I READ BOOKTUBER'S DNF'D BOOKS 👀📖 ft. @jack_edwards @thisstoryaintover @BookswithEmilyFox

I love watching Emily’s videos. She has a tendency to not get on well with books dealing with SA. I’ve learned that just because she didn’t like a book with it doesn’t mean that I won’t. That’s something I don’t find personally triggering as long as the author is using it judiciously and isn’t glorifying it.

That's such a fun concept! I might have to do it too <3 I remember I had first added Weyward to my TBR because I thought it would be cozy and witchy. Only after I had started did I hear it wasn't so it wasn't at all what I expect XD

I love this concept! Just so you know, Jack did indeed finish Pachinko. He just switched to Storygraph. He gave it a 3.75 lol

I think the worst part about mowing is getting the mower to start haha! Also that grilled cheese looked scrumptious!

As someone who studies eng lit. and used to major in Korean studies I think Pachinko I kinda not a very well written book and tbh doesn't actually reveal very much about the Japanese colonial and post-colonial period. For me at least it really didn't offer anything I didn't already know, and the "glimpses" into Korean culture weren't very poignant either (for example, adding Romanised korean words in a tokenistic way). I think its an okay introduction to the historical period but I don't think its a good historical fiction, and the writing gets quite sloppy in areas. Idk I think it just kills me how many people I see using it as a reference or look into Korean modern history cos I think its kinda shit at doing that LMAO

Ohh yay! I'm glad you did Emily's! I love watching her! I know you've been saying that you've been wanting to read more sci-fi, and Emily reads quite a bit of sci-fi, so you might find some recs in her videos 👀 Especially because she always mentions when a book is beginner friendly in regards to the genre.

Yo, what I found off with Bree was how often she is crying. I don't think it was necessarily because she shouldn't have been crying—because damn her tears were valid—but maybe because everytime she did cry, someone else had to swoop in to pick her up. Which gave the side characters time to shine but also meant Bree’s inner strength never got a chance to fully bloom outwards on her own terms. Like if it did it was a surge of power she felt guilty for and then she'd cry about it and someone would come with words of wisdom to comfort her….

I'm glad booktubers are putting those trigger warnings out there; Weyward is on my physical TBR, but I didn't know it had that much heavy content. Still looking forward to reading it, but thanks so much for the warning! The last book I DNF'd was "The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels."

Yay for Emily!! I love her content, both books and the kittens hehe I just DNFed The Atlas Complex. I won’t go back to it bc I decided to read spoilers to see how it would end, but I was so disappointed it wasn’t working for me. Weyward and Pachinko are on my TBR, especially Weyward as I own it. I read Bloodmarked but decided to DNF the series. I don’t remember much now but I know at the time I thought it didn’t compare to book 1 and wasn’t liking the direction of the story so I got rid of my copies and won’t continue.

Hmm, I think I will remove Weyward from my Goodreads TBR based on your review and Emily's DNF. I know that the SA and suicidal ideation will be too triggering for me. And I will put off Pachinko, which I own and do want to read, until I can take the heavy material and long length. Excellent choice for a video, Jesse. I'd be interested in you trying this again.

Don't think I ever comment on your video 😶‍🌫 but I love your channel since 2 or 3 years now & I HAVE TO comment in these one because of Pachinco 🥰 This was one of my favorite book of 2022, and I just want to advise the adaptation to you ! The series doesn't adapt all the book (I think it's suppose to have an 2nd season one day xD) but it's pretty amazing anyway. The cast is perfect and the aesthetic of the show is so beautiful ! (sorry if my English is bad, I'm French and my "English-brain" isn't working today 😅)

Love love the little nature moments in between. So calming and relaxing.

Always love your Vlogs! You have such a great eye for those b-roll aesthetics :_heart: Really enjoyed seeing you try to guess why the books were DNFed and then hearing your own thoughts on them! I've only DNFed one book so far this year - "Sun of Blood and Ruin". I was so excited for a fantasy Zorro retelling, but the plot and characters were just not it for me.

Great choices, love the video concept. Really like hiw you edit your videos. (The beautiful red bird!)

I am really enjoying the aspect of these videos where you try to guess the other person's thoughts and reasonings :)

I've really been enjoying this style of reading vlogs! Always fun!

I had to read Pachinko for my East Asian Folklore class and I really enjoyed it! I can definitely see why someone wouldn’t though.

TWISTED WONDERLAND JUMPSCARE was not expecting to hear that title here lmaooo that mobile game has been my fixation for a couple years now 😅 the manga is an incredible adaptation to the game, i really hope you enjoy your time when you get to reading it!! 💕

Such a fun concept! I hope you end up doing more

Yaaaay i love the vlog content, thank you for taking us on an adventure with you.