@bcsilverman
Hey Ian. This is actually my first ever comment on YouTube! I’m in a book club yada yada they want to read The Road. I read it way back and like you hated being in that place. I lost the battle. So I diligently re read the Pulitzer Prize winning book and my opinion completely changed. The key for me was now I’m a father. It just hits different now. I was moved to tears. Not saying it’s my favorite but I get it now. True for me maybe not for anyone else but had to share. Love the channel.
@vickiragland8066
I just discovered you this morning. What a blessing. You are articulate, perceptive, enthusiastic, entertaining; I could go on. As a retired high school English teacher, I find you a fresh, creative voice. I'm going to spend the next few days going through your earlier videos, and I look forward to your new ones. The world is a better place with you in it, Ian.
@shuwei9420
As someone whose favourite book is Frankenstein, I do still empathise with you ahahahaha. On that note, why do people even get so worked up over people disliking their favourite books, like no book is perfect and we are all different? 😂
@lesliethomas2000
What?! I can't believe 50 Shades of Grey was not on your list. I tried to read it because most of the women I worked with were reading it. I couldn't get past chapter 2. You probably haven't read it. Don't read it.
@kiezehund
I love that you stick with your thoughts and opinions, don't let them be swayed. It is your mind and your thoughts and feelings. That being said, the road gave me the same issues, yet I found it really enjoyable, and the heaviness of the story is what really grabbed me. Thank you for bringing opposition to some of these, even if I enjoyed some of them. It gives me comfort in knowing that it is okay to be on the other side of things with no regrets!!!
@iammehowru
American Psycho is 100% not for everybody, but the juxtaposition of extreme violence with mundane day to day was that Point you were looking for I fear haha.
@christinejohnson2839
The monster in Frankenstein was Dr. Frankenstein .... not the creature. Hollywood did such an injustice to the source material - it's a tragedy. The story is such a perfect metaphor to the relationship she had with her father, it makes you ache.
@jasonuerkvitz3756
"Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. They smelled of moss in your hand. Polished and muscular and tortional. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its becoming. Maps and mazes. Of a thing which could not be put back. Not be made right again. In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery." I read this novel when my son was a year old. I read it in a single sitting. I've cried only a few times when reading a book. Once, when I was very young, while finishing The Sword of Shannara when a particular character made a noble sacrifice. Another time when reading The Stand, and similarly when reading The Talisman. I cried, of course, at the end of The Lord of the Rings and I most recently wept when reading Watership Down, especially at the end. Holy that was powerful. Such a beautiful thing that novel is. But yes, I wept too when reading The Road. As a father, I was deeply moved by the man's indefatigable efforts to save his son, to teach him, and to impart upon him that wisdom, what it meant to be a keeper of the flame. We are with someone and then we are alone. Solitude, whether the world is crowded or abandoned, is something I never would wish upon a child. What will befall him? Will he keep the fire burning? Death is inevitable, however in our brief lives, some things might be set in stone, some things, like memories, may out last us.
@veronicaprice
Don’t know about least favorite book, but “My pleats are so pleaty,” is my new favorite phrase. 😂
@brittderidder1905
Recently I saw a comment under your video of someone who said "keep the books longer in view in the video", and I also really like that feature. SO I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT how you took that feedback and use it in all your videos now, and thank you for that. <3
@melissascott5395
I hate all Oprah Book Club picks.
@meganhofer4113
I feel like you REALLY needed to make this video. I feel relieved for you. Also, it is so hard to get people to keep reading after the first book in ACOTAR. Like "PLEASE I promise it gets so much better". ;-; So glad to hear your complaints about about multiple books I also did not enjoy!
@danielschuler6717
Oh man. I disagree with most of your takes here. But I completely understand that there is no such thing as a book that everyone will like.
@alishakardian5621
The editing of this video is *chef’s kiss* 😂😂😂
@bucketofbooks
It is so strange how I can agree SO HARD with you on some of these and then disagree SO HARD on others 😂
@mikesbookreviews
*Sees Joe Abercrombie up first *Heart breaks
@deanwhite890
I have to admit that I didn’t understand your comment on The Road. I really enjoyed it. The scene in the basement, I’ll will never forget as long as I live.
@talcono4476
I liked "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" but the main characters absolutely deserve a full rant about how frustrating they are, so in that way I was excited to listen to that part of the video but then got disappointed you didn't get into it! Also The Road and Frankenstein are brave choices, so bravo on honesty, but also what the hell how dare you
@bespectacledheroine7292
Frankenstein is in my top 10 BEST and your kind of critique is very respectable because you aren't trashing people who love it, nor are you questioning its status just because it didn't resonate with you, you're just being honest. This is an example everyone should be following. As for me it's a "what you dislike is what I love" thing. I adore its tangential asides and its stellar command over English. The pathos of it and it rewarding the patient reader. Made me weep my first time. Beautiful.
@Lissyhead2