you roasted my favorite books and made me sad

[@noone-wq4fm]

When people roast my favourite books I immediately question my whole opinion and if I’m wrong; my brain’s never like okay that’s their opinion and that’s fine, my brain’s like oh my god am I stupid am I wrong, is this book actually bad?? So yeah … I can totally work with that

[@jessethereader]

omg i feel this on a spiritual level haha

[@BookLover-bj5fx]

Same! This is so true!

[@magnus_bane]

THIS!

[@julieelayne]

Really? I immediately decide I could never be friends with that person. 😂 It’s not me, it’s you.

[@Sophie_likes_reading]

same it's why i don't like looking at reviews espeically bad ones

[@prarthanamodi9479]

The person who called the lightning thief childish is probably someone who watched the movies first and actually liked it.

[@katiekaboom7747]

If it's a top tier favorite, I'm like, "Well, everyone's allowed to have an opinion... even if it's WRONG."

[@evieonthetv]

Literally same

[@aliciamcdowell4711]

How could anyone say anything bad about Percy Jackson 😭. I'm an adult and I still like the Percy Jackson books 📚 I'm actually reread the series again.

[@reddaisy7152]

THANK YOU for standing up for booktube again! i’ve been here since 2016 and booktokers will never know the joy of booksplosion and booktags and character guessing games. truly a time to be alive.

[@aliciamcdowell4711]

Poor Jesse next time you should ask people to say something nice about your favorite books instead

[@vvivacious101]

As someone who read Percy Jackson and the Olympians in their very late 20s. I just can't imagine anyone not liking it. I was scared that it would be childish and I wouldn't be into it but it was anything but. It hooked me early on and I am now reading the Trials of Apollo that book did not let go.

[@delaneyfaulkner8993]

you're braver than me Jesse I can't handle the critiques of my faves or my entire opinion of it comes crashing down 😭 great video tho!!

[@BrandontheBeldam2993]

I definitely agree with you on middle grade fiction, even when's there is a hint of a romance happening, it doesn't overtake the plot and more often times the groundwork is a Friendship between characters. The characters in Percy Jackson and Harry Potter for instance didn't fall in love upon first meeting, as they and we grew with them with every book, their relationships matured until fourth or fifth books. Yes the first few books were categorized as "juvenile" in their humor, but like you said they have heart, hilarious dialogue (Remember Dam fries) and often Very mature themes and poignant moments between characters.

[@magnus_bane]

I just turned 18, I've been reading books since I was 7yo and I find myself dreading getting criticism on my fav books because what if they're bad literature and I only like them because I read them when I was a kid and have good memories of them? So I do this thing where I seperate my favs in two categories: the ones I love mostly because I had a good time and the ones that I also think of as great literature

[@julieelayne]

That is totally fair. The whole experience of reading a book can be separate from the content of the book itself and have its own good memories.

[@devonmunn5728]

I would recommend not caring about if books you love are "great literature" that way of thinking in my opinion is elitist anyways. Just love what you love

[@malishacorner]

I always try my best to not get offended when people don’t like my favorite books. I think nostalgia and emotional attachments to the stories make it feel like a personal attack on me. But then I have to remind myself that it’s not an attack on me but the back of my head goes like: is this actually a good book or are my memories overshadowing how bad it is?

[@manaji]

I study the Little Prince in highschool and uni and watch a lot of documentary on Saint Exupéry (im french so there a LOT) and I can definitely say that the Little Prince isn't just random words put together 😅

[@reginasaracho9091]

I just wanted you to know that I’ve followed you for years and you have no idea how much I love and appreciate the way you have bettered your videos without changing your vibe cause it’s my favorite thing about your channel, I literally feel like walking through a b&n when I go through your channel please never change it

[@jorichner6678]

I try to be polite but I kind of die inside. I want people to love the same books I love so badly

[@emmal7510]

The best defense is to fall in love with books nobody else has ever heard of.

[@ximenaallessandrij.5972]

When people rast my favorite books, I'm the most chill to answer and try to understand why they saw it like that, but in my mind I'm just going through all the scenes, characters and moments that made me fall in love with them and can't agree but yeah, totally respect :3 I just don't enjoy when they're rude, but I get it

[@myeuphxriia5026]

it HURT hearing that percy jackson roast 😭 THEY ARE MY BABIES

[@emmajolie22]

I’m reading the last miss Peregrine book right now, and I am slowly reading it because I don’t want the series to end. LITERALLY. I have been reading the series for years and I can’t believe it’s almost over 😢 ❤ 📚

[@bakayama6139]

I try very hard not to get too offended when someone doesn't like my favorite books. I have to constantly remind myself that it's okay if they don't like them like i did & that is ok LOL 😂

[@jessethereader]

very true! i typically am okay unless something very specific that i love within the story is targeted haha

[@bakayama6139]

@@jessethereader So true!

[@oliverharris60]

I’m so excited to see my AJ Fikry opinion on here! I’ve never been chosen for one before! I’m happy you understand where I’m coming from and weren’t offended by my extremely mild roast 😂 I also definitely agree with you that fast-paced is sometimes just what we need!

[@hi_im_the_problem_its_me]

i am SO FREAKING GLAD someone is talking abt A Monster Calls, got it from my school library and i have never sobbed harder reading a book

[@shelbprestidge]

It's so weird to me that Shatter Me is popular again because it was one of the most popular books when I started watching booktube in 2014 lol

[@jessethereader]

RIGHT

[@devonmunn5728]

Same here

[@devonmunn5728]

Also another weird thing is I remember when It Ends With Us came out and even people who weren't fans of CoHo liked it and now I see it referred to as a "shitty BookTok book" what a extreme flip in opinion

[@isirlasplace91]

10:29 I Loved The Little Prince too🥹

[@jessethereader]

it's such a good one!

[@uriah19s]

200 hundred years with no passport in which , for most of the time, long-distance travel was not a thing.

[@jessethereader]

TRUE

[@percydoeseverything]

I know so many people who’ve started reading the lightning thief and put it down cause they thought it was too childish. But the thing with the Percy Jackson series is that, yes they start out really young, but then you follow along as they grow up. Which you don’t always get with series like that. Also let’s give Rick Riordan some props for bringing the hype around Greek mythology

[@amandasbookshelf1860]

I can't read negative reviews about my favorite books because I start worrying that I have bad taste

[@sarahmontuori6164]

aww, Jesse hugging himself at the 13:42 mark. you are brave, you are brave and a good sport.

[@apageaboutemilie4729]

okay really not on topic but I'VE BEEN LOVING ur videos with this new mic, it makes the whole experience so much more satisfying and soothing omg i can't even explain. so please keep using it hehe

[@bumblemee5661]

i feel like i'm kind of okay with ppl not liking my faves, but i can't handle it when they do everything to drag them down. .. emotions on their side provoke emotions on mine, i guess. (that sounds like i pick fights with ppl, i don't. i just get a bit sad or frustrated internally)

[@johannalehto9154]

Yes! A new video from Jesse! Exactly what I needed ☺️

[@jessethereader]

yay! thanks for watching! hope you're having a solid day.

[@johannalehto9154]

@@jessethereader Thanks! You too! ^^

[@TheC0mart]

You’re nicer than me. I get so defensive when it comes to criticisms of my favorite books. Like what do you mean you don’t think it’s good?! My taste is impeccable.

[@butzichen]

Kudos for putting yourself through that, I wouldn't want to read criticism, cause if it's valid it might make me love my fav less and that would just be sad

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Omg I never thought about the addie one and Japan but… YES

[@chelsey8737]

The thing with hype is that it gets so loud you often can't hear anybody's dissenting opinions or critical thoughts until after the hype has died down and you're left with a little bit more quiet and space to hear opposing opinions. I think it's the same thing with legendborn where everybody loved reading it initially but afterwards people reflected on it or read it after the hype and realized there's actually problems in it and is actively trying to temper a little bit of the hype so that people aren't disappointed when they read it.

[@Darrkness]

I know how you feel. I love the The Magicians trilogy and I get all the hate it gets (Unlikable characters, bad decisions, etc...) but I still love the story and my experiences with it.

[@jessethereader]

exactly! sometimes it's easy to overlook problems with a story when you love it.

[@im_just_vidu]

Sometimes when people roast my favourite books, I can see their points & maybe even question myself. And if I like a book because how personal it felt for me, I just don't care about other's opinions

[@sternentalerswald]

That mistake in the outro just felt so fitting to the video. It's still defending what your heart wants. So keep reading what your heart desires!

[@ayantikasen3490]

I loved the Little Prince and I can understand why people might not like it. But every time I read it, it feels like it heals a part of me. Also, I completely agree with the fact that you cannot expect children to not act like children. I don't know if I would enjoy rereading percy jackson from the beginning but when I read it, I felt like I grew up along side them at that may be my favourite part.

[@mariepotter8921]

Thanks for posting!! Just started reading “how to get away with your murder”! It’s SO GOOD!!! Definitely recommend it!! Hope you’re doing well!!!!

[@jessethereader]

thanks for the rec!

[@rysteggs8695]

just stared at your shelves for all 17 minutes trying to figure out if you have the dust jacket on obsidio or if they made the bizarre decision to make the third book a different color naked?????

[@anielson6152]

okay but that little side note about booktok books already being popular on booktube- so true!! I always think that when i see tiktoks talking about how it blew up on booktok but it's something like 'the seven husbands of evelyn hugo', which had already been popular years before on booktube. i just think it's funny. also when people say "i've never seen anyone talking about this before" and it's 'daughter of smoke and bone', which was SO huge on booktube for years!

[@lizbradley7489]

I hope you feel better after that also I get really defensive of my favorite books like yes you can have those opinions but keep them to yourself man but the person enjoy what they like

[@TheMelodramaticBookworm]

THE LITTLE PRINCE NOOOOOOO 😭😭😭 I agree with you on this!! And about AJ Fikry - 🙃🙃🙃

[@TheMelodramaticBookworm]

Also, it felt like someone attacked me when they came for Percy Jackson 😭😭😭

[@dedrayoung4958]

Can i ask what bookshelves you use? I'm looking to get some more uniform shelves

[@jessethereader]

they’re the very basic, but sturdy ikea 5 shelf billy bookcases 🫶

[@typeonereader]

Justice for Legendborn!

[@tea6351]

me sighing in pride and relief after the love of my life, the poppy war, made it unscathed:

[@suazim1494]

my galpal is fighting for his life in this video

[@lilysdreamworld6386]

you're better than me, cause i would be spiraling, i always immediatley question if i even know what a good book is

[@LostInLibraries]

ayyyy my comment was featured! I was the final comment about Miss Peregrine's being an aesthetic and not even scary. I definitely agree with you about that letdown happening because of the marketing. It is wild how often it seems like marketing teams don't even read the book they're trying to sell to people??? And that's coming from someone who works in publishing 🤣

[@PokhrajRoy.]

You’re so real and brave for this. Also, cute shirt.

[@matthampton8692]

Miss Peregrine is truly one of the worst things I have read in my life. The characters were beyond annoying , whiny and self absorbed. The plot was just atrocious and the writing was self indulgent and dull. Also felt like pictures were included as a lazy way to world build I hate to be so negative about a book but it is one of a handful of books that have no redeeming qualities in my opinion, We Were Liars is one Eleanor Olyphant are also on the list

[@SilverstreamPJ28]

The booktok "opinion" is OUTRAGEOUS when homegirl is referring to literally one of the top 3 OGest booktubers since like 12 years ago 😭😭😭😭😭

[@Astridz]

So brave of you for doing this kind of video! Haters gonna hate. Keep on loving what you love; it doesn't matter what others think as long as you're enjoying it. (:

[@ximenaallessandrij.5972]

Poor Jesse, he got so drained after this video 🤣 he was like "don't listen to them, we shall respect them, but they don't mean it" with his favorite ones XD so cute ✨

[@KailaOpal]

These are some of my favorites, as well. I feel your pain. 😢

[@YoursTruly_Natalie_]

6:49 HAD ME IN TEARSSSSS LMAOOOOOO! 😭 Awesome video Jessie!

[@ariellenoel4229]

One of my favorite books is HIGHLY criticized and I get maybe overly defensive 😅 I know why people don’t like it and I like to call them out and explain why they need to rethink their opinion 😬

[@erinmariecece]

I think people fall into the hype and read books that they normally won’t like. I love Addie LaRue, but I wouldn’t rec it to everyone, it’s all about reading in between the lines.

[@HannahReadsFiction]

I do love Legendborn, but I also found the sequel to be a little lagging. I’m hoping book three gets more fast paced.

[@HannahReadsFiction]

Also I love the Little Prince! First read it in middle school.

[@pamelakibildis1177]

Great Video Jesse and those people were savage I’d be interested in reading your favorite books 📚 and I’ve read all of Leigh Bardugo’s Grisha Verse Books and I’ve loved every single one of them and I can’t wait to for Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief on Disney Plus it looks so cool 😊 Have a Wonderful Week Jesse and continue reading what your heart desires 📖😊

[@victoriacalvert7499]

Not me being so excited that the new Percy Jackson is coming out in a week and a half 😅😅😅

[@mackenziemc]

16:10 the movie monsters gave me nightmares!!

[@anikamallaley4687]

Criticism isn't really an issue i have only because i have no book friends, and if i tell my mom or my brother, who are the only ones who will listen to my nonesense rantings about books, they just think im nuts. But if i did get criticism, i would probably ignore it because my books are my babies and they can do no wrong. 😅

[@Abigael317]

I hate hearing about why people hate my favourite books. Or disliking other people’s favourite books. Or any experience with books that isn’t joyful. Thus, while I did watch this video, please never make another.

[@christineb886]

If people don't like my favourite books: Clearly you need to reread. You missed something. It is glorious.

[@nightin_gayle]

This video was all fun and games until someone came for The Lightning Thief. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but also you are wrong 😤 fight me.

[@ZS-dr7bi]

I left the chat with Addie when she saw ONE black person in 300 years and was like WOAH BEAUTY!

[@kayla68779]

The way my jaw dropped with the second Miss Peregrine's Home for Children comment. That's one of my favorite book series (I have 3 favorites. The others are the Asylum series Madeleine Roux and The City of Ember series by Jeanne DuPrau) and I completely disagree with that person. I agree with the first comment. Emma and Jacob's relationship was creepy. I feel like it wouldn't be as bad if Emma hadn't been with his grandfather in the past.

[@bbuss17]

I usually am pretty open minded with other book opinions but I have books/series that I will take no criticism on (throne of glass is a big one for me hehe)

[@boxersandbooks]

Gasp not the little prince hate. I love the little prince. I have a little prince tattoo.

[@daniellewilliams1459]

Jesse, that roast about The Little Prince 👑 that kinda hurt me a little bit too I actually just read that book recently and I absolutely loved it ❤ I also loved Live Your Best Lie by Jessie Weaver I finished it and loved it ❤

[@rachelnorthauthor]

That is the saddest “bye-o” I’ve ever heard. 😭

[@jessethereader]

HAHAHAHA

[@jessicaable5095]

If someone says "I didn't vibe with this and that. This book just wasn't for me" I'm chill. If someone tries telling me they don't understand why anyone could enjoy a particular book, or insinuate that only a certain age demographic can possibly get any value out of it, that person's opinion instantly doesn't matter to me. If they're not going to respect that other people have preferences, I'm not going to respect theirs 😂 There was a book I once read that I absolutely hated. It was called "Soulless" (if this is ringing a bell and it's your favourite book, I apologise). I thought it suffered from terrible tonal issues, as well as some overly frilly and conveluted sentence structure that tried to represent the book's victorian setting (but then it had the occasional painfully modern piece of dialogue that completely shattered any sense of atmosphere that had managed to build up). The two main characters seemed more interested in boning each other while one of our lead's best friends was possibly getting tortured in another room (and she knew this), and gods, the amount of times the main character was refurred to or refurred to herself as a spinster (having reached her late twenties without getting a husband) was incredibly repetitive. No joke, I had to read that word what felt like four times per chapter. I get it. She's not like other girls and the world is obsessed with her marital status 🙄 I hated this book. The only reason I finished it was to feel more justified in my hatred of it. I wanted to BURN the damn thing! ... But I didn't. I gave it to a charity shop because I knew that there may well be someone who'll pick up that book and discover a new favourite, or an entirely new love of reading having read it. That book held no value for me, but I'm not going to ignore the value it may have for someone else and refuse the possibility. That would've been so feckin presumptuous. I honestly hope it's sitting happily on someone's shelf right now, battered and we'll read. Who am I to dictate what others enjoy?

[@anonymous_penguin2206]

there are some books where i absolutely cannot take criticism for, please let me be blind to the hate it has, but there are books that i love that i KNOW are terrible and will agree with every roast and complaint but i still love them anyway

[@fishbowlwoman]

Don't you listen to that negativity, Jesse! I DNF'd [title redacted] but we're not going to talk about that. Plus, your shirt is gorgeous! I never bring somebody down when they're wearing great threads!

[@marissabrown2768]

Here's the thing. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Opinions are the only free currency in this world, and you can give it infinitely. That does not mean that I won't defend my opinion like a rabid mama bear.

[@athenasbibliotheca8099]

People disliking books I love is something I try not to be offended about. I know they aren't really attacking me personally, but that is how it feels sometimes. Especially if I really connect to a character in a book and the character is why they didn't like the book. It has made me try to avoid reviews of books I love because I don't want to feel like that. I always have to remind myself everyone has the right to their opinion even if their opinion is wrong. 😅

[@tyghe_bright]

Hate for The Little Prince!! Nooooo.

[@brandonharbeke8326]

I don't mind if books I like are criticized, so long as it is the story that is the target of the harshness and not the author or me. When the criticism uses fun turns of phrases, such as the person comparing the depth of the book's characters to a drizzly puddle, then I can even find some joy in the review/roast.

[@peculiarlyreading]

My favourite book/books is the Mrs Peregine's Home for Peculiar Children, and the person calling it lazy hurt my soul. I just have to remember people are allowed their own opinions......... even if its WRONG. :p

[@BrebearMckae]

Hard agree about the whole “booktok book” thing- it’s mostly just people finally getting into reading or getting around to popular backlist books. Oorrrr gen z catching up with millennials lol

[@SilverLining-y7x]

If people criticise my favourite books, well, they have the right to be wrong 😉

[@ES00781]

Loved this 😄

[@suazim1494]

the person who dissed percy jackson i feel bad for them

[@tonichantelle9661]

you need to do a vicious hot takes vid to get back at us! heehee

[@vanitasphobe]

jesse is such an addie defender LOL

[@ximenaallessandrij.5972]

Ngl I kinda wanna read with all Jesse's heart desires 😅✨

[@kasia-l]

I get some people hating Little Prince because I had to read it for school when I was like 10-11. Teacher feeding you the messages you're supposed to see in it and being too young to actually get it😅

[@addiewithapen]

okay but lila does straight up say she’s not like other girls in the shades of magic trilogy

[@TheBookSkeptic]

Criticizing my favorite books I don’t care that but much but I do believe they’re wrong or don’t understand the book

[@christhesquirrel9432]

I think I couldn’t even roast a book 😂. Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is one among my favourites soooo… And Miss Peregrine’s series is on my tbr!! This video is wonderful. And it is fun to see the different opinions of others when it comes to books. However, at the end, we all have our own tastes and that’s A-okay!

[@christhesquirrel9432]

I also love your shelves!!! They’re gorgeous!

[@HarvestLockwood]

Re: Percy Jackson is too childish. Nah, I get this take though. You followed up by saying there's something wholesome and fun about middle grade fiction. I get that. I love middle grade. But the original Percy Jackson series is like.... bad. Riordan's later books in the same universe are much better, and I think the first six books just suffered from "I've never written a book for kids before" syndrome.

[@dianagonzalez8992]

3 of my most hated books are on your list of favorites😂

[@jessethereader]

UH OH

[@Kkrop89]

See i just have this bad habit that if people have a differing opinion on books that i either really love or really hate they're just wrong 😂. Could i be the one wrong? Sure, but will my brain let me think that? no, not when it comes to books lol

[@shuwei9420]

Oof it depends on the book; 90% of the time I re-evaluate my entire life and see if maybe my brain is broken and I shouldn't love the books I love but. BUT. There are I think three or some few books that are my absolute ride or die favourites and I will not be friends with you if you hate them. I will respect your opinions but kindly take them and you in general away from my sight 😂😂😂

[@theonlyredwolf]

Poor Jesse 😅 The video was entertaining, though.

[@imaginepageant]

I DNFed The Astonishing Color of After. 😬 I think I might’ve liked it more in print but the audiobook narrator was putting me to sleep.

[@melissamybubbles6139]

I mostly read history and other nonfiction. Most roasts I've seen of my favorites have been "Those darn woke professors are writing bad things for young people." Those takes are especially bad with certain books I've seen them assigned to.

[@fernandagreco4287]

I’ve never been this early to anything

[@jessethereader]

you're the president of the early club today!

[@little.prince]

Percy Jackson overappropriates and overamerucanises Greek culture so much that it’s hard for Greek people to read and everyone completely brushes it off, and it has never been addressed by RR. The twists on the myths? Fantastic. The characters? Loveable. The writing? Very dry but it checks out for the age range. The misuse of Greek language, and or places, or the entire thing about the Olympus moving and somehow coming to America “because the flame burnt brightest”? Yeah, no. That’s some peak bs. I talked to my friends about the Kane Chronicles as well and they said it really misrepresented their culture in similar ways, so I just stopped reading. A little research on the thing you wanna write about shouldn’t be optional, but obligatory.