Reacting To 1 Star Reviews For My Favorite Books of 2023

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[emmanarotzky]

I loved the fact that Tress had parents lol. Not just because it’s cute and sweet but because it’s a deliberate comment on the trope of main characters just… never getting to have parents who are both alive and normal!

[deadfromhell]

I was so confused when it said you have 50k subs and not like 400k like I remeber, it gave me a heart attack for a minute. Thought youtube purged you or something :D

[badfaithu]

I love the 1 star and 5 star review videos. They are so funny. Happy holidays.

[groofay]

I have to respect the 1-stars where they don't say anything about why, they just say "no." Sometimes that's just all you can do, you know?

(and honestly, in a society where everything has to be justified to the nth level, it is refreshing)

[DocLunarwind]

If I can recommend a series, I’d look into Skullduggery Pleasent. Female protagonist YA series, but it gets much darker and more mature as she grows up.
I lowkey think the world would be a better place if it were more famous.

[MsMestrella]

I love your 1 star review videos, and how happy they make YOU! lol

[crazybiogeek]

It makes sense that a book is ruined by the author not knowing something basic about the setting (geography of Chicago) or other environmental things in their book. A book I was reading was greatly improved when the main character owned a 2010 red Mustang and the author knew enough about the vehicle to get things correct in the writing of the book, or he got lucky and guessed correctly on certain details. My husband has a 2010 Mustang, so when a plot point came up that involved the main character's car, I went out to the garage and fact checked, cause I'm really weird like that. And lo and behold, the plot point in the book works out, so I really enjoyed that. If it hadn't worked, it would have tarnished the reading experience a bit.
That's why people tell aspiring authors to "write what you know" because if you get basic facts wrong, someone will notice. And possibly complain in a Goodreads review about the geography of Chicago.

[dianaayt]

yesterday i rewatched every single one of these videos (and the opposite (reading 5 star reviews of books i gave 1 star))she already had. I was like "I dont remember this thumbnail, have I now watched this one ever?" and then I saw it was a new one haha

[Sabawn]

Fun fact: According to Jim Butcher on a panel once, he hadn’t ever even been to Chicago by the time he’d written Dead Beat.

[RandomRikster]

I wish you would do more of these one star review videos, I think they are so funny!

[rad]

I read Atlas Shrugged this year and that book honestly did make me want to punch myself, because that was less painful than reading it.

[giuliakenway]

The Terry Pratchett ones were HILARIOUS

[notrixamoris]

Alright!!! Another fun video...happy holidays everyone!!!

[gabrielleduplessis]

For me, I hated reading Bradbury and then as the years went by, I constantly am reminded of his plots and premises.

This dude predicted everything. Many authors this, but Bradbury is the one where I experienced this feeling first.

[HurricaneDDragon]

Top marks for making Merphy snort laugh. 👏😂

[dianaayt]

I definitely understand saying the prose of Something wicked this way comes can be annoying and also that it could become boring. I read it after you recommended it and while in the beginning the prose had good moments (the ones you actually read on the video) some parts were even hard to read because he wanted to make it lyrically beautiful instead of readable. And also the book was almost no scary at all and some parts were close to boring when the kids were just talking or hiding or such. Not a lot happens in the book and things go on for so long. Like, for how many pages were the kids hiding in that first stop when the bad guy was standing over that place? I enjoyed the book because I enjoyed the idea behind it and the feeling ti got but it could have been better in those things

[LindsayAT]

Okay but the 1 star reviews for Wager are hilarious.

"Could have used more pictures."

"Unsupportably boring for a true story of shipwreck, mutiny, and murder. I recommend that interested parties read the wikipedia page, not this book."

"Ugh I don't like this dude."

[jaziybabe]

The “yeah no” and “what is this?” is how I felt *attempting* to read Dragon Ball…

[thomaslange]

I don't give too many 1-stars because I pretty much reserve it for what I find offensively bad waists of time. That being said, I have had a couple good ones. LOL Prob a couple good 2-stars also. Off top of my mind, I was pretty quippy with Storm Front - Butcher, and Memoirs Found in a Bathtub - Lem.

[bslatimer]

I’ve tried so hard to like Pratchett. Do I just not have a sense of humor? Same with Brandon Sanderson. Everyone always raves about them but I have not been able to complete an entire book of either author without losing interest. I get about halfway through before I admit to myself that I just don’t care about the characters or anything that may happen to them. What is wrong with me? I feel as if I’m stuck in an Emperor’s New Clothes scenario.