

yep and we're here for it lol XD

[@otherworldsthanthese]

this is the content we subscribed for

[@user-oy2zw5gz6z]

Oh shieez I was about to comment that

[@mitsuya6860]

@@user-oy2zw5gz6z Same🤧

[@juliadavey6332]

Honestly

[@spiritualsnail1584]

It really is :')

[@ary_ary9541]

@@user-oy2zw5gz6z 0000000

[@bowenwangs]

Jack uses his degree to effortlessly weave pop culture references and corny jokes into his speech and I honestly admire that.

[@jalebi_baby8]

Perfectly summed up. I mean he made me start reading books which was impooooossible.

[@theambitiouslawstudent4828]

The lorelai gilmore effect 😂

[@AJ-uo5zl]

'the russians had a lot to say' is a summary of russian literature in general, not just the one book

[@astrida111]

and not just books

[@MeryKeit]

fat shaming a book I see ☕️

[@DomesticatedGoth]

To be fair, Russian is often far more efficient than English when it comes to how many words it takes to say things, but even considering that, Russian classic literature does tend to be weighty.

[@sceliocioli]

Please!: rating every book Matilda reads in Matilda the Movie!

[@izzyklein7999]

YES omg such a good idea!!

[@atticusfinch3536]

Omg yes

[@samanthaholt2894]

i adore that movie and simply pass away every time i see videos about it, i love how there are ppl that love matilda as much as i do

[@IshaSharma11]

Yeah

[@sgeorge6695]

Yesssss!

[@brucie1275]

"i don't mean to fatshame a book, but look at her- she's a mammoth!" JACK I'M SCREAMING I NEARLY CHOKED ON MY TOAST

[@yinhannasjournal]

😂😂

[@kathaSchmei]

Nobody: Jack: "you lucky sausage" me: Now THAT is a compliment I will take

[@marygirardin5300]

“Get on it” 😂

[@Midimist]

@@emilias.201 you a vegan sausage then😆

[@petea1998]

@@emilias.201 Linda McCartney says hieee!

[@yinhannasjournal]

Omg. 😂

[@Isabelle-fm5do]

You should do "How many Books have I read off of the Rory Gilmore List"

[@taylorjennings1374]

That would be a perfect follow up to this video!

[@jennam4448]

OH MY GOD YES!

[@abbiepalliser-kehoe3591]

YES YES YES

[@Lenaamarie98]

YES YES YES

[@mollys9854]

Yes yes yes!

[@SkyeValentine6927]

"Imagine having that much to say about anything ever" and that's just one of many thick boys Dostoevsky has put out

[@sarasolomon4812]

Here's an interesting fact... The Telltale Heart is narratorated entirely in first person, and the gender of the speaker is never revealed. It's always assumed to be a man, but it COULD technically be a woman. Rereading the story from the perspective of a female narrator gives an interesting new perspective on the classic tale.

[@Nat-fn4ou]

I've read it and assumed it was a woman. Lol

[@jack_edwards]

oooooohhhh how interesting! I think I listened to an audiobook once where it was narrated by a man so always thought it was a man in my head - looove this though and will definitely be rereading!!

[@meganknight5262]

I brought this exact point up in my ap lit class and everybody was telling me I was thinking too much about it...

[@whoami4534]

True

[@camelopardalis84]

@@meganknight5262 "You're thinking too much about a piece of literature" from people in an AP lit class sounds like a bad sign.

[@luannemonselywizard]

“if you thought that doing a degree in english literature would get you nowhere in life, you’re absolutely correct my friend” * nervously laughs in english literature undergrad *

[@samuelusrestrepus]

Spanish degree here D:

[@yinhannasjournal]

Omg. 🥺❤️ Good luck!

[@DaughterDust]

I did american literature, so that’s great

[@aquariumgravel6683]

@@samuelusrestrepus you can do medical translating! translating between doctors and patients. you can also do that for studies and all kinds of situation. you just have to take certifications and learn terms in the languages you speak!

[@hritikabhatnagar1324]

Me who is pursuing eng hons with a hope of writing something great 🙃😢

[@maarishasaraswat3633]

"my attention span is the length of a tik tok" jdjdjdj only the truth was spoken

[@csCherry]

Something to work on which is why I love insane book reading projects like that.

[@maarishasaraswat3633]

@@csCherry I KNOW RIGHT

[@july3817]

"The Bell Jar is a book for mentally unstable people, I loved it" relatable

[@neptunesedge9123]

Now you’re tempting me to read “Gravity’s rainbow”.

[@cosmic3045]

Same i really was like "i feel like this is a challenge"

[@kati5243]

Challenge accepted

[@agustinacastellano5784]

am I going to do it? no. did I feel personally challenged? yes.

[@anna.slays24]

Same hahaha

[@SillyStokey92]

Trust me, its not worth it lol

[@aditii1698]

Only Jack can have sense of humor that's cool and lame at the same time lol

[@zainabjamshaid2101]

Yes 🙌🏽 That’s why I love his content

[@yinhannasjournal]

Ikr! 🥺🥺

[@eguzkineferreiro8863]

Similar idea to this one, there's a series called criminal minds with a character called Reid who likes reading and reccommends a bunch of books

[@annapurchase5861]

YES PLEASE

[@elpidak6554]

yes yes yes

[@RaquelAbracadabrantes]

Yesss

[@haobinversed]

OMG YES

[@aimeemarie6201]

Omg PLEASE

[@Snehaa04]

The look on your face when it hits you "sHE's eiGHt" 😳

[@cansadafernanda]

And she reads more (and better) than me

[@neldormiveglia1312]

i guess i never questioned her age, really, but for some reason i always presumed she was more like 12 or idk lol

[@haliee]

@@neldormiveglia1312 same

[@thehousespouse]

1:49 Lisa is definitely very traumatised by the books that she reads that neither of her parents have the intelligence, time, awareness, or wherewithal to realise are totally inappropriate for their child to read. Just because a child can read an adult book, that doesn’t mean that they should.

[@princeza7030]

the writters would have done it on purpose, not for the point your saying i dont think but bc the simpsons is inappropriate in general, they have always been contraversial and take risks to be seen as that. But i defs agree with your point if this was a real family!! and not written to make heads turn!

[@wonderlaund]

literally my life when I was 9-12😂

[@N_IRL]

Yep... My friend read Fifty Shades of Grey when she was eleven because she heard it was an "adult book" and was like "well, kid's books are too easy, so I'll read the adult book". She wrote her college essay about how it traumatized her lol

[@debleb166]

My favourite book as a six year old was White Fang and I'm sure that affected me somehow...

[@skeletized]

the first book i read once i learned how to read was the amphigorey which i adore and would not take back but MAN i'm sure if affected me as a 5yo

[@anweshaberia4883]

Lisa's overly developed taste in literature includes : 1) The bell jar 2) The brother's Karamazov 3) The poetry of Emily Dickinson 4)Leaves of Grass 5) Anne of green Gables (5 Lisa heads/child appropriate) 6) How to cook humans (maybe not a real book) 7) The book of British smiles 8) Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's cradle 9) Gravity's rainbow 10) The Salinger Collection 11) Grimm's Fairytales (4Lisa heads) The telltale Heart *) Tintin in Paris (5 Lisa heads) 12) Harry Potter (5 Lisa heads, 0 for transphobia) 13) Jane Austen books (4 Lisa heads) 14) Joy luck club 15) Man and Superman 16) Charolette's Web (5 Lisa heads) 17) The rise and fall of the third Reich Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong 😊

[@Mel-jr5cz]

Also reads "The Death of Ivan Illych" by Tolstoy, which I have read, and which I wouldn't give more than two Lisa heads

[@devinstephans7969]

mvp

[@nnnnnnaty]

aCtUaLLy….. the Kurt Vonnegut book was Timequake, but Jack did say it was Cat’s Cradle. Sorry for being a stickler 😬 Vonnegut is one of my favorite authors

[@myatlik]

'The Brothers Karamazov'

[@hannamaria6092]

thank you very much stranger :)

[@lillith3201]

I grew up in Germany. I didn't even know that there were alternative "more child-friendly" versions of the Grimms Fairytales until I was 19 years old

[@elisedutcher4923]

so i heard that grimm fairy tales were not actually supposed to be fairy tales, but a record of every german word . . . ever. have you heard anything like that? do you know if its true? (not trying to assume that because your german you know everything. im an american, and i have no clue what the us involvement in ww1 was, even though we studied it for 2 weeks lol)

[@Limonenmixgetraenk]

@@elisedutcher4923 The Brothers Grimm are mostly known for two projects, the fairy tales and also (but not as much) for a Dictionary of German ("Deutsches Wörterbuch") :) so its two separate things, but both by the Brothers Grimm.

[@elisedutcher4923]

@@Limonenmixgetraenk oh okie thank u!!!!

[@flame6454]

@@elisedutcher4923 The brothers Grimm didn't create the fairy tales, they merely collected old oral folk tales and wrote them down.

[@nicoleashleyknox]

Translated and severely edited 😅😅😅

[@jil8091]

"I couldn't tell you this much about myself and I've been me for 22 years" I felt that

[@sheliesawake]

"my compliments to the chef, which was me" I’M DED

[@annelooney1090]

My dad tried to read Gravity's Rainbow and said he quit after a scene where somebody takes a dump in someone else's mouth. Negative Lisa Heads out of five.

[@roopalijain2418]

Ayo??💀😋

[@Hale8R]

Omg *gagging*🤢🤮 ☠️

[@jeremyhopkins577]

I don't think that's even the most disturbing scene in the novel lol

[@happyjellycatsquid]

I’d considered reading the book after feeling challenged by Jack’s comments but now hearing that I’ll just keep struggling through Jane Eyre

[@akl2k7]

After hearing the book mentioned in this video, I looked it up on TV Tropes out of curiosity. The summary on there as well as your comment make me want to stay well enough away.

[@ItsNicoleD]

"I haven't read this book BUT I just read a wikipedia article on it SO ... i'm ready to mansplain it to you" 🔥🔥🔥HONESTLY i love you for this lol.

[@susanalfieri4487]

Funny, yes. I love Jack! Great book though. I do hope he reviews it in the near future. I haven't read it in many years, but I remember it being very impactful. The movie too...

[@drveekativhu]

HOW are you real?????! You’re giving us the content we did not ask for but WE NEEEDED!!!! - not all heroes wear capes. Not all heroes 💫💫🥳🥳🥳

[@bekind6869]

Vee! You inspire me everyday!

[@paulaa7345]

Jesus loves you

[@captaingreen4116]

"NO CAPES!"

[@beckiemejia669]

*THIS* "You’re giving us the content we did not ask for but WE NEEEDED!!!"

[@dr.faustus4123]

him: if you thought english literature degree would get you nowhere in life, you're absolutely correct me who is studying english literature: 👁👄👁

[@fatimah3228]

same...

[@riyamishra280]

Same

[@bookmarcc]

Welp

[@480z-fllz]

me who wants to study literature:

[@rosegardenmadisonsquare]

same

[@ellamae4809]

“i’m ready to mansplain it to you now” me whenever i read any wikipedia page

[@auroradazed]

i just wanna say you're really changing the booktube game. i remember back in like 2013/2014 when booktube was THRIVING and on its come-up and there were so many hauls and unboxings and tags, and we all ate that up because it was new and exciting! but for the past few years i feel like booktube has sort of fell off due to there being a lack of new ideas and content /: but you're really mixing it up and bringing so many new things to the table and i can't thank you enough for it!

[@vegangurly]

I have watched a few of his videos and this comment just convinced me to officially subscribe

[@caitlinscollin8721]

emily dickinson did have a few poems published during her life, but it was against her will (she sent them to friends as gifts occasionally and they were so good that they put them in the newspaper)

[@daisymurf4727]

somebody once told me that I have Lisa Simpson energy and I will never forget it

[@anikawagner3704]

I started reading this comment as the beginning of all star by smashmouth🤣

[@victoriacorreacruz5969]

Same, I felt so proud 😂

[@xkathygee]

@@anikawagner3704 Me, too xD

[@chewymint5224]

@@anikawagner3704 thanks to you, i reread the comment with the all star tune

[@meghansullivan6812]

What a complement!??!?

[@VanillaBoom]

As a German, I can tell you that we actually read or get read the Grimm Fairytales at a fairly young age so the 4 Lisa heads seem about right :]

[@bubblebubble7494]

The best moment in primary school was when my WTG teacher decided she would read random farytales to us She didn't knew them herself and to this day I dont know if I should think this was brave or naive

[@mitzelim3044]

Yep.

[@nurailidepaepe2783]

as a belgian i grew up with them from like 6 years old or younger

[@jsalg6481]

As a Colombian we grew up watching the anime version of them and now that I think about it, it was wild how they thought it would be appropriate to put it in tv for children to watch it just because was animated

[@nurailidepaepe2783]

@@jsalg6481 it is appropriate tho. people underestimate how much kids can take. they usually enjoy the traditional fairytales even when they're rlly morbid/brutal (ofc depends on the kid but this is what research says)

[@zainabqureshi9334]

"If I can cook it, it's quite literally idiot-proof." Ohmygod JACK

[@zainab-uh8vf]

Idkw I literally always gotta do this but oMG SAME NAME

[@zainabqureshi9334]

@@zainab-uh8vf haha I get ittt 😂😂 it's always a little surreal to come across a person who shares my name... Even more so when they're the same AGE!?

[@zainab-uh8vf]

@@zainabqureshi9334 ure 14 ?!???!?!!!

[@zainabqureshi9334]

@@zainab-uh8vf hehe no. I'm 19! 💥

[@zainab-uh8vf]

@@zainabqureshi9334 ooo oki

[@jess__rodriguez]

Fun fact: Emily Dickinson’s sister, and I believe her publisher, took the poems they found wrapped in twine AND REARRANGED THEM. They did NOT leave her work in the original order that Emily wrote it in. From what I remember learning about her in university, it was a matter of how the public would like it and sell-ability that influenced this decision. So because of this if you read her work in book form there might be poems that feel like they match in theme but they aren’t back to back in order. Because they were rearranged to be mixed up.

[@Kalani_Saiko]

That kind of makes me mad.

[@jess__rodriguez]

@@Kalani_Saiko oh don’t worry me too-my class was ENRAGED when out professor talked about this with us

[@Kalani_Saiko]

@@jess__rodriguez As you guys should be lol

[@princeleefelix]

Jack: **stressing about Lisa reading The Bell Jar** Me, at age 11: **reading 50 Shades of Grey** I speak the truth.

[@simayd.1771]

Reading 50 Shades oder Grey is just terrible for any age to read

[@simayd.1771]

Reading 50 Shades oder Grey is just terrible for any age to read

[@UmiChan358]

There are cooler books UwU

[@princeleefelix]

@@UmiChan358 there really are

[@happyjellycatsquid]

At least my girl Lisa has taste yikes

[@fatizio7778]

no one ' jack : iM AN EdGaR EleN HoE

[@yinhannasjournal]

💀

[@ahobbit1273]

Same though 😂

[@Mariam.4445]

Jack's videos are so precious, the most enjoyable thing I've ever watched.

[@zthepeasant]

I honestly don't know how you come up with your ideas, but it's so cool how unqiue your content is and how it's not limited for only Booktube people to enjoy.

[@jessicalicker9600]

I've read every Jane Austen novel, and I completely agree with your assessment. Northanger Abbey was the first book she wrote, and the echoes of the epistolary style she wrote the first draft in are so interesting to read!

[@HylianDan]

I went with an ebook version of the Karamazov Brothers and I think that helped because I never got too visceral a sense of how long it was... I tore through it fairly quickly. Worth giving it a chance seeing as you enjoyed Crime and Punishment! I really liked it.

[@CagedTroll]

“You can always tell British people by our teeth” *flashes beautiful smile*

[@moonycanwatch]

Putting the inappropriateness aside, dare I say, Lisa is a girlboss?

[@janecarlaa.6413]

#girlboss

[@jan_Alon]

#girlbossgatekeepgaslight

[@avantikamathur4387]

@@jan_Alon what?

[@moonycanwatch]

@@jan_Alon i think the # girlbosses prefer gatekeep, gaslight, girlboss in that order 💅🏼

[@maiskorn3002]

Any uncarley stans here?

[@EmDoesNotExist]

Jack’s ability to write a hilarious script for these videos (I assume by how fluid it is) and still make it seem natural is honestly amazing.

[@Kiwi_DeFruit]

The Brothers Karamazov I read not an 8 year old, but fairly young (like 13?) and I LOVED it! It went all Sherlock Holmes at the end, but had interesting characters, and... THE WISDOM THO. So I know it's a pain to read a book that long, but I can't reccommend it enough. Also there's good audiobooks on that book if you just want to listen to it. 10/10, It is my favourite of Dostoyevski.

[@dearlolly2293]

the wisdom YES. the whole speech of Ivan about god and suffering was so touching, it was literally all of my thoughts about religion summerized.

[@graceface2.0]

I can't believe he "reviewed" it without reading it.

[@HosannaRider]

The Brothers Grimm didn't write the fairy tales. They collected different versions from different countries. There are plenty of clean versions of these lessons. Because that's what fairy tales were, lessons. The Grimm versions weren't the only ones out there, and Disney didn't clean up every one, they used different versions. If I'm remembering right the version of Cinderella they used was French, a much cleaner version where she gets glass slippers, a pumpkin carriage, mice who turned into horsemen, you get my point. Every culture has versions of these fairy tales, all at different degrees and with different messages. (Also fun fact I think one of the first Cinderella stories comes from Egypt? A woman's shoe went flying and hit the ruler of the area in the head. He searched for the owner of the shoe and they fell in love. Something like that.)

[@ramona6644]

very worrying that that book got 4 Lisa heads though, cause so many of the princesses in that get raped or characters get fed their own children. I read those stories a lot when I was around that age ( and many others) and lord, I am still scarred

[@HosannaRider]

@@ramona6644 yeah. The Grimm brothers really ran with the darkest tales. Just because something is a fairy tale doesn't mean it's kid friendly in a way. Fairy tales are primarily lessons, but still

[@bellac6311]

Tru, fairytales were just written to fearmonger kids into not doing something

[@EmyN]

OMG that makes so much more sense! I never understood why the stupid prince went about looking for her by people's foot

[@clara_hp6254]

But also the Grimm brothers were German and Germany had a history of disturbing children’s book. (I’m German) In two of the most iconic children’s books the main Charakters get either crushed to death or set on fire. A really well known songs is about a man shooting a fox who stole a geese. There are also many short stories where just all the children die. So in that context the Grimm stories do make sense haha

[@Anne-id2zt]

I read Grimms fairytales when I was 8. I loved them but I also loved books like Struwwelpeter ("educational" German short stories where kids e.g. light themselves on fire, fall into a well and always die), so don't trust my taste.

[@Serenity_yt]

I did as well (fellow German here) so Id go ahead and say dont trust any of our tastes there we have quite a strange relationship with child appropriate content (krampus yey 2nd Harry Potter the worst thing imagineable; Go real footage of literal corpse piles from KZs but you better not show pupils any film that is in the slightest rated above FSK 6

[@nil.2713]

Yeah, I grew up with them too. But I think we all read a heavily censored and more child-appropriate version.

[@melinakunzli6865]

omg I read the Strubelpeter too as a child (about 5 years old), and i have to say i'm still a little bit scared of that book 15 years later.

[@aless.andra9620]

As an adult I am a huge fan of Hannibal TV series, and I recently remembered that one of my favorite fairtales as a child had cannibalistic component to it (a boy and a dragon fly on a dangerous adventure, dragon gets exhausted and hungry (and landing is not an option for some reason), so the boy cuts off the piece his flesh and feeds it to the dragon). Like what?!

[@recklessandjulia]

Funny how those stories didnt scar me for life same with Wilhelm Busch with his stories like Max & Moritz for example

[@lisag.215]

Me, a German, when he thought 8 was too young to learn details about the nazis: 👁️👄👁️

[@lillaaay4711]

Well in Germany it‘s kinda the same. Some books that are about ww2 are written in the ‚old‘ German font so kids can‘t read it as easily. Also there‘s a reason why we only learn about ww2 in grade 9...

[@lisag.215]

@@lillaaay4711 I'm pretty sure I learned about it waay earlier but maybe I was teached different. And I didn't mean through books but school etc, I should have put it differently, my mistake

[@lillaaay4711]

@@lisag.215 yeah maybe it just differs from state to state

[@KnilchTV]

@@lisag.215 As a kid I read the diary of Anne Frank and also "when hitler stole the pink rabbit" which are both books about Nazi Germany from a child's perspective. This is a good way of learning and understanding important parts in history without being overwhelmed by it.

[@osnats7898]

same lamo but im not bc im german im jewish🥴

[@francescakyanda9182]

I'm both horrified and impressed with her taste, also we really need more nerd representation

[@rk_san]

Jack: *I don't mean to fat shame a book but she's a MAMMOTH* Only you, Jack, only you.

[@meghanpfeiffer]

I've read The Brothers Karamazov, and I think it's pretty appropriate for a child. The act of murder isn't described in great detail and there really isn't much else that could scar a child. Whether or not they would be interested in such a long book is a different story.

[@rameenfatima1210]

pls do a Rory Gilmore version!!

[@ryann.3510]

Just wanted to comment the same thing!

[@cassandraeads]

yesssss

[@minimallie6507]

👍👍👍yesss

[@nanavee759]

This !

[@alissah5595]

Okay hear me out jack has the reading speed of a laser beam like it takes me forever to read a book...

[@Mariam.4445]

Well, you can say that his job requires him to read books, so he is kinda reading all the time💀

[@alissah5595]

@@Mariam.4445 hahah if had his job they would fire me because I couldn’t read the book fast enough😂

[@Mariam.4445]

@@alissah5595 damn relax it's not about finishing novels and books as fast as you can, the main thing is to enjoy what you read👩🏻‍🦯

[@DaughterOfHelios]

Flipping same!

[@pettywhite8124]

Omg same he can read a book a day and it takes me like a week and a half if I’m focusing 😩

[@wiggybis]

"The Catcher in the Rye" is Salinger's most famous book but weirdly is the one I liked the least among the books he wrote. I highly recommand "Franny and Zooey".

[@carlottamelfi]

Catcher will always be my favorite, and then probably For Esmé, then Bananafish, then Du Damier-Smith’s Blue Period, but I also love Franny and Zooey, and pretty much everything he wrote. I’d probably have to give Salinger 2 Lisa Heads.

[@karimabou8784]

The catcher in the Rye is one of my favorite classics. Holgan is one of my favorite characters

[@faemac6502]

yesssss

[@camelopardalis84]

@@karimabou8784 "Holgan" sounds like a contraction of "Hulk Hogan".

[@89cspell]

Franny and zooey bored me to tears. I think I stopped reading it with less than 20 pages left.

[@sagecolvard9644]

I will say, in the complete works of Kurt Vonnegut, there is not one novel that doesn't contain some amount of weird sex stuff. Probably my favourite example of this is Galápagos, which contains the most sexual nuclear war ever put to paper.

[@kirsten_snoose]

Ok, now I'm curious. "Most sexual nuclear war" was a phrase I never expected to read :P

[@missallsunday5417]

As someone whose mother made her read "The Rainbow" "The Lord of the Flies" as a child. I can relate.

[@coffeeshop8675]

Not me wanting to read gravity’s rainbow now because the only validation I ever got as a child was for being intelligent and I feel like that’s the only thing that defines me as a person✌🏼

[@alexandrastirbescu6173]

Haha same. I guess that makes the two of us

[@agustinagimenez7347]

Three, I'm failing at college and feeling like shit about it. Wish they had told me different things

[@flapjackalopis711]

If you decide to do it, curious to hear how it goes

[@marcialaur1825]

Wait are you me?? Cus literally same

[@crystaljefferphetamine]

same 😭 as a kid i wanted to be a doctor and now I'm a high school dropout

[@altheagilanne]

"you know what, life isn't a fairy tale and the sooner that you learn than, the better." - well that took a turn

[@annehaussalo3593]

I remember reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak when I was eight years old and being so fascinated by it that I secretly woke up at 2 a.m. to finish it on a random Wednesday... Needless to say a lot of it I didn't really understand, but still, it left a lasting impression.

[@anothing12]

same, I read it when I was 8/9 and it was my favorite book for a long time!

[@una_10bananas]

Have you read his other books, they're pretty different but I love them all

[@annehaussalo3593]

@@una_10bananas I haven't actually! For some reason it never occured to me that he has written other stuff too lol

[@hsanta5417]

His other books are really good. And not too long ago he announced that I am the Messenger is being turned into a TV Show. In Australia I believe.

[@BianaBova]

The Joy Luck Club is AMAZING. It tells the story of 4 Chinese immigrant mothers and their 4 first gen daughters, and how both generations have gone through so much pain but don't understand each other because of the different cultures and struggles they grew up with. Each character's story is incredibly powerful and memorable. It's been a while since I last read it, but I'd give it 3 Lisa heads 👍

[@sophiagonzales8974]

The book is okayish (But I honestly didn’t enjoy the book that much since they didn’t wrap up the 3 other arcs of the women) there’s only one complete arc for me (perhaps maybe 2 Lisa heads)

[@kythe8150]

@@sophiagonzales8974 honestly that’s one of the reasons I liked it because it would be unrealistic if all the daughters had this happy ending where they could perfectly understand their culture/mom

[@sophiagonzales8974]

@@kythe8150 I’m not saying that having this ending is a bad thing or if it’s one just one girl but like the other girls don’t really have a conclusion eg: Waverly Jong and the mother pressuring off her chess tournaments, ying with the I threw baby in the water and one of the other girls which I don’t remember off. I’m not trying to say that it’s bad to have sad endings it’s just that the others don’t feel wrapped up or are open ended that isn’t done properly.

[@kythe8150]

@@sophiagonzales8974 yeah no I see what you mean because it did kinda annoy me how Waverly barely made any progress as a character

[@sophiagonzales8974]

@@kythe8150 Which is why I said that Joy Luck is okayish and something I don’t think I’d like to read again

[@michellehanson984]

Someone has probably pointed this out, but Anne of Green Gables is about an 11 year old girl. Anne was aged up for Anne with an E and the Megan Follows adaptation to 13

[@sumayamohammed1647]

Petition for the original intro to come back (“on tonight’s show ladies and gentlemen we have something that’s gonna make you sick”)

[@ayellowpapercrown6750]

I think it got copyrighted that’s why he can’t use it anymore :(

[@prakruthidesai2989]

It got copyrighted lol

[@sumayamohammed1647]

Awww thats so annoying :(((

[@Shady_Nox]

not covid-19* yeah i like the into of corona specials

[@janeyao9392]

once again jack delivered and served the most SUPREME content of all time 😌

[@arushigoel7643]

"We are putting the simp in 'simpson' for Emily Dickinson" - now THIS is the content I signed up for 👌

[@ines-xh4rs]

I love how he never misses a chance to say how Wilbur shouldn't be given all the credit

[@pandarouge91]

This is such a clever analysis. I always call my husband “Lisa Simpson.” Lisa is the dark, insightful, and socially awkward friend we all need ❤️

[@cheyenneelle]

I would love to see a Rory Gilmore version of this!!

[@nataliestevens6176]

I was thinking this too! There's so many characters you could do this type of video with and I would watch them all

[@cheyenneelle]

@Natalie Stevens yeah i really hope he makes this a series!! 🥺

[@mayasagi1385]

Isn't her list like 300 books?

[@cheyenneelle]

@@mayasagi1385 yeah lmao it’d probably take him a year to read all of those

[@mayasagi1385]

@@cheyenneelle I'll gladly wait

[@eduardacruz7756]

The best thing about this video is finding out that Jack has a To Be Read list, like us mortal humans ❤️

[@eduardacruz7756]

@Linny Lee Cecilia Crow I mean, damn... it was a simple joke, but I suppose it had a deeper meaning behind it 🤔 now I'm intrigued also 😂

[@mirixf]

"my attention spam is the length of a tiktok" - the guy who reads books for a living lmao

[@sarahriddle499]

11:24 Lisa’s eyes look like each one is reading a different page. Does she read books at 2x normal speed? No wonder she’s the queen of literature!

[@tracymccarthy6696]

Love Lisa’s book choices! I’m guessing the How to Cook Humans book is a spoof off of The Twilight Zone and the episode ‘To Serve Man’ where we get the horrible twist at the end of ‘it’s a cookbook’ 🧑‍🍳 so definitely child appropriate

[@GwenM98]

Jack showing us how good he is at adulting by having this video sponsored by Hello Fresh AND by having his laundry basket in the back and then reading books a fictional child has read

[@ceeofceesimp4473]

This is the content we didn’t deserve but we needed

[@Iz_0707]

“Just blow the dust off of that!” Me every time i go back to my bookshelf😳

[@masonallen3961]

As someone who read The Joy Luck Club in High School, I promise you won’t regret reading it. It was probably one of my favorite books I read in High School.

[@powerpuff4ever]

Okay but can I say how much I appreciate the ad segway? Like to remember that reference so fully made me happy

[@victoriabyers5161]

"Harry Potter get 5 Lisa heads, transphobia gets 0" iconic

[@aspen2203]

Absolutely. Possibly in my top five iconic lines said by a youtuber.

[@cactus4509]

Istgg

[@koliakrasotkin6846]

Trans women are men. It is idiotic to think that aknowledging that is "transphobic".

[@dariusstewart6887]

@@koliakrasotkin6846 you’re wrong 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@koliakrasotkin6846]

@@dariusstewart6887 Why?

[@maanyasingh9983]

Honestly, at this point nothing you could post would shock me :D! Love the video!!

[@arranfrommistmantle3814]

“How to cook for forty humans” is the best book I’ve ever read! I loved it as an 8 year old!😍

[@zoyasaqib8994]

this is one of the most random best video on youtube. also the first thing i noticed was ur pearl necklace kbsadkjas i love it

[@staaron1704]

If he thinks this is bad don't let him see the 11 year olds who read icebreaker

[@corneliameiler6099]

🌸✨ petition to make Jack read 'the Brothers Karamazov' ✨🌸

[@nivesninapjanic9971]

LIFE.CHANGING.

[@hwlsgrl]

i wanna read it but it’s so damn long

[@corneliameiler6099]

same, that's why i need Jack to do it haha

[@PolinasPages]

“We’re putting the simp in simpsons” I’m crying the humour is immaculate ✨💀

[@AmiraLeo]

Don't you just kinda wanna make him read “Gravity’s rainbow” now? Otherwise, we can do the mammoth one too.

[@messinalyle4030]

Seeing as the title rang a bell for me, I immediately paused the video and went to look up the plot synopsis on Wikipedia as soon as he finished taking about it. The reason why the title rang a bell for me was probably that I have a masters degree in literature, too. I don't know if I lost a significant amount of intelligence since I graduated or what, but I had trouble even focusing on the Wikipedia article for this book.

[@AmiraLeo]

@@messinalyle4030 Hahaha oh well. So maybe reading that will be enough then? 🤷‍♀️

[@lindseylocker]

The Brothers Karamazov translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky is exquisite. I read it when I was about...18? and loved it so much that I re-started it a few seconds after finishing the last page. I highly, highly recommend you read it

[@TuesdaysArt]

2:49 "It's also about patricide-so like, killing your own father-which in Lisa Simpson's situation...I guess kind of makes sense." This line made my day, along with the one about transphobia ofc.

[@Fe1AlR]

"One Lisa head, which is one LESS head than that man now has attached to his body" 👁👄👁

[@addieleva5500]

I just thought I should let you know that you're now my new source of book recommendations. You complimented 'Small Pleasures' in a past video, and I literally went out and ordered it from my local library immediately after I finished watching. Looking forward to starting it (and know that my faith in your good book taste relies on my opinion of this book :D)

[@Shady_Nox]

Yes he doesn't understand the power he holds, I literally got "Papillon" by Henri Charrire which is a long af book... currently reading.

[@addieleva5500]

@@Shady_Nox i also reserved 'gravity's rainbow' from the library after he said he'd be scared if anyone actually read it... what is my life... :\

[@cloudmilla]

Now you’ll have to go through Daria’s books 😂🤣

[@therestheforeigner3325]

Yessssssssssssss!!! And analyze her writing!!!

[@dreadpersephone]

such a good suggestion fr JACK DO IT PLEASE?

[@whatever_forever]

omg yessss i love that show

[@kaylar.5526]

5:12 that transition was so flawless I didn’t even realize you teleported to your kitchen

[@Momba_Jules]

3:58 - I literally almost spit out my coffee at that “I’m not like other poets” line. 🤣

[@hoz4782]

His education is serving him so well. Wow.

[@Shady_Nox]

i would want the same education because sucks to be me

[@lexijasmine2506]

HELL YES TRANSPHOBIA GETS ZERO, IM NOT EVEN TRANS BUT THAT JUST BOOSTED MY SEROTONIN, I LOVE YOU

[@sassas4919]

This just taught me that Jack has absolutely no idea whats Child appropriate 😂😂😂

[@RocketRoketto]

Ive had a lifelong fascination with WW2, in particular Nazi's so Lisa reading about the The Third Reich is actually not surprising to me, especially if she's into psychology. For this fascination I blame Ralph Fiennes

[@AnAwkwardHuman]

"Not to fat-shame a book" So thoughtfully

[@inkbery4473]

is no one gonna appreciate that transition cut at 5:12 ?? that was smoother than my mental health decline

[@alinaj5094]

“i would not touch it with a very long stick” same Jack, same

[@louvienne531]

“Here it is, let’s shake the dust off of that” LOOOOL I screamed!

[@converse036]

this feels like a second channel video that snuck onto your main channel and i LOVE IT

[@ShanellPetersonOfficial]

You’re content is literally sooo fun. I’ll never read these books, but I love listening to you talk about them. 🥰