The Worst Books You've Never Read

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Jordan Harvey

Jordan Harvey

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@madison2611
@madison2611 6 жыл бұрын
jordan trying to explain company town is a perfect example of me when i tell people im writing a book and they ask what it’s about.
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
problemadison omg same though
@shikhaparashar8157
@shikhaparashar8157 4 жыл бұрын
@@jayneb6053 😂😂
@CamWolfeAuthor
@CamWolfeAuthor 6 жыл бұрын
If miraculous healing cyborg sperm doesn't become a YA cliche, I will rage
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Wolfshot Publishing true tho
@Maryannkf
@Maryannkf 6 жыл бұрын
time to start a new book then. if this isn't an inspiration for a novel, what is?
@mcp0y3
@mcp0y3 6 жыл бұрын
nothing is more ridiculous than the true ending of It.......😶😶😶
@hafizaliff7329
@hafizaliff7329 5 жыл бұрын
@@mcp0y3 😶
@fionatastic0.070
@fionatastic0.070 6 жыл бұрын
Jordan: I hated this book Me: puts it on my reading list so I can torture myself
@thefallinkids
@thefallinkids 4 жыл бұрын
YESSSSS
@theauthenticobserver
@theauthenticobserver 6 жыл бұрын
Wow I thought the plot of company town couldn’t get any crazier, and then you mentioned magical healing sperm....
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Yeah it was a wild ride
@steamedpunk13
@steamedpunk13 6 жыл бұрын
"It's objectively the worst, but I also love it, which makes me hate myself." This is me watching trashy ghost hunting shows because real horror movies are too cerebral.
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Chris Charnley hahaha
@steamedpunk13
@steamedpunk13 6 жыл бұрын
@@JordanHarveybooks There is nothing better than watching people scream at a door creaking, only for the cameraman to sheepishly pipe up and say: "Sorry everyone, that was me".
@Faith-Trust-Pixie-Dust
@Faith-Trust-Pixie-Dust 6 жыл бұрын
I hope you're talking about Ghost Adventures because Zak Bagans is the trash king he's such a 2009 icon
@steamedpunk13
@steamedpunk13 6 жыл бұрын
@@Faith-Trust-Pixie-Dust My preferred trashy ghost hunters are the crew of Most Haunted, who try to provide a "both sides of the argument" approach even though the presenter clearly thinks the skeptic they bring along is completely wrong.
@Faith-Trust-Pixie-Dust
@Faith-Trust-Pixie-Dust 6 жыл бұрын
@@steamedpunk13 I'll have to check it out. I need more ghost trash in my life
@rebeccavaughn8897
@rebeccavaughn8897 6 жыл бұрын
"...But she doesn't die because she had sex with a cyborg who's sperm healed her miraculously..." I can't stop laughing! That's the craziest thing I've ever heard!
@rebeccavaughn8897
@rebeccavaughn8897 6 жыл бұрын
@Ange I haven't. Does it happen there too?
@arit3379
@arit3379 6 жыл бұрын
Rebecca Vaughn miraculous cyborg sperm is becoming a popular trope
@fairytail2484
@fairytail2484 6 жыл бұрын
But then she died from STDs the end.
@jessk9523
@jessk9523 6 жыл бұрын
"I hate him and I hate myself." "Same." When Jordan is relatable.
@lastjuliet788
@lastjuliet788 6 жыл бұрын
yea looool , but I am gonna quit reading and trying this new release out "so WHAT : write your own journey. An unhelpful guide."
@m.addams3921
@m.addams3921 6 жыл бұрын
About the "nature vs nurture"... There's a book called Blood Man, by Paul Cleave, that kinda end up touching the matter. It's about a man who has a perfect life, a perfect house, a little daughter... until his wife is killed in a bank robbery. Because the police doesn't seem to be of much help, he goes in this man hunt seeking vengeance. If I'm not mistaken (I read it six years ago), his daughter is kidnapped because of it, so the protagonist have to ask for the help of his father. The twist is... his father is a serial killer convicted for life in prison. The book shows how everyone expected him to, one day, simply lose it and become just like his father and etc. It is really good.
@mj_yuchan
@mj_yuchan 6 жыл бұрын
Company Town sounds like such a wild ride... I’m tempted to read it just because of how ridiculous it sounds lol
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Don't put yourself through it man
@Ykhraam
@Ykhraam 6 жыл бұрын
The ending description for Company Town. I'm-
@queendsheena1
@queendsheena1 6 жыл бұрын
Jordan: I was not a fan of any of them...obviously. Me: *adds three of them to my wishlist*
@nightbreed9305
@nightbreed9305 6 жыл бұрын
It would be interesting to see you do a video on bad stories you wanted to be good and how you would write them.
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
NightbreedGaming That’s an interesting idea!
@starlitbri
@starlitbri 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking many bullets for us, Jordan. Now we know to never pick these books up.
@ElvesAreHot
@ElvesAreHot 6 жыл бұрын
listening to you describe that convoluted plot gave me such a headache
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Nophia lol me too
@ShadowDogProduction
@ShadowDogProduction 6 жыл бұрын
The Company Town description had me checking to make sure I wasn't hallucinating. "Did that description just happen?" LOL
@joselocalau123
@joselocalau123 6 жыл бұрын
oh wow your hair and makeup are on point!
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
JCV thanks :)
@futurestoryteller
@futurestoryteller 6 жыл бұрын
I was going to say, particularly good today, for some reason.
@brainfromarous9015
@brainfromarous9015 5 жыл бұрын
Magical healing sperm? A seminal work, indeed. I’ll show myself out.
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 5 жыл бұрын
I see what you did there
@norajiyu
@norajiyu 6 жыл бұрын
Do you think high concept books rely too much on their concepts that they don't... actually write well?
@missmadyreads
@missmadyreads 6 жыл бұрын
A good book with an intersex main character is None of the Above by I.W Gregorio. I read it a few years back and really liked it. If that's something you're still looking for I'd recommend it if you haven't read it!
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Miss Mady Reads thanks for the rec!!!
@eileen9898
@eileen9898 6 жыл бұрын
I actually disagree? The book is really poorly researched, which is weird since the author is a doctor herself if I remember correctly. There are also offensive terms both against intersex and transexual people in there which don't get addressed. The story itself isn't anything special either. I'm sorry if my different oponion offended you in some way, but I found that book to be pretty hurtful and would like people to be aware of the damaging content before reading it.
@werelemur1138
@werelemur1138 6 жыл бұрын
"It's objectively the worst, but I also love it, which makes me hate myself." So you feel about the book like the heroine feels about the guy. That's so meta!
@greenergrass4060
@greenergrass4060 6 жыл бұрын
By the time you're explaining company town, my mind just dropped open and my mind literally lost focus. Like what? Time travelling, healing cyborg sperm?!
@crowthewicked8344
@crowthewicked8344 4 жыл бұрын
That Company Town description sounded like the author played a game of mad libs with the plot
@Faith-Trust-Pixie-Dust
@Faith-Trust-Pixie-Dust 6 жыл бұрын
Oooh gurl your hair looks GOOD today!!!
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :)
@katekursive1370
@katekursive1370 6 жыл бұрын
Your dead expression in the thumbnail lured me in. I love pain and stale energy of a done reader
@Ralndrath
@Ralndrath 6 жыл бұрын
Eww that one about Jeffery Dahmer sounds like it was written by some creepy fangirl/boy who just wanted to write a story about him but without the baggage of him actually being that psycho like those crazy women who fall in love with serial killers and send them mountains of love letters and some eventually marry them. Jeffrey Dahmer was...just the worst though.
@haggisa
@haggisa 5 жыл бұрын
Ben Agar “Jeffrey Dahmer was just the worst.” The nicest description of Jeffrey Dahmer ever. 😌
@wrongsizedjeans
@wrongsizedjeans 6 жыл бұрын
Is it bad I'm tempted to hate-read these now? Company Town especially sounds like terrible fanfiction and I really want to know exactly how that managed to get published (Also can I say your makeup is great in this video?? Please do a tutorial for us unskilled peasants, lol)
@talulahsafir
@talulahsafir 6 жыл бұрын
You look so gorgeous in this video! Edit* you look gorgeous always but your hair is flawless today
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Talulah M. Thank you!
@jayce1654
@jayce1654 6 жыл бұрын
Project Cain sounds like it could have been an amazing book if it actually went the psychological "nature-nurture" route. I can understand your disappointment. Its also funny how the author picked a serial killer with basically the same name as his so that he could name the main character after himself XD.
@portahstaggers123
@portahstaggers123 6 жыл бұрын
“ ‘i hate him and i hate myself.’ same” MOOOOOD
@howdyhowdyhelga
@howdyhowdyhelga 6 жыл бұрын
Jordan: I think I got this one from Shoppers Me: Oh boy, shit books from the Pharmacy, my favourite!
@samanthaelizabeth8330
@samanthaelizabeth8330 6 жыл бұрын
Bear A like the free romance ibooks! My fave!
@Edidin
@Edidin 6 жыл бұрын
I read "Before I Die". Somewhere halfway through a thought formed im my mind, that stayed with me till the very end. "Well, die already". It was the only novel, I felt this way about. Still haunts me.
@FSEThompson
@FSEThompson 6 жыл бұрын
Company Town sounds so fucking insane I might actually wanna read it lol
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Friedrich Sarah E. Thompson Ooof. Would not recommend.
@u_no8816
@u_no8816 6 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna recommend it to my friends
@mariacamilabarriosorozco180
@mariacamilabarriosorozco180 6 жыл бұрын
@@u_no8816 what a bad person you are XD.
@u_no8816
@u_no8816 6 жыл бұрын
@@mariacamilabarriosorozco180 LOL, I always recommended bad books to my friends
@mariacamilabarriosorozco180
@mariacamilabarriosorozco180 6 жыл бұрын
@@u_no8816 And they know they are bad?
@daniellins4114
@daniellins4114 6 жыл бұрын
Me *hears Jordan say the 'plot is convoluted'*: "It can't be that bad, I play a lot of japanise games, I'm used to complicated plots." Me *after the plot explanation*: "Whaaaaaaaaaat the f**k did I just listen to?!"
@TheHotlottie
@TheHotlottie 6 жыл бұрын
the one about the cyborg got me so confused
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
me too and I read it
@poofer3878
@poofer3878 5 жыл бұрын
I gotta say the author of Project Cain is pretty nice tho, he was a judge for a writing contest at my school and liked my piece so much he sent me a really encouraging email and offered to let me meet his agent.
@tempjones3155
@tempjones3155 6 жыл бұрын
I know this isn't related to the books but your hair is so gorgeous in this video 😍 I'm jealous lol
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Temp Jones thank you! :)
@nightbreed9305
@nightbreed9305 6 жыл бұрын
I haven't read very many bad books, most of them range from meh to great. The Giver was boring to me, it could of also been that I read another book with the same concept that was far more interesting called "Anthem". I was very disappointed with "Divergent" because everyone acted like it was the second coming of great literature and it was so boring and mushy and soppy and generic that I hated it and I didn't think Mockingjay was very good, simply because Katniss's character was completely different that the Katniss I liked. Also, the latest editions to the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, a series I've loved since middle school and for some reason at 18 years old still enjoy, have also been pretty bad, the last great one being the Christmas themed one.
@averymorse7760
@averymorse7760 6 жыл бұрын
How are you so good at this? Seriously, I love binge watching your videos no matter how many times I've seen them. Continue being awesome, please.
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Avery Morse thanks so much!!
@IsuzuForever
@IsuzuForever 6 жыл бұрын
Pantomime is part of a series, and I love the book but I do agree that the ending is chaotic. The 2nd book delves more into the magical aspects of the world, but it can be a little confusing since it edges more towards steampunk than organic fantasy. I haven't read the third book yet, but I have high hopes for it. I really enjoyed the first two books and it's nice having a main character whose identity is so fluid that really resonnated with me.
@Fatasscar67
@Fatasscar67 4 жыл бұрын
slightly surprised that company town wasn't the worst in Jordan's opinion, as it had something like cyborg sperm. it makes me laugh to type that. anyways, the ending of pantomime does sound pretty bad though-
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 4 жыл бұрын
Chaise KnightOfSwords It was so absurd that it was sort of entertaining? That’s probably why I ranked it above some of the others
@Fatasscar67
@Fatasscar67 4 жыл бұрын
Jordan Harvey Ah, I can understand the logic in that. Cyborg sperm is still pretty burtal though lmao
@Fatasscar67
@Fatasscar67 4 жыл бұрын
Brutal*
@martinkanchev7569
@martinkanchev7569 6 жыл бұрын
Jordan doesn't appreciate cyborg healing xD xD
@tegan47n46
@tegan47n46 6 жыл бұрын
Was literally just debating whether or not I should add Project Cain to my tbr when I was watching this video and then you started talking about how bad it was! Definitely won't be picking it up now, thanks for saving me from reading an awful book. 😂
@KS-di4bn
@KS-di4bn 4 жыл бұрын
12:20 reminds me of Masterminds
@RyfkahChan
@RyfkahChan 6 жыл бұрын
The idea of the last book sounds quite interesting. With having multiple clones of the same person, you could easily explore how their new surroundings affect them in their lifes and how finding out about the truth would affect them. Possibly some were "normal", but driven to be serial killers after finding out about the fact that they are clones. Possibly some wouldn't care what so ever. Others might break the relationships with their families and go on traumatized, but not became murderes or anything. There are so many ways you could go. Maybe you could have some of the scientists observe the different clones lifes, trying to find an answer. You could also ave some really neat interactions between the different clones, like one who became a serial killer interacting with one who didn't. It's such a shame to see intersting ideas go to waste, because the author didn't put in the research and thought to really explore it.
@samanthaelizabeth8330
@samanthaelizabeth8330 6 жыл бұрын
Have you ever read “Not That Kind of Girl”? Can’t remember the author, but I think her first name was Vivian? It was AWFUL. I have never hated a book more. It is full of terrible stereotypes and cliches, let alone plot cliches. I’ve kept it just to discuss with people how much I hate it, and would love your opinion if you have read it!
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Samantha Elizabeth I haven’t!
@readaholicgirl_5
@readaholicgirl_5 6 жыл бұрын
For a bit I thought you were talking about If I Was Your Girl (just cuz they have the word girl in the title. stupid me i know) but THAT book. I remember reading it years ago. Its by Siohban Vivian. Only reason i remember the author's name is cuz i didn't know how to pronounce it back then.
@vegangurly
@vegangurly 6 жыл бұрын
Are you thinking of the one by Lena Dunham? Edit: oh wait person above figured it out nvm^^
@samanthaelizabeth8330
@samanthaelizabeth8330 6 жыл бұрын
readaholicgirl it’s a book I’d love to block out!!
@azkabooks
@azkabooks 6 жыл бұрын
it's been a while since i lost the love for booktube, same people who idolize the same authors and no one seems to be real anymore? but then i found you and i'm having so much fun! i also love your variety of videos, so many interesting topics! you are about to make me want to be a booktuber again jaja
@rainylight6268
@rainylight6268 4 жыл бұрын
Wtf is up with the plot of Company Town. It's the weirdest and strangest ending ever
@julioacceus253
@julioacceus253 6 жыл бұрын
I read Matched by Allie Condie. Why the hell did I read that?
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
I never picked that one up!
@nanukaable
@nanukaable 6 жыл бұрын
Hated it wholeheartedly
@thegalaxydonutshow
@thegalaxydonutshow 6 жыл бұрын
Julio Acceus I never finished it but what I read was pretty good. Did something happen at the end?
@samanthaelizabeth8330
@samanthaelizabeth8330 6 жыл бұрын
How did you hate Matched! One of my favorite trilogies, I’ve reread it countless times. Yet I also I can admit that it goes off the rails at the end.
@talulahsafir
@talulahsafir 6 жыл бұрын
The only book I've ever DNF'd
@silenceinspace.
@silenceinspace. 6 жыл бұрын
I read “Company Town” while on vacation in Canada and it was so confusing! Oh my god. I honestly wondered if I was, like, too dumb to understand or if I missed something. Such an interesting premise! It’s a shame the plot took it there.
@violetnicole1500
@violetnicole1500 5 жыл бұрын
This is gonna sound weird but I appreciate how smooth every movement in this video is
@SweetSeline777
@SweetSeline777 5 жыл бұрын
The cover for the Project Cain book is pretty interesting and nice to look at. While you were holding the book and moved it a certain way - it looked like the picture moved. I saw lightning and the text disappearing behind the character while it was happening.
@evabock
@evabock 6 жыл бұрын
I've read "Before I die" and I also hated it myself, at least in the beginning. I thought instead of shoplifting and trying to have sex, the main character should be doing something better with her life in those last few months she has. But then I accepted the book for what it was - it was not a feel-good book, or a book with a deeper meaning. It was a book about lower-class girl, whose life ends, before she even gets to really live it. She manages to steal a few precious moments, and gets to fall in love. The last pages, her last days, spent under heavy medication, the body, giving up, the smells ... they haunted me for days afterwards. So what I'm saying is ... maybe some books should be unpleasant like that.
@tarisblackwell3409
@tarisblackwell3409 5 жыл бұрын
The last one is EXACTLY like Masterminds by Gordon Korman, except with kids, and that it’s a really good book
@roselychee9644
@roselychee9644 6 жыл бұрын
You look extra radiant recently! Also this gave me a few ideas of what I should and shouldn't pick up to read.💕🌹 Also Company Town, Wow that ending.
@JeanetHenning
@JeanetHenning 6 жыл бұрын
Yey, so glad I finally have time to watch this! Oh my soul, Company Town sounds so ridiculous! The sass in this made my day, thanks.
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@randomperson8571
@randomperson8571 6 жыл бұрын
Hey maybe that Company Town book was written while on drugs and alcohol (so crossed) after someone dared the writer to write a book with the most random and craziest ending ever. You never know!
@iknowfacebutidontknowname5880
@iknowfacebutidontknowname5880 6 жыл бұрын
Your hair looks especially pretty this video!
@samh3396
@samh3396 6 жыл бұрын
This is slightly off topic but you’ve grown so much! I remember when this channel was at under 5K, and honestly I’m so happy for you! I think you deserve all your subs dude
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
samana hoon Thanks so much!!!
@themakingsofavillain669
@themakingsofavillain669 6 жыл бұрын
I hated before I die as well, I didn’t finish it. Thanks for telling me which to not to read. At least you got a video out of them, that is always the bright side.
@dannymeamea
@dannymeamea 6 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh another person who’s read Project Cain! I have the same feelings with it as you did. I remember reading it and trying really hard to like it but being sooo bored and slightly confused most of the time. At the time I thought, maybe I’m missing something cuz I almost never have this hard of a time finishing a book. Mainly due to how picky I am in the bookstore. I try to avoid boring books like the plague. I was also hoping for a more familial like bond to happen but nope. I guess I’ll have to settle for the ‘I think I don’t absolutely hate you/want to kill you anymore’ forced friendship. Such a pleasurable read. Thank you for helping me to come to the realization that it was the book and not me. I will forever ever grateful that I now don’t have to back to it a second time, wondering if I should give it a second chance. Or thinking that maybe I’d like the brother better. (Another book which is the same story told through another perspective)
@tropetrinitytrilogy8533
@tropetrinitytrilogy8533 6 жыл бұрын
Honestly, now I kind of want to read Company Town... it just sounds so beautiful.
@annaphillips5886
@annaphillips5886 6 жыл бұрын
If you want to support Canadian authors, you should read The Seventh Crow by Sherry D Ramsey. It’s about a girl who’s aunt is kidnapped and she comes to see that her whole life is a lie. I haven’t read it since I was younger, maybe 11 or 12, so I couldn’t tell when a book was bad, but when I read it I quite enjoy it!
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Huh, I'll look into it!!
@carmellafoster8054
@carmellafoster8054 6 жыл бұрын
Pantomime-it sucked due to good idea played out badly by someone who can't get past the am I male or female ideology. Clearly they were not in it for a story but to make the reader snore with the idea of this character being conflicted by it. It is why I don't read anything like that anymore-if it explores sexuality, to many times I have read stuff that was similar. 36 Questions-how is that logically possible, you fall in love with someone after a set number of things to learn? That had to be written by a author who clearly has never had a Relationship. It does also make one ask if an editor ever looked through them.
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Carmella Foster the 36 questions is from a university study from the 90s, but went viral in the last 5 years!
@carmellafoster8054
@carmellafoster8054 6 жыл бұрын
@@JordanHarveybooks Popularity does not mean good or functional-remember Mine Kampf sold super well in Germany during Hitlers time-and a lot of good Germans picked up on the Anti Jewish dogma. Having been in a slew of relationships before getting married, the idea of 36 questions to fall in love is nice, but despite going viral it in the end will fall flat. Romantic love is not that simple, and trying the story idea out without direct use of the questions as a guide is a bit more then many can chew. I doubt Tolkien could have made that story better....maybe if you had the drama of a Elf/Dwarf dynamic and both are working to see if their peoples tradition line up. But needless to say I agree with you, its not well played or written.
@yogsothoth8389
@yogsothoth8389 5 жыл бұрын
The Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin is a great book about clones of Hitler. Your discussion of Project Cain made me think of that.
@BlueLemons_96
@BlueLemons_96 6 жыл бұрын
A really fantastic book with an intersex protagonist is 'Middlesex' by Jeffery Eugenides. I highly recommend it! Sidenote, intersex people come in a spectrum, so not all of them necessarily have both male and female genitals.
@Sagal.I
@Sagal.I 6 жыл бұрын
I recommence Middlesex too. One of the best books talking of gender and sex i have ever read.
@Sagal.I
@Sagal.I 6 жыл бұрын
I recommend Middlesex. One of the best books dealing with sex and gender i have ever read
@lastjuliet788
@lastjuliet788 6 жыл бұрын
omg girl I looooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoove your new look I am gonna recommend this one for you I already purchased it and I wanna try it I love its description and I hope when I write it all down I get happy and have a balanced life . this empty self-help book '' SO WHAT : write your own journey. An unhelpful guide ".
@caseymillette3486
@caseymillette3486 6 жыл бұрын
Super sad all these seemingly "brilliant" ideas go to waste. . . I was so excited about Project Cain and sorely disappointed!!
@brettbosley779
@brettbosley779 5 жыл бұрын
Pantomime's Ephigenia still got a better deal than a more famous literary Ephigenia...
@QuantumOneZer0
@QuantumOneZer0 6 жыл бұрын
Well, that was hugely entertaining! I was listening through the Company Town bit, thinking "Yeah, this sounds reasonably mediocre," and then I was utterly blindsided by the time travel, such that your delivery about the Deus-Ex-Machinesperm hit me like a goddamn truck. If you're on the lookout for Canadian authors, might I recommend you check out the superhero web serial novel, Worm? You can read it for free online, and it's utterly bonkers how good it is. Like, multiple offers for TV and movie adaptation good. The author, J.C. McCrae, has also written an Urban Fantasy/Horror book with, imo, the absolute best magic system, as well as a spectacular Biopunk story.
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Cool, thanks so much for the recommendation!
@WebHeadMike
@WebHeadMike 6 жыл бұрын
but did it agitate you as much as Wonder Woman (2017)?
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
WebMike8 yes
@alexmiddleton9390
@alexmiddleton9390 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for summing up what went wrong with Pantomime, I’ve been trying to get my head around that for ages. Also, if you don’t mind me asking, what are your thoughts on everyone commenting on your appearance? Don’t get me wrong, your makeup is great, but personally I find it kind of an odd thing to comment on when the video isn’t about makeup
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
It's weird to be honest. I don't really know what to say, so I just say thanks.
@finnbenham
@finnbenham 5 жыл бұрын
May I suggest "What I Had Before I Had You?" To ANYONE!!!!! I'm not all the way through it but I love it! Its creepy, but also coming of age, and I think is perfect for teens who want to read books with more substance but are still relatable, like me.
@erichmcgee1573
@erichmcgee1573 6 жыл бұрын
The ending for Company Town is so ridiculous and convoluted that I know you are telling the truth. Nobody who is lying would come up with something that horrible. :)
@vocalcalibration8033
@vocalcalibration8033 6 жыл бұрын
Jumping from guarding some prostitutes to guarding your bosses son is a rather impressive promotion. It's also not the kind of set up appropriate for a time travel plot or Sexborg.
@luluv7644
@luluv7644 5 жыл бұрын
The explanation of Company Town. I'm wheezing 😂😂😂
@sunsetxsong
@sunsetxsong 6 жыл бұрын
Wait, what is the YA convention in Toronto? I've been desperate to find literary festivals/cons about genre fiction in this province!
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
sunsetxsong it was just a small one at the reference library in Toronto. Not sure if it was a one off or an annual thing!
@morgansheehy1772
@morgansheehy1772 6 жыл бұрын
Wait there are literary festivals in other provinces? I assumed of cananda had any at all they'd be in either Toronto or Vancouver
@alexandriaceballos1938
@alexandriaceballos1938 6 жыл бұрын
The worst part being is I owned that book. I might as well read it and why it was awful. Pantomime I mean.
@WeAreAllNerdsHere
@WeAreAllNerdsHere 6 жыл бұрын
I screamed when you mentioned the "Queen of the Tearling" ending! I loved that series and then the ending ruined EVERYTHING! I know it's not on your list, but I was just glad to hear I wasn't alone in being disappointed by the ending!
@kailahmj55
@kailahmj55 6 жыл бұрын
Have you ever read Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin? I think that is what maybe Pantomime was going for with the ambisexual main character. But Ursula’s book is fantastic
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Kailah Johnson I haven’t!
@andybraginsky4805
@andybraginsky4805 5 жыл бұрын
Try Reading the 3rd book of the Larry series, "Larry and the Meaning of Life". It was so terrible, I chucked it across the room. And then chucked it again.
@louandlife5827
@louandlife5827 6 жыл бұрын
I totally agree about Before I Die. I was surprised I managed to finish that book...
@futurestoryteller
@futurestoryteller 6 жыл бұрын
The only "so bad it's good" for me is stuff that's unintentionally funny, although - you know it's basically porn right? That was the point? Guys don't care if porn has quality filmmaking why should the girls care if their literary porn is has quality writing? Doesn't really exist to appeal to... higher sensibilities. I tend to think of it as a different thing altogether, nobody puts porn on their list of the worst movies they've seen... but they've seen them, and they are objectively bad. I wish I could think of other things to say, especially about miracle cyborg sperm, but I think it's caused a malfunction in my brain. I will say that books like these make you second guess second guessing a desire to be an author. Stephen King said "Every would be author comes to a point in their life where they close a book, put it on the side-table, pause to catch their breath and go 'Wow... that was - _TERRIBLE_ - _I_ can write better than that! And that book was published!'"
@purelysmetalnightcore
@purelysmetalnightcore 6 жыл бұрын
The weird thing about Phantomime is that I don't think it's very common for an intersex person to have both male and female genitals? I could be wrong about how common or uncommon it is, but I do know for sure that there are many different kinds of intersex. Considering the go-to understanding of intersex is to have two sets of genitals, I think it would be more mindful for an intersex character to not be the most well known type of intersex.
@noja1155
@noja1155 6 жыл бұрын
The premiere feature really suited this video cos you could give us live extra tea 👌
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Truee
@paulanogueira497
@paulanogueira497 6 жыл бұрын
That Company Town ending made me laugh too much. I have no ideia what would be my reaction if I had actually read it. And the first one Pantomime, something tells me that this book was actually a fanfic at some point, don't know from what, but it sounds like it.
@aeshiryzenaeschirett5415
@aeshiryzenaeschirett5415 5 жыл бұрын
Yasss! The Goose Girl and Golden Son supremacist! I know there's a reason why you are my fave booktuber.
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 5 жыл бұрын
Aeshiryzen Aeschirett Such good books! I have a review on the Goose Girl if you want to check it out :)
@alannothnagle
@alannothnagle 6 жыл бұрын
So these books were put out by actual publishing companies with some sort of quality control as opposed to self-publishing, where literally anying - and I mean anything - goes? It sort of makes you wonder what's going on in the publishing world these days.
@RetrievingBooks
@RetrievingBooks 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, Jordan! I love the rants.
@Simpli_Bee
@Simpli_Bee 5 жыл бұрын
Dare You To's cover looks really similar to Blue Valentine's cover. I don't know if anyone else noticed that.
@wolfferoni
@wolfferoni 6 жыл бұрын
Before I Die, thought it sounded familiar. I tried reading that while I was in high school and dropped it. Couldn't get through it. I have no recollection of what went on in the book so that's something.
@FreggFaerie
@FreggFaerie 5 жыл бұрын
(been watching you for weeks now, been wondering if you are Canadian because I recognize the accent, finally having confirmation feels so good xD)
@leahfoss439
@leahfoss439 6 жыл бұрын
"The worst ending maybe ever, besides the Queen of the Tearling trilogy" Thank you, I cackled
@Delicious_Purple
@Delicious_Purple 6 жыл бұрын
Now i want a video on that? I need to know?
@rosi3883
@rosi3883 6 жыл бұрын
@@Delicious_Purple Trust me you don't want to know. The ending of Queen Of the Terling was so bad I thought it was a joke.
@earldelacruz3727
@earldelacruz3727 6 жыл бұрын
May I use the tips that you mentioned on your videos concerning "How to write compelling characters" and "How to write a best selling young adult fantasy novel" ? I want to use those tips and elements for my writing..
@alexmiddleton9390
@alexmiddleton9390 6 жыл бұрын
Sorry, I know you’re not asking me, but as long as you’re not directly plagiarising anything, advice is there to be taken? I’d think?
@stephwiller9089
@stephwiller9089 6 жыл бұрын
Hilarious review. I did however get distracted by your lipstick it is such a pretty shade. As random as this question is, what lipstick is that?
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
It's just some nude lipliner (NYX I think) with some berry tinted gloss.
@Marie45610
@Marie45610 6 жыл бұрын
I found Pantomime as a free eBook years ago. I thought the book was pretty boring and I don't think I finished it. I don't really remember anything, other than I was pretty bored while reading it. I didn't really find any of the characters that interesting. I've actually read the whole series that Dare You To is from, and I kind of like the series. The first and third books are the better ones. I think there are 4 or 5 books in the series. It is kind of trash, but I still liked them. I kind of think that most Contemporary romance books are in that category.
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
That's fair
@DreamoftheBloodMoon
@DreamoftheBloodMoon 6 жыл бұрын
I agree about Project Cain. I picked it up years ago and DNF'd it within the first hundred pages.
@readingrapunzel5092
@readingrapunzel5092 6 жыл бұрын
That Company Town ending had me 😱😱😱
@rivendellstarlight
@rivendellstarlight 6 жыл бұрын
I have a question about Project Cain, did he accidentally find out he was a clone, or were they told they were clones and then set loose? Because that would defeat the purpose of the whole experiment right there...
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
I think they were told but I honestly don't 100% remember
@rivendellstarlight
@rivendellstarlight 6 жыл бұрын
@@JordanHarveybooks Well it sounds awful either way, tbh
@charlotteroberts
@charlotteroberts 6 жыл бұрын
You seem so comfortable and confident, plus the content is marvelous. Great video.
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@charlotteroberts
@charlotteroberts 6 жыл бұрын
@@JordanHarveybooks no problem at all, lovely. Have a great day.
@JuliaN-ti9zv
@JuliaN-ti9zv 6 жыл бұрын
Oh boy, the ending of the Tearling Trilogy... I'm still not over these last 30-40 pages. They we're so bad I immediately had to think of this otherwise awesome trilogy when you talked about bad/confusing endings. I mean, it's literally the same as saying life in Germany/Europe would be perfect nowadays, would someone travel back in time and kill Hitler. Which most certainly WOULDN'T be the case. It's just sad the author was pressured to finish this series quickly and thus wrote such a shitty ending.
@JordanHarveybooks
@JordanHarveybooks 6 жыл бұрын
Agreed. It was truly awful.
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