i read the HIGHEST and LOWEST rated books on the internet

[@jack_edwards]

regarding channel memberships: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4SYgXWHfs2Abck

[@TaylorSwiftGleek]

Keep your head up Jack we love you xx

[@raiden-mei]

you're just sorry you got called out it seems, since you keep deleting every comment that is critical of you... people deserve refunds, "i'm sorry" does not cut it.

[@jack_edwards]

@@raiden-mei people can literally get refunds

[@song-yuqi]

​@@jack_edwards what i think is telling is the fact you purposefuly deleted comments about this before a post on r/books got thousands of upvotes 💀💀

[@markburns2402]

@@raiden-mei Sorry this is a little late, but what happened👀? I get the tea is probably frozen at this point lol.

[@lauravsthepage]

I can forgive characters that are pure evil, but I draw the line at being annoying.

[@GalletaGirl]

Oh my god YES! That was what happened to me with Cleopatra and Frankenstein there was a point when I just couldn't deal with Cleo anymore. 😅

[@lesbiangoddess290]

​@@GalletaGirl oh nooo. I want to read that book so bad

[@itsdanielson7406]

Preach

[@erin8692]

@@GalletaGirl I just finished reading that book and tbh I don’t think I liked any characters except santiago and zoe but Cleo was annoying, Frank not much better as well

[@yesnigeriansread]

Yes Yes! I'll pick a villain to an idiot anyday

[@austynhl9484]

You should do this challenge again, but without knowing which book is which.

[@ofcitscaitlinnnn]

Yesss

[@josepha133]

Haha that's genius

[@liannezonnebeld6377]

Oh yes!

[@KYX1994]

Absolutely!!

[@nickjolo]

Or even one of each ranking (1 star, 2 star, etc) and then he has to try to guess after reading them the correct order

[@aaubreyy]

i’m dying at “she always hates herself and at this point i kinda hate her too” pure entertainment jack

[@bluestars3046]

Same, had me wheezing🤣

[@courtney_pjones]

I love the fact that you review books whilst having a different concept of video each time. It’s so much more engaging than just sitting down and reviewing them!

[@lauravsthepage]

(I would like some old school reviews too tho 🤭 book review deep dives)

[@lauravsthepage]

@@Iamjames1985 You would be shocked at how much a person can read when they don’t spend their time hate watching KZbin videos and combing through comments like seriously what are you even doing with your life?

[@TheQuirkyOne100]

next time you do this to get rid of confirmation bias you should have a friend find what the ranks are and then after reading the books you have to guess which one is higher or lower rated

[@raraw532]

I was typing the same comment! 😃

[@katiesullivan9764]

i would love to see this!

[@xmv99]

yes! maybe he can do it with three books (adding one with a mid rating) so it's harder for him to guess

[@almedin3852]

the hello kitty part of the video was so random and unhinged but most definitely hilarious😭

[@lostingothicmusic]

I laughed out loud when it came onscreen and scared my cat off my lap🤣🙀

[@taschak3889]

I want the Hello Kitty Car now myself lol

[@lauraelizabeth_]

“normalize being morally reprehensible” thanks for the validation bestie 😂 this is the most thorough and well-articulated roast of a book i’ve ever seen in my life holy hell, i’m crying 😂😂

[@lauraelizabeth_]

also i had to do some digging because GoodReads’ user interface is a steaming pile of hot garbage, but the lowest rated book on my physical TBR is Treacle Walker by Alan Garner (3.19⭐️) and the highest rated book is Know My Name by Chanel Miller (4.72⭐️). Interesting that both of our top spots were taken by memoirs.

[@noah6159]

"I've been bookhauling a little too close to the Sun" yeah, relatable

[@allegraalberoni]

I wonder what the result would be if you did the same challenge, but you didn't know which book was which. It could be interesting to see how much knowing the review score could influence your reading experience

[@jack_edwards]

love this idea

[@itsPayton358]

Carmen Maria Machado graduated from the Iowa Writer’s Workshop at University of Iowa in Iowa City. I currently live and study English & Creative Writing here! I had the pleasure of meeting Carmen on campus and she is brilliant. In The Dream House is spectacular. So glad it’s the highest rated.

[@jmsl910]

go hawks?

[@callaswanson]

@@jmsl910 yesss I go to Uiowa right now!

[@sarah.emmanuelle]

So lucky!!! Enjoy every bit of it

[@iamrjdennis]

Can we PLEASE make this a series? This is SO funny!!

[@eva.x89]

me: oh i should definitely go to bed now * sees that Jack has posted a new video and starts watching it *

[@oliverharris60]

Snap 😂

[@AvinaGreen]

I'm glad they had similar covers just to really define the disparity

[@yinyin8769]

That hello kitty car was the highlight of my week. Thank you for sharing, Jack

[@aylaa6434]

i'm so glad i've found your channel! english is my second language, and thought i know it quite well, i can't put my mind to using advanced vocabulary, even though i know it, and just listening to you describing books blows my mind with your choice of words. I've recently really got into reading again, and i feel like watching you in addition to that will do me good

[@michaelreffold3170]

Very much think that In The Dream House deserves such a high rating - absolutely devastating writing. It hit me like a ten-ton truck. Everyone should read it.

[@pipershields4051]

VIDEO IDEA: read one book rated 3 stars, one rated 4 stars and one rated 5 stars. But you don't know which book has which rating. And at the end, you must guess which book was rated what ❤

[@ashleyyeoman9872]

not that i think you need anymore books but i just read “The Five Wounds” and “As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow” and had to recommend them to you in the hopes of completing your library! the first is an incredible character study, since you have an affinity for character-driven books. and the second is a digestible young adult novel that handles very important and persistent issues in the world (despite being historical) in a very accessible way.

[@zy1699]

i love how u always take one for the team and read books and review them even if they have bad reviews or a low rating. Love u and your videos lots

[@klau5667]

I love Jack commenting how bad the book is, like "even drying paint would get bored" Also "buffet tragedy" got me 😆

[@janellheller2184]

OMG When Carmen Maria Machado was the highest rated, I knew you would recover from your previous reading trauma, because Her Body and Other Parties lives rent free in my head for not only its amazing ideas and storylines, but Machado is like the Bob Ross of word painting.

[@human4147]

The poem by Sappho that starts off In the Dream House is the same poem that also starts off Cassandra by Christa Wolf which I thought was interesting

[@randomperson2777]

Jack absolutely dragging books is my favorite literary genre tbh

[@randomperson2777]

10:05 “I think drying paint will read this and get bored!” 🤣

[@reemthememe]

I’d love to see your reviews after you’ve read all those books and compare them to the spreadsheet

[@bananaboatcharlie]

'Insatiable' in the corner with gratuitous debauchery Jack: *_The Buffet_* 'In the Dream House' in the corner with heartbreak and beauty Jack: ✨a little car!✨

[@csillaritas]

Single-fingered. 😂 He is hilarious. I would have lost my mind about the buffet too.

[@racheyt9196]

Do this challenge again. I enjoyed this video so much :)

[@cookingandbooking]

This was such a fun video concept- please do more of these!! Can’t wait to try this with my tbr

[@Ventimatcha]

I like the feeling of used books. It’s beautiful to see that somebody enjoyed it so much and somehow freeing too to not be so uptight about the book staying as it was,new.

[@Parsley_Parcel]

Lapvona has very mixed reviews but I personally really liked it. The book really depends on if you enjoy that type of writing/story. I recommend giving it a try!

[@booksandme397]

I don't know what people say but jack has the best relatable quotes Dude how are you reading so many books here I am trying to get through the same book for the past 2 weeks

[@Lionhearted626]

I think this video idea would be even better if you have to read the book before you find out whether the book is highly or lowly rated.

[@KellieValentine]

Ahhh I see The Discomfort of Evening on your TBR list! Can’t wait to hear your thoughts 😁 I’d never heard of it but found a copy in a charity shop one day and I was super intrigued.

[@Sophiamessingaround]

I just found it at an op shop too, is it good ?

[@charkelley]

the hello kitty car really completed this video. 5 stars.

[@danalee606]

I really love your channel because you are open to reading such a different array of books. This reason is also why you stand out a lot from other book influencers. I’ve gotten back into reading and have added so many of the books you review to my Want to Read list on GoodReads. Thanks for that! 😅

[@kingrosalani]

In The Dream House really is beautifully written. I listened to the audio book and Carmen's voice makes it even more wow. Definitely gonna listen to more of her work

[@___Snowflake___]

I love how you are obsessed with the hello kitty car. The remote is so cute. I love it too.

[@brainstorm4838]

"It's so un-spicy, it's lemon and herb." 💀💀💀💀💀

[@vanessadiaz-gaumond5038]

I recommend In the Dream house to anyone going through a break up (I read it while going through a breakup!)- despite the heavy topic of abuse/DV i think theres a lot for anyone trying to separate themselves from a relationship.

[@asocialacademic8088]

omg thank you so much for reading and reviewing insatiable. i really needed someone to confirm that i wasn't insane and this book actually is just as horrible as i think it is. i read it last year, and in my life i haven't regretted anything, BUT this book is the ONLY thing i regret spending my money on. a love story for greedy girls? GIRL WHERE? I've never hated anything as much as i hate this book and I'm not afraid of saying it

[@marinabaker8007]

I think an interesting idea for a video would be reading multiple books without looking them up on goodreads first and then putting them in the order you think they are rated and seeing how you did.

[@gokuxsephiroth4505]

"Buying books and reading books are two entirely different hobbies" Oof. I'm off; I didn't come here for an intervention

[@hotpinkinthenight]

i enjoyed very small elements of insatiable-- like the depiction of BED/self hatred felt very real, like the interiority of it, the way insecurity can veer into self-absorption. the like sheer hatred of everything/bitterness that comes with things like that... but that's a generous reading. but the sex was abysmal fr!! [also i did the google thing too. very disappointed she's using a penname & doesn't just have the most iconic name ever]

[@bookoffholicbookwart5945]

Jack: *tries to be serious for the entire video *. Also Jack: @13:26

[@ivy-ys8or]

insatiable has been on my tbr for yearssss simply because i love the cover. this is my sign to stop buying books based of their looks 😭 i’m taking it off my tbr as we speak

[@maxfischer5962]

Thinking vanilla is underrated, as a flavor and sexual attitude.

[@ElianaRosalind]

denial is a river in egypt with that thumbnail & i love it edit: i laugh, but i was just the same with colleen hoover books i read verity in one day, liked it then i read it ends with us and I wanted to forget every word ... then I read the extra chapter of verity bc i didn't learn ... and it ruined whatever i first liked about it

[@lily.m4e]

This video was great! Oh and Jack, I just firmed Durham for this year to study History (with possibly english lit) with a foundation year. Thanks for the inspiration! I can't wait!

[@rubylovell2348]

Machado’s short stories are AMAZING! The collection Her Body and other Parties is beautiful. Particularly enjoyed The Husband’s Stitch.

[@kayla68779]

I love that a big difference between the two is that one book he couldn't put down because he loved it so much and the other he couldn't put down because he was making a KZbin video about and had no choice but to continue reading it.

[@MeryKeit]

I actually feel kinda bad for him that he had to power through that thing. Giving me war flashbacks to my schooldays where I had to read things I didn’t want to or wasn’t ready for lol

[@kayla68779]

@@MeryKeit Yeah me too. The whole time I was just thinking "Just put it down! The fact that you don't want to continue reading is proof of how bad it is." I just know if he was reading it in his own time he would of DNF'd that book within the first 100 pages.

[@Skyuni98]

rewatching this after the wattpad video. the way i snorted so hard when you mentioned "periodic table"... never thought it would affect me so deeply :')

[@ReadingNymph]

Love how they are both orange books, seeing your struggle with Insaitable was funny yet painful 😅

[@matthewjamesmjw4172]

3:40 One Night Werewolf spotted on the shelf! One of my favorite party games!!!

[@sambo6266]

I was so hoping you would read Young Mungo. I just finished it, and it made me go crazy, and I don't know where to turn after reading it.

[@braincabbage]

Excluding some not yet published books with only a handful of reviews, which tends to skew the ratings, the lowest rated book on my TBR is All This Has Nothing to Do With Me by Monica Sabolo with 2.92, and the highest rated is Strong Female Character by Fern Brady with a whopping 4.81 (closely followed by How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith and Invisible Child by Andrea Elliot which is very impressive because they both have an average rating of 4.71 on over 25,000 and over 10,000 ratings, respectively! It's rare for a book with lots of readers to have such a good rating! And nonfiction about racial relations in the US, at that)

[@en1384]

The highest rated book in my tbr is Heaven's Official Blessing by Mo Xiang Xiu lol. Lowest rated is Exciting Times by Noise Dolan! I feel like I should do a reading of these two and make a super weird comparison!

[@EmyN]

Heaven's Official Blessing was not a name I was expecting to drop here 😂

[@EmyN]

Heaven's Official Blessing was not a name I was expecting to drop here 😂

[@EmyN]

Heaven's Official Blessing was not a name I was expecting to drop here 😂

[@EmyN]

Heaven's Official Blessing was not a name I was expecting to drop here 😂

[@EmyN]

Heaven's Official Blessing was not a name I was expecting to drop here 😂

[@cmondya4919]

Love the concept so much !

[@janach00]

We need a part two!! where you read more than one book of each category maybe?? and as the comments suggest to go into them blindly... and you playing with that remote control car was so random and funny🤣

[@oliverharris60]

I’m so confused bc the premise of the Netflix show Insatiable is so different…but just as bad.

[@dylanhammocks]

Hi Jack, You’ve honestly inspired me so much to start reading books and I really enjoy your videos! You seem like such a humble guy. Just wanted to ask, could you possibly do a video on ranking Michael Morpurgo’s books and what your thoughts on them are? Because I’ve read over some of them and thought they’d be really good to study for my A-Level English Literature Coursework.

[@arshjotkaur]

Jack’s review of insatiable was so hilarious….it made my day! Him being a hater is my favourite genre of his videos❤️

[@AdmiralJaneway74656]

I got 'Lessons in chemistry' as a present and I was soo excited because I'm a chemist as well and I had only heard amazing things about the book. I was soo disappointed that I stopped after 50 pages. It just didn't 'do it' for me. Maybe I'll give it another shot, but who knows. My TBR itself could fill books 😅

[@starsandsuch7778]

13:20 absolutely was NOT expecting Hello Kitty to make a cameo in this video and im DEAD 😭😭😭

[@julia-uw3ob]

justice for lapvona. read it in two sittings and loved it sm. it's definitely very different from my yr of r&r but maintain's moshfegh's satirical, dry humor

[@911nmg]

Today at school kids had to choose a colour they identified us as, and thinking about it, I feel like orage suits you well: warm, funny and artsy

[@Katiedora122]

The highest rated book on my TBR is Know My Name by Chanel Miller with 4.72 and the lowest rated is tied between Catherine House by Elizabeth Thomas and Lizzie by Dawn Ius with 3.11, but I do not think I am in the headspace to attempt any of these right now 🤣

[@aquila873]

Catherine House is on my TBR too! It's not the lowest rated on mine tho, I have two books with an average rating under 3 stars.

[@emma-gn2jb]

Know my name is amazing!! Definitely lives up to the high rating

[@claudia_rose2989]

hello im a 3red year in an irish secondary school and i finished my mocks recently. Guess what in my English paper it had your face and a quote from you!

[@agirlhasnoname8279]

Idk why but when he talked about the sponsored part I imagined him saying „today‘s video is brought to you by goodreads“ and it kinda cracked me up after that Tamagotchi-UI joke 😂

[@shuwei9420]

carmen maria machado is legitimately my hero, her way with words is genuinely astounding

[@cdegraaffx]

ive missed your book review vids Jack!! you roasting books is just the best

[@summersnow30]

I remember reading Insatiable last summer in Sweden, because I thought it is another book that actually was on my TBR and being so confused why I put such a book on my TBR. Only after I finished and I realised my mistake. Still angry on myself for loosing precious time. That book was so poorly written and the plot and action were bellow zero.

[@imanbenouna1185]

you read aloud one line from in the dream house and i immediately need you to pursue a career in voice acting / audiobook narration

[@atimahs123]

Invisible Life of Addie LaRue made me feel cheated of the time it took to read that book because I'd heard that it was so good and that there was a completely unexpected twist ending but it delivered on neither, very YA in its lack of/claim to depth, idk maybe I would have liked it when I was 13 (and reading Twilight)

[@GoldenWreck]

Meh I personally loved it last time I read it, although I'd be willing to hear what you didn't vibe with.

[@drewautumn9819]

My highest rated book on my tbr is Know My Name by Chanel Miller (4.72), and my lowest rated is Wilder Girls by Rory Power (3.47)!

[@bentelovesskittles]

i LOVED in the dream house!! it made me cry so much lol. also the way the book is structured is so unique i loved it !

[@Marie4676]

This video concept but without knowing which book is bad and which is good would be so interesting!

[@taylornoel7254]

I read Lapvona in February because of you putting it in your TBR, and I thought it was super interesting! Definitely different from my normal reads, but it was really thought provoking!

[@jennamorgan5551]

The way Jack STILL hasn’t read the Invisible Life of Addy LaRue and it was rated an average of 4.22 stars and the 4TH HIGHEST book on his TBR…. 😑

[@celi2653]

This is brilliant! Please do the 2nd lowest & highest, I would LOVE to hear your thoughts on Young Mungo.

[@John-yi6cz]

Jack Edwards has made my tbr so long 😭

[@munajedski]

😆😆yes!

[@navyaaa27]

truee😂

[@acommonclare2987]

My brother was listening over my shoulder and he laughed SO HARD

[@dillionsiphone]

8:21 I love how he needs to put the book down to emphasize with his hand so he just decides to put it on his head 😂

[@kesleyloy9735]

I can’t wait for you to read Addie LaRue! It’s one of my favorites!

[@loubardot6235]

You should read some brazilian books, specifically Machado de Assis’ The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas”, Clarice Lispector’s “The Hour of the Star” or Graciliano Ramos’ “Barren Lives”. It’s very good and refreshing

[@boanoitealice]

OH YEEEEES in school they're basically mandatory-reading (i loved them though) edit: vc é br????

[@solmaria3481]

I wasn’t expecting the way you pronounced Carmen Maria Machado😅

[@bookoffholicbookwart5945]

Literally pictured jack kicking and screaming from that buffet

[@cecilopez-cotarelo4209]

my comfort channel! you should try reading Amazon self-published books, I think that could be a really interesting video!

[@emilyboman6023]

i bought insatiable because I think I saw it as some kind of a woman vs the void trope; i started it and pretty quickly was like "meh.." and put it down. your review only reinforces my decision to give it to a thrift shop lol.

[@elegancebythemile]

Have you read any Amor Towles books? His writing style is captivating and so unique. I'm curious what you'd think

[@lachdownproductionsyt]

I love that Jack just used a tamagotchi reference!

[@ItsRoseForYou]

We stan a hello kitty interlude

[@Blobbyrainbow10]

I started the video but I went to go get water while the ads play, and came back with no context to 0:40 and started laughing at what he said afterwards

[@samanthapratt5331]

My favourite page from In The Dream House is: this way, the Dream House was a haunted house. You were the sudden, inadvertent occupant of a place where bad things had happened. And then it occurs to you one day, standing in the living room, that you are this house's ghost: you are the one wandering from room to room with no purpose, gaping at the moving boxes that are never unpacked, never certain what you're supposed to do. After all, you don't need to die to leave a mark of psychic pain. If anyone is living in the Dream House now, he or she might be seeing the echo of you. 🥹

[@pontius1212]

In the dream house is my favorite book! So glad you loved it

[@lazymusician10]

I got a little nervous when you mentioned Young Mungo. Mainly because I haven't finished it yet, I've been reading other books and going back to it every so often. Hopefully I can finish it before you make a full review of the book. 😊

[@madi8248]

ur recs help me find books sm 💗

[@xoanna08]

The highest rated book on my TBR - Beach read by Emily Henry (4.04) Lowest rated book on my TBR - We Were Liars by e.lockheart (3.71)

[@nityabomma571]

I cannot wait till you review Lessons in Chemistry

[@saveena8035]

6:12 Okay I hate smut but I really want to read this now as a training contortionist. Will I regret this? Definitely