i may be critical of everything but i'll never be critical of you

Jesse: "I hate romance" *transition* Jesse: "..... I love this!"

Plot twist of 2022: Jesse becoming a romance books lover hahahaha

Watching jesse have a crisis over loving a romance book is hilarious😂😂

he had a whole identity crisis over liking a romance book and i loved every second of it, it was too funny, amazing character development

“Just like my BUTT this book was FLAT” 🤣🤣 still making me laugh almost 10 years later

okay, do a “24 hour reading only romance books challenge” NOW NOW.

Honestly, if you can’t bully your best friend, are you really even best friends?

I read Midnight Library a year ago when I was at an extremely hard place with my life, thoughts etc. and it helped me tremendously to feel better. For this reason alone I'll always cherish it.

Your reaction over liking the adult romance, I was laughing so much. Never be afraid of testing new stuff!

13:05 I relate to this so much 😂😂 I hardly read romance (just don’t enjoy the genre) and when I do and end up enjoying a romance book it feels sus 😅

I love your reaction to Twice Shy! It makes me want to read it… and makes me trust your recommendations even more. You’re able to ignore your preferences and experience the book for itself. Bravo!

Why is Jessie being best friends with Elias news to me???

I actually liked midnight library, I think it’s a book u need to read and only then u can decide whether u like it or not. Its summaries and descriptions don’t do the book justice.

Thanks for posting!! Haven’t been doing the best mentally, but trying to get my reading game back in gear!

Loved The Midnight Library, but I totally get why people wouldn't enjoy it. Also this makes me want to read Twice Shy! I love a good slow burn romance.

I really liked the Midnight library. I have depression and I would love to see how things would have ended up if I would have made different decisions. Although I can see why not everyone would. I think Matt Haig himself has also had depression, so it's not like he doesn't know anything about it.

Jesse your editing is straight fire, I haven't watched your vids in about 4 years and (although I thought it was impossible then) you have upped your game! And you haven't aged at all it's funny

What a great premise for a video! I've actually seen the video where Cindy rips apart that book so I'm all aboard. I've also seen another booktuber review "The Maidens" with spoilers so I know what you are talking about. XD

Why is he litterally the most pure person on the planet! This whole video is so wholesome (and funny) love the video from one bookworm to another

jesse liking a romance book should have been on the 2022 bingo board

ok i'm OBSESSED with this video topic! i loved hearing your thoughts on each book and how it compared with each person. i keep debating Midnight Library, but i've put it off because of all the reasons you mentioned and cindy did! also i am DYING at you loving twice shy. it's high on my tbr and now i'm even more excited for it!!

Romance novels get a bad reputation but I think it’s such a broad genre and can be so enjoyable!! There’s just so much in the genre I feel like almost anyone could find something they’d enjoy.

This whole video had me laughing 😂 the quote about the character in The Maidens being flatter then your butt killed me 😂 I’ve been loving all your energy, content and amazing edits you’ve been creating in 2022!

I feel like giggles is an underrated word😂

As a romance-avoidant reader who recently decided to give romance books a shot, I NEED TO KNOW... ...why Jesse hates romance books. Spill the tea.

Such a funny video concept lol. I liked that you still chose books you thought you might enjoy

This is literally my worst Monday of the year… thanks Jesse for making it a little bit better

OMG I LOVE that you loved the romance! I used to be super romance-repulsed and avoided it in every possible way. Which is totally valid, but personally opening myself up to romance has been so great for me. It’s been so much fun and made me so happy and after a while of purposely reading romance books I’ve come to fully embrace my love for it in books! 🤗💗📚

Romance books you might like, Jesse 💙 -get a life, chloe brown -the love hypothesis -beach read -spanish love deception -people we meet on vacation

This was such a fun video and such an interesting concept. So many people post worst and best around Christmas and its nice to take that and make something a little different and interesting out of it. Always nice to see different book tastes affect your reading experience

Jesse!! I've been missing your videos this week, so glad you're back with this today ❤ I personally loved The Midnight Library, sorry you didn't love it though. I would recommend picking up some of Matt Haig's non fictions, his Reasons to Stay Alive is amazing, makes you learn more about him.

I can imagine Jess's shock after reading Twice Shy; I had the exact same reaction after reading You Deserve Each Other. Sarah Hogle is a gem!! As for TS, I think I had too much expectation so I didn't find it as much promising as I hoped it to be? Nonetheless, the book was great!! If you like TS, please check out YDEO. It's hilarious!! Also, not all romance books are the same. I started the genre with hopes but they were crushed. Probably I'm into the Sarah Hogle genre.

This is has got t be one of my favorite video ideas ever. I honestly love everything Jesse does.

Jessee discovering he loves romance makes me so happy 🥺 I've always read SFF/horror and discovered romance last fall and it's been GAME CHANGER

I really enjoyed the Midnight Library. As a teenager I went through the growing up depressed stage. I do think thought that you don't necessarily need depression to be depressed but what we think of when we hear depression (despite being the word for 'in a state of being depressed') is so singular that I feel like it's a bit one-sided to say 'a depressed person wouldn't do this'. Just my thoughts though.

The fact that every single review I have seen for The Maidens just absolutely trashes it makes me feel so much better about not being able to get into it. I just had the ick from the beginning, DNF'd at 50 pages. Boring and apparently not even good.

I just got home from a 10 hour shift. The moment I open KZfaq, Jessie posted a video about my favourite book tubers 🥰🥰🥰 Love it!!!

So I, like you don’t really read romance novels but really enjoyed the audiobook of Beach Read by Emily Henry. It was a slow burn between two young, but established writers. both the charecters are well fleshed out, and I loved this book (it was also read by my favourite audiobook reader

JESSE....This is my new favourite video of yours.

If you're interested on reading more of Sarah Hogle, You deserve each other is one of my favorite romance books, you mentioned that you like unlikeable characters, personally Naomi is one of them, and i love her too lol. I hope you find the right romance for you

Helloo. This video is great! I want to say I’m one of those people that actually found the midnight library helpful, but I’m kinda a sucker for inspirational quotes lol. I do find they help me on rougher days because I can’t find anything positive to say in my own brain…so it just kinda makes me pause and find a new lens to see the world through. Not necessarily the authors, but it makes me pause and find a refreshed way to look at things if that makes sense. I’m someone who beats myself up a lot over decisions I’ve made, and get in loops in my head of how if maybe I did one thing in a different way, I’d be happier. So this book made me think on that, and was a good reminder that maybe I can’t go back in time, but I can work on shaping my present into what I want it to be. One line I really liked is how Matt says something along the lines of “We feel like a black hole, but we’re a volcano and we can tend the land to grow into a forest again” (terrible paraphrase but I think you might know what I’m talking about). For me personally, it was a good reminder that even though I was going through a time where I felt really empty and with nothing positive inside myself, that quote gave me something to hold onto at the time that I might make it out of how I was feeling / what I was going through. (Note that I’m not saying this or any quote magically fixed and transformed my life, that doesn’t happen. It just gave me that bit of hope to hold onto and I think we just need that sometimes) I can understand how he’s not for everyone, but his quotes really get me through the day sometimes, just as that smidge of hope. I also want to note that Matt Haig does struggle with his own mental health. I think he actually had to take a break off social media since the end of last year because of it and still has not been around since. He’s writing out of his own experiences with it, and maybe like a dad preaching out of what’s been helpful for his in his personal struggles with all the best in heart. And yeah, maybe dads will get it wrong sometimes, buuut they try? Thank you for your reviews and I’m looking forward to more of your videos. You’re super entertaining and adorable 😊💞

Also loved how the one you went in thinking you'd dislike you loved but all the others you thought you'd love you hated :P

SHOCKED AND OVERJOYED THAT YOU FINALLY ENJOYED A ROMANCE BOOK?!??!!! It’s going straighttttt to my tbr

YES WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF ROMANCE BOOKS JESSE

This is a very cool concept and video 👍🏽! You losing it over the fact that you loved a romance book was so good 😂! Btw, the editing is amazing 👌🏽!

Yayyyy I'm so happy you loved Twice Shy it was one of my faves from last year ❤️

JESSE BOY THE PLOT TWIST AT THE END OF THE VIDEO 😳😳😂😂

This may be out of topic, but your skin looks amazing Jesse!!!! GLOWING!

Damn, both The Midnight Library and The Maidens are on my list of books I really want to read this year 🤣🤣 hadn't even heard of Twice Shy 🙈

I love your video concepts a lot but i just cant jive with your editing style 😭

Now you gotta read the favorites of these three!!!!

I had the exact same thoughts about The Maidens, so this was so satisfying.

I had so much fun watching you freak out over loving the romance book LOL Loved the idea and the video, but especially that freak out

I’ve not been feeling like myself for the past few days and for real this video had me genuinely laughing and smiling. It really made my day. Thank you Jesse!

You going crazy over liking a romance book was so funny to watch. And I swear I had butterflies watching you gush over it. I have been in a reader's slump for 2years now and I am trying to get back to reading, and watching your videos kinda helps peek my interests. Anyways hope you find even more romance books that you love.

I have to say you ending this video asking for slowburn romance recommendations... I'm pretty sure that will me my most unexpected plot twist of 2022. Could not have seen that coming AT ALL. I loved the concept though and your videos always just make me smile!

I LOVED THIS VIDEO now you should read the books you're going to love for sure!!!!

honestlyyyy watching people's best of 2021 videos have had me questioning my sanity because so many of them have been filled with my personal worst books of the year, so i could see the appeal of wanting to read someone's least fave :') AHHH living for the romance book awakening!!! you should try People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry for another cute romance vibe (even though I haven't read Twice Shy so I can't really compare properly); also, it was on Cindy's best-of videos if you decided to do a reverse situation type video 👀

Its fun hearing about the midnighg library when i read matt haigs book about his mental ilnesses and not the midnight library. Bc there are worlds in between his experience, writing style and dealing with the situation.

Jesse having an identity crisis about romance books is super adorable. I’m a hater of romance in books because so many of them are done poorly, but I still read some romance books because they can surprise me and be well done.

Five plus stars for your shirt game in this video, especially the black and white and the plaid! The short chapter thing is seriously a plus. I remember once reading a book, waiting for a natural endpoint to put it down and go to bed, and then realized it was just three chapters and the second chapter was almost the entire fucking book. I am very pro-chapter. Bonus points for chapter breaks.

omg It's been a minute since I have watched one of your videos but like first thing i see is that we have the same laptop cover. It confirms exactly why I subscribed in the first place.

Thanks for posting! I was having an awful day and you made my day a bit better! As usual, your video was wonderful!

Imagine reading their favorite books now from 2021 and see how they compare to your thoughts

Personally I pick up romance books when I'm in a reading slump. They're so easy to read that they pull me right out of the slump.

You having a crisis over liking a romance novel made my day... literally the highlight of today!

One of my personal favorite slow burn romances was The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata it also has a grumpy sunshine trope which I enjoy

Lol. If slowburn is your thing, the third Brown Sisters book might be right up your alley. I think Midnight Library wasn't so much "oh, my depression is magically cured" as it was about Nora realizing she wanted to live amd reaching out for help. I've never been suicidal, but I definitely recognized her feelings of hopelessness when looking at her life. Of feeling washed up and wasted and like you've accomplished nothing. That was super relatable for me.

This was so heckin fun!!!!!! Great idea Jesse 🖤

jesse, this video was so fun!!! i was laughing during every review! thanks for posting 😁

I love this format. This was super entertaining! Great content as always, Jesse!

I honestly enjoyes this vlog! Like a lot. I hope you make more of these, may be on a different theme? Like reading romance booktuber's favourite book?

Agree with midnight library in that it's cheesy!! It's not for everyone for sure but I can see how it could be the right book for someone at the right time in their life

"normally i wanna throw a book in the trash with the slightest hint of romance" that'll do it, you've won me over. subscribed!

Another Jesse's great videos! You make my day brighter. My life isn't going the best direction right now, and seeing you and books (cause I'm not allowed to read!) Just makes my day brighter. God bless. ❤️💖 Jesse freaking out about loving a romance book is just a whole MOOD I personally never read romance book. Unless it's tragic. 😂 If I ever liked a romance book, i would freak out too.

I dnf’d The Midnight Library because it felt like It’s A Wonderful Life shacked up with my therapist and I wasn’t ready for that.

AHHHH im screaming not all of my favs jesse you are absolute best 🥰🥰

I have Maidens on my TBR this month and I picked it up because I loved the authors first book (the silent patient) and I hope I like this one too.

Twice Shy isn’t my favorite romance, but I think it’s a good entry to romance because there’s not really any sex scenes. But Sarah Hogle (I loved her other book You Deserve Each Other, which has a bit of a slow burn element) takes her time building up relationships with her characters, and tackles issues that couples in relationships deal with. I also liked that they were building up this really cute inn. It’s a very wholesome romance, if you are looking for a few books that I think have romance but also tackle relationship and individual issues I highly recommend “Beach Read” by Emily Henry, “The Bromance Bookclub” and “You Deserve Each Other” by Sarah Hogle. There are more, and honestly others would probably name different ones

I can not get enough of your videos! I get so excited when I see you’ve posted 😋 thank you Jesse!!

I was so excited to get The Midnight Library for Christmas one year because I had heard a lot of good things about it. My aunt, who is working on her masters in psychology, said she wanted to read it. I guess a little background, I have bipolar and BPD. I have had multiple near suicides, psych ward stays, tried many different therapy types and medications, etc. When I read it, I thought it was very preachy and honestly a little ridiculous at times. I mean in one life her brother is dead because of a decision she made. That sends a bad message that other people's decisions could potentially be your fault. Also, sure, the message was to appreciate the life she has. But honestly, just because her life could have turned out worse doesn't make the one she tried to escape any less bad. Sure, her perspective may have changed. But that didn't change anything about her actual life or the potential brain chemistry causing her depression. There's also the fact that a lot of those other lives put her in a really good position in life, but she hated it because someone else was suffering. It's not a bad thing to care about others, but the last message a depressed person needs it this idea of sacrificing your own happiness for someone else. She returns to her old life because her brother, the old man, the kid, etc would be worse off without her. But again, her life isn't any better than it was. It's been a while since I read the book, but I also didn't enjoy it.

Oh my goodness I loved this. Thanks for making this video because this really made me smile so much.

You are a gem. I just had a really bad panic attack, sth I hadn‘t experienced in years, but your humor and enthusiasm helped me calm down. Thank you very much!

This was such a fun video. And please can everyone give this man some more slow burns to read he’s been missing out

I read The Maidens this year too and...I'll just say this, I could tell it was women written by a man...

What is happening this year. If jessie liking romance isn’t a sign that we should arm ourselves with novels and protect our book shelves in 2022 then I don’t know what it is. I’m other words prepare yourself XD

The fact he loved the romance one !!! Ughhh ❤️❤️❤️❤️ love it.

I LOVE THE PLOT TWIST AT THE END OF THE VIDEO

I an still livid about The Maidens!!! Like honestly the setup of the plot sounded like something I would be into, especially because I was in a dark academia phase when I decided to pick it up but apart from the Mai character that I truly just hated and that incredibly bad plot twist at the end … what I absolutely despised the most was literally that this is never in a million years how police work works!!! I studied forensic science and we talked to a lot of people who will be brought into different crimes to support the police work with niche knowledge and it made me just so furious to see it so misrepresented in a book that so many people are apparently really enjoying!!! Like I am literally still upset about this book even though I read it more than one year ago

Literally short chapters are everything

this is my first video i've seen of yours and I'm cackling. This was great, and I really liked listening to your thoughts!

I recently read the midnight library. And the start was so depressing that I was pissed, but if I look at the overall book it was really nice imp.

loved this. maybe i just choose the wrong videos to watch, but i feel like more often i see you talking about books you havent read, than ones that you have, and i have to say the latter is just way more interesting. nice to hear your thoughts about them, and i think this premise is just so fun as long as the books are that right kind of /bad/ like the so bad its good, or in the case of the last one, just good! i feel the same abt reading romance books, i think im way more inclined to love the ones i pick up just because i basically never read them. its the same with thriller/contemporary mysteries. again not a genre i ever read, but when i do im so enthralled because im not used to it. then ill look at reviews online and everyone says its terrible lmao. but they probably know more about the genre and are able to be more critical!

I really like the art prints behind you! The Midnight Library has been on my tbr and every time I hear about it people don't like it 😅 very unfortunate. This was a great video!

Read The Midnight Library as one of our book club books. Having lost someone in 2020 in a manner similar to the main character’s situation it was definitely an impactful read for me. Plus the idea of multiverses and the decisions we make really intrigued me. For those reasons it’s a win in my book. I haven’t read the others mentioned but I’m definitely interested in reading “Twice Shy” now.

I truly loved The Midnight Library, it was definitely my favorite book of last year, possibly because I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was fantastic.

Okay I actually love this video

1:26 Mood. K but a friend of mine sent me this video cause of that last book and your reaction to it. The way you feel about that romance book is cute, the way you describe the romance in the book as cute, cute. Also, your comments section is amazing, so much love and positivity from your viewers - that alone has me tempted to binge watch your channel. I think your presentation is a little too... "flashy"? TikTok-y? for my tastes, but the fact that your viewers are just so... *good * says a lot about you and your content. So yeah, anyway, I hope that all sounds like a compliment, that's what I'm trying to say.

character growth, embrace the romance!!