explaining LIGHTLARK to my husband

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[@starflash8346]

"Do you win points?" "No." "Do you win anything?" "No." "This is gonna be a great movie. I can't wait." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@murph64]

YESSS I swear I could watch you explain bad books to your husband for the next thousand years and never be bored. SO fun to watch

[@coffeecats5442]

AGREED. living for these!

[@lilcookieluvr99]

The name Isla and also being on an island plus the random dresses just makes me think of the Barbie Island Princess movie lmaoo

[@iFlutterbye]

Only that has nostalgia and some great music involved… Lightlark, however.. 😞

[@ShortAndSalty]

@lilcookieluvr99 it's like naming your character for a fae romance feyre lol

[@justokayemilay6029]

Your eyes sparkle when you look at Carlos.

[@ReadswithRachel]

I love him 🥹💕

[@solfell_]

"he has no personality btw" "they usually don't" 🤣🤣🤣

[@bj71000]

Gotta make Carlos saying “That’s just good storytelling” a soundbite.

[@ashannaredwolf8485]

I struggle to understand why so many authors make obscenely old/immortal characters who still think and behave about concepts like love and morality as though from a human-life-expectancy perspective. I’ve lived 40 years and my perspective on those things has shifted multiple times, and drastically. How do we get this bevy of ancients still treating limerence and lust like it’s twu wuv?

[@chalksakademiya]

fr like i always think that any omnipotent being would be so cruel simply because of the need for some entertainment, and the disregard for human life in general

[@ashannaredwolf8485]

@@vic.overhere I’m actually a published poet/author and professional writer, so I feel comfortable enough to speak my opinion with authority; not that one needs my level of accomplishments to voice their opinions and question writing choices. I don’t ask Rachel to review my work because I want to continue enjoying her reviews as a reader invested in finding good literature. I don’t apologize for not finding this to be good literature, but it does make me curious why you’re so offended by that.

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

Because imagining the perspective on those things that an immortal being might have is haaaard, moooom. They just want to sell their teenage fantasy and make money, they ain't about that thinking shit.

[@anonymoususer9197]

And like not even a human lifetime but less than a quarter. It's very juvenile

[@ashleyannie6756]

The "Oooooh, I'm mentally ill!" bit SENT me. I love y'all so much. 😂

[@eskenobi9792]

Mr. Reads' point of how dislocating your shoulder will just fuck up your shoulder in the future is a great example of how some YA authors seem to think getting beat up/injured is somehow training instead of, yknow, actually training (see also: divergent).

[@lizabethhampton4537]

The Training From Hell trope! My favorite!

[@deen7530]

Seriously Dragon Ball Z had better logic

[@HayleighPaige]

So after that conversation on how her grip strength didn’t fail before her shoulders, it’s now head cannon for me that Isla has absolutely yoked forearms like Donkey Kong

[@TheAbigailDee]

Her arms were a big yoked-y thing 😅

[@TheProxy066]

"yolked"

[@vvitch-mist20]

"I don't know anything about LightLark." Do any of us know what LightLark is? Truly?

[@eldritchabomination9726]

I do! It's a book and it has words and, well, okay that's it, but still!

[@vvitch-mist20]

@@eldritchabomination9726 The bar is truly in hell.

[@honeybea4845]

it's a cliffy thing that looks like a pastry. hope this helps!

[@eldritchabomination9726]

@@honeybea4845 I'm now just imagining a loaf of bread that got stuck to the pan so when you try and get it out it just gets all messed up

[@murph64]

I think the real LightLark was the friends we made along the way

[@asavagegarden]

carlos plot idea of the main character telling celeste she loved her to kill her is legit really good. but ive noticed so many mainstream books are painfully heterosexual

[@amyallen6863]

Can you imagine how much more heartbreaking it would be if there was some genuine, strong feelings between them, and *then* that betrayal drops?

[@honeybea4845]

once again, Carlos could've (and should've) written this book 😢

[@TheAbigailDee]

Only irrelevant (Azul) or evil (Cleo) characters are allowed to be not heterosexual 😢

[@deen7530]

Aster: My book is so diverse, everyone is represented here! Lightlark: *Only one gay character, who also serves as the token black character, and who's partner is dead*

[@jaslikeart]

@@deen7530 also singular potentially bisexual character (Cleo!) that's an absolute dick to the main character and only villianised to the point of being annoying because author could not write a woman without her being an antagonist for goodness sake

[@HirilCelebrian]

Not husband offering plausible scientific reasons for the portal not to work

[@amonrawya3064]

Rachel is hilarious. Carlos is hilarious. Together?? Unstoppable. These videos just keep me alive. You're reading the SEQUEL?? Bravery beyond my wildest imaginings.

[@ava_marie_v]

You ripping into the star stick will always be so funny and so validating to me. It's so deserved because the fact that it's so plot relevant yet doesn't fit like at all into the world and is not adequately described will never stop being irritating to me😂

[@asavagegarden]

now do a video telling YOUR CAT the plot of a bad book 😂

[@breem2999]

MEOW.

[@RandomOwlExterminators]

Your adding of the "meow" captions was comedic genius. 😂 I feel like Raven (great name!) was just as confused and felt compelled to add their own comments of, "Huh?", "Wut?", and, "Enough of this nonesense, feed me now."

[@optimisticfrogcollective]

"I only rented him for an hour" "30 minutes" "DAMMIT" I love your dynamic

[@43v3rh1d3n]

carlos is booked and busy. he has no time for lightlark shenanigans

[@murph64]

Carlos has to leave in four minutes idk if that reference will land with anybody shdjfkfk

[@emmaexlibris]

@@murph64 a noise boys reference? on my readswithrachel video? it's more likely than you think

[@ook4698]

@@murph64 love finding a dropout fan in the wild 😭

[@cara-maria]

"i'll be reading the sequel in november" "WHY???" lsfksfms i love your dynamic, these videos brighten my day so much lmao 💕

[@heyheysheashea12]

I can't tell you how fast I clicked on this video when I saw "my husband" you two are so fucking funny

[@kristyw89]

Anything with Carlos is a guaranteed watch from me lol!

[@briannadawn1608]

“Oooooo I’m mentally ill” 👻 I laughed so hard cause same my guy same 🤣

[@desertrose0027]

"Their strengths were turned into" *meow* 😆 I was so distracted by the cat, I love it.

[@kandibug5303]

If you want to torment the husband some more then tell him about the Zodiac Academy or Handbook for Mortals. This being all over the place and confusing captures the scatter plot of book.

[@JessCsBooks]

Lol whenever I hear 'Oro' I can only think of how it's used in Gaelic. It is literally just a cheer like "Oh!" or "Hooray!" I can't take any character seriously in this book.

[@emmal.o8508]

Lol. All I think about is how that name is one letter away from Oreo.

[@honeybea4845]

all of the names are so silly, homegirl sat on her computer and went "So, there's the Skyling ruler, whose name is Blue, and the Starling girl, Celeste, which means 'from the sky', but whose real name is Dawn" 😭

[@JessCsBooks]

@@honeybea4845 girl couldn't even get creative. Nothing about this book is creative

[@allbutperfect]

It makes me think of a juice popular in my country called Oros 😭

[@MimeThe]

I’m native Spanish so I hear just hear gold every single time and get constantly reminded how not creative these naming conventions are [Same this with Isla Crown. Island. Crown. Come on….]

[@sciencefantastic]

Underwritten, cynically constructed books like this give me so much motivation to write novels and produce art. Like WOW how this book be so sloppy yet so confident in its delivery 🤣

[@PhookaAnimation]

An HONOUR to have my animation in this video where we traumatise Carlos 🤣🧡

[@TheAquamarine4]

“YOU GONNA KILL ME” “WELL I DO LOVE YOU.” Whdhdhdvdvdvdvsvdv I’m obsessed with how y’all have more chemistry than pretty much 85% of book ships I’ve read!

[@sentientstarz]

lightlark is the mitochondria of the cell

[@bookishlybookish]

43 minutes?? What did we do to deserve this wonderful video!? 😂

[@audie3600]

A thing about Wildlings and heart eating- I think their society would have to be sort of like Midsommar where every person after a certain age has to agree to give their life for the greater good and their hearts are harvested for people to eat because if not, where are they getting all these hearts?

[@Andramae]

"Will you kill me?" "Well, I do love you" I'm 😂😂

[@taylorgayhart9497]

“You read this whole book?” 🤣🤣🤣

[@rubyb7252]

as a married woman, there's a special kind of joy that's derived from terrorizing your husband/have him majorly concerned about your mental well-being and how you spend your leisurely time🤣🤣

[@SevenReads007]

17:03 Eggs with red-orange yolks are actually made by the healthiest chickens, lol. Eggs from the grocery store are only yellow because the chickens lack dietary diversity.

[@atherisGAY]

Not Alexa reminding you of your meds while talking about this hot mess of a book 😂😂😂 I love it!!! (Also this made me realize I forgot my adhd medication, thank you)

[@haveagreatday8052]

Nightshade "not like other realms" 😂

[@honeybea4845]

y'all are gonna be the gateway for me to get my bf into booktube

[@human9460]

Mine doesn't want to be in one of my videos :(

[@mica7974]

If Lightlark makes it to the big screen I really hope they make it just like the Percy Jackson movies, because the soooooo many things in need to be re-written and changed.

[@charliecarey1834]

we did it, a book is so bad the first person in history just hoped a book adaptation would be like percy jackson's

[@baoziday5178]

Well, the problem with the Percy Jackson movies is that the director didn't read the book fully, lol. I'm glad they made it into a TV series, the books have way too much detail and way too good

[@Marieila]

Carlos and Rachel, asking the questions the author should have asked while writing the book.

[@boxersandbooks]

Carlos: ooohhhh I'm mentally iiilllll. I snorted so hard it hurt

[@Skylarker_drawss]

Lightlark would be made 100 times better if the deal with lightlark was that they all had to kill eachother, and the victor’s people would be free of their curse for the next 100 years.

[@Becinneverland]

please give us more Carlos content, y'all's energy is so fun to watch

[@BandFairy]

I fucking love your dynamic. Please do more of these.

[@tvestal100]

Reads with Rachel: Come for commentary with Carlos, stay for cats and egg puns lmfao

[@angryotter9129]

I don’t know why, but the way he said “Yeah, I’m fluent in Latin” fucking killed me. 💀

[@cerethi.]

As someone who has a phone alarm to remember to take my antidepressant, I can relate to hearing your Alexa go off lol

[@murph64]

Helpppp oh my god, the little meows have me dying laughing

[@pauieeepau]

Wanna tell Carlos about a book you love next? Like books that do justice to the tropes you like.

[@ReadswithRachel]

See normally when I love a book I pester him with info about it until he reads it himself 🤣

[@ephemeral_anarchy.]

Lmao y’all are so funny. How on earth would they make this into a movie

[@kbird6208]

Change everything but the title?

[@ms.moronic9165]

@@kbird6208 Like they did with 'How to Train your Dragon', minus the part where the movie ends up being good?

[@cupcakesoup]

You know it's true love when he's willing to listen to you explain a book with no plot and is actually trying to follow

[@kbird6208]

How many books would be so much better if the authors just ate breakfast?

[@mercycunningham2813]

I totaly forgott about the shiny cliffy thing. I would love if you could do a Top ten of awfull discriptions for every bad book. Would be good tiktoks and very good for to see what not to do.

[@taylorg2320]

This is the most animated and joyful I've literally ever seen you, it's like watching a different person!

[@TryinBin8889]

12:10 a rEALLY easy explanation for whynobody is killing anyone even after the 30 days could've been, if Aster was a good writer, that different isles have preset national alliances. So for example, say moon isle and sky isle had an alliance- that means that if someone kills Azul, then the moon isle would go to war against whichever nation it was that killed Azul. We literally see that in the real world, it's not a crazy concept, if anything it's reasonable because it would bolster trade and relations between places. It would also increase tension in the book, because Isla would feel like she can't trust Azul because Azul is with Cleo or whatever the national alliances are. BUT NOOO. ASTER JUST SAYS THINGS AND HOPES IT WILL WORK

[@sanjeevmaurya3816]

There is a yolkey mark on Carlos sweatshirt 😂

[@itsmemonstr153]

This is my favorite comment.

[@haggisa]

It was an eggy thing! 😳

[@roxannehuston6268]

Carlos is a good sport! We appreciate him lending his thoughts to your descriptions of the plot. Great teamwork! I am reinforced in the knowledge that I don't want to read this book. Thanks!😁👍

[@sapphiraice2959]

A year in the future, your phone alarm reminded me to take my Lexapro 😂

[@missanthroporeads8658]

the “yolky thing” lines being foreshadowing for the fact that the heart of the isle is a literal egg😭😭😭

[@wryn.is.trying]

i DIED at “eggs-orcist”

[@JutaLovelace]

Same 🤣

[@nichellecox4846]

You should have Carlos react to more books. The way you two bounce off each other while reacting is so entertaining 🤣

[@AnEnemySpy456]

I've watched multiple videos about this book and I still couldn't tell you what the actual plot is.

[@mentallyunw3ll]

I have been debating for such a long time if your hair is a wonderful wig or you’re genetically blessed with perfect hair I NEED TO KNOW BESTIE😂

[@ReadswithRachel]

Wig! My natural hair is the worst

[@RandomOwlExterminators]

Been wondering the same thing! It's so beautiful. ❤

[@mentallyunw3ll]

@@ReadswithRachel I can now sleep soundly at night 😂 thank you! But it’s a beautiful wig either way!

[@jhart1127]

​@ReadswithRachel it looks beautiful girlie! ❤

[@kbird6208]

I am two minutes in and Carlos looks worried 😂

[@thecakegarden5324]

The sound I made when I saw this on my timeline, love to see more Lightlark roasting, this time it's Couples Edition

[@tomdelongjohns]

YES!!! Y E S!!!!

[@shannonquinn]

I appreciate Carlos going past the half hour rental. Thank you for your sacrifice sir. Also, love his hat. This book sounded even dumber upon second explanation....... lol

[@mikankitsune0440]

The magic sytem gives me a headache. I wish authors would stop trying to write hard magic systems while not bothering to flesh out the rules and where they can and cannot be bent or broken.

[@jazarahcatx]

I almost choked on my smoke adter that "OoooooOoOOOOOo I'm mentally ill." 😂

[@mmmahh9056]

Get yourself a man that can read lightlark with you and not run 😂😂😂

[@jhart1127]

No, get yourself a man that can read lightlark and then you can run away from the book together 😂

[@ditzydoodle8381]

I love the egg puns. "The heart got scrambled."

[@disgruntledmoderate5331]

Kitty: Daddy, why you no pay attention to me? 😿 Princess Leia would never...😂

[@murph64]

Ok this isn’t really related to the vid but I just realized so like, wasn’t there a description of the wildlings in the beginning that made it pretty clear that they were meant to be a sort of native american analog? About how they’re viewed by the other ‘lings as “savages” or something- and then later in the book the brutal cannibal coalition is revealed to BE WILDLINGS?? HELLO???

[@amonrawya3064]

Hmmm. Now you point that out, I am very Uncomfortable.

[@TheAquamarine4]

Oh yeah! And get this the Vinderlands are supposed to be all men because of course all men of color are violent unless it’s azul and of course it’s not explained whether there are any other actual men who are still on the wildling newland or if they only have women there and all the men turned into savage vinderlands that they actually killed all of too. But also why would they separate from other wildlings when there weren’t any curses it’s very much written by someone who is biracial and probably has a model minority mentality for Isla because think about it she’s the only wildling who both doesn’t have the wild curses and she’s not considered savage and she’s the only one who also has nightshade blood sooo….

[@owlskulls]

I don't normally comment on videos but I absolutely have to here because I was literally JUST NOW talking to my partner about a Lightlark-related video I was watching the other night, and he asked me what it was about to see if he could remember if he'd ever heard of it. This is just such a cosmic coincidence, thank you for making this!

[@dontfretreadbooks]

I like where Carlos' head was at with that whole "what I'd use the bubble wand for" convo.

[@angeledog]

Sir Hiss got me ♥️ recently showed Robin Hood to my partner who is french and lemme tell you watching the french version is hilarious

[@Banuna]

Carlos is literally the walking embodiment of a green flag, we stand Mr. Reads in this house 🫡

[@SarahEsmaeWolfe]

I can't think about these nightshade people without picturing them as eggplants or tomatoes or potatoes

[@xxDeeMmmVeexx]

I am 3/4 through this video and I still have no idea what the story is about

[@easilydistractedauthor]

Carlos, asking the real questions!

[@ozisorbit]

I NEED a video of you and Carlos discussing the ember in the ashes series lol ❤

[@strangeaelurus]

The fact that this is only like 4 minutes shorter than your Lightlark review is weirdly funny to me

[@zvikomboreromukamba3389]

I love when you explain bad books to your spouse😂my condolences Carlos though

[@honeybea4845]

you should explain city of bones next lol

[@ava_marie_v]

Tbh I'd watch her just explain the incest not incest romance of the mortal instrument series to him😂😂

[@blearyeyedchangeling]

your alarm for your meds going off reminded me to take my bed time meds, so thanks lol

[@jamieb2289]

I had no idea that "explains plot of book to partner" was a genre of video I was into. But, alas! 😂

[@ChronicReads]

I’m so incredibly happy about this

[@perfectlymarvelous]

oh my god the setup for this book is literally just the musical Brigadoon, I am screaming

[@sciencefantastic]

OMG more explaining to Carlos this gon' be good

[@peggyluwhoreads]

How do you not pee your pants laughing on the regular living with this man?

[@Pandachu123]

Oh, so LightLark is like the Castle in the Sky. Except less... cool. 🤣 Can't believe I didn't notice that before. 🤣🤣🤣 Edit: How OLD are some of these characters?! Seriously?! 🤣 Also, freaking Celeste and her Team Rocket disguise. 🤣🤣🤣

[@jhart1127]

NOT TEAM ROCKET 😂💀

[@Garrison_the_Barbarian]

If you ever do use the star stick to get a couple of pizzas, share some with Aster. Those food analogies are making her hungry. Haha!

[@cur1ouscatf1sh]

When are we gonna get a Reads with Carlos channel?? Y’all are so funny

[@pendragongameart]

could have used the starstick to get into the libraries, unfortunately alex aster has the writing capacity of a barely literate lobster

[@noraeable]

You two are so funny together. I was giggling nonstop.

[@dayzedandconfuzed]

i absolutely love this series your husband is hilarious

[@charliecarey1834]

love seeing carlos speed run all the confusion we did lol would love to see him react to more convoluted NA fantasy books like caraval, zodiac academy, acotar, etc

[@laraine2409]

This video made my day! I would only watch the movie if I could watch it with Rachel and Carlos. Also, I loved the art!

[@wildandbrey]

Your husband is SO fucking funny, PLEASE keep doing these!!! You guys bounce off each other perfectly

[@whatthedeal869]

I'm thinking you need to explain Caraval....or Once Upon a Broken Heart 🤣

[@cmello2460]

This becoming a thing tm is the gift that keeps on giving