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[@NonAnonD]

The real critiques are in the 2 and 3 star reviews… but the funny “critiques” are at the 1 stars

[@this_is_a_cat3437]

Unless the book is really bad, but I have only read like two I would rate 1 star so yeah, I agree.

[@WatchingWhileAsleep]

I think to truly critique any work with fairness and clarity, you must be able to see its positives as well as its negatives. Even if the only positive you can find is "it has a pretty cover" 😂 being able to say "it was a fun time, but-" will always be a much more intelligent conversation than "this is a blight upon humanity because i didn't like it"

[@QuicklyLiquid]

trueee! theres nothing as painful as reading a book you really loved only to go through an exorbitant 2 star review detailing every flaw in the work

[@KMort]

This I could stomach, but people praising books I HATED I can't stand. I automatically assume the person is stupid, whereas I think most criticism of books I love is valid😂

[@76kilosofshade81]

This could be a fun video too!

[@CaptainThugRdx]

That's an interesting take.. books you hated could just be not for you.. literature is subjective and there's no definitive metric for what makes a good book..obvious grammar issues or other issues aside.

[@Akio-ih5tl]

​@@CaptainThugRdx this

[@totallysanebean]

honestly looking at the one star review of products I intend to buy is my go-to strategy. It is way more common to bot good reviews than bad and if I read criticisms that either bother me aswell or don't bother me at all it helps me make a decision. Like if a book has negative reviews about how slow the romance is that is a positive for me because I think most romances are too fast paced

[@nitzeart]

Yeah same. Because my taste is books is very personal. So I know not everyone is going to like the same books. But people loving a book I hate?? Hello? Did we read the same book?? Apparently not. And I also I'm judging their intellect and reading comprehension skills 😂😂

[@honorbound1337]

"Kind of annoying and definitely Marxist" is what i want written on my tombstone

[@mwvidz324]

I am sorry for you.

[@chewysoda9115]

@@mwvidz324feel sorry for yourself

[@mwvidz324]

@@chewysoda9115 Oh snap.

[@SJisReading]

Haha we need t shirts

[@Ghues]

That review of Six of Crows was unhinged. I've only ever read excerpts from Fifty Shades, but in what world is it at all comparable to this? wtf?! Also, I won't accept any criticism of Jane Eyre.

[@Firemast]

Yeah, that was utter nonsense. That warning about Rochester is kinda accurate though.

[@Ghues]

@@Firemast Listen ...... it is 100% true. 🙈But I first read Jane Eyre when I was around the same age as the protagonist is in the opening chapters, and I felt very seen by her, so for that reason alone the novel will always be a personal favourite of mine. Oftentimes with negative reviews on Goodreads, I think that people criticise the author for writing a morally grey character because they think the author's views somehow align with the character's. Although it's clear from the beginning that Rochester is secretive and flawed, yet that doesn't mean that the reading experience isn't enjoyable and rewarding.

[@WatchingWhileAsleep]

I don't think they know why people who like fifty shades like it. The entire, uh, allure of that book, is not at all present in six of crows 😂

[@h3y_bails]

Six of Crows is porographic? Did we read the same book?

[@annibumaye9964]

Maybe they accidentally read a fanfiction of six of crows

[@covenscribe]

"I could see the plot twist coming" Congrats you saw foreshadowing! Its a good thing!!! Its done on purpose!! Im so mad

[@laiaal.3324]

There is different degrees of foreshadowing. The good kind is when you kind of have an idea but are not 100% sure if you are right, here is when you feel proud of being right. The other is when it was so obvious that you didn't even need the thing to be confirmed, so when it happens to be revealed as a "plot twist" you are just badly disappointed. I get when reviewers say that because i have unfortunately felt it too.

[@covenscribe]

@@laiaal.3324 Oh very true, sorry I didn't leave an nuance in my comment I am just very tired of everyone treating figuring out a story line as if they have beaten the author at a game instead of it sometimes being an intentional part of the writing. For example, a tragedy where you know early on that the character is going to die but its seeing how it happens that matters.

[@laiaal.3324]

@@covenscribe yes, i agree with your point, I just also agree with the reviewer in Fifth Season specifically too (even though it was a 4 star for me). But hype can also hurt a lot here because I had heard non stop of the brilliant plot twist at the end of Fifth Season so I kept waiting for it and never found it. Maybe i would have been less disappointed if i had known nothing and personally didn't consider or expect that to be a plot twist. Expectations can be so bad considering how differently every person experiences every book.

[@covenscribe]

@@laiaal.3324 Oh yeah you are right there to. The hype doesn't even have to spoil a plot point for it to be annoying because sometimes it boils down to the book just not being what we hoped it could be.

[@CozmicDotCom]

Currently sick with a poppin fever but “All Dorian Grey does is be bisexual, wrinkle, and LIE.” (8:42) Made me ACTUALLY laugh for the first time all day. Leonie is doing the work that flu medicine can’t 😤

[@tell-me-a-story-]

What about all that spiraling into evil that happens in the middle? What, that just doesn’t count now?

[@stellaronmain]

Two things: One, a video on your thoughts on misogyny in older books and if the historical context means we should overlook it would be really interesting in my opinion(maybe not the best way to phrase that, but I cannot figure out another way)! Two, no clue what the person with the Six of Crows review was on about?? It's probably one of the least spicy books I've ever read.

[@SJisReading]

I think it's less about if it's justified and more to do with if it disqualifies anything good the book may have to offer, and that is very much an individual experience. For me, it doesn't. A book can be flawed while still contributing something. But for some people, the negatives can't be overcome.

[@tell-me-a-story-]

Every “spicy book” is really bad, because they have porn plots instead of realistic or compelling stories.

[@turtle_stew_Lukas]

"That's the Poiiint!" - so get that feeling, somewhere between frustration and self doubt, on books I feel strongly for.

[@bmoforever5562]

My favourite negative reviews ive come across on goodreads (both for books of Ava Reid) "Lipstick on a pig baby" and "Sorry for the trees that died for this"

[@NonAnonD]

First thing i do after finishing a book is read the negative reviews, even if I loved it. I’m just curious to know what everyone else thought/hated lol

[@dianevierra781]

You know, same. Sometimes the critiques are very valid.

[@strawberryorange3755]

Also it’s fun reading negative reviews.

[@lolsous]

Me too! It also helps me see if I really liked the book or if I was like under a spell 😅

[@iwilltakeursoul]

It kills my vibe so fast 😭

[@BexsBoxofConfusion]

no, but I did this after reading it ends with us because I felt like I "couldn't" dislike it and had to review it high. I don't hate it as much as some do, I think it's fairly harmless in the grad scheme of things, but it really helped me feel like I actually wasn't crazy and read something different

[@LunaWho47]

The best 1 star review I ever read was for Nathaniel Hawthorn's The House of the Seven Gables, and it just read, "I am sure there is a good story in here somewhere, if you can find it amongst all the words." I think about this review at least once every few days. Best summation of that book EVER.

[@alicedalexandrite]

Lmao thank you for sharing this

[@__loveball]

i love this review

[@elsa4206]

omg PLEASE MOVING VLOGS !!!

[@elsa4206]

so excited for the second channel to come back !!!

[@justwonder1404]

The one who compared SoC to 50 Shades did not read the damn book, I have no other explanation. The one calling out them not being teenagers is valid though😅 And shoutout from one folkmore girl to another. P.S. also, stuff DOES happen in The Night Circus wth

[@chrishth]

The thing that got me with Uprooted (and the reason I DNF'd) was the COMPLETELY INACCURATE portrayal of period clothing. Honey, your corset does NOT work like that (like that: slashing it with a knife makes it so you can breathe. Girl, if you can't breathe your corset is too tight and what kind of knife cuts through BONING??? )

[@katierasburn9571]

you stopped reading a book over one line about the characters clothes?

[@lilacfields]

@@katierasburn9571well if they can’t get that correct then they probably have many other inaccuracies in the book that would annoy me

[@bittervibez]

This was fun, also they do teach us they/them can be singular, either they weren't paying attention or they're just the worst 😂

[@SJisReading]

I think we all know which one is true lmao I know they wouldn't be confused by "I went to check the mail but they (the mailman) haven't delivered it yet"

[@NeonAGC]

Hear me out, as someone who uses they/them as singular pronouns in daily usage, I think it would still be distracting for me as well---not because I wouldn't understand it, but because in book form usually you expect to feel close to the main character, and "they/them" is usually used to indicate someone who isn't very close to you/isn't important enough to the point of your story to go into details. Like when you're telling a story irl to someone else, you often say "this person, they did this" because you're too lazy to explain that it's a girl friend of yours and explain your ties to that person and get to the point of calling them "she" (and you see I just did it right now, calling it a "them" because this is a fake person in a scenario that I do not have ties to). In a novel, you expect the main character to be very familiar to you, as though you ARE that person (or know them personally), so using a pronoun like "them" which would usually be used from one's perspective to indicate emotional distance, it would cause the reader to feel disconnected from the person we're supposed to care about (as if the main character is just a placeholder name in a story that the author is telling) it sort of severs the immersion if you get what I mean.

[@dianevierra781]

​@@NeonAGCI think this is a valid point, actually.

[@NeonAGC]

@@dianevierra781 Thank you 🙏 the whole time she was making that face and going "its just a pronoun" I kept wanting to interject like "it's not, it has a different feeling that can mess with the dynamic of reader and MC!". That would 100% mess with me while reading, because it would feel like I'm listening to the author tell a story about someone they know but I have no ties to, driving a wedge between me and the MC and making it nearly impossible to connect with them properly.

[@whoatemychocolate]

​@@NeonAGC Interesting point of view, I've never thought about that. I was going to point out, though, that while I 100% support people using whatever pronouns they want to, I do agree that it can be confusing in books. I recently read Girl, Woman, Other and actually tripped over the they/them pronoun in the chapter about Lee (I think that was their name?), because there were scenes where multiple characters are present and so wasn't always clear who the pronoun actually refers to. The character was my favorite of the book, but I found that a bit challenging, purely on a technical "need to keep track of who exactly we're talking about right now" level.

[@bean2046]

The difference between a shitty man in a fantasy novel and a contemporary one is, that one of them is a fantasy guy who can probably do magic, wears a weird leathery outfit and has nothing to do with the real world, while the latter is just Gary from accouting (no offense, Garys)

[@Whysoaphasinstructions]

I tried this with one of my own favourite books and instantly got hit with incessant whining about “the queer agenda”. Needless to say this has not changed my opinion about the book at all, more the people who left those reviews

[@arieslofi]

out of curiosity, what book was it?

[@lilacfields]

i’m curious about the book title too!

[@GretaM-rb4ro]

If a book has 1 star reviews about a queer agenda you know it’s going to be a good book

[@heartnoemie]

@@GretaM-rb4roreal

[@yatshie8717]

Me when I read bad reviews of "The Invisible Life Of Addie LaRue". Not only "the queer agenda" but there were honestly people complaining about non-white characters...

[@tiffanymoton704]

its so frustrating how many people give books 1 star for being...exactly what they claimed to be. i understand that not everyone knows the plot of books before reading them, but how are you going into dorian grey and perfume and coming out complaining about their immorality as if the immorality made them bad.........immorality is the point of the story!!!! its like coming out of a horror movie and being like "it wouldve been better if there wasnt so much murder and scary stuff happening"

[@ShayBot3000]

Those reviews of SoC? I really question if most of them actually read the book. I had a visceral reaction lol it was a lot

[@craftychicken12]

I know right? Like I'm pretty sure there was only like one scene where two characters kissed and that was it.....(I might even be thinking of Crooked Kingdom) And boring characters? I love these characters with every part of my being. Even Wlyan who doesn't even get a POV til Crooked Kingdom was so fascinating and likeable right from the start.

[@ShayBot3000]

@@craftychicken12 right?! I like these characters more than I like most actual people tbh lol

[@justwonder1404]

Few, I'm not alone, that's a relief

[@craftychicken12]

@@ShayBot3000 Same tbh. Real people just suck compared to book characters...except you :)

[@craftychicken12]

@@justwonder1404 Nope. Welcome to the club :)

[@timeea.i19]

I can't wait to see your new place! Those makeover apartment videos are so fun and i love your style so i'm curious now🤎

[@WatchingWhileAsleep]

Im seeing a common thread among these reviews, and i just want to say that if you're not enjoying a book, don't finish it! You dont have to. Being happy that the book is over just so you can escape the boring characters is somwthing you dont need to struggle to achieve. If its not a good time, just stop. If anything, pushing through a bad book will only put you in a reading slump

[@Luna-po5ui]

okay to defend my girl jane, she DOES get gone! I mean spoilers for Jane Eyre but when she finds out Rochester has a wife she fully bounces because she knows she deserves better. She only goes back to that wretched man (insert historical nuance and context for rochester as a character here that most people don't feel like bringing to their readings of classics le sigh) when she's rich, she's got family, she's got different options for her life path, and he's essentially been smited by god and humbled into dirt like the pathetic man he is and he's alone and simping for jane and she chooses to return to him because she wants the life with the most possible love and happiness and for her that's being with him. like, who cares about him. she's the empowered one who gets to say no or yes. there's a reason it's called jane eyre and NOT rochester /end rant sorry but simplistic reviews that amount to "rochester sucks" really get to me because like where did the book say he didn't

[@kindateia]

The way book settled the massive power imbalance is (aside from inheritance) by literally making rochester disabled in the end and i dont know how i feel about that

[@Akio-ih5tl]

i saw a review comparing it to Pride and Prejudice saying it's better because of the romance like 😂 in what world are those books comparable??

[@lantosabel1160]

Okay, but what about the wife? 😂 where does her death fall in the complex matrix of Jane Eyre's emancipation and empowerment? 🤔 when all things are considered, is getting some good dick matters more in the moral equation than sisterhood?

[@madisonemily4083]

@@kindateiaexactly 😭

[@annabrewer4408]

I feel you because I have to supress my CONSTANT urge to bring up the historical nuance and context of Jane Eyre in everyday conversation because I'm just sitting here like: it's so fascinating, can I please have a long discussion on how one of the more unexplored conflicts with Jane and Rochester is letter vs spirit of the law because Rochester's marriage to Bertha Mason was, even for the time, illegal (one of the few reasons you could legitemately get divorced even in Jane Austen's England (and earlier) is if you could prove one of the parties was mentally unstable at the time of the marriage- modern readers often think that there was no divorce and that's not true! It was RARE and DIFFICULT but there WERE divorces) and the whole thing hinged on him being unable to prove it's illegality due to his own family's betrayal of him and the Mason's family (and the society of the time)'s horrific sexism over wanting to get rid of their mentally unstable daughter in a way that made her not their financial burden? HOW DOES THIS NOT INTEREST YOU?

[@aventurinelover1234]

The Six of Crows one 😭😭😭😭

[@xx_kittenkulture_xx1530]

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[@Caroline-mt5si]

I think someone ordered the wrong Six of crows…like what? How is it misogynistic or sexualized? I respect a lot of opinions, but literally what went wrong during the thought process concerning the interpretation of that book? I mean, no hate to books containing smut at all, but what would that person call fourth wing if the compare Six of crows to 50 shades of grey?

[@romalibra_books]

Love that you’re sponsored by Skillshare so often, I’ve literally learned a whole new career on their platform ❤

[@yatshie8717]

What did you learn? If you want to share it, I'm curious

[@romalibra_books]

@@yatshie8717 photography! I was a lawyer and hated it and now I’m a part time photographer (@romavera_photography) and I have my own brand. I learned all my photography skills on Skillshare, so much more complete than what I found on KZbin

[@Tobbe9975432]

”He says things that hurt the main character’s feelings!” Oh no…What a monster.

[@Six-of-Crows]

the queen has posted again! this a great video. excited to see the move!

[@laradadic908]

I'm moving in a month for the first time ever and am so stressed about it and have no idea where to start, so seeing your moving vlogs would be so helpful ❤❤ lovely video as always!

[@tinagarcia3571]

Some people don't understand metaphors or satire at all, It is exhausting trying to explain to these people.

[@tiffanymoton704]

also i constantly feel like the only person in the world who loves beautiful world where are you so its always a nice reminder im not alone when you talk about loving it too

[@iwouldgiveyouthemoon_]

i finished the familiar the other night, and wanted to read reviews for it. that obviously led me to look at reviews for six of crows, i ended up reading the negative ones (obviously...because i hate myself lmao) and i saw that fifty shades one. it made me so confused.

[@chico510]

Six of Crows / Crooked Kingdom is my absolute favorite. My next tattoo is grom that series.

[@user-ht1qv9sp6b]

knowing what Pancho Villa (Revolucionario mexicano) did at the age of 14, I completely believe Kaz Brekker was 17 years old 💀

[@Khestri_]

No, because Henry Winter not knowing about the Moon Landing is genuinely one of the funniest things I’ve ever read

[@Sthemingway]

I'm about halfway through Jane Eyre and am loving it so much, but the critiques you read about it are hilarious.

[@katherineeaster5799]

If you like it, try Villette. It's my favorite Charlotte Bronte, and I never hear anyone talk about it.

[@Sthemingway]

@@katherineeaster5799 Thank you for the recommendation. I'll certainly look into it after I finish Jane. ^~^

[@katherineeaster5799]

@@Sthemingway I forgot, definitely get a copy with the French translations if you can. The first copy I owned didn't have it.

[@Sthemingway]

@@katherineeaster5799 Oooo, good tip! Despite having learned French many moons ago and my continued practicing of listening and reading comprehension via music and movies over the years, it would be much less effort to have translations at the ready!

[@liamcox9043]

If someone types out the main point of the book as a criticism of it their library card should be confiscated for a week

[@user-fr4kh1no8c]

Looove the laid back cosy vibes of this video🤍 I’m so excited for the moving vlogs congrats!

[@bbh0lysh1t]

i’m so excited to see your moving vlogs 🤍

[@rebekahtaylor9307]

The first think I thought when I saw you was “ wow, her eyes look amazing” 😄

[@catIing]

The one star for it being misogynistic makes total sense. What's weird is that women are so used to ignoring misogyny just to enjoy a book that we just dismiss it immediately. That we're used to it doesn't make it fine, and the person who rated it 1 star was being 100% reasonable.

[@Firemast]

I think there is a spectrum here. While definitely a problem, I honestly agree with Leonie that this by itself doesn't warrant a 1 star review.

[@piu_lento_28_13]

sure, dismissing a WHOLE novel, which objectively is one of the greatest dystopian novels out there, and trashing everything there’s to learn from it concerning totalitarianism and human psychology, for traces of misogyny makes total sense. Sure !

[@yanaivanova8194]

​@@tarnim80plus the fact that i myself saw this EXACT review and in the replies the OP admitted to using it as rage bait to "piss off the men" (not direct quote) that hold it in high regard. I honestly felt such disappointment from that because even though it IS a valid criticism and flaw of the book, it absolutely does not warrant the low rating🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Editorialzero]

I totally agree with you, I don’t watch movies from like before the year 2000 if I can avoid it because the casual misogyny is unbearable, and I feel similarly about books. I don’t leave them 1 star reviews unless misogyny (or another form of bigotry) is fundamental to the plot though, but I have never left a 5 star review on a book where the author shows bigotry, even if it is just in the undertones. A book can’t be 5 stars if it doesn’t consider part of its cast fully human.

[@Merakireads]

well, even modern day books have misogyny in it, way more explicit than that in the past.

[@bonesjaunst]

To my fellow "boring books where it feels like nothing happens" enjoyers: HIGHLY recommend The Goblin Emperor (and its companion serios, the cemetaries of amalo). Beautiful writing and deeply kind but eternally stressed-out protagonists never not having the new weirdest day of their lives

[@evilemuempire9550]

It’s kinda funny how in a lot of cases, when you end the story changes the whole rating. An example of this is both books of the King Killer Chronicle. The first book I found to be a 3-4 stars up until Kvothe goes on an adventure and it immediately jumped to a 5. The second I felt was sitting at a 4-5 up until the Fae excursion, which made it drop to DNF territory, it was only after going back several months later and skipping that part that it clawed back to a 3.

[@aliA-jz5ms]

Beauty admitted eye colour which I also thought looks like blue and beautiful!! Not devilish blue but fairy blue

[@sierrareed11]

I’m excited to see your moving vlogs! Good luck!

[@badfaith4u]

Congratulations on your news. Looking forward to your moving and decorating videos.

[@polinaignatenkova3634]

I'm so excited for the moving vlogs!! I love that style of video

[@lauramuresan9476]

I thought 7:27 was a reference to heathers "September 1st, 1989, Dear diary" LOVE THAT MUSICAL

[@nissasbookcorner]

“be bisexual, wrinkle, and lie” 😭😭

[@NocturnalMissSo]

Good luck on the move! So exciting. Looking forward to seeing the new place.

[@isabellemaria9949]

Now you understand how I feel when you talk about my favourite books 😭 it hurts but I can't stop watching xd

[@86fifty]

You are a braver woman than I, facing down 100% negative reviews like this! Wishing you all the good vibes for moving!

[@vinidood]

I absolutely misheard and was like "they called the book a 'tower of poo'??"

[@eugeniapizarro9313]

I think the twist in The fifth season is the least important part. That book is brilliant

[@betz5359]

Such good video ❤️. Love the way you express your opinions. Can't wait for the moving vlogs!!!

[@totakluska]

I love the Fifth Season so much its criticism doesn't even hurt me 😄 Shapesmath? Honestly so funny lmao

[@siriusblackkinnie]

missed you, our book queen 🤍🫂 (exited about renovation/moving vlogs!!!)

[@littleviobel]

You're not alone Leonie! I love "boring things" too 😂(e.g. Perfect Days is my favourite film out of the few ones I watched recently and nothing happends there). Also The Night Circus is taking me OUT of my reader's block and I'm not even reading it in my first language

[@starryxblue]

I loved this and I can’t wait for the moving vlogs!!

[@ashleyl7794]

So excited to see the decorating videos!!

[@Tobbe9975432]

I haven’t read Six of Crows myself, but that (or those) review(s) sounded exactly like my friend’s feelings on Game of Thrones.

[@ReadingNymph]

These videos are so fun! Also hurtful about Bunny, I loved that book. Good luck with the move

[@the_bob_147]

It's always gonna be a good day when leonie posts

[@cynthiapucheanu34]

Amazing, love your lightheart content and good luck with moving! 😊

[@adreamerontherun]

it's always funny to me that your favorite books are not always my favorite (uprooted, night circus) but i seem to come back to your content again haha this was a fun video !

[@laurencoder4567]

Always excited to see a new video! Would love to see more of these

[@hipeople9856]

If you haven't read it (based off of your "I guess I just love boring books where nothing happens" thing that you had going on, and the generally dark, well written themes in the book), you might like No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai. It explores kind of what it feels like to 'be human' and not feel like you fit in from the perspective of a man from his childhood to his death. It's arranged into a couple of sections, his journals. It is known for being suuuuper dark, but the author and his work (including this) is widely renowned. It felt like a slow start for me, but once I got into it, it was thought provoking. I think its only like 200ish pages. It was recommended to me by my best friend (her fav book, she's reread it a bunch), and although I probably wouldn't reread it, it was very interesting.

[@larssjostrom6565]

Things did happen in The Night Circus, but it was very slow paced.

[@Tilleyforever44]

I absolutely loved the Tao of Pooh. I thought that was a fever dream or some random book nobody had ever heard of 😅 gonna have to pick it up and reread it soon!

[@user-tg6jm9uz7i]

I'm so excited about the coming moving videos🤭

[@isaaca7862]

As I now see that someone else has mentioned, the most interesting ones are the 3 star reviews. If I really believe something deserves 1 star, then I won’t spend any time reviewing it, and if I don’t want to spend any time on my review, then I’d put 1 star. 3 stars are where the real disagreements are going on. Nice video tho!

[@sukerbole2463]

"i don't like books about classist elites" bro _you_ picked up the book about classist elites 💀

[@juliandherbooks1]

Omg i'd live for your moving vlogs!!!!!!!

[@nadiaflx]

Yay, moving vlog content!!! ❤

[@hannahn3484]

You’re so brave for this. I’ll look up reviews for every book I’ve read except for my favorite book!

[@noaaa7]

I’m so excited for the home videos!

[@UlleRafaga]

I love how this whole video is exactly how I reacted to your review of Assistant to the Villain

[@justsomebody1171]

Good luck with the move! I'm looking forwards to seeing the home decor content

[@thejustinwestra]

I’m starting The Fifth Season soon and I’m super excited. I actually preemptively ordered the next two books because I have a feeling I’ll like it.

[@devlyn873]

The way I went from amusement with the other books to outrage when it came to Fifth Season getting one star reviews 😅

[@bubbles577]

I screamed when you showed Bunny by Mona Awad, because I haven’t seen NO ONE talking about that book 🧍🏻 like it’s soooo good, it deserves more recognition

[@86fifty]

30:00 - This quote from you, very real for that - some people DO need to think more, and other people need to think LESS!

[@izzyeis5752]

what i've gotten from these is that people read books that don't tickle their brain and think "boring" is the worst thing a book can be

[@cruciomyselfagain]

wanted to start watching this video. first book shows up. it's the one i'm currently reading. oh my goddd i don't wanna be spoiled crying inside

[@Rwebs]

We all need to do this kind of self reflection every once in a while. This was a fantastic video!

[@dabloons-5098]

only thing i remember from uprooted is that i thought the love interest looked like gandalf and it worried me very much that he was the love interest

[@luiiiandmovieee]

Next video idea: reading 5 star reviews of the books you hate

[@heyjude111]

brooo the hate on Six of Crows and A Psalm for the Wild-Built are so uncalled for wtf😭😭 Leonie was so strong for this. I've tried reading 1 star reviews of my favorites and I had to rage quit. not as rough as the time I begged my book club to read Piranesi and then the people who managed to finish it... hated it😬

[@NiarahHawthorne]

I do think the hate comments on SoC was WILD and seemed inaccurate, but Imma be honest: I'm never gonna read it because it just screams "edgy grimdark with no real larger point." Or in other words: boring as shit.

[@heyjude111]

@@NiarahHawthorne validddd. it is pretty edgy, especially one of the ships... but im here for the ✨found family✨

[@NiarahHawthorne]

@@heyjude111 gotcha. Idk, I just think those kinds of themes and dynamics can be found in much better material.

[@marieescure1216]

About the Fifth Season being predictable: I guessed the plot twist too because there were indeed a few clues throughout tge story, but they were very well hidden and it was very fun to find them, it's still my favorite book series ever.

[@lexa4160]

Your taste in books couldnt be more different than mine so I have to agree with most of the 1 stars, theyre just not my type of genre or plot 😭 (except dorian gray I looove it), especially six of crows, i actually hate that books bc i bought it thinking id love it but it was boring as hell 😭😭😭 finishing it felt like a punishment but did it bc i thought it got better :( worst is that i bought the sequel too bc again i thought id love both... but anyway, i do respect your taste, its interesting how people can be so different

[@CaptainThugRdx]

Not being your genre doesn't make it a 1 star lmao.. just don't read it if you're not into it..imo 1 stars should be about actual flaws in a book...not if it just isn't your genre..

[@lexa4160]

@@CaptainThugRdx I am talking about my experience and how I agree with them but I guess I didnt make it clear, I agree with the 1 stars because they do make good points. Also, if I dont like it of course it would be a 1star, not necessarily due to the genre, but its a bunch of reasons, sometimes a book can not be your preferred genre and you still love it. But if a book with a genre I dont like didnt make me like it nor the plot then yes, it is a 1star to me, could not be for you but reviews are personal after all

[@DeepSlumber]

The Juniper & Thorn 1* reviews are insane. Calling it too sexual when that's kind of the point of the book especially with the reveals of what happened to her and the male love interest over the years and why things are the way they are. It's like .. did these people even read it? 😅 Sure, the sexual stuff can be really uncomfortable, but that's how it is intended to be when it's in the context of abuse and assault.

[@bluecannibaleyes]

I mean, I thought it was way too sxual when I read it. I wasn’t aware that the point of the book was to be sxual when I picked it up, I thought it was supposed to be a retelling of The Juniper Tree, a story that had zero sx in it…

[@DeepSlumber]

@@bluecannibaleyes honestly, fair point. I think it would be wise for the book to add a fat CW at the start and maybe even on the back. (i don't know actually if I has it since I only own the audiobook atm, but I assume not 😅)

[@bluecannibaleyes]

@@DeepSlumber Personally, I’m not a fan of content warnings. I think it’s silly and spoilers and there’s no way an author could ever anticipate every reader’s reactions like that. But they probably could have marketed the book in a more accurate way. Honestly, the sxual parts weren’t even the thing I disliked most about that book, but it was definitely one of the many factors I didn’t enjoy. Idk, maybe my expectation of finding a book about a witch that isn’t about sx is just too high and maybe such a thing doesn’t actually exist, so I ought to have known better than to think that book would be any different.

[@DeepSlumber]

@@bluecannibaleyes thats the unlucky part of buying books, trial and error. I have many I don't like either 😅 But I hope that what you're looking for is out there, and if not, that it'll be written so you can enjoy it soon

[@bluecannibaleyes]

@@DeepSlumber I actually borrowed that particular book from the library, so it was no big loss. I read a lot of books and have also read quite a few that I really liked. You win some and you lose some. 😅

[@In_TheMoonlight]

This video represents why I don't read reviews of books after I've read them 😭I can't stand when people act like them disliking a book means there's something fundamentally wrong with it

[@pendragon2012]

I still feel rage on a regular basis, lol. But I do love a good Ranting Leonie video! 🙂

[@giullianor.molinerojr.1659]

I can't wait for the moving vlogs!

[@anisa2273]

14:40 i would say it's a mix of both. i personally feel uncomfortable by sex in stories, doesn't matter their gender, it just kicks me. is it the author's fault... i dunno, it depends on how much and in what way I suppose

[@Thenoobestgirl]

Your hair looks really nice today 🥰

[@swanlake694]

I see Leonie has finally discovered my kind of reviews lmao

[@Fabian-ty2iv]

A psalm for the wild build was one of my favourite books last year. Such a comfort read for me. Help

[@ShirleyxLandewee]

I glad everybody can have their own opinion. Even so I not always agree with them. That why I most likely not try to read to much review before read book or watch a movie/serie or play a game because I not want to have to high or to low expectations.

[@tabeatamm3594]

To cheer you up a little, out of the books in this video I've read Bunny and The Secret History because of your recommendation and absolutely loved both of them (just wish the chapters in TSH were a little shorter, the book took me months to read because of that lol) and am currently reading The Night Circus because of you as well.

[@JimenaBlack]

Hahahahaha i loved this video! ❤ Exited to see your new place ✨