the top 10 worst books i read in 2022
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Күн бұрынthis was truly a year for bad books 😬
i know i've already talked about most of these books at length, but i needed to make an official ranked list of worst books of the year so i hope you enjoy my ranting lolll
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📚 timestamps:
- intro: 0:00
- honorable mentions: 2:34
- the spanish love deception: 7:29
- a court of thorns and roses: 10:43
- the selection: 14:20
- reminders of him: 17:13
- it ends with us: 21:06
- november 9: 25:57
- ugly love: 27:24
- verity: 28:32
- slammed: 30:08
- from blood and ash: 31:09
- outro: 33:28
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thank you so much for watching 🌻
@inkfleurstudio Жыл бұрын
You are so strong to say absolutely anything in this society about Colleen Hoover 😭😂cause her cult be on level 10 about her
@khalilahd. Жыл бұрын
That’s exactly why I love her 😂😂 she doesn’t care how strong the Colleen Hoover fan club is
@inkfleurstudio Жыл бұрын
@@khalilahd. right lmao 😂
@thenightranger987 Жыл бұрын
Similar thing with Sarah J Maas fans from my experience
@Meimisaki2001 Жыл бұрын
I posted in a book group about how I dislike Colleen Hoover and I brought up the points you brought up in the video, I got fucking eaten alive by cohorts. 😅
@inkfleurstudio Жыл бұрын
@@thenightranger987 agreed😂I expressed once I didn’t really care to read her just because her books weren’t my thing and people got maaaaaad😭
@p1kkuma Жыл бұрын
“It’s not mysterious, it’s not dark, it’s just misogynistic” Basically sums up the entirety of Colleen Hoover books lmao
@thaliaquintero6869 Жыл бұрын
How??
@Sarawarawara- Жыл бұрын
@@thaliaquintero6869 Are you blind? 😭😭
@bluestars3046 Жыл бұрын
Finally someone says it
@bluestars3046 Жыл бұрын
@@Sarawarawara- frr
@-autumnfeelings Жыл бұрын
I love that there are so many Colleen Hoover books on this list. But honestly, so deserved. Especially after making a coloring book out of a book about abuse. Not just milking parts of your mothers past abusive relationship. She also markets it as a romance and something cute. What are you supposed to color? A black eye?
@Lola-ec4zd Жыл бұрын
I'm sorry what 💀
@erikdaniels0n Жыл бұрын
The coloring book got canceled because people rightfully had a fit over it
@timus4993 Жыл бұрын
she is insane for doing this wtf
@angiegomez8123 Жыл бұрын
COLOR A BLACK EYE 😭😭😭😭 oh my goodness
@deepthijuliana8845 Жыл бұрын
💀😭
@becnimi Жыл бұрын
Not going to lie I've unsubbed from so many booktubers because they praise CoHo as the best author ever. That's how I know I won't trust their opinions on other books 💀
@teddyeatspudding Жыл бұрын
I unsubbed to Steph Bohrer because of the CoHo praise
@notthemostread Жыл бұрын
@@teddyeatspudding same 😂
@ishikasingh5909 Жыл бұрын
@@teddyeatspudding so we're all talking about Steph Bohrer lmao. Her taste in books made me question my own sanity at one point
@stephanyparker554 Жыл бұрын
@@teddyeatspudding she loves books with toxic relationships and thinks it’s cute. Overall her taste is really bad and shallow to me.
@teddyeatspudding Жыл бұрын
@@stephanyparker554 i thought so too, i'm in no position to judge her book taste but the books she has praised and loved are questionable to me
@rafaela00002 Жыл бұрын
"if people are allowed to publish this, there's no reason i can't publish a book" ok, but this is real, there are stuff out there so bad, they prove imposter syndrome is fake
@deannascorner8112 Жыл бұрын
I need to post this somewhere for me to remember when I struggle with writing!!
@Topdoggie7 Жыл бұрын
@@deannascorner8112 Screenshot it and save it in a special folder.
@brandyfuller2455 9 ай бұрын
Whenever my author friends feel bad about their work, i remind them of a book series that starts with “Monday Night Jihad” its about a navy seal/quarterback who has to stop a terrorist plot AND win the superb owl. And it has sequels!!!
@ChemicalPenguinn Жыл бұрын
"I want to feel you milking me" is precisely why I don't read romance books
@grasonwood3435 Жыл бұрын
Lmao I’m so sorry😂
@giulsss7705 Жыл бұрын
not all romance books say things like this i promise
@timus4993 Жыл бұрын
eww
@canwegetmuchhigher729 Жыл бұрын
There are actually so many beautiful romance books out there. You can try seven days in June.
@lionmuesli4321 Жыл бұрын
But like there are so many romance books that have good writing.
@reading_faerie Жыл бұрын
Still can’t believe the fact that coho and her publisher tried to make it ends with us a COLORING BOOK. Like oh yes let’s color the bruises on her …. Wtf??????? No
@enyakarkkainen9523 Жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, WHAT?? 👁️👃👁️
@sumankumari5004 Жыл бұрын
WHAT?? I CAN'T-
@vante.07 Жыл бұрын
UHM WHAT-
@BELIEVER78989 Жыл бұрын
*A coloring book* what has the world come to💀💀
@taliw7736 8 ай бұрын
@@enyakarkkainen9523😮
@onkookietime Жыл бұрын
hannah sporting another cute fandom themed sweatshirt while trashing books.. i live for it
@KatieManring Жыл бұрын
We stan.
@milana2540 Жыл бұрын
I would love to see a video of Hannah recommending better books than those mentioned in the video but the plot or the vibes are kinda similar. For example, for those who want to read Spanish love deception Hannah recommends to read a better yet similar book instead 😂
@AClockworkReader Жыл бұрын
i’d LOVE to do that!!
@squiggle.64 Жыл бұрын
@@AClockworkReader PLEASE DO
@KatTheDucko Жыл бұрын
@@AClockworkReader I'D LOVE TO WATCH IT AND I WOULD HAVE MONEY IN HAND
@Wildflower1013 Жыл бұрын
Amazing idea!!!
@emilymaeflower93 Жыл бұрын
+
@khalilahd. Жыл бұрын
The fact that you read SIX CoHo books is insane!! You are so brave 😭😭 I read Verity and knew that was more than enough Colleen Hoover for the rest of my life lol
@erikdaniels0n Жыл бұрын
The things she puts herself through for content, I swear 😭😭 I don’t think I could even make it thhrough *one* CoHo book, and Hannah suffered through 6 and just so she could end CoHo’s career in her video! We have no choice but to stan
@AkshayaJeyaram Жыл бұрын
You should read Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier! I’m pretty sure CoHo got the idea for Verity from Rebecca since it has so many similarities. But Rebecca is actually good unlike Verity!
@fatimatariq8506 Жыл бұрын
Same, evenn skip so many pages, not ever going to read any of her book
@mikko236911 Жыл бұрын
I was so disappointed by Verity. In fairness, I've never published a book but I think sometimes all the hype sours it for a lot of people!
@tititko1714 Жыл бұрын
Same. 😃✌️
@kumu1963 Жыл бұрын
I was 14, when my 27 year old private maths tutor proposed me. I couldn't even look myself at the mirror for sitting in front of him for days and have him look at me in that perspective. I cried so much. I felt disgusted. I never told a soul.
@sakareeh Жыл бұрын
:((( I am so sorry. If you can please tell a trusted friend/ adult and get therapy. Therapy has helped me deal w SA
@kumu1963 Жыл бұрын
@@sakareeh it wasn't sexual tho..so i don't think anybody will give it heed. It's just i was so young and now I realise how messed up that was :/
@sakareeh Жыл бұрын
@@kumu1963 yeah I know. I just mean therapy helped me with this kind of stuff so I suggested :) however that’s definitely illegal and grooming
@elizaveta_youtube Жыл бұрын
@@kumu1963 I'm so sorry it happened to you! It's horrible and it matters. It doesn't have to be SA to matter and to be disgusting.
@kumu1963 Жыл бұрын
@@sakareeh yeah i hope the traumas related to your SA can't scare u no more...you're so strong 🫂✨
@erikdaniels0n Жыл бұрын
I love how this is basically Hannah going after two of BookTok/Booksta’s sacred cows (CoHo and SJM) for 30 minutes
@chance1774 Жыл бұрын
“sacred cows” 😭😭
@_TSC_46 Жыл бұрын
I refuse to read their books because of Cindy and Caleb lmao. They just seem like terrible writers with questionable/bad morals
@cloe4670 Жыл бұрын
I have yet to read a book by SJM.. ill update my comment when i do 🥲
@thatspellsmoon Жыл бұрын
@@cloe4670 Softly, "𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵"
@laiya2904 11 ай бұрын
@@thatspellsmoonWDYM DONT:(
@setrakpap Жыл бұрын
One thing that I absolutely HATED about people’s attitude towards It Ends With Us, is how a lot of people, especially those who had read the book early on when it was just released, want you to go into this book blindly. I have seen so many Goodreads reviews saying things like: “i knew nothing about this books before reading it and I suggest you do the same” or “Trust Colleen Hover and go into this book blindly”. Like WHAT??? People treat abuse in this book as if was some kind of a shocking plot twist LIKE ARE YOU SERIOUS???
@VeronicaAlvarez-jy3xc Жыл бұрын
Tbh that's what CoHo fans do, I remember like a year ago there was one redhead girl on TikTok who told her toxic relationship with her ex, and there were a bunch of people suggesting to read the book because she looked similar and had similar background, I never watched the video, it was BookTokers (I don't know the right word) who speak out and say how bad this is it
@bethadams8269 Жыл бұрын
That is how you go into a relationship ... blindly. You get to know and love the person and then the abuse is a shock. It is a romance until it isn't. Coho is a terrible writer but the story has heart and a great message. The romance is there but she had to matter more. Her child gave her that strength.
@setrakpap Жыл бұрын
I’m not saying that you go into a relationship already fulling knowing a person. That’s actually what make’s abusive relationships so scary because they present themselves as being nice but they’re actually not like that at all. However that’s a RELATIONSHIP, and we are talking about a BOOK and I think that people deserve to know beforehand that the book contains a subject that can potential trigger the reader. Saying “go into the book blindly” is just kinda insensitive to ppl who had experienced an abuse relationship before and thought that they were getting a romance books. I think that the message was great but Colleen did not do a particularly good job at writing it.
@mnlxlover00 Жыл бұрын
YASSSS love the CoHo slander in this!!! 🤪 I read 3 of her books last year and I officially made her my most-hated author haha! 🤡 She's so toxic and her books belong in the trash. It makes me so mad when I walk into a bookstore and it looks like CoHo vomited inside. People like to act like she's the ONLY new adult author writing romance these days...🤓
@chaessie128 Жыл бұрын
the amount of wasted paper on her trash is ridiculous 💀💀
@khalilahd. Жыл бұрын
I read Verity and knew that was more than enough CoHo for me 😂😂 you’re strong for getting through 3
@mnlxlover00 Жыл бұрын
@@chaessie128 YES!!! We're killing the earth and destroying our trees only to produce hundreds of thousands of her GARBAGE books 💀
@mnlxlover00 Жыл бұрын
@@khalilahd. Hahaha wow I heard Verity is horrible 💀 Yeah I read It Ends With Us, Ugly Love, and then It Begins With Us. And I was like... no more. 😶
@erikdaniels0n Жыл бұрын
Every time I see CoHo slander, it adds 5 years to my lifespan. I’m pretty much immortal at this point
@mikhael8151 Жыл бұрын
"Like he's mean to her because he has a crush on her, like he's a twelve year old boy." DAMN 💀Fr, people need to start calling out that trope more often. I see so many stories about men who will be mean, rude, cruel, just because they have a crush / are in love with the MC but don't want to admit it. And its very weird
@sathira_anuk5179 Жыл бұрын
Just bad writing
@kikibyde 7 ай бұрын
I think most men are reading this toxic romance and think every girls love that attitude.... No we don't
@andrewannotates Жыл бұрын
Blood & ash having a 4.28 average rating on Goodreads really shows lots of folks don’t care about writing quality lol
@AClockworkReader Жыл бұрын
every time i see the goodreads rating it boils my blood because there’s NO WAY, and yet…..
@fatema8819 Жыл бұрын
@@AClockworkReader I want to add that the author of those books is visually impaired. Writing was her way of people telling her blind people couldn't write or make it. It was her escape. As a person who is visually impaired I look up to her.
@jesspeaceful Жыл бұрын
@@fatema8819 Being visually impaired doesn't give you a free pass for bad writing. I live with disabilities but I never want people to exclude me from criticism or treat me differently from anyone else; it's insulting and patronising. I found Blood and Ash to be utter trash, to the point of wondering if it was a parody, and I will never censor my opinion on it due to the author's background. Everyone should be held to the same standards, otherwise there is no point in having a review system at all.
@jesspeaceful Жыл бұрын
I would like to add that I find no representation to be preferable to bad representation. An author making it is not a reflection of their level of talent. If anything, she just makes it look like writers with visual impairments are talentless and just get published due to sympathy points regarding their disability. I have no doubt there are better role models and people to look up to out there than her.
@fatema8819 Жыл бұрын
@@jesspeaceful I agree, and idk who her editor is, they aren't giving her the correct feedback. I actually sort of enjoyed the book. Wouldn't say it's professionally written, it got me through reading slumps and college exams when I needed and escape to something new.
@OwOchakoUwUraka Жыл бұрын
i think you mentioned this in your 5 coho books video, but the biggest problem with her stuff is that they're all toxic relationships put in a romantic light. They aren't the cute and sweet little romcoms the booktok girlies make them out to be. Are the things she writes about worth a discussion (ex. teacher/student)? yes, but the topics require a careful approach as to not glorify them, which, in my opinion, miss vacuum isn't exactly good at (look at how many Ryle simps there are despite his actions which even coho condemns). If she wants to write romance then fine, but she doesn't need to make every book of hers about an unhealthy relationship. You can write a good romance without abuse or trauma as a focal point
@agjul Жыл бұрын
"miss vacuum" 😂😂😂
@theerinmiranda Жыл бұрын
I will only ever refer to her as Miss Vacuum from now on 🤣
@catalinamoll6798 Жыл бұрын
I do think, personally, that the fact that there's a lot of Ryle simps that either sympathize with him or turn a blind eye to his actions, is CoHo's fault. Every other book that she has deals with unhealthy and/or borderline abusive relationships, yet those main male characters are the love interests so she writes the story to make us root for them, despite the toxicity. She condemns Ryle's actions (rightfully so) but has other books with the same type of male character yet this time we are supposed to see their actions as romantic instead of abusive, such as that scene where Ryle tries to r*pe Lily and people (and her) condemn the action (again, rightfully so), but in other of her books (many of them) the male character tries to do the same to the female lead and he is forgiven or is seen as a dark romance or is brushed off (such as November 9). If she wants to write romance books with this type of trope (possesive alpha male with toxic tendencies) she can do so, just like Sarah J. Maas does, yet the fact that she can so easily write a book with a toxic and abusive male lead and condemn his actions, yet glosses over abusive and unhealthy male characters in her other books (that are supposed to be romantic) is horrible.
@Topdoggie7 Жыл бұрын
@@catalinamoll6798 "Ryle simps" you mean fellow incels who have to do an SA and pity him because they are as bad as he is.
@kateeliason7191 Жыл бұрын
The only way to read the selection is when you are thirteen years old and you stumble across it in the school library. It was absolutely perfect then and I still adore it 😌
@atlas1595 Жыл бұрын
Same way I first read it! It’s definitely not an adult book, I think that’s why people are so critical of it.
@dsmith6601 Жыл бұрын
Some states are making that impossible to happen
@OkamiRose Жыл бұрын
@@atlas1595 You can write good fiction for young people and not have it be bad writing… just admit you enjoyed your cringe books and move on hun, less toxic that way
@heyaitskiar Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@atlas1595 Жыл бұрын
@@OkamiRose I don't get what you're saying at all? I'm saying that it WAS good.... I think recently it's been gaining popularity on BookTok and places, so adults are reading it expecting a more mature storyline/language. I was just explaining that it's NOT that it's bad writing, it's just not targeted toward that demographic so you can't expect it be the most uppity style ever
@themxwithme610 Жыл бұрын
You reading 87 books last year has inspired me to read more. I’m on book number 6 this year already and only read 7 new books last year!❤
@AClockworkReader Жыл бұрын
ahhh congratulations!! hope you continue to have a great reading year ☺️
@themxwithme610 Жыл бұрын
thank you!🥺 can’t wait to hear about what you read this year❤ (and your chain of thorns reading!)
@canwegetmuchhigher729 Жыл бұрын
Omg! That's an awesome achievement.
@lydiaa7779 Жыл бұрын
That’s so impressive! You have so many exciting books to look forward to
@francoral Жыл бұрын
Same here
@mairabezerra915 Жыл бұрын
You know Hannah read a lot of bad books when "I want to feel you milking me, baby“ is only on 10th 😂😂.
@datiek5893 Жыл бұрын
In the way that From Blood and Ash motivated you, I was motivated by Serpent & Dove - to never give up on my dreams, because I know I could never write a book as bad as that.
@lydia3849 Жыл бұрын
Oh my god I HATED Serpent & Dove…so poorly written
@datiek5893 Жыл бұрын
@@lydia3849 right?! The worst! It pains me to see the 4.02 rating it has on GR 🥲
@L.-I. Жыл бұрын
Hearing this makes me kinda wanna read all the bad books, just to see how bad they are. 😂
@danahserrano-baez9643 Жыл бұрын
I’m so so so glad I’m not the only one who gets annoyed when authors repeatedly go on about how tiny the female character is and how huge the guy is…this is my biggest peeve!
@pancakestea1380 Жыл бұрын
Exactly! And frankly I think we need more short guy/tall girl romance books
@mittag983 7 ай бұрын
@@pancakestea1380Men and Tate lovers would freak out tho that's why it's rare lol
@flameshade7601 Жыл бұрын
When you told me about the coloring book, I was genuinely thinking: what kind of scenes are they gonna put in this, some where the abusive husband hits Lily?? Like bro this is a book about a abusive relationship, what are you doing. 😫
@hannahdigitals Жыл бұрын
my reading list has gotten too long recently so this is the perfect video to help cut it down haha
@khalilahd. Жыл бұрын
Lmfaooo same
@takshatangudu8736 Жыл бұрын
The way you laughed at the worst books of the year in your reading experiments made me read those books just for the sake of understanding the jokes and trolls, and damn, it was fun lmao
@khalilahd. Жыл бұрын
Lol honestly I couldn’t get past more than one CoHo book. You’re stronger than me 😂
@takshatangudu8736 Жыл бұрын
@@khalilahd. Bro I read it ends with us and Verity, couldn't go beyond that lmao
@Topdoggie7 Жыл бұрын
That's hardcore dedication to understanding a basket of jokes. I admire the hustle.
@takshatangudu8736 Жыл бұрын
@@Topdoggie7 lmao
@taschabalafas6804 Жыл бұрын
I went to 3 books stores yesterday, and all had an entire stand dedicated to Colleen Hover 😭 when will they learn
@timus4993 Жыл бұрын
ikr this is so concerning like wtf is wrong with these people the books are just bad bad very bad specially for girls who are reading those books and romanticizing those toxic abusive assaulting cheating men like this is very concerning atleast make men better in books lol
@canwegetmuchhigher729 Жыл бұрын
This is why I gave up on humanity.
@ccarr1025 Жыл бұрын
In fairness, they know what will get them more sales. That’s all a store really needs to learn. Do I wish better books were put in front of people? Of course, but they’re going to show off what they think will bring in the most money.
@giveandtake8428 Жыл бұрын
The truth is that there is a market for it. If it wasn't, they wouldn't be selling it.
@bestbreadsticks Жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure the book stores just want money and Colleen Hoover is popular for the ppl who are still on wattpad (for the most part)
@aakanshagupta545 Жыл бұрын
Hannah talks abt her worst books with so much passion that it makes me want to hate read them
@chance1774 Жыл бұрын
get them from a library then! let’s not pay these people 🙄
@alenec Жыл бұрын
Yup, ik Ugly Love is disgusting, but a friend of mine has it, and now I'm gonna read it just to see how bad it really it despite me fully knowing that it's Wattpad on paper.
@banaa9463 Жыл бұрын
Lol I feel this. I wanna hate-read November 9
@yoroshiku_onegaishimasu Жыл бұрын
Back in 8th grade, I picked 'The Selection' as my monthly read. Basically what we do is read one book and do a report at the end of the month. The selection was so popular with my girl classmates. Everyone was talking about it so I picked it up thinking that my book report is going to be exciting since almost everyone will be interested to listen. I wasn't expecting to be really disappointed. Since english is not my first language, it would take a lot of time before I fully comprehend a single page. I try to understand every single word to add it to my vocabulary. And 'The Selection' was the first english book that made me understood what 'cringey' is. I was too upset that after reading it, I decided to read another book to present to class because there's no way I'm ever going to talk about it in front of my teacher.
@lex7176 Жыл бұрын
the coho slander is EVERYTHING. it shocks me how popular her books are. also the fact that it ends with us is becoming a movie???? i’ve never wanted a movie to flop so bad 😭
@salmabenhamida4570 Жыл бұрын
I never understood the hype around Colleen Hoover, her books even reached my country ( Tunisia ) and when I did my research... Oh boy 🙄Thank God we're on the same page on that. I trust your opinions when it comes to books and I have liked every single book you have recommanded 💖💖 You're awesome 🔥
@ritaaaaaa19 Жыл бұрын
my god, im from morocco, and the SAMEEEEE thing has happened here,,,
@skullchimes Жыл бұрын
@@ritaaaaaa19 lithuania as well
@salmabenhamida4570 Жыл бұрын
@@ritaaaaaa19 Even we are not spared from this nonsense 😅
@ChemicalPenguinn Жыл бұрын
oof!
@khalilahd. Жыл бұрын
Oh my god same! Her books are all the same ridiculous crap. It’s insane that people even buy them
@maryam8538 Жыл бұрын
I think the selection is just popular because of nostalgia and it becoming a comfort read, which was the case for me, and booktok just made older readers who haven’t read it set wayyyy too high expectations. Overhyping always makes it so much easier to dislike books when they don’t reach your expectations, it’s pretty annoying.
@elinkarrman3261 Жыл бұрын
Yesss this! I doubt I would of thought ut was very good if I read it for the first time now, but I loved it at 11 when I read it for the first time
@leireadsandrates1617 Жыл бұрын
Girl, I stand with youuu! Verity was traumatic to read. I don’t think her books should be accessible to many teens it’s very alarming!!! 😭😭😭
@ellieskouros2174 Жыл бұрын
omg that makes me so mad that youtube is limiting ads & restricting recommendations for your coho video! i'm so glad you're still persevering with your message abt her books' toxicity despite everyone who wants to silence you! we love everything you're doing hannah 💞
@SnowOnTheBeach7 Жыл бұрын
Hannah saying gender essentialism: Also me: Oh girl have you heard her quote from a ACOSF? “He had a purely masculine male smile.” It just blows my mind, WTF are you supposed to imagine? Also SJM I think doesn’t know the words woman, man, women and men. fr
@xRaiofSunshine Жыл бұрын
*cue a thousand clips of the Ferengi saying feeeeeeeeemaaaaale*
@jennyc6549 Жыл бұрын
I LITERALLY COULD NOT GET PAST BOOK 3 AND THIS JUST JUSTIFIES MY DECISION
@SnowOnTheBeach7 Жыл бұрын
@@jennyc6549 i didn’t even read any of them, all from Carri’s summaries which I watch in English class 😂
@kinda_cold_in_the_closet Жыл бұрын
it's kinda like a book written by the author of Blood and Ash, which was "the hard, icy-hot length of his body" like the fuck?!
@pinkmenace2452 Жыл бұрын
tbf they use men and women to refer to humans, and male and female to refer to the fae. the gender essentialism is still annoying regardless
@patriciamenard3625 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for calling out teacher-student relationships! I feel like there is wayyy too much books and shows with such a trope and, as a young teacher, it disgusts me and makes me feel really uncomfortable. I totally agree that this trope should die once and for all.
@LadyLenabeth Жыл бұрын
I honestly enjoy a trashy romance. I’ve read so many at this point that I didn’t even blink at “I wanna feel you milking me.” Dirty talk to that effect is a dime a dozen.
@simplyshelbs16 Жыл бұрын
I literally clicked on this to see what you had to say about It Ends With Us. I read it before it boomed into popularity, and I felt so betrayed as a reader. I've had a past of abusive relationships, and this book was one big trigger. I didn't finish it and I refuse to read another Colleen Hoover book. Thank you for talking about the manipulative marketing.
@breeski3903 Жыл бұрын
I feel like people who enjoy that book have no sympathy/empathy for anyone who has experienced abuse. Even when they talk about how the book gave them a "good pov" of the horrors of abuse. I've witnessed my mother endure horrible abuse just like Hoover, but I would never in my right mind ever use HER trauma for MY BOOK as entertainment. That in itself is disgusting.
@evaantoniia Жыл бұрын
I liked the ACOTAR series:D For me the story just really starts with ACOMAF :D But I never really read a Collen Hoover book and I don't think I will read one... :D
@billie147 Жыл бұрын
The thing that gets me about the court of thorns and rose being howl's moving castle fanfic is that it is more obviously based on the movie than the movie is to the original book. Like ghibli did more to make an adaption be a distinct story than Maas did in this book
@kikibyde 7 ай бұрын
It was giving me beauty and the beast vibe
@katerinabaronova4649 Жыл бұрын
My friend really loves Colleen. So as good friend I decided to read some books by her. And I really tried to find out why she loves it so much but… sadly I couldn’t. She still trying to recommend me some of her books, but I’m not sure I want to suffer again 😅 she also really loved From blood and ash and I was just glad I read it whitout burning that book (it took me a whole year) 😂 lucky our friendship is strong enough to survive different opinion of our books ❤😂
@marisakay_wlr Жыл бұрын
My mom has been reading the Ali Hazelwood books, and I didn’t have the heart to tell her the reylo of it all. 😬
@lolaartys7841 Жыл бұрын
Omg I love seeing Hannah talking about bad books, my favourite videos ever, I could listen to it for hours 😭
@chaessie128 Жыл бұрын
I honestly don't know how you got through all of these 💀 You're so strong for even finishing one coho book, I couldn't even get past one fourth of it ends with us and I'm glad i put it down for good. I liveeeee for the coho slander, I use your videos to get my friends to NEVER start reading one of her books lmao
@heyitsdaliiii Жыл бұрын
I’m currently reading the hunger games for the first time, I’ll finish my chapter and come back!😂❤️
@phoenixxmatrixx3769 Жыл бұрын
COME BACK
@Thenoobestgirl Жыл бұрын
The Hunger Games is epic and stands the test of time ❤️👌
@Chantibuu Жыл бұрын
The hunger games will forever be my fav book and movie series. Love Katniss and Peeta with my entire soul
@canwegetmuchhigher729 Жыл бұрын
Oh I love that series.
@rebeccasimpson3007 Жыл бұрын
The comfort your videos bring me is unmatched ❤ can’t wait for the chain of thorns video !!!!!🥰💕
@alefiyabattiwala4429 Жыл бұрын
Same!even I can't wait for COT and her vlog 😭💜
@rebeccasimpson3007 Жыл бұрын
Reading vlogs are my favourite !!🥳💕
@AClockworkReader Жыл бұрын
sooooon!!!
@alefiyabattiwala4429 Жыл бұрын
@@AClockworkReader excited😍😍
@dearlyintrovert670 Жыл бұрын
“…or watch that creepy Folger’s commercial. You know the one.” Hahaha, Hannah I love you for this 😂
@Politoed89 Жыл бұрын
i felt a little petty for it, but i immediately DNF’d it ends with us after i realized she was writing to ellen…i’m sorry, i just can’t. glad i wasn’t missing much.
@madisonoliviaxx Жыл бұрын
I love how about 60% of her worst books were written by Colleen Hoover
@Erenyeagerist109 Жыл бұрын
shoutout to people who are watching this video as an warning to NOT read these books cuz when Hannah says its bad, you should know better 😂❤
@Erenyeagerist109 Жыл бұрын
thank you for this Anti-Reading Guide girl 🫶
@vestigiaI Жыл бұрын
i first read the selection when i was twelve at my school library because "oh silly princess book" and so it has a dear place in my heart. definitely not the most life changing or gripping book but i can't hate it
@gezeitenspinne Жыл бұрын
Me feeling forever vindicated by the mutual Reylo dislike 😂❤
@Sayna.S Жыл бұрын
I agree with CoHo books being overrated and her main characters being in a toxic relationship which is horrible I guess...even i wouldn't read any of her books after reading 2-3 of her books. Yes, I'll agree that 'It ends with us' should not be taken as a romance book But 'It ends with us' was like the best of her work (if we not compare her to other writers). I really loved how strong she showed Lily Bloom was. She actually tried to show what actually happens when your partner is abusive. You will think of 100 reasons why you shouldn't walk out of that marriage but eventually you'll have to (if you know what I'm Tring to say). And for context Atlas Corrigan is a really good character. And will be my forever favourite.
@vante.07 Жыл бұрын
yup!
@hellokitty17602 Жыл бұрын
"it was incredibly mediocre and I don't like reylo as a ship" YOU GET IT!!
@didikm2783 Жыл бұрын
I thought I was crazy, everybody hyping those books and enjoying them, but finally someone that gives genuine critisism
@clarissa8998 Жыл бұрын
For me the worst book was it ends with us. I read it the day after I got my wisdom teeth out and still that book caused me more pain. Will never touch a Colleen Hoover book again.
@pandorapan8837 Жыл бұрын
i always love your videos they always cheer up and get me out of a reading slump which im really thankful for
@tanv5778 Жыл бұрын
It's so good to see 'COHO' books in the list 😀
@katelynmarie1603 Жыл бұрын
“Being born on the 4th of July says enough about you” HANNAH LMAO
@SheaSavage2 Жыл бұрын
when you mentioned you thought they used the plot of "the viscount who loved me" to write season 1 of bridgerton i audibly laughed because the first book literally just. has the exact same plot. like they're the same almost beat for beat. the names and the bee venom scene are like the only meaningful differences. my girl julia quinn said ctrl+c ctrl+v
@mc02779 Жыл бұрын
I read November 9th few years ago as a young teen so I didn't get half the stuff in the book but omg the way she made the title November 9, in the UK we write Nov 9th as 9/11 so obviously her intention was to showcase the terror attack that happened on September 9th (9/11) in USA. She used the mc's house burning down as a metaphor for the terror attack. That is literally the whole book, it's just making a love story of a tragedy 9/11. Hope you see and read my theory girl!
@khalida19khatun Жыл бұрын
I am really looking forward to the Chain of thorns reading vlog. So excited!!!😁😁
@AClockworkReader Жыл бұрын
I can’t wait to read/film it!! 💖
@qvantum888 Жыл бұрын
so glad there’s other people who don’t like from blood and ash, I got about 100 pages into that book and I wanted to become blood and ash
@laurag7303 Жыл бұрын
hannah: *trashing books* me: *staring at the competed fruits basket collection on the shelf*😌
@jeanjacquesjarolzoua6119 Жыл бұрын
OMG i hate that Manga, but my cousin seems to like it.
@sherlygeisler6379 Жыл бұрын
Hannah I absolutely love your reviews and they always make my day. 🥰 I bought your book journal and it’s honestly one of my favorite things I own! You put so much work into it and I love it!
@irenehm Жыл бұрын
I agree with most of the things you said about FBAA, but I also hold that book in a special place because it made me interested in reading again after years and years of not reading a single book. I read the rest of the books, they're not great but well, it gets a bit better than the first one lol. I guess that's the beauty about books, we don't all have the same opinions about them.
@shelly2120 Жыл бұрын
totally enjoyed this. the fact that i already knew these would be on your list is because i have followed your content throughout the year. and i wanted to thank you for uploading and working hard. you are literally my comfort person at this point. i had a video request, could you please make a adult romance recommendation video 'cause almost all of the romances i read this year were so disappointing except 'book lovers' by emily henry. i'd like to read more romances and i can only trust your recommendations. so please take this into consideration if you can♡
@Wildflower1013 Жыл бұрын
I just bought your reading journal last week!! it's so pretty and I've already started putting my 2023 reads in it. I read ACOTAR for the first time in 2022 too, and my review also was the first book was "just okay" 2/5 stars. I did go on to read more in the series because a friend was obsessed and while I thought the next two books were better, it wasn't by a ton. They both got 3/5 stars. My SIL gave me her copy of Verity because she said she binged it... I'll give it a try eventually, but my hopes aren't high at this point haha.
@elenieleni5327 Жыл бұрын
From Blood and Ash really had werewolves as Wolvins and vampires as Vampris? Owo Goodness.. Do you have plans for publishing a book of your own? I would love to hear more! Amazing video!
@HaleyJeanASMR Жыл бұрын
your taste continues to be impeccable! we had a lot of similar least favorites this year LOL
@ClockworkWriter Жыл бұрын
I so badly want to make a video about why I don’t like CoHo but I’m such a new booktuber that I’m scared to. So thank you Hannah for doing this because I can and will just refer people to your video about her books. 😂
@roxannehsk6862 Жыл бұрын
OMG YOUR SHIRTTTT!!!!!!! alsoo pleaseee make a video with your manga collection some time
@amberdawn5372 Жыл бұрын
The way I knew all the Colleen Hoover books she read would be on this list 😂😂
@malaksayed2457 Жыл бұрын
Jumped from one bookish KZfaq video to Hannah's. I'm also making a bookish bracelet right now 💓
@sophiabarber8756 Жыл бұрын
I feel so validated by your review of Beautiful World Where Are You!! I was reading it and I was like what am I missing…
@ana.mp4870 Жыл бұрын
this is so random but where are your earrings from?
@sierrasucks4311 Жыл бұрын
Something i’ve noticed about Colleen’s books is the fact that all the women act like a guy calling them hot or saying they want to screw them is the hottest thing to them. Do they have no self respect?? The only compliments they have are always about their bodies.
@thea4676 Жыл бұрын
i just finished acotar and i am genuinely surprised about how okayish I found it, i was actually kinda vibing until the under the mountain stuff, i also started on book 2 lol
@olivialewis-deane-mv1qf Жыл бұрын
Book two was sooo much better!
@thea4676 Жыл бұрын
finished that one too and it really wasn't. i was not a fan of being gaslighted and while it did have some good ideas and a great climax it absolutely did not need to be as long as it was
@shainemereness107 Жыл бұрын
thank u so much for talking about coho both in this video and ur other one about her. You are able to put the problems with the books into words so well, because it’s so much more than bad writing, it’s actual abuse, manipulation and straight up crimes. And with the backlash I know you get for talking about it so honestly, I admire u so much for continuing to do so
@Jessyy..James..8192 Жыл бұрын
I read Verity and at first I was like omg! It was so good but after actually sitting down and thinking about it, I was genuinely shook which I feel like I shouldn’t have been (if that makes sense) like I felt physically ill afterwards and after watching this video I’m glad that she was on there because I thought maybe her other books would be different but I feel like they will just trigger me so thank you!
@kfkfiles Жыл бұрын
Reading acotar and Colleen Hoover was a dark time in my life.
@yoonkookie5572 Жыл бұрын
I would just like to say thank you for sparing me the mind-numbing pain of having to go through CoHo's books 😊 saved my energy and my sanity 😂😂
@AstarionWifey Жыл бұрын
A court of thorns & roses just makes my day tho ❤😊 to each their own
@cheerio3442 11 ай бұрын
acowar is my favorite, it has the most "court intrigue" besides maybe acofas but that ones really short
@amt0310 Жыл бұрын
If there's something I love about your videos is how open you are about speaking your opinion, whether it be for good or bad. Feels very sincere and I just love your wording, you could definitely write a book and I'd be interested 👀
@livrosdajess100 Жыл бұрын
Hey!! I honestly liked This Ends With Us, not because of being a romance but because I liked how it dscribed how the character was strong enough to say "I dont want this life anymore". But I get what you mean about trying to sell it as a romance. The resto of the books from her I never read 🤣
@nune-lt4sp Жыл бұрын
The way you casually called the love hypothesis published reylo fanfic was so funny 😭😭
@sakareeh Жыл бұрын
Bc it is 😩
@giveandtake8428 Жыл бұрын
It actually is.
@marliaw6425 Жыл бұрын
Yay!!! Another vid! Your videos are literally my anxiety relief 😅
@mrscolorchanger Жыл бұрын
HI!! I got your journal yesterday as my Christmas gift from my brother and sister-in-law! I am in love with it. I love the feel of the book. The pages are pretty and there are so many goodies inside. I LOVE it.
@mansoor3159 Жыл бұрын
Hey! Hannah I really really love your contents so so so much and I love to read books so so much you are my inspiration and I wish you reach 500K Subscribers very very soon!☺️💞💫
@AClockworkReader Жыл бұрын
thank you! 💖
@madisonmason9179 Жыл бұрын
@@AClockworkReader can you do a tier list video of your favorite book couples
@Matteomanuel0789 Жыл бұрын
A tradgey in this sense is a “romance” story with lots of hate, grief and lots of horrible things-and somehow have a happy ending? Something like that…
@user-cc8oj2by8i Жыл бұрын
Really close to picking up a Coleen Hoover book because of the hype. I've read one of her work during my wattpad era, ages ago, and can't remember anything bout the book. Thanks for saving me from wasting my time over her books. You've got spot on insights. ☺️
@ssd1453 Жыл бұрын
I loved beautiful world where are you- one of my favorites from 2022. Your opinions on her book as well as colleen hoover books is interesting.
@verak7777 Жыл бұрын
it was a tough year for booklovers named Verity
@kazbrekkerr Жыл бұрын
THE SALLY ROONEY MENTION!! yes yes and YES all of her book are about white (and most importantly) skinny woman but the difference is that they are SAD white skinny woman lol. i love your channel so much! it’s so good to still see people with authentic opinions and not just going with the flow and only liking things that are popular! your videos are amazing
@readwithelahe Жыл бұрын
I’m guilty of buying “ugly love” too😅 just want to see what the hype is about. Still haven’t read it though. Should I just toss it? 😂
@lacykaye8734 Жыл бұрын
I got your reading journal for my reviews this year and I love it so much!!
@ChemicalPenguinn Жыл бұрын
I made a whole video trying to work out why colleen hoover is so popular and I'm surprised the stans haven't found it haha
@kailey8864 Жыл бұрын
FBAA was probably the most painful thing I’ve ever read. Genuinely thought the ellipses were going to kill me
@arden.0098 Жыл бұрын
your genius lab sweater is so cute !! where did you buy it?
@thamerajeyakumar8517 Жыл бұрын
I luv ur honest review/takes on these books and glad that u stay strong from fan cults don’t let them get to u ❤ I’m desperately trying to finish it ends with us so I cud get to my long list of mangas and tbrs already!! I think I’m done from coho after reading it ends with us. Idk if that’s just me but There’s other romance genres im into as well lol have any advice on how I can keep track/ commit to my reading goals when you have a lot of tbrs? 😅
@Amystudio Жыл бұрын
I only read 13 books last year, started in September but out of those the one I hated was The silent patient, it’s awful. Also I don’t think I will ever read any C.H books, they give me the eek so bad just by the covers alone, it’s like I get allergies by walking by them so I stay away as far as possible, good to know my instincts are not wrong.
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