reading SARAH J MAAS for the first time and losing my mind (throne of glass)

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11 ай бұрын

im pretty sure reading ACOTAR would send me into a coma so im glad i started with this one
suggest a terrible book !!
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@HunnyBug 10 ай бұрын

Binging all your content. Unhinged rants abour dumb books is my favorite niche. You have a sleepover energy that I am so here for 😆

@ainsleesbookclub 10 ай бұрын

Omg thank youuuuuu!! That is literally the biggest compliment cause that’s exactly the vibe I hope to have 🫶🫶

@cubecopyright872 10 ай бұрын

Exactly what I'm working on rn

@odragoness 8 ай бұрын

Samesies lol

@mayafingerle2080 Ай бұрын

omg literally same, do u have recs for similar channels ?? i’m desperate 😩 i’ve resorted to rewatching these vids bc i’ve seen all of her vids already

@sophitiaofhyrule 10 ай бұрын

Honestly a book even considering that periods exist is super refreshing. It's not pointless either, since the point of showing Celaena having her period is to show that she isn't malnourished anymore now that she's staying at the castle.

@sneasnake6368 7 ай бұрын

I thought the same! I don’t think I’ve ever encountered it in a fantasy book before so it was a very nice change of pace. And like I can see it from both perspectives, but again it’s nice to have it appear in a popular fantasy book (and in a way that isn’t like. Super traumatizing)

@sleepy.timaeus.arts. 5 ай бұрын

@xXAzureIrisXx 10 ай бұрын

my biggest beef in books (especially when i read the first two books then dnfed this series in high school) is when a character is set up as smart and incredibly competent and then is written as chronically stupid and oblivious for plot reveals... there were so many times where she drew conclusions and i was like 'girl... what is this'. there is nothing wrong with a main character being oblivious and dumb just be honest about it!!! its ok to be dumb about things!

@salem-01 8 ай бұрын

I NEED to read a book where the main characters an idiot, KNOWS theyre an idiot, and relishes in the fact that they’re an idiot

@justalittleme 8 ай бұрын

EXACTLY! THAT'S WHAT I KEEP SAYING! She's all bark and no bite

@maddiemainer 8 ай бұрын

For me that was highlighting just how young she was. She’s incredibly talented and gifted but she’s also just barely an adult and so traumatized. I 100% acted the same way when I was her age with all these expectations and working hard to get to where I am but also never really getting a chance to properly grow. Either too smart for my own good or too oblivious

@xXAzureIrisXx 8 ай бұрын

Yeah I definitely get that, and I think that would have come across more for me if it was written in the first person. I guess it being written in the 3rd person automatically puts up a wall for me as the reader because, even if I don't expect the narrator to be objective, I think it could have done a better job in highlighting the difference in how: Celaena perceives herself, is perceived by others, and then how she actually is. It might get better throughout the series, but it fell too hard into tell not show and sometimes tell then show the contrary -without acknowledgement or effect- for my taste. I tried reading them when I was 17, so luckily the adult brain rational didn't effect my perception of Celaena and teen decision making in the way it can when trying to read younger characters as an adult.@@maddiemainer

@mikayla964 3 ай бұрын

ok i made this exact point when i was reading the first couple books but the main character goes through a coming into power thing in the 3rd and she actually is genuinely smart and witty i promise she’s a just deeply traumatized/closed off/paranoid in the first few.

@piperbarnes4885 10 ай бұрын

"I think this is meant to be flirting, but I have no idea." is an accurate summary of my experience reading any romance content.

@reighfreuden6473 11 ай бұрын

NEVER stop the shitty book grind

@ainsleesbookclub 11 ай бұрын

bahaha never!! its too much fun to read awful books

@leahjorgensen1625 10 ай бұрын

In defense of her having a period and reading erotica, when I read this book at like 15 ish those facts made me feel more proud of my female body and more secure in beginning to explore my sexuality so I think those are good additions to a book of this genre

@barelybambino 11 ай бұрын

As a fantasy lover, I tried to read TOG when I was 16 and just *couldn’t* 😭 teen me swore off of SJM in that very moment and I’ve never looked back I love your energy btw, giving ‘I’ve invited you over just to rant for the next three hours’ in the best way possible

@ainsleesbookclub 11 ай бұрын

First of all, you’re so valid for that cause TOG is about to make me swear off reading forever (not just fantasy but like ANYTHING it was *that* bad) second of all that is literally the hugest compliment it’s exactly what I want the vibes to be 🫶🫶

@mayy8078 11 ай бұрын

Omg same. I've read tog like two years ago after my friend hyped me.. and I have never been more disappointed xd The main character is just a lots of talking but no actions and overall so annoying that I almost couldn't finish it :D Anyway, I heard that books get better from third or fourth one, but can't say for myself

@nyx-g1e 10 ай бұрын

currently 16, and i hard agree with this sentiment. so many YA fantasy books have quite nearly thrown me off of reading fantasy and in general YA because of how horribly they are written...but SJM took the cake. i could not get through the first two chapters without cringing and screaming inside...DNFd it immediately lmao

@aahana4931 9 ай бұрын

SJM is genuinely so delusional she just makes up complicated names, romance that escalates unnecessarily fast and has no semblance of a plot and she genuinely believes her writing style and characters are good. I'll admit she wrote like, 3 - 4 characters that intrigued me

@sun_flxwers4929 9 ай бұрын

@@aahana4931I so agree but like also I’m literally addicted to her writing😬💀

@euphoricamoric6841 11 ай бұрын

ngl as someone who LOVES fantasy, the naming conventions (or lack thereof 🥴) in this book also make me wanna die. i cringed all the way through it

@ainsleesbookclub 11 ай бұрын

exactlyyyyyyy!! I wouldn’t be so mad if it all made sense together but it doesn’t 😡 I’m sad cause I really want to like fantasy but this was not it

@PPBbunno 10 ай бұрын

her name is spelled celaena. _celaena._ spell it selana - or sulena, if you wanna be quirky - but not fucking _celaena._

@poumybeloved 10 ай бұрын

@@PPBbunno I pronounced it as Selena most of the time, there is no need to give her a super unique name to make a memorizeable and well written character😭😭

@nanizet Ай бұрын

i feel like sjm is PARTICULARLY egregious with the silly fantasy names

@Evelyn_Okay 6 ай бұрын

Being a badass assassin and never assassinating anyone. Love that for you, girly

@zoepatton6626 7 ай бұрын

Her: "18 and 22 is a bit of an icky age gap, there's a lot of life that happens between those ages" Me: *laughs maniacally in has-read-the-entire-series*

@jmsnsage 6 ай бұрын

Yesssss! Best comment

@teamawalu6212 6 ай бұрын

😂😂

@AdriannieBio 5 ай бұрын

Honestly exactly what I thought

@allbymyshelf4125 2 ай бұрын

Her: "and that means Dorian and Celaena would be related. And that would be incest. And if it's not incest, it's incest-adjacent" Me: laughs extra maniacally in has-read-the-entire-series

@Sarah-xr9kn Ай бұрын

Then what is it?

@aaaah540 10 ай бұрын

I feel really stupid for having unironically enjoyed Throne of Glass. It’s been years since I read it, but I remember liking Celaena because she was cool and confident instead of being your typical, “I’m just an ordinary girl with no self-confidence, and even though I’m secretly special, I always see myself as nothing special” YA protag. I also thought it was cool that she liked fashion and spent her money from the competition on looking pretty, because that’s a trait that’s usually vilified and it was neat seeing a hero who liked to look good with being shamed by the narrative for it. I also remember finding the competition itself entertaining because even though I knew Celaena was going to be one of the finalists, it was still interesting to see *what* they would be competing in and *how* she would win. I know these are all stupid arguments, but it might explain why this trash book got so popular.

@annabeatrizzimmermann7708 10 ай бұрын

it's not stupid, and although the story is very well written and can be very silly at times, do not feel stupid for having liked it, because it has many redeeming qualities since not many young adult fantasy romance novels in this style were popular, and i believe we all grow taste from overcoming the things we liked and learning what was positive and what was simply not great about it. You should be glad that even though you liked it a lot one day, now you know you deserve better as a reader lol. as someone who read this quite young and deeply loved it, i believe i have long outgrown it, and that's okay. if anything, you have that.

@reynao.3671 9 ай бұрын

@annabeatrizzimmermann7708 couldn't have said this better myself!

@vaelia1203 7 ай бұрын

Everyone enjoys different things in books! You don't have to feel bad for liking a book whose worst crime is being mostly exposition for the next ones (from what I've gathered). Besides the reasons you stated for enjoying this book are pretty neat! (I too don't care if it's too obvious who's going to be in the finale because even when they try to hide it it's rather obvious and I'd rather they develop the character than try to hide them and making them bland and boring in the process and her not being shamed for liking looking pretty and stuff was indeed a breath of fresh air in the period the book came out)

@jimena6194 5 ай бұрын

I personally enjoyed the series and I only recently read everything (except tower of dawn) like 6 months ago. I don’t think it’s bad to enjoy these books, you can outgrow them and find other series that you enjoy more but it’s the first ones that sometimes stick with you :)

@caitlinfoster9508 13 күн бұрын

Don't feel stupid if you enjoyed it! I'm enjoying this series quite a bit. Not everything you read has to be highbrow award winning literature!

@madrigalv5302 10 ай бұрын

I read tog when I was 15 and I was hooked from the beginning, until I read Heir of Fire and wanted to throw my book at a wall. If Rowan has 100 haters, I'm one of them, if he has 10 haters, one of them is me, if he has 0 haters, that means I am dead.

@Beth4ny 9 ай бұрын

Omg I feel the same! That was terrible, and I haven't read a word of her work since. 😂

@Moonsnailthegreat 9 ай бұрын

SAME SAME SAME ISNT HE HER COUSIN!!! AND SHE NEVER ACTUALLY BROKE UP WITH CHAOL.

@sayaalicious9146 7 ай бұрын

EXACTLY!!! Chaol and Dorian are not the best written love interests but Rowan is barely even a character 😭 that man has 0 personality apart from being good looking and annoying

@teamawalu6212 6 ай бұрын

me too

@teamawalu6212 6 ай бұрын

@@Moonsnailthegreatyess

@justabee9692 11 ай бұрын

omg the pronunciation guide lol. My friend used to call Chaol "Mr. Smoothie Man" since I was pronouncing his name as Kale with the help of the pronunciation guide. :3 Honestly wish more people talked about TOG since it killed my love of high fantasy and novels. I read the whole thing and by the end was just hate reading it to find out the end. It truly devolved into something terrible and unexplainable 🥲 There were so many individual elements that were so cool, but when they all came together it was horrible, like the only way SJM could unify concepts was to throw them all into bed together literally??? Manon and the witch coven was so cool; Dorian's later arch was interesting; Nehemiah was done so dirty; and Chaol was my favorite despite the inexplicable character assassination later on (I liked him since he really didn't like Celaena for a lot of the story lol). I hated Celaena. Somehow she was so one dimensional and had a strange effect of making every other character that interacted with her just as flat and boring, no matter how complicated their background and side stories were. Away from Celaena, they were well rounded, interesting characters, but next to her all they could do was be flat like her, maybe so it wasn't obvious that she sucked as a character, idk

@ainsleesbookclub 11 ай бұрын

I haven’t read the rest of the series but if they’re as much of a mess as you’re saying they are I might just have to suffer through them lol the thing is, it’s not bad in a fun way, it’s just bad in a “I literally don’t give a shit” way which makes for boring reading

@lostan3505 10 ай бұрын

Honestly I read all of it and the ending was like stupid in my opinion. I read it when I was 13 so I loved it and I'm still sentimental about it, but even then there were so many things that didn't make sense. And I pronounced Chaol in different ways - like Cole, Haol, Hal. And about his arc, like I still don't get why he changed so much when she was gone on the other continent. Before he even wanted to go with her and saw it as a good thing, and then just straight up hated her. And honestly if Dorian and Manon weren't there I would stop reading this series, I still somewhat like them

@Annalisa814201 8 ай бұрын

@@ainsleesbookclub I put myself through 5 of the books so far and I can't stress enough how much I'm struggling because I do want to finish the series, but still I have two books to go and I literally don't give a shit!!!!AAAA

@teamawalu6212 6 ай бұрын

@@Annalisa814201 might rewrite my own ending to this series atp

@cloverboyblue 10 ай бұрын

Everyone is going to tell you that the series gets better. As a devoted high fantasy lover, I assure you they do not. I'd enjoy hearing your thoughts on the later books because they just get increasingly ridiculous, but I totally get it if you don't want to put yourself through that

@cloverboyblue 10 ай бұрын

Also, to be clear: good fantasy has names that make sense within the pronunciation of whatever language they're supposed to be from. Ms. Maas loves to shove random names and/or random letters together and hope it works out

@cloverboyblue 10 ай бұрын

For anyone who really wanted to like Throne of Glass but couldn't (or who really liked Throne of Glass and deserves better): the Witchlands series by Susan Dennard does basically everything this series wishes it could and 1000% more

@kapowjam3462 9 ай бұрын

Witchland series is so good! Also yeah, I skimmed most of ToG series. I think there were good parts but those were few and far between for 7 slash 8 books and it didn't ever seem to get better, just more.

@grace-4072 10 ай бұрын

i had an idea for a mermaid love story today (lesbian) and you triggered my spite by saying you didn’t like fantasy. cant thank you enough. the book should be done by the end of the month

@carriesnaps3508 10 ай бұрын

babe let's us know when it's done

@divergentbooktuber24 10 ай бұрын

Facts

@confusedpotato5017 10 ай бұрын

please tell us when you finished it lesbian mermaid romance sounds exactly like the stuff I want to readddddd

@lisbet_estelle 9 ай бұрын

sameee like im gonna slay my fantasy novel just so channels like this can say it was ok and didn't have anything egregious lol

@nyashatheduolingoowl 9 ай бұрын

Hell yeah! If you’re publishing it, I’m definitely gonna read it! Mermaids and wlw? HELL YEAHHH

@randomthoughts0829 9 ай бұрын

7:13 if you hate the 4 year age gap between Chaol and Celaena, you're gonna hate who she actually ends up with (a 300+ year old elf who emotionally, physically, and mentally abuses her but it's okay cuz they're ♡mates♡)

@Schnort 8 ай бұрын

What

@MyCLAUDIO123456 8 ай бұрын

Mmm okay once you said that way looks creepy

@PrincessYaura 7 ай бұрын

Excuse me

@iheartstars333 7 ай бұрын

bro when does Rhys "abuse" feyre?? literally what are you on about?

@Nulmyra 7 ай бұрын

⁠@@iheartstars333no they’re talking about the main relationship in throne of glass not a court of thorns and roses, now I can’t tell you if they’re being accurate or not because I only read the first throne of glass book

@mayag8048 11 ай бұрын

As someone who is also not a huge fan of fantasy, one of the only fantasy series I found myself really enjoying was Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows. I highly recommend it. (Good Omens is also a good fantasy book for those who aren't really into the genre!)

@ainsleesbookclub 11 ай бұрын

I haven’t read any of those, so I’ll have to check them out. Thanks!!

@mayag8048 11 ай бұрын

@@ainsleesbookclub You're welcome! :)

@Haselnuth 10 ай бұрын

I came here to also suggest the Grishaverse, so I second the suggestion for Shadow and Six of Crows. The books also have great queer rep, especially in the later books ❤

@mittag983 10 ай бұрын

@@HaselnuthAs a queer woman no they don't Leighs gays have almost no screentime and get pushed aside for her straight characters

@Haselnuth 10 ай бұрын

@@mittag983 as an also queer non-binary, that’s true especially in the first books, however, in the King of Scars books I was pleasantly surprised with parts of the plot and how well it was portrayed. Far from being a queer centered book series though, you’re right. The rep that is there though feels well rounded to me (and my experiences with my own identity)

@missamvmaker 10 ай бұрын

I actually have read every book out at the time in this series when I was around 17 and when I tell you I remember almost nothing about it. Please read all of them I'm obsessed with the fact it had a net 0 impact

@laurataskova2298 10 ай бұрын

Literally same 💀

@hannahcraig6763 10 ай бұрын

Sarah J Maas is crazy because she's by far one of the biggest authors in the game, spends weeks at #1 on the bestsellers list, crushes every Goodreads Choice award, her books always have giant waitlists at my library even if they've been out for years, but no one except the 10% of the country who reads for fun knows who she is. So many times I have mentioned how much I hate her writing to people I know in real life and they're like "Who? What's ACOTAR?"

@elambedo 10 ай бұрын

Honestly, her writing does get better, but not a lot. I’ve read every single one of her books and they are tiktok tropes shoved into a dust jacket. Like they slay as fun mindless reading but anyone saying ToG gets better is lyingggg 😭

@saa.ra181 5 ай бұрын

literally the reason I shredded up my acotar books

@Scaryspider555 Ай бұрын

@@saa.ra181whoa you actually shredded them? Slay queen

@emiliavachon 9 ай бұрын

I don’t mind the inclusion of her being on her period and being debilitated by it. There’s an ongoing joke about how women in fantasy settings deal with periods bc it’s so rarely addressed, and I think SJM tries. Bad bitches get cramps too! What annoys me is that’s it’s clearly just there so Dorian can go into her room and further play up the love triangle, rather than explore A) periods or B) Endovier’s effect on Celaena

@rachelzimmermann8249 11 ай бұрын

You make me think of @uncarley !! In personality and you literally sound the same ! 😂

@ainsleesbookclub 11 ай бұрын

dudeeeeee that’s actually so sweet i love her channel that’s a massive compliment :)

@kelb6073 10 ай бұрын

I think less is more in fantasy. When it starts to have too many characters, too many names, too much description, too many love interests, I can't be bothered. And I have read plenty of literary fiction, so I can understand what I'm reading. But it's like in some of those books they want to throw too much at it so they can make like 10 books in the same world.

@bushrashahid8207 11 ай бұрын

omg you should totally do the red queen series,,,, idek who the author is but i remember reading them when i was younger and going crazy over them😭😭😭 i love ur videos!!! im bingeing and we NEED more

@ainsleesbookclub 11 ай бұрын

a few people have suggested it, so it’s going on the list!!

@bushrashahid8207 11 ай бұрын

omg im so exciteddddd

@nastassjahall9358 6 ай бұрын

(This is an old ass comments so insert apology lmao) I so cannot wait for it because I hated that series and I want vindication

@larala21mil 10 ай бұрын

Terry Pratchett (my favorite fantasy writer) even made fun of unpronounceable names in fantasy, there are some weird names in his books but they are usually easy to pronounce because they are puns or hard to pronounce on purpose and the joke is that no one gets it right. My favorite character from his books is named "Sam"

@ladyfibonaccii 5 ай бұрын

Samewise Gamgee...Sam was the most normal in LOTR too!

@theflickchick9850 10 күн бұрын

I was gonna comment about Pratchett too! You get Sam (also my fave) and Susan and then you get Moist and Vetinari and Teatime ("tee-AH-tim-ee").

@hannajuarez280 11 ай бұрын

I'm a big SJM fan but if I hadn't been told countless times just how good the series got I would have stopped after ToG. I know she was young when she wrote it, and it's very obvious, but it was just...ok. BUT her writing just got better and better. Queen of Shadows is incredible.

@tehelea 11 ай бұрын

yeah that's what's keeping me reading, books 1 & 2 were very average to me but i'm hoping it gets better bc everyone says it will 😭

@brooke9446 10 ай бұрын

@@tehelea I read the whole series and no, it doesn’t get any better, it gets worse. The last book is disgustingly terrible and a waste of paper. In fact, none of it was ever good. Save your money for a better book series and stay away from SJM because she’s not a good writer.

@raynenickerson5084 10 ай бұрын

damn hate harder@@brooke9446 i almost cant see the steam coming out of your ears

@nao-bo4yz 10 ай бұрын

queen of shadows was actually when my enjoyment started to wane. after liking heir of fire so much, it was disappointing. i wasnt a fan of celaena being romantically involved w rowan. she needed someone more experienced to advise her and help her back in erilia yes but did he have to be her boyfriend too 💀 also maeve changing the nature of his relationship w his dead ex.... can you say retcon? cuz yea i finished the series obviously. call it stockholm syndrome or wtv, but i was 12 when i started them and refuse to account for taste. i read any and everything my mom got for me

@zoebrugg7594 11 ай бұрын

I only read this book as a teen because I was deep in my Assassin’s Creed phase…. I thought it would satisfy my assassin tooth, it didn’t. And I did try to read the prequel book but I couldn’t… I just couldn’t. It failed as a killer fantasy, and is just SJM, in a nutshell. Read one of her stuff, you’ve read all of her books. 🎤⏬

@bunnywavyxx9524 7 ай бұрын

thats why I cant read this book. I read the first 3 books in ACOTAR, like 5 years ago. I liked them, but I feel like there's no point of reading the rest.

@kirielbranson4843 2 ай бұрын

I first thought you meant the Farseer Trilogy, first book Assassin's Apprentice but you were talking about the games right? If you still read fantasy, Robin Hobbs first two trilogies - The Farseer Trilogy and Liveship Trader Trilogy are some of my favorite. Either could be read first but because of the lore I think Farseer should be read first. These aren't romance novels although there is romance. It just isn't the focus. I wish I could read these for the first time again.

@zoebrugg7594 2 ай бұрын

@@kirielbranson4843 I heard of the Assassin’s apprentice trilogy, not the other one, but it’s on my to read list. And yes I was talking about the games, loved them! But my gaming love has gone down a lot because of work, school, and being an adult. But it’s like reading now, relaxing free time activity.

@kirielbranson4843 2 ай бұрын

@@zoebrugg7594 I am still big time into gaming but I have no children. And am a few years from retirement so don't have any big career drives anymore beyond pulling my weight and supporting my projects. Reading became audiobooks for me about 20 years ago. It used to be that I was reading every chance I got but after almost everything got an audiobook I can now read while walking, doing housework, driving, etc. I have no idea how I managed to read the mountains of books I used to read. How did I find the time? I hope you never completely give up either. And definitely take up Robin Hobbs when you have the time.

@kayleecharles6307 11 ай бұрын

Please please I need you to finish this so I don’t have to read it alone!!!

@ainsleesbookclub 11 ай бұрын

you know what, since you asked so nicely…I’ll continue to put myself through it 🫶🫶

@petrastein2531 10 ай бұрын

@@ainsleesbookclub I have to join in. I'm forcing myself to finish the series solely because of how funny the negative reviews are. I don't want to suffer for nothing. xD I'll even give you a cookie, girl.🍪

@Viking1403 7 ай бұрын

Why?... just why guys? I enjoyed the whole series... A LOT! I don't understand why most of the people in the comments say that they were disappointed or bored...

@rennyoroll 10 ай бұрын

girl how come you dont have millions of subs?! you're hilarious and i love the way you talk thru these books! i found your channel yesterday and ur one of my new fav booktubers. i hated this series so much HAHA i made it to maybe the 4th or 5th one before i dropped it because i just /couldn't deal anymore/ y'know? i feel like if you have to read 1000 or some pages in a series for it to get good, it ain't worth my time 😭 excellent video!!

@geode5224 10 ай бұрын

I just found and binged your channel and have subscribed- your vibes are IMMACULATE, truly just, drunk bestie going off on a rant no one could stop if they wanted to but why would they ever want to vibes. one time my marine biologist friend got drunk with me, decided to watch finding dori, would pause the movie to draw diagrams to illustrate the different efficiency levels of different fish/shark tails, and then unpause the movie. same energy, I love it, I can’t wait for more of your videos

@missanthropy6174 10 ай бұрын

As someone who has and will continue to reread throne of glass over and over, this is a heartfelt recommendation to keep reading. At least until heir of fire. I found this series almost 10 years ago when I was very lonely and sad and since then it has been a constant source of comfort. The protagonist goes through so much and the way she manages to come back from it and be the hero she needs to be has given me strength to recover from my trauma. Sarah J Maas was 16 when she wrote the first book. He writing matured quickly. If this series were food, it wouldn’t be organic whole food nutritional balance gourmet. It would be buttery, salty soul food. And every once in a while, it feels good to indulge.

@andaluciaprendes8813 8 ай бұрын

Yes! There are definitely tropey, ridiculous, problematic things in SJM's books, but I really enjoy them AND enjoy laughing at them, and I just skip the first couple books of the series when I reread to get the slightly more filler books out of the way! I love the way she represents mental health issues and the importance of art and community and healing

@missanthropy6174 8 ай бұрын

@@andaluciaprendes8813 that’s what I love about the series too. People give SJM Flack for having her protagonists solve their depression by training, but i love it. I was a ballerina that had to retire early because I broke my back and I came out of it with a really messed up relationship with fitness and so much emotional dysfunction, but the main factor in my recovery was going through a really physically and spiritually intensive yoga journey that was very similar to Aelin’s heir of fire training. And I get some serious vicarious vindication when Aelin and Lysandra and Fenrys get their vengeance. Without over sharing, I had an Arobynn and a Maeve in my life and it was all I could to get away from them, and I never got justice. It’s why queen of shadows is my fav.

@kiefer666 11 ай бұрын

I read this once like, six years ago in high school. While I knew at the time it was Bad (I thought the rest of the series was an improvement but tbh that's not hard) but. Holy shit I forgot it was THIS bad

@ainsleesbookclub 11 ай бұрын

I’m strongly flirting with the idea of reading the next few books 👀👀 just to see the hype

@BrokenDarkFire 11 ай бұрын

@@ainsleesbookclub I mean it’s fun as hell! Is it good? No, not at all beyond some good ideas, but it’s kinda fun to see all the unhinged directions the story goes, because god, does it go places.

@magsandcheese9405 8 ай бұрын

Your videos are endlessly entertaining, thanks for keeping me company while I avoid my responsibilities!

@emp6591 10 ай бұрын

Just got recommended your vids today but damn this is exactly the content I adore. I'm thrilled

@amynorton9619 9 ай бұрын

I'm obsessed with your reviews and your vibes because they are exactly like what I send to my friends in voice notes, and it's so good to have someone else who just enters a manic state of "wtf did I just read" after consuming a bad book.

@wunderpets_20 10 ай бұрын

just discovered your channel today and i'm obsessed!! the throne of glass series are my guilty pleasure books lol... i do a lot of scientific and legal reading for my degree so shitty fantasy is a nice break. i started reading them when i was eleven and would constantly re-read the books that were out while waiting for the new ones. re-reading them now as a nineteen year old, i can see why people wouldn't like them lmao but the nostalgia is great

@greatwarprongs 9 ай бұрын

i DESPERATELY need you to read and summarize the whole saga. I've only read acotar and i would never go near another sjm book BUT PLEASE QUEEN also this has such a girl sleepover energy i love it somehow its comforting

@Aro_dynamic46 10 ай бұрын

I also received Throne of Glass as a birthday present and refused to read it. However, it shall forever remain collecting dust at the bottom of my bookshelf 😭

@bethchills 10 ай бұрын

Your channel is literally giving me LIFE. I just found you yesterday and have binged all your videos. Love shitty books and I also love anything told to me from the perspective of a fellow gay (hey gurl, hey). Thank you for your service!

@goatmilkextract 2 ай бұрын

the 47k subscribers makes this feel so personal and extra comfy!! i hope you get mainstream too, but for now it reeeeally feels like having a friend rant to you. automatically my comfort channel for sleeping

@aelisedasilva 10 ай бұрын

Just went on a binge watch of your channel! You are great, and I hope success comes your way soon!!!

@tusenfrydaanderud2659 8 ай бұрын

The casual rant vibes of your videos are exactly what I’m looking for on this website, I need your takes on the Red Queen series, I think it matches the style of your videos very well

@cloudy9839 10 ай бұрын

Girl I live for your videos! You have no idea how distraught I was when I found out you only have like 5 videos 😢 Can not wait for more, your hilarious ❤

@angelsnaiilz 10 ай бұрын

i COMPLETELY understand the need to finish a series. i don’t think i’ve ever left a series unfinished, i just have to see it through

@LucyEdmo 10 ай бұрын

I’m so obsessed with this girl 😂😭😭 more videoooos ASAP pls

@livw45 10 ай бұрын

LOVE your videos. binge watched them all. keep posting!!

@caitlinfoster9508 13 күн бұрын

I'm on the last book currently. It's SO fun to see the first book through your eyes as a fresh take 😂 I love this channel.

@sophiexavier 11 ай бұрын

heWOOO just found ur channel last night and am returning to say watching this made me feel like a friend you asked to vent to and i had the honor of patiently sitting and nodding and agreeing with u and giggling the whole way through, was very fun to tune in to and i am eagerly awaiting your next literature rants/reviews 😌😌

@ainsleesbookclub 11 ай бұрын

oh my gosh thank you!! That’s so kind :)

@soiledpetals 10 ай бұрын

I just found you and I just watched all your videos while cleaning my apartment! Thank you for existing! I love when people roast fantasy even though it's my favorite genre lol

@Angelinaisokay 5 ай бұрын

You are my new fave. Keep it up Ainsley ! I appreciate your rhetoric and delivery:)

@k.helton1195 10 ай бұрын

currently binging all your content, i love the way you articulate your opinions on these awful books.

@lilo2910 10 ай бұрын

I'm truly so happy that I found your channel

@eliandree7172 10 ай бұрын

im obsessed with your channel, so happy the yt algorithm recced your channel to me!! you're so charming and funny and somehow it's so so easy to listen to u rant despite my adhd sgshdhsj

@siruliang2985 10 ай бұрын

0:24 “I have not read a fantasy book that I’ve enjoyed.” If that’s the case, then please please PLEASE try The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir. It’s a science fantasy series with lesbian necromancers in space! Lots of gay tension, lots of mysterious intrigue, lots of “what the FUCK” moments. What else could you possibly want?

@ainsleesbookclub 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion!! I’ll check it out :)

@miniq6361 10 ай бұрын

Or read Brandon Sandersons Mistborn series! Idk if you've read it but I loved it.

@spntageous5249 9 ай бұрын

currently reading the second book!

@rei7354 10 ай бұрын

Nooooo this is the last video I have to watch of yours. Love the content! Can't wait for more :)

@highpointdogtraining 8 ай бұрын

If you ever want to read a really excellent fantasy book, i highly recommend Graceling by Kristin cashore (im not totally sure about the spelling) not to long, action-y, girlbossy in a way that actually makes sense and it fun and good, and an actual fun romance that makes you feel more connected to each person. There are three books (graceling, fire, and bitterblue) , but they are three separate stories in the same universe, so you dont have to read all three if you dont vibe. Love your videos btw, thank you so much for sharing all of your opinions

@Pheebasaur182 7 ай бұрын

This is the only way I want books to be recapped or summarized from now on lol I love these videos so much

@sunflowerpolka 10 ай бұрын

Please continue this. I found your KZfaq and now I’m so invested 😂

@clarehopkins6765 10 ай бұрын

i found this channel yesterday and i am LIVING for your recaps and thoughts, you should try 'the school for good and evil' for some absolutely wild and crazy shitty but amazing books

@poumybeloved 10 ай бұрын

Fart scene was so wild in that book, I read that book when I was 9 with my cousin. It was so entertaining, although I hate Tedros I hope he gets character development since these charming prince characters irritate me.

@laineydavis00 10 ай бұрын

Love the video!!! Been binging all of them haha. So much fun. Love the ranting. Very relatable. It's been making me look back at my YA fantasy phase and I'm so glad I never got into these books.... Not that I can really talk. Glads houses and all that :| If you want something REALLY unhinged with all the relationships, you should do Shadowhunters. I went nuts over those but I still read parts and just thought "huh?? What??? Huh???"

@lizarr7176 10 ай бұрын

Ok, admittedly, I read this book over a decade ago now BUT. I loved it. You see, I am HERE for slow burn plot, and what was being set up here was ever so intriguing to me. The fucking ridderack was my shit. I was like !!! super creepy monster thing being summoned to kill ppl??? LETS GOOO! And also just all the hints at the lore and the banned magic and what the royal family might have done to become the royal family (I didn't interpret the situation as the main character being related to the prince, but rather that perhaps the current royal line is not the legitimate one and they are possibly a line of usurpers). Anyway, maybe it sucks in the pacing and everything, I haven't read it in so long I have no idea what I would think of it if I reread it now. But I definitely want you to continue. I hope you are peer pressured into it XD

@umagonz 8 ай бұрын

I read it only shy of a year ago at 18 and LOVED IT. For all the reasons you just listed, I will die on the hill that throne of glass is good , I can't bring myself to see people criticize it 😅

@neutraI 5 ай бұрын

This is peer pressure, please do every book this video was golden.

@Xiaoyao8. 10 ай бұрын

I read these series a while ago and your complaint on the pronunciation guide being at the end and the names not being spelled well to get said pronunciation makes me feel very validated (I had the exact same names ideas… to learn they were wrong)

@ms_mourning_dove 10 ай бұрын

As much as I tried to get into Maas' books at one point (got super FOMO essentially) it was her writing style that drove me up a wall and I just couldn't read past a few chapters. Plus all the straight romance drama gets boring after a while.

@ashleykoenig1287 3 ай бұрын

This has nooooo right to be so funny 😂 I just read this whole series for the first time and I GOBBLED it up in 2 weeks, but I’m a sucker for a secret tunnel. But I have to admit you make some very god points, especially about the flirty pool in a fantasy novel ☠️ I do swear though, that if you give it another try, the story gets so much bigger and more interesting the farther along you get!

@freyatonnesen9022 10 ай бұрын

After all the SJM hype I have been waaaiting for someone to cover TOG so this is amazing- I hate-read all the books in the series and they are all SO bad, but also selfishly I am begging you to cover them all

@daniellemendiola8350 6 ай бұрын

I loved this book, all the books in the series too! But hearing you reiterate it like this is hilarious 😂❤

@gabrieladadufalza9231 7 ай бұрын

Loved watching you go through the book. I feel the exact same way, would totally read it if you did too, even if just to have someone to vent my frustrations with.

@4nn4nas98 28 күн бұрын

Omg it's you in my recommendations again! (my favourite booktuber)

@kasimirmacdougall2665 11 ай бұрын

Yaaasss! Great video once again!

@ainsleesbookclub 11 ай бұрын

omg thanks king 🫶

@solmoth 5 ай бұрын

the pronunciation guide being at the back made me mad too!! i was thinking se-lee-enna was a silly name but i was thirteen (eek) so i was like okay vibe. it's refreshing to listen to critical reviews now, i had no reading comprehension ten years ago! i remember being won over by the character of celaena but being really confused why she was suddenly making out with chaol. p.s. your channel is so bingeable i love it!!

@sleepy.timaeus.arts. 5 ай бұрын

binge watching your videos on my tablet while playing royal march on my phone. i feel like ive absorbed so much knowledge 😭 (the most worthless knowledge since it’s these crazy books 💀). love these videos tho. i really do feel like im in a bookclub (but with someone hogging the mic every meeting ❤)

@sydneyomo7382 10 ай бұрын

SJM did write this when she was 15 so that probably has something to do with it but I’m absolutely in love with the plot. It gets so much better

@erinhector9497 Ай бұрын

Thank you for mentioning the too many povs cause that was sooo stressful and I agree that I didn’t get invested in any of the characters because of it

@EyeOfSandwich 10 ай бұрын

You are so much fun to listen to I swear 😂

@jito7377 9 ай бұрын

There are books, that you eat up, if they meet you in the right time in your life. Later you are disgusted by it, but at the time it is what you need. And it is a blast!

@omgmo1962 10 ай бұрын

I borrow TOG from a friend 6 or 7 years ago but could NOT get past the second chapter. Shortly after, that friend stopped talking to me so her copy is still collecting dust at my parents' house 😂

@norma8794 10 ай бұрын

I just found your channel and was binge watching your vids just to find out I finished all of it 😠 make more rn 😠 lmao ily already youre so fun pls keep goingg

@beans8750 10 ай бұрын

Sarah j maas books are like scrolling tiktok it’s brain melt but gets you sooo hooked I love Rowan ❤❤❤❤

@OrenjiArms Ай бұрын

"soo much happened but also like nothing happened" that was basically how my goodreads review for this started

@rayraypog 10 ай бұрын

I actually loved TOG but Im always opened to criticism, and omg IM DYING OF LAUGHING with u trying to say their names because I CAN RELATE SO MUCH, my best friend was the one who said that this series r amazing and now Im moving to Crown of Midnight, but on the beggining of TOF I was struggling to like the book...I started liking like at 20% of the book!

@PEYE3 10 ай бұрын

the way im bindge watching your videos while studying😭😭😭😭😭

@simplebeauty120 11 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this video but I also could not take my eyes off that pink flower cushion and I NEED to know where you got it. It’s my exact favorite shade of pink.

@Moonsnailthegreat 9 ай бұрын

I’m so glad you’re doing this series bc it was the best the first three books when I was in middle school and then after that it was the worst😌 Like the perfect enemies to lovers trope and then in like the fourth book she cheats on him her her cousin???

@rileyrayne8699 10 ай бұрын

your not going to believe this but later in the series she gets ANOTHER name

@ainsleesbookclub 10 ай бұрын

I just got to that part and I’m LIVID

@iFlutterbye 11 ай бұрын

I can’t even read Throne of Glass and I like SJM… Read ACOTAR (but stop after the first book cause everything you learn about the characters switches in the next… like they’re new characters… in a bad way). TOG is suck. 😅

@ainsleesbookclub 11 ай бұрын

haha right?? so many people love SJM but this book was not it 🤠 ACOTAR is on the list but I’m scared to read it lol it’s so long and all of my friends adore the whole series

@iFlutterbye 11 ай бұрын

The characters personalities change so much in the second book. Then in Silver Flames, the ones that changed for good change for bad AGAIN. SJM will change your darling to suit her new plot. Just make a new series, and stop catfish-bate-and-switching us, SJM 🥹

@alicewonder259 10 ай бұрын

Omg HOW can you recommend stopping after the first book 😳 I just finished a court of wings and ruin and each book has been better than the last Frankly the character development was needed ✨

@lordramoth3416 5 ай бұрын

Love this! First time viewer!! ❤🎉

@Koki-dc1lp 10 ай бұрын

Just came from your twilight series reading, it’s criminal you dont have more views youre so funny

@allypatterson2625 10 ай бұрын

“Is opium…heroin?!” 🤣🤣🤣

@puregoodevil1084 4 ай бұрын

I thoroughly enjoy your videos (coming here after the 50 shades of terror) and I think the reason I initially became hooked on this series in highschool is because to me it felt like YA Lord of the Rings with girls in it. I thoroughly enjoyed the ridiculousness of the whole thing from the names to the irrational characters and it was a really good turn your brain off book series while also genuinely making me want to see what the conclusion to all the cherry bombs being dropped like bread crumbs would turn into. (Distinctly remember pissing off the friend who recommended it to me because I saw through a lot of the foreshadowing and guessed within book one the big “character reveal” ) I also enjoyed how all over the place Celeana is because at that point every other YA or fantasy novel I read the girls even the female MC’s were always so nerfed or powerless despite the blurbs and other characters saying they weren’t. Like even now I’m shocked how hard it is to find a good fantasy book YA or not where the main female character isn’t all talk no walk. Idk I think that’s why it was so popular, yeah she didn’t assassinate anyone book One; but you could actually see her progress in strength in the book up to the final confrontation. She WAS a powerful character and the book is her basically trying to be patient and regain her strength and not accidentally kill herself being cocky or letting on how weak she is. Idk that’s my take, I bought them all hardcover before they switched to the terrible new vector art so I’ll go reread them and see if they hold up to highschool and freshman college me 🤣

@punkpink975 10 ай бұрын

I am a certified OBSESSED fan of fantasy, all of my favorite books are in the genre, most of my favorite games are in the genre, etc etc. I mean, I even play Dungeons and Dragons weekly, I’m *kind of* of a fan of the whole fantasy thing. But when my best friend bought me this book for my birthday a few years back, I literally fell asleep reading it within the first 30 pages because of how boring and utterly incomprehensible it is. Also, don’t worry- it’s not a matter of you reading the map wrong and having no idea what the societal structure is because you’re stupid. It’s just that this book entirely comprised of exposition can’t be bothered to talk about it at all. Also also, a 400 page book can’t have a thousand POVs. A Song of Ice and Fire can get away with it because it’s actually written well (not to mention each book has 800+ pages).This mess is not. Lastly yes I never want to read the word “erect” in anything ever All that aside, I just discovered your content but I love it! I also like that this is sort of akin to a podcast where I can just set my phone down and listen to this while I do other stuff. The blend of text pictures on screen and just talking is great for what this is about! Keep up the lovely work. Have you read the “Red Queen” series? It’s the perfect blend of this monstrosity and the “The Selection” series.

@blue_shadow8803 10 ай бұрын

i read ToG when i was literally like 12 or 13 and enjoyed my time with it okay. it wasn’t a good book, and i read a lot more agatha christie than sjm , but it was fun and that was what mattered. looking back though, wow. it is a book, it’s got that going. also i feel like i’m the only one who got less interested in the series the more i read it??? i got a few books in but as soon as romance became as much of a plot point as the actual, well, plot, i was out. i was there for magic, and that was it.

@Littlegrnghoul 10 ай бұрын

Ur videos r so fun to listen to while playing stardew! Also ur voice reminds me of marceline :3

@AsherrRainn 5 ай бұрын

I tried to read this book like 6 times before I just accepted it wasn’t meant to be and I’m so glad now lol

@marctestarossa 2 ай бұрын

my partner is 9 years younger than me and we met when i was 31. but we were in very similar phases of our lives and you can judge me all you want, but it‘s the best relationship we both ever had and i was very aware of the potential power imbalance and consent and equality has been the most important thing for both of us and we‘re gonna get married and we lived together for over 5 years now and it‘s the best thing ever. just wanted to say that age difference has inherent risks, but doesn‘t have to necessarily be an issue. but it often can be. ♥️

@dibidibidisapointed6508 3 ай бұрын

I'm also in the process of reading this series! I thought that this book was boring too and i don't care about either of the love interests!!! But I started with the assassin's blade which i think helped because it made me attached to celaena and part of the world so I'm excited to see how the plot expands. I also am a big fantasy girly so that probably helps lol.

@birdghosting 5 ай бұрын

I don't know if it's because I came here straight after the Selection videos or if the book is just Like That but I still have no idea what the plot is about after this video 😂😂 I'm loving your videos though, glad I discovered you!!

@deadragonfly2827 11 ай бұрын

I understand all the criticism ToG gets but I read this when it was published and it helped me through my teen years. It basically kept me alive and I happily reread the ehole series once a year😂 this series lives rentfree in my heart.

@AsherrRainn 5 ай бұрын

Honestly fantasy by bipoc authors are doing it soooo much better I really reccomend black sun!

@MicahRion 8 ай бұрын

Wow okay this UNLOCKED some memories. I think I read the first three or so as a teen. I don't remember a ton about the books but I remember the smutty fan fics I wrote based on these! I shipped Kale and Dorian (I can't be bothered to research the spelling) as a couple established before the events of the first book and then had them and Selena be a trio.... oh boy. I remember the masquerade ball scene because I had them all dancing together in different pairings in my imagined polyam heaven.