reacting to 1 star reviews of my favourite books

[@michellexbeauty9832]

Sometimes the one-star reviewers make points about the books I like and I can’t do anything but agree and move on 😭

[@ellyt3429]

same 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 sometimes it’ll be a book i literally LOVED, but that i can objectively acknowledge won’t be for everybody, and i can’t help but read some reviews (especially the funny ones) and just think yep. ur so right. and then continue on loving the book anyways 😭😭

[@ellyt3429]

even worse is when they make such a good point that i go back and actually detract a star

[@_bookloverr]

and then i physically cant unsee their comment and my love for that book is forever tainted by that one point they made 😭😭

[@disab4649]

Several times I've found things I loved based of of bad reviews. You just have to figure out how people usually insult things you normally like. Ngl pretentious is a code word I look out for XD

[@michellexbeauty9832]

@@ellyt3429 I don’t even consider myself to be someone swayed by others opinion but a lot of reviews make me critically rethink my thoughts and yeah occasionally a star gets docked 😭😭

[@halane4790]

I think Jane Austen would love that someone said Emma made them vomit with rage, she would find that HILARIOUS XD

[@dorothyparashi1736]

Because she would knows that the crowd that does not get this message is STUPID

[@SiqueScarface]

@@dorothyparashi1736 Some people get the message and think the message is stupid.

[@hellothere1065]

Now do the opposite. You should read 5 star reviews for your least favourite books.

[@hippolyte90]

Yes, please! That would be hilarious🤣

[@LotteAtena]

THISSS!!! YESSS!

[@kaylakrey]

YES

[@aaaamnaaaa]

Oh my god this is genius

[@wronghandlane9665]

YES

[@kathrinspies558]

I read a 1-star review of Dante's Inferno and it just said "To many Italian names and places" and that's one of my favorite reviews of all time. It's so stupidly funny to me

[@Mina_Susnjevic]

😂 brilliantly stupid

[@soho6435]

omg hahahaha

[@BritzHerz]

OMG! 😅 that has to be the funniest review ever. Imagine reading a book by an italian author and be appalled by the usage of italian names and places. no words 😅

[@mmmmmmolly]

It's like a bad review of a cookbook i saw where the reviewer didn't like it because there were too many dishes in it that she didn't recognise.

[@martinadevita8342]

I have to say... I'm Italian and I agree

[@Clazz94]

As an aspiring writer, reading 1-star reviews of my absolute favourite books reminds me that no art is universally adored, and that soothes my perfectionism.

[@momentmemos]

Omg i love this! I’m trying to write too and even letting my friends read my stuff is terrifying ahah

[@sappho4828]

i can't read negative reviews for books i like bc sometimes they convince me 😭

[@ellyt3429]

nah same like sometimes i’ll give a book a high rating, read a bunch of negative reviews, be like “damn ur right”, and go back to lower my original rating 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@missgreendayfan]

​@@ellyt3429 me AF

[@kayo5291]

@@ellyt3429 Me too, what’s wrong with us? 🥸

[@grff_]

SAME LOL i loved seven husbands but after watching a negative review it had me scratching my head like damn....maybe ur right😭

[@hazelwi]

I loved on earth we're briefly gorgeous but read so many negative reviews I drove myself into a reading slump😭😭

[@blancaherreroespana5035]

"this proves that all men do in those days is be misogynists and wrinkle" SENT ME😭

[@juleslefumiste9204]

and also create an entire civilization you now are leeching off :)

[@blancaherreroespana5035]

@@juleslefumiste9204 uuuuuh someone is cranky and wants to pick up an irrelevant fight in a comment section about something silly that has nothing to do with them! it's ok, it's a pretty popular coping mechanism for miserable people that need attention, not getting more from me though, i recommend touching some grass or taking a nap! hope this helps :)

[@DrunkenEros]

@@juleslefumiste9204 Let's not pretend you could create a civilisation when you can't even spell "leeching" correctly.

[@sambanks9670]

@@juleslefumiste9204u mean cause most of all crime and create wars? if you’re gonna take credit for something take credit for everything

[@juleslefumiste9204]

@@DrunkenEroswhat are you talking about lol

[@molasses3850]

"I've read shampoo bottles with more plot twists." 😭😭 frr

[@joeyb5399]

Omg I thought I made this comment 😭

[@molasses3850]

@@joeyb5399 ahaha same pfp. Love to see it :]

[@Yootifully_07]

This is funny coz a shampoo ad just played 😭😭

[@telanos2492]

I clicked because I was curious which book was bland enough to be shamed with this review, and was bitterly disappointed to discover there is no such review featured :(

[@nishthagupta1357]

THIS WAS SO FUNNY😂

[@erinisbold]

The phrase "be misogynist and wrinkle" permanently altered my brain chemistry

[@meikusje]

I'm much better at dealing with 1 star reviews for books I liked than 5 star reviews for books I hated 😂

[@heatherbocks]

For sure! I can usually understand why the things I love wouldn’t work for people.

[@ivyzen8860]

Same! When I see 5 star reviews for books I hated, I always think, "This! This is what's wrong with society!" 😂

[@elliotoliverr]

I read a book where the protagonist’s name meant corn corn corn (I wish I was joking), and it felt like the rip off of every YA dystopian romance ever and I stayed up until midnight fuming that the book had so many 5-star reviews

[@aimeekessell5022]

But why is that so exactly true. 😂

[@bartholomew887]

Me @ every colleen hoover book

[@sarahhansen8004]

“Maybe we do miss when men just used to go to war and die.” 🤣 iconic

[@taras5534]

Hahaha for real!

[@di4947]

no no no bad idea

[@maryn1776]

cries in ukrainian 😢

[@natchasapsuwan]

i had to take a minute after that one

[@em-w5438]

@@natchasapsuwan Me too!

[@BooksWithCarah]

"toni morrison get behind me" LMAO ME TOOOOO JACK

[@navyaanand3475]

"Bad reviews have people bringing out the VOCABULARY" yes, Jack, so accurate and I'm so here for it😂

[@autism_and_niamh]

"I'm not taking it with a little grain of salt, I'm taking it with a Himalayan salt lamp" I CACKLED, get this man a comedy special asap

[@Pipapisca]

Im sorry but I laughed so hard at the fact that you assumed someone switched to Spanish 😂 some of us native Spanish speakers use goodreads you know 😅

[@adelechl]

that’s what i thought too hahaha!! like maybe this person is just… a spanish speaker?

[@ttcgr]

his pronunciation genuinely made me so mad it was like the way they pronounced ‘taco’ in the great british bake off all over again

[@laura-sandy1492]

LOL, that’s what I thought too, and the French one as well!

[@loriet4926]

Yeah he looked so ignorant when he said that 🫠

[@YV09876]

I didn't even understand. Because, no me gusto means I don't like myself. 😩

[@Lumors]

"Easily the worst book I've ever read" the self-restraint from going into their read-list! I could not have managed

[@elinevisser346]

They rated a Colleen Hoover book 5 stars, I think that's all we need to know

[@shannoncishahayo5567]

there isn't a sequel book to 'normal people', BUT there is a short story that Sally wrote and had published in 2016 called 'At The Clinic' that entails where she would think Marianne and Connell would be in the future after the book's ending!

[@RhiannonT01]

WHAT

[@BritzHerz]

why am I only hearing about this now?! 😮

[@mariagiseladelgado8831]

Not quite... she wrote 'At the Clinic' before writing Normal People and was her first time dabbling into the character's, so it's both a prequel and a sequel in a way. I decided to take it as a reality adjacent parallel universe

[@rondoflicflac]

Some of us goodreads users are Spanish speakers 😂 that's probably why that girl wrote her review in Spanish not because she wanted to switch languages ❤😂

[@MrGreyseptember]

i'm ukrainian, and most of the time write reviews in english, though sometimes it's tough to express my thoughts and feelings in a foreign language. especially if they are strong😅

[@generated.name.by.human.]

@@MrGreyseptember NO CUZ I RELATE TO THAT STRONG FEELINGS THINGY SM Like I'm C1/C2 in English but talking in it will never be enough to express strong feelings both of love and hate IT JUST DOESN'T FUCKING WORK LIKE MY FUCKING NATIVE LANGUAGEEE (and it doesn't help that I feel so much more limited in the cusswords domain + there are stupidass words you can't use (I DON'T GET ITTTT IS THAT COMMON IN OTHER LANGUAGES???) Help. I'm not Ukranian tho

[@DumiNihi]

8:26 personally one of my fave insults is calling people odd. Like imaging arguing and being like " what a odd and unfortunate fellow". It's tickles my brain.

[@courtneymoore27]

whenever i read a 1 star review for books i love, i like to check what those reviewers give higher ratings to to paint a better picture lol

[@kayo5291]

I do this on Amazon, it’s fascinating! Obviously my house is a mess.

[@luisa.mp4]

Two things I wanted to say: firstly JACK PUT A PHONECASE ON, PLEASE!! secondly: I love reading the super long 1 star reviews of a little life they are so incredibly funny, and I do have to say there often spot on, highly recommend

[@-Lotta-]

So true , I love reading long 1 star reviews in general

[@maryamjuma1704]

on the contrary i think that ‘vomiting in rage’ is such a compliment i’d love for someone to have such a visceral reaction from my writing

[@Nebobo]

That thumbnail is accurate AF I'll die a normal people hater.

[@taras5534]

Same, what a shallow book. Lol

[@Lily-sy5gz]

I agree both MCs think they're above the rest of society it made me cringe so bad

[@kayl.1989]

I would rather watch paint dry than read that painfully dull book.

[@suspicious_berries]

YES

[@sienna7241]

im with you! definitely wouldnt count myself among ms rooneys fans lets just say that

[@shannon6160]

The one star review button is just too accessible to some people. Like they just have to hate just to be a hater. And I relate

[@ellyt3429]

me too girl i wish there was a 0 star option a lot of the time bc i’d give it to sooooo many books smh

[@kavyajoshi3597]

Well since we have you two here id like to ask if you've read picture of Dorian gray and if you'd recommend it I want to buy the book but am not sure. Thanks for the review 😀

[@ellyt3429]

@@kavyajoshi3597 i have! i liked it! it’s pretty easy to follow for a classic, and the writing is very pretty but also still easy to understand ☺️

[@kavyajoshi3597]

@@ellyt3429 thank you ☺️💖

[@shannon6160]

@@kavyajoshi3597 honestly I like the book I’d say go for it if you like classics. It’s interesting once you get into it and it’s not too long definitely shorter than other classics

[@isabelantayhua9375]

"you're glad its finito i thought i was bonito" JAJAJAJAJAJAJJAAJAJAJAJAJAJA

[@brookeboswell81]

“Maybe we do miss when all men did was go to war and die” AHAHAHAHAHAHAUSBSBDNDIIDKWBEVEVEVHDU

[@M.sad93]

To me the reviews that really break my heart are the 3 star reviews in books I thought were 5 stars. You know they understood what the book wanted to be and they pick it apart to the point I regret giving 5 stars in the first place.

[@leila7904]

Me too! Makes me rethink my reading experience 😂

[@manuela0986]

this should be a series!

[@부휘주]

not related to the video, but recently i saw you in my dream 😂 nothing weird, you were just the owner of book library in our town where me and my sister were choosing which book to buy and read. i already forgot all the details, but it was wholesome meeting you there 🥹

[@junychup]

I recently saw a video where people read each other 1 star reviews from books they loved, and the other person had to guess the book. can't remember the name of the channel rn, unfortunately, but that would be such a fun video with another booktuber!!

[@thecraftyhistorian]

Murphy Napier has done it a few times with her husband, and on Daniel Greene’s channel as well. Those are hilarious videos, I love how she captures the feeling of being personally attacked when someone gives a 1 star review to a book you adore 😂

[@ilianarodriguez1715]

Others have pointed out, but many non-english speakers use Goodreads, and write our reviews in our native language (regarding the Spanish and French reviews mentioned here)

[@emnabenhamza-j6x]

I can't wait to see the light leave Jack's eyes as he watches Salley rooney's books and his favs used as campfire wood

[@annahoran5097]

a little life is one of my favourite books too, and the macbeth quote slander actually hurt my soul i think i died a little and will never recover🥲

[@AS-jw5sk]

One of my favourite reviews on goodreads is, to paraphrase, “Murakami’s writing on a plot like Norwegian Wood’s, is like painting the Sistine chapel on a pair of crocs”. I adore that review. I also strongly dislike Norwegian wood.

[@suspicious_berries]

one time I was so mad after reading normal people that I published a whole essay on why I disliked it in the Google reviews 💀

[@friedlbonte6209]

i really ADORE this editing style !!!

[@imahotmess872]

“and yea that’s the point. PEOPLE MISCOMMUNICATE” thank you, jack. as an introvert who is terrible at socializing, i needed that out into the world 🌎 ❤️

[@helenfleming611]

The way I would watch anything this man made

[@jaweriafahad8930]

What ive picked up from this video is that you like the type of books that peope usually find boring and repetitive. As you said, tells SO MUCH about you LOL

[@estherwelsch3578]

Goodreads reviewers are just so funny 😭

[@laurennoakes6561]

'Goodreads is one of the most feral places on the whole internet' made me laugh 😂 so innocent you are, Jack.

[@manouka]

THAT HAMNET REVIEW WAS HILARIOUS AAA i am dumbfounded, agog, aghast, is marius in love at last

[@nadinebenjamin1882]

Not the: "I guess we do miss when all men used to do was go to war and die." Had me choking with laughter.

[@Prachie10]

It feels illegal to be this early

[@sarahtom6890]

Mhmm, totally agree

[@Kristinaxprr]

Not me getting the KZbin notification while checking out your goodreads profile LMAO

[@tinylittleanj2]

ugh... I loved Piranesi!! I had no idea what it was about, the hype, none of it. I would love to actually see that house... Awesome book. Hands down a fave.

[@gaiamorgosi7181]

I love this, truly, because (and I don't know why) it gives me the courage and comfort to do stuff even if someone might not like this, at the end of the day a lot of people say horrible stuff about our favourites, but we are the proof that things can be liked and disliked by different people.

[@sandypink7931]

When I say I was having fun till it was time for my favourite book 💀🥲

[@poojachaugule4210]

There's a one star review for 'They both die at the end' that says - Hope they stay dead 💀

[@shannahsmith6276]

Omg the shade thrown in this video (both in the reviews and from you) is exactly what I needed today!

[@3rdeye0pen]

Piranesi transformed me from a strictly high fantasy, dragons and gargoyles girly into someone who gives most books a chance. The twist in this book and the last few chapters filled me with such curiosity that I couldnt stop turning the pages

[@YV09876]

They shouldn't have waited to the last pages. I could not get there. 😅

[@3rdeye0pen]

@@YV09876 it's really worth it if you can push through!

[@elenaangulo4397]

Hello Jack! I love your videos and your personality ❤ please remember that goodreads is also used by spanish speakers and a lot of us read books originally written in english, it may be a non ironic "No me gustó" 😅. Another thing if you liked Emma I think you may enjoy Iphigenia from the venezuelan writer Teresa de la Parra, the full title of the book is: Iphigenia (the diary of a young lady that wrote because she was bored) it's not for everyone and I don't know how it translates to english but I love it and the protagonist gives me Emma vibes, the themes are different though.

[@jeanettemortimer7800]

‘Weirdo’ I take this as a compliment - who wants to be ordinary 😂😂

[@Groundedsquirrel]

Same!

[@josephinecaumeil8360]

When I first read Piranesi, I gave up after about 40 pages, not able to get into it and to stick with the story. After abandoning it for 2 years, I picked it up again, restarted, and didn't put it back down until i finished it. I'm glad I didn't review it the first time around and gave it a second chance - I absolutely adored it on the second read. Just had to be in the right mood for it!

[@saradeandres2131]

Ngl I zoned out, not because the videos bad but because there’s a lot on my mind. So soothing. this music and your voice is a great backrough filler. I say this with love I promise!!

[@gjsykes7924]

After giving Rooney's debut novel about 100 pages I can say with a fair degree of confidence that I have read restaurant menus with more depth.

[@Lola-ec4zd]

That 1 star review of Hamnet which made me realize that maggie used adjectives in threes will always be iconic.

[@Violarya]

as an architect "halls, vestibules, statues, albatross" sounds like the perfect afternoon idk

[@lanadelregan6912]

I loved this! So funny. I think my favorite one was 1984 “what a wild thing to say about a book on censorship” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@rachel5399]

I found a Sally Rooney hardcover for like $4, so I bought it and I'm excited to find out if I like her writing or not lol. It seems like she either hits or misses with tastes.

[@clairenine]

Sally Rooney is definitely a love it or hate it author. I believe in reading a few books to give the author a chance and I disliked all of them, and Normal People was my least favourite of them all. A good friend of mine, whose opinion on books I absolutely respect, adores her writing. I’m glad you found a cheap copy of the book and it would be interesting to see which side of the coin you fall to with her writing. Happy reading!

[@LeapThroughTheSky]

I hated it. The writing style is not very nice and the plot (Normal People) was just two unlikable White people complaining about secretly pining for each other, while there seemed to be more interesting plot points hinted at.

[@nikhilakuchimanchi6803]

jack : talking my brain : WHY DOESN’T HE HAVE A PHONE CASE

[@Ewalker11]

About to write a 1 star book so jack will review it✨✨

[@betteregglet]

when you said “Toni Morrison get behind me” !!!!

[@shainaensing]

I want you to find more review's by these same people and see what their 5 star reads are.

[@kayo5291]

That might be a bit invasive, but fun!

[@muciSAD]

They probably books that aren't pretentious and that have plot.

[@MiriamVintageClassics]

I was having a difficult day, had a splitting headache and this video brought me back to life. I am also quite fond of The Picture of Dorian Gray and Emma is my ultimate Jane Austen favorite so that was a treat. One star reviews deserve to be carefully written, specially if you're going against a classic. Such a fun concept and I loved it!

[@emmaj8337]

today i finished turtles all the way down, liked it, and went to update my goodreads just to find that you sir rated it 2 stars

[@little.prince]

We do not have the same taste in books whatsoever, but it’s so entertaining to watch this stuff😂

[@kriti0_0]

“the point is here, you’re in a different postcode mate” 😭

[@lanaaemily]

I love “Emma” and I’m dying to finally watch the movie but I haven’t been able to yet! And I finished the book 3 years ago!!! Also, “Emma” is actually quite an eventful book right off the bat, like, I recently read “Persuasion” and that took about 80 pages for something interesting to happen 💀

[@AllTheArtsy]

it always astonishes me how people have just failed to understand that Austen is a troll -- she is so funny, sarcastic, witty, she lets you in on the joke, but she also makes fun of you, and you love it -- her writing is so so funny. you're right, Jack, when people hear that a book is a classic, i think they take it with such seriousness that they can miss it for what it is. like when people fail to understand how much of Shakespear is supposed to be funny.

[@randombibliophile3686]

I wholeheartedly agree with the "normal people" ones.

[@gulnaharakter2217]

I love those 1 star reviews of 1984 . Perfection 🤌

[@loraserafimova7750]

Jack you should do this more often this was so fun

[@overchipz]

im okay with people not liking something but I HATE when theyre "proud" about it like "i cant believe other people like this" or "am I alone in not liking X?"

[@jeanjacquesjarolzoua6119]

I've read shampoo bottles with more plot twists. 💀

[@LudvigIndestrucable]

Haven't read many of these, but I genuinely loved Emma. The whole point is that she's a meddlesome shrew and all her machinations come to naught and everyone's much the happier for it, including her. The whole point is getting over oneself.

[@era_by_era5771]

I kowkey get the normal people reviews tho 😭. I havent read that book, but i tried Beautiful World, Where Are You? and everything just felt so...forced. Maybe because it was my first real literary novel, but people having exstisential crisises to eachother over email felt so ridiculous, and then that one phone call...safe to say i dnfed after about 80 pages.

[@_Zachariel_]

I would start another world war with people who write negative reviews of my fav books, you are stronger than me

[@clareebeee]

I need you to know that I actually laughed out loud at several points during this video.

[@shreya...007]

I was waiting for A Little Life, and I'm so glad you did it, cause I'm right there with you Jack, it's my favourite book

[@luvmeday]

literally could listen to jack talk about anything

[@salmareads]

your shirt instantly reminded me of The Cather in the Rye's red cover!

[@moice4232]

so happy to see you put piranesi as books you love more than anything because i’m currently reading it after your review on it!! 💌

[@katiemclean4086]

Omg I didn’t realise you liked Piranesi and just got SO excited 😭 fave of last year

[@Hyker_RBLX]

If you are reading this and you like horror. I would suggest you read Zom-B Darren Shan. It is a series about zombies but the first one is about a girl who falls into a bunch of drama right before a zombie apocalypse. Suggest you read it. Have a good day.

[@susanafernandes8654]

Piranesi made me think about Inception again and again.

[@writtenbyanjali]

The Normal People sequel they're probably talking about is "At the Clinic"! It was Sally Rooney's short story that was published in the White Review in 2016 and then she wrote Normal People after!

[@sineciomorales9737]

i love that the timestamp for the end is just “wounded puppy”

[@mishyy]

My best friend forgot my birthday so i was feeling pretty down until i found this, thanks Jack :)

[@alyssonalfaro5194]

Happy belated birthday 🎉

[@faithbigelow1857]

I’ve tried reading Emma three different times and I just get so confused by all the characters and forget who’s who in the gossip. I feel like I need to watch the movie first so I can’t picture the person in my head because I get so lost and have to flip back and be like “what who are we gossiping about again??”

[@surbhimehta6506]

One day later and I am still laughing at Jack's reactions and crying reading the reviews!

[@nishthagupta1357]

THE THUMBNAIL REVIEW GOT ME🤣

[@zeys917]

11:55 not the saltburn reference😭

[@kirakoli8813]

I understand the reviews of Emma. I read it as a 15-year old and didn't like it at all. Didn't like Emma at all. Then I reread it in my early 20s and it's so incredible. It's one of my favourite books ever!

[@homeirasoufi7565]

The more I listen and watch your video the more hope gets build up that “ The Tears Of Mount Sinjar “ can be one of your most favourite.

[@nicholasalessandrini1453]

i’m in love with your shirt omg

[@ducklingreads]

Books: Normal People by Sally Rooney: 1:25 Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde: 3:17 Piranesi by Susanna Clark: 5:45 Emma by Jane Austen: 7:58 Sula by Toni Morrison: 11:03 Hamnet by Maggie O Farrell: 12:28 1984 by George Orwell: 14:09 A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara: 14:44

[@achelekapfo1808]

I loved Piranesi and Hamnet !!! But I couldn't finish The picture of Dorian Gray and 1984.

[@KatyaMelll]

I wrote my final bachelor's thesis on the Piranesi book. And I LOVE how poetic bad reviews on this book are. Readers definitely got it!

[@utuber262124]

"that little freak in Saltburn" made me laugh so hard 😂