"It was published anonymously and i can see why" Jack just keeps on delivering

"Eve I expect a public apology for this, i'd like it in writing" Are you sure you want that in writing? 😭I think we've narrowed that down as the issue 😭

Hii jack!!!! Just a stupid idea but if you're up for it how about reading books that were published on the same day as your bday? Like it would be a bit tough to find but i think it will be so awesome!!! :)

Goodreads wise, everything lower than a 3.5 is literally so bad. So a 2.3 is absolutely horrendous!!

New video ideas: - books set in spring - books set in London - reading one book for each decade (starting from the 1920s) - books with trans/non-binary lead characters or main characters - Anya Taylor joy's book recommendations - books about famous ppl (à la Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones, not autobiographies or biographies) - books with a love story but not strictly a romance (e.g. Swimming in the Dark, Call me by Your Name, One Day, Brooklyn, Atonement)

The way I saw the title and already knew that ‘Jane Eyre: Laid Bare’ would make a feature 💀💀

Well, I also looked at my "worst books" on Goodreads, and I learned that I am terrible at rating books. I feel bad giving anything under 3 stars, like I'm going to hurt the book's feelings, as ridiculous as that sounds. Middle school me was heartless and gave some of the books we read in school that are typically well liked 1s or 2s because I absolutely hated them, and I still stand by those ratings.

I wonder if any of the people who rated Jane Eyre Laid Bare highly didn't realise that Jane Eyre was a whole separate novel and rated the Jane Eyre parts as if they were original to that novel lmaooo

can i just say i’m always amazed at how well you recall the books you’ve read because as soon as i put a book down, i have already forgotten what happened in it lmao

I deemed all of these books (with the exception of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke) unworthy of my time after Jack reviewed them in previous videos. Apparently my entire taste in books is based solely on what Jack likes.

Jane Eyre Laid Bare: (exists) Jack: “You are the bane of my existence.” JELB: “Wasn’t there a part of being the object of your desire or something?” Jack: (sighs) “You are an Object FULL STOP!”

I’m here for the Oxygen Thief slander. It’s so satisfying to go onto Goodreads after a book leaves a bad taste in your mouth and see that the most liked comment says exactly what you were thinking!

You should do a part 2 to the ‘reading books based on their cover’ and read books that have the worst cover to see if they’re actually good. Like just go to a bookstore one day and find the ugliest books and see if they’re actually good

The best thing about this video is that u can see how visibly uncomfortable jack is with talking abt books he didn’t necessarily like bc he genuinely doesn’t like spreading negativity. That just makes me so happy

I feel like Things Have Gotten Worse is not extreme enough for those who like to be shocked, and too extreme for those who don't like to step out of their comfort zone. And then there's a small group of people for whom it is exactly right 👌 the Goldilocks of books.

I actually had the opposite problem with “Things have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke.” I’ve read a lot of what people what call “disturbing” books and I just found this one to be lacking in pacing, and buildup when compared to a lot of other stories I’ve read. I think the concept is great, but the execution needed a bit more polish. The hardest thing for me was I couldn’t really feel a difference in voice between the two main characters, which kind of sapped the believability out of the whole thing for me.

Kendall and Kylie, two of the most privileged and rich people in the world, writting a book about priviliged people killing people lower and poorer than them sounds like a psychological thriller story itself 😅😅

Has Jack made a video about his favorite poetry books yet? Would love that.

Jacks out here double dipping in goodreads and story graph lol 😂

oh fascinating, our tastes usually match but things have gotten worse straight up got 1 star from me! i'm glad you loved it but it was an absolute miss from me. it wasn't the horror aspect at all, but the fact that the emails were written so unrealistically that i couldn't take it seriously or immerse myself. also it went from 0-100 way too fast and i can't suspend my disbelief when the characters exchange like 6 whole emails before a slave contract is brought up. her descent into her mental illness came out of nowhere and as someone who was in an abusive online-based relationship, this felt like...genuinely offensive lol

Can’t help but wonder how’s the progress with Cain’s jawbone

If Jack is Superman then ‘Jane Eyre Laid Bare’ is his Kryptonite.

Every time i hear someone mention jane eyre, thanks to you Jack, i immediately think of jane eyre laid bare and snort, but no one gets it (for obvious reasons) and they're all looking at me like "huh what's so funny" 😭

i’ve seen lesbians on tiktok take an issue with thing have gotten worse since we last spoke because of the way the characters were written & trauma porn about lesbians by a guy. (i’m not a lesbian nor have i read this book, it’s just what i’ve seen)

tysm for posting so often, your videos make me so happy. i hope you are happy and doing well right now 💗

Take a shot every time Jack mentions that he wrote his dissertation on Christopher Isherwood

Love this! The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Reading List has a load of interesting titles - that could be a really interesting video!

Wow so excited to see the second part so soon! The chaotic atmosphere is just on point 😂🤍

This seemed to me a good place to wonder why Goodreads doesn't have a dropped-books list. They wouldn't necessarily need to count the scores but I'd love to have a list of books I tried out but didn't like, just for future reference.

I read Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke after seeing your review of it but I must confess, I was not impressed at all. It only got 2 stars from me because I finished it /o\ I can read the most vile shit ever but I thought the writing was pretentious and the plot underdeveloped, kinda like a first draft. It does seem to be a very polarising book in general.

I love that the Jane eyre laid bare hatred continues to this day, how dare they do that to our girl Charlotte

You should do a video about underread books on your goodreads list. i have, on occasion, noted that some amazing books have very few reviews on Goodreads and are not very well known.

perhaps a video about authors’ reflection on the art of writing itself? i’m currently reading stephen king’s on writing and it’d be nice to add in personal reflections given that you’ve published a book and have plans to continue do so

Hearing my fave booktubers reference each other makes me so happy

I laughed so loud at the Jenner sisters review that my dogs came to check on me 😂😂😂

If you do this in the future, I would love to see how many people rated the book. Just the statistics nerd in me!

I was waiting for this. 😅 I'm gonna look for Jane Eyre Laid Bare here. I was right!!!!

I usually agree with you on most of your reviews, but "Things have gotten worse since we last spoke" was kinda unbearable for me. Not because of the quote on quote disgusting end, I'm a sucker for that type of stuff. But because the two main characters felt so cringy to me. Their texting wasn't organic. To me it felt like roleplay instead of there actually being a power imbalance. And I didn't buy that one of them was articulate enough to write "beautiful" emails but was too dumb to know what was happening to her body? I had the indescribable urge to bully the two main characters into oblivion 😭

Could you do a video rereading books you loved as a kid/teenager? Would be fun

I was so traumarized by "Things have gotten worse" that I literally had to skip that part in this video 😭

You describing the Jenner sisters book was so funny, and things have gotten worse since we last spoke is one that I loved, too!!

I genuinely wish this man knew how happy his videos make me.

omg I wanna know the full story about the gabbie hanna thing 😮

I legit told my a level English class about Jane eyre laid bare 😂

Not Jack blessing us with videos for three consecutive days!!

god at this point we really need some sort of collaboration between jack and eve regarding jane erye laid bare, it’s one of the most hilarious and consistent joke in this channel

this was a fun one and i'm def on board w/ ur ratings!!

When is the heartstopper book video coming out jack 😭

I have never hated anything more than things have gotten worse since we last spoke. I just don’t think it was done well at all and I was so excited about it, and idk that I’ll ever understand the love for it.

Have you read tender is the flesh? I would love to see a review of that book! It’s a translation too!

I came back and found this video after just reading Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke because I remembered you talked about it somewhere. I fall into the category of people who didn't like it, BUT I freely acknowledge that the fact that I still felt physically ill when trying to eat anything this morning is a credit to the writer's ability haha.

Jack’s reaction to ‘All the Conspirators’ sounds like that textbook that you pulled off an all-nighter for and we don’t know as an adult lol

i like these chill video's you do. It's just relaxing seeing you talk about books and quick-reviewing them and why. Also always fun to see how much one's opinion differs/relates to the 'general' one !

Things have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke is a weird double edged sword that personally gets hate from two entirely different sides. on one hand you have the GR users who rated it low because they think anything disturbing, gross or with intentionally evil characters is inherently bad, then on the other hand you have people who love disturbing literature and hate it because it's just a lesser version of what they've already read.

Could you do a video on which books would make good book club books?

Sometimes the negative content is just what the doctor ordered. 💜

I saw someone comment this on another video and it’s a great idea. Reading books Isaac from Heartstopper reads :)

I think the two things Jack mentions the most is Jane Eyre laid bare and "I wrote about Christopher Isherwood for my dissertation"

Would be interested in videos with your personal lowest and highest ratings on books

For some reason yesterday I decided to add everything from the last few years I to Goodreads all at once. I used it sporadically until a few years ago. And it's bothering me so much that there's no half stars. Like why?!?!

I reallyyyyyyyyyyy reallly realllyyyyy want you to read The Pact please!!!

As soon as I saw the title of the video my first thought went to Jane Eyre Laid Bare and I was not disappointed lmao. It's become an iconic part of this channel.

Jack , pleaseeee can you do books set in Edinburgh !!!!

Happy Monday hope you had a great day xoxo 😘

You are so amazing Jack! 💙💙💙💕💙💙💙💙💙💙

my problem with things have gotten worse since we last spoke was that i was so excited for the horror, and then got... nothing... like the people complaining about how disgusting it is ?? okay, it has unsettling moments but honestly it could have been SO SO much more, the idea was really good and interesting, but the delivery was kinda disappointing. so it's a bummer

hi Jack

I just knew this would start with Jane Eyre Laid Bare lol

no way, i literally just finished watching the previous video. we stan.

omg Jack thanks for blessing is with so many videos

WAAAHHHH!!! I LOVE THIS SERIES AKA DUOLOGY! HIHI! ❤🥰🥰

Now starting my DNR list - Do not read book list

I want some good mystery/crime book recommendations that are actually good and keeps you on the edge

"I call it Jane Hair/Heyre" I am DONE 😂 😂

I never trust goodreads scores of youtuber/influencer books, because I've seen that they're inflated by reviews from biased fans who would give 5 stars to them no matter what

I love your videos! 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

jack trying not to get attacked by gabbie hanna 😂

idk wif i'm really choosy about the books i read or what because there are only 2 books i've read that have a rating less than 3.2 on GR. (I, otoh, have rated plenty of books with 1 or 2 stars, lol). tip though - GR ratings tend to be more generous, so if it's under 3 (or even 3.5) it's probably really, really bad. Ofc it's not always the case, but it works as a thumb rule

"so...bye, i guess" lmao

Thank you. I needed this today.

Thanks for warning us about what not to read haha Anyway I looooved your gift guide. I’d love a guide about books to read at certain locations, maybe some sort of summer vacation reading guide (for example, what to read on a beach in the south of Italy), based on the location of the story and/or the general vibe

Yessss so glad you did this 🙌

Just reminded me I haven't read properly in 2 weeks and just got an aamazing new book called Whisper. Whoops.

Everybody i need some help!! I think Jack recommenden a book, on this or his main channel, which was about two characters who lived in similair situation only one of them is black and one of them is white but as a reader you never get to find out which is which??? Please can sombody help me find the title of this book???

The way I’d rather read all those books three times in a row than ever read Dune again 😂

Jane Eyre Laid Bare With No Hair

I have to say I think frog music was actually quite good overall. It was more just that it started off very poorly but it picked up afterwards.

Who else here is a part of ‘The Jack Edwards General Rambling Défense League’?

You should make a video where you read some of the worst rated Goodreads books 😂

I'm just wondering, are you using both Goodreads and The Storygraph?

Getting me through finals season

Pretty sure the reason Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, was because many people thought the gore only relied on chok value and the lebian action was forced, fetishised and unnecessary. i have not read it myself, but i've heard many people describe it as such

Emma Donoghue is one of those authors who writes great books and not so great books; Frog Music certainly belongs to the latter category.

i just finished Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, i still feel a lil bit nauseous

crazy how frog music is written by the same author as room

He shaved Jane Eyre's Jane hairs downstairs.

A good book is everything. I enjoy life, My morning, my coffee, the weather…..all is beautiful when I have a good book in my hand.

the bookstore worker in my local Waterstones told me I could go upstairs to read diary of an oxygen thief as it wasn’t worth buying 😭😭😭 so I still haven’t read it bc I was like then why would I read it bro

LOVE what you had to say about Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. I also liked it for the same reasons.

Please read Jews Don’t Count by David Baddiel !!