Books I Regret Ever Reading

[@laracroft1829]

This was fun. Yes to a part 2

[@Pulp_Fiction_Books]

Seconded😁

[@lalasland_]

I love your video! I’ve been watching them for years. And you always manage to see things beyond what they are. Example Murakami, I’ve only read Norwegian Wood from him, and I really liked that book. But after what you just said here, and thinking back on it… yes, you’re absolutely right!

[@sde078]

I actually felt a dagger go through my heart as you were talking about the shining 🫠

[@RGsDevilship]

I'M SORRY! 😭😭😭

[@FreakyFiction]

TAMPA was such a scarring book, but some incredible writing. It’s gripping in the sense that, like you said, the perpetrator could be anyone. Even a beautiful, young female teacher. I certainly don’t regret reading it, because I do think in a way that it is eye-opening for parents. However, I would probably never read it again, but I’ll never forget it.

[@Lexyim]

I also was SO disappointed with Universal Harvester I ended up dnfing it because I was so confused. I didn't even realise that the different perspectives were taking place at different times 😭

[@Jordan-calver1993]

The Amityville Horror is laughably bad and I completely agree that it reads like a book for children... the "cliffhanger" chapter endings felt like a Goosebumps book.

[@jayhawks4life354]

Yep, I read it when I was 10 and had nightmares, it scared me so much. Picked it up several years ago and was surprised how badly written it was. So many exclamation points!!!

[@seanedwards7755]

The Shining is also one of my favourite films. I have been reading some short stories by Stephen King but not sure if I'd wish to read a longer book by him. The book I'm enjoying at the moment is called 'The Witch of Prague' by Marion Crawford. More related to your excellent video on Gothic literature. Many thanks.

[@RebeccaEdwardsJamesEdwards]

Do a part 2. 😄 I haven't read any of the books, but I had planned on reading The Amityville Horror & The Shining. I will now pass on Amityville....but I'm now well informed about reading The Shining. Like you, I love the movie & it is also a comfort watch for me. I will go into reading it as if it's a completely different story, thanks. ------ And don't be too hard on yourself for being hard on certain books, you are by far not as brutal as some I've read in comments about books that they didn't like,..if that makes sense. The issues you have with these books sound fair. I also appreciate the humor you have with these, ..... like the author "not getting the memo" about how to write subtly. 😆

[@Alicia-606]

I read The Long Hard Road Out of Hell many years ago, and I remember feeling the same way.

[@becerro4339]

You share my exact thoughts on Universal Harvester. Such a disappointment for a book that had an amazing premise but the execution fell flat. I’d love to hear your recommendations for found footage/mixed media books that you actually enjoyed :)

[@AFrolicInTheTomesxx]

Tampa is a tough one to read but it’s important as well imo

[@jameshendrix8217]

AVH scared the crap out of me when I read it as a kid. Will have to do a reread with more mature eyes.

[@cbishopd]

I vote for a part 2! :)

[@zackrida5452]

rip yohoho :(

[@Mega_Xenomorph]

"PDF file" 😭

[@kristinestaples7607]

I heard it like that too 🙂

[@RGsDevilship]

I said it like that so I wouldn't get demonetized

[@RGsDevilship]

I couldn't say nonce! I wouldn't want people thinking I was talking about a silly woman and her nonsense....

[@kristinestaples7607]

@@RGsDevilship ohhhh good point.

[@chrissybooksandberries]

@@kristinestaples7607 same

[@SuperStrangSshadow]

I have the same experience with the Shining and sometimes gotten hate for it online, just because I like the movie way better. I get it that younger audience might find the movie outdated, but I think it is brilliant and has an atmosphere that many of the movies in the horror genre today are lacking of.

[@1book1review]

Ugh, fals sells for Murakami used to be such a thing. My friends kept recommending his books and I read two of the shorter ones in German, which my friend said are so great and romantic. I hated them and his depiction of women. Ever since then I ignore people recommending him to me. Great video.

[@stephenn3727]

Thank you!

[@lesliepowell-mccarty7067]

Tampa made me feel like I needed to scrub the filth off of me.

[@jessicaarend]

Strongly agree!!

[@RGsDevilship]

For real!! It made me feel like I was the problem just for reading it 😅

[@scorpionic-night]

did it romanticize ??

[@RGsDevilship]

OH NO no, it didn't do that. But just because you're reading her perspective, it makes you feel scummy reading it

[@scorpionic-night]

ohhh the narration is from the child predator🤢 yeah i dont think i'd enjoy that. ​@@RGsDevilship

[@zhyarjasim]

I enjoyed reading the shining, but imo the movie was much scarier I can only remember one scene from the book that scared me, but the movie? Absolute masterpiece of horror.

[@lindsaydentonsfringe4934]

pls make this a regular series!! 😈 the blurb for universal harvester made it sound so creepy and intriguing, i was hoping it would be like the Ringu films. i thank the 1-star reviews on GR for putting me off it

[@chrissybooksandberries]

Yeah, I agree about Murakami. I've tried to read more from him but I can't stand how he writes women.

[@rustydogz1]

Sputnik Sweetheart really was the worst choice to start Murakami. Though some others are tied or close. His treatment of female characters has always been one of his weaknesses. If you want to give him another chance, I'd suggest 'After Dark', with a female protagonist, or 'Norwegian Wood', the novel that made him famous, or perhaps 'South of the Border, West of the Sun'. In the latter, the male character has a self-absorbed attitude toward the female characters, but at least his behaviour is eventually challenged by the wife character.

[@Kritz_Reads]

I just found your channel. 🖤 I remember reading Sybil as a teenager, and was fascinated in abnormal psych. I don't remember all the details though.

[@photoangelov]

"14 seconds ago". Damn, I've never been so early before. :)

[@mentatphilosopher]

So how did Bloomsday go? As for Murakami I was probably lucky to where I started. I have read all or almost all of his published works. For some I find are great and worthy of rereads and some, like Sputnik Sweetheart, are less than meh.

[@RGsDevilship]

I tested positive for Covid last week so I'm still in self isolation mode and had to miss the Bloomsday activities this year 😭

[@katiecartwright1536]

I read tampa in one sitting in a pub jaw open the whole time underlining like near enough the whole book 😅 I must of looked like a complete weirdo the whole time

[@RGsDevilship]

Fair play for reading it that fast!! I feel like most people would have thought you were just reading about the place in Florida, like maybe you were planning a trip 😂

[@jessicaarend]

I totally agree with you that I regret reading Tampa!! It left me feeling sooo gross! I know things like this happen, and normally I’m not bothered by graphic books, but this one was different. 😬😬😬

[@RGsDevilship]

Yeah and the thing is, it's not the first time I've read a book with that as the subject matter. I guess it just means that Alissa Nutting is a really good writer 😂

[@GentleReader01]

I was 12 or so when The Amityville Horror came out and I gobbled it up. That was the peak of my belief in all kinds of paranormal stuff. I was old enough to spot how badly it was written, but excused it because of course it was all true! (

[@ashleyswshr]

Alissa Nutting is a great author, but I wouldn’t touch Tampa with a ten foot pole. No way I’m reading that

[@DavidLona-pg9zt]

Great Video as Always. Don't fill bad about the Shining by Stephen King. I've read the book before seeing the movie. And the movie is better. I think that I am a Stephen King fan, but there are a couple of Stephen King novels that I don't like, but the shining I hated it

[@kirstyfairly4371]

I'm so glad to finally be coming across others who hated the book of The Shining, & preferred the movie like I did. The book gets so much praise, but i just found the scares in the book so ridiculous compared to the scares in the movie, though what i especially hated about it was that Stephen King is clearly desperate for the reader to feel sorry for Jack Torrence. It always rubbed me the wrong way how King tries way too hard to make excuses for Jack's unforgivable abusive behaviour towards his family during the beginning of the book, & even tries to redeem him in the end as if he's some sort of tragic hero.

[@DavidLona-pg9zt]

@@kirstyfairly4371 I agree with you 100%. Stephen King has a lot of books that they adapted for the Movies or T.v and unfortunately most of those are Horrible, but he also has bad luck because once in a while the movie or t.v are better, like the shining, Carrie, the green mile, the Shawshank Redemption, Stand by me (the name of the book is called the body), The Mist just to name a few. But I guess that we part of small group that doesn't like the book, the story could've been saved, but like you said Jack Torrence is an evil man why should we fill sympathy for him? Wendy his wife WOW annoying, and Danny his not that bad just a little weird but that's not his fault it's the way he was raised with a crazy dad and annoying mom

[@DavidLona-pg9zt]

@@kirstyfairly4371 Oh yeah one more thing, Haruki Murakami I don't get I've tried reading two of his books kafka on the shore and killing Commendatore, and I didn't even read 30 pages I just didn't get it to weird or the stories were just over my head. I just don't get the Hype

[@kirstyfairly4371]

@@DavidLona-pg9zt -When it comes to film & tv adaptations of Kings work, I've always personally felt there are more great/decent adaptations then there are bad ones, but the bad ones are truly awful. My favourite adaptations of his work are of course Kubrick's take on The Shining, Gerald's Game, Delores Claiborne, the 70s tv adaptation of Salem's Lot, Misery, Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, Stand By Me, & The Dead Zone. They are some of Kings best stories, & the movie adaptations did an amazing job at capturing why the books were so great, can't really say the same for the film adaptations of Pet Sematary (my favourite King novel), or Dreamcatcher which were both awful movies. As for Murikami, I've only ever read Norwegian Wood (which I loved), so I can't really give opinion on him as an author. I've no idea what to really expect from the rest of his work as I've heard his other books are much stranger then Norwegian Wood.

[@DavidLona-pg9zt]

@@kirstyfairly4371 I like Salem's lot to. That miniseries came out in 1979 it was kinda corny but that's what makes it good because it gets you to use your imagination and it works and that's what makes it scary

[@peterstrianus1790]

Thank you for sharing your experience and traumas. Most likely I will pick Tampa in audiobook. As for Murakami actually he is tame compared to other Japanese authors. I lived in Japan and have seen such level of misogyny nowhere. If you do some research you will be shocked believe me. I didn't even finish the Amityville Horror. A rare case for me. DNF.

[@RGsDevilship]

Oh yeah, I know about Japanese society being very misogynistic, it's something that usually always comes when I'm reading from a Japanese author. And usually, it's like water off a duck's back and it wouldn't bother me too much. But I think it was just because at that point, no one had ever mentioned it when it came to Murakami's work.

[@TracyRatelle]

You love books; you should read Salmon Rusdies the Santanic Verse's, it's great. :)

[@zackrida5452]

more on murakami i read his Norwegian wood and i have to say it's literally just a YA novel with the same two dimensional characters with the mysterious mc who gets laid all the time because he acts mysteriousTM and broodingTM sometimes the writing was good but on the whole the only good thing i got out of that book was that i listened to the song by the beatles and it was really good

[@zubaerchaudhari8267]

Hi there Hi there Hi hey hello

[@waynemorris4346]

I've not read Universal Harvester but Devil House was very disappointing. It also jumps between different timelines and was "a bit of a mess" 😵‍💫 I have Wolf In White Van on my shelf and I'm really hoping it's better 🙈 After watching this video though... 🫨😁