"I pity the trees sacrificed to make this book" 😂 damn Petrik, that's not a roast that's an incineration
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
It's honesty from the depth of my heart. 😆
@yassinemiri355511 ай бұрын
@@PetrikLeo Bloody Nine level of savagery, border line illegal ! 🤣
@Patrick-mf1xg10 ай бұрын
I was looking for that comment. I laughed so hard when I heard that. Somehow, the comment just before that was even more scathing: "It really felt like Fifty Shades of Grey in the forest." Caustic. I will not be picking up that book. Thanks, Salty Petrik! 😂
@angelamccollister11 ай бұрын
"Fifty shades of grey in the forest." 🤣🤣🤣
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Oops. :D
@greblaksnew11 ай бұрын
Ramen noodles three days a week, sometimes my prayers are "God, please let me write 50 Shades of Grey in the forest!"
@abigase13511 ай бұрын
That plus 'i pity the trees sacrificed for this book' 😂 this book had no chance LMAO
@amy_harboredinpages827211 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@zenthepoet.11 ай бұрын
COME WATCH PETRIK HATE BAD BOOKS
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
My god you are FAST. 😂😂
@zenthepoet.11 ай бұрын
@@PetrikLeo 😆😅
@Ocicat9311 ай бұрын
I love Salty Petrik so much. I'm also picking up the shades of magic series after really enjoying Vicious so we'll see if i feel the same.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
I hope you'll love it better than I did! :)
@esmayrosalyne11 ай бұрын
Finally a video I can safely watch without fear of expanding my TBR again, hahaha. I like how you can be so tenderly brutal and honest when Salty Petrik is unleashed 🤣 And even though I was personally fully on-board for all the messy character dynamics in Dragon Haven, I can also totally agree why you bounced off it so hard, hahah. Thanks for sharing friend, this was fun 🤩
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Hahaha thank you so much! I'm giving everyone's TBR a little break from expanding. 😂😂😂
@kirktanka819911 ай бұрын
Salty Petrik Returns! So many great lines. Everyone has commented about those lines. Great video.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Thank uou so much! 😁
@dinocollins72011 ай бұрын
I took Sanderson's class at BYU, I have read almost all his books, and I feel like I know all his content well, but Id never even heard of Defending Elysium haha
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Yeah it's an old novelette! I wouldn't have known about it if no one told me. 😂
@PaperTigerProductions11 ай бұрын
I've only read the first four you name in this video! Uprooted: Enemies-to-lovers is hard to pull off, but I thought Novik did a reasonable job on this one. I'm with you though; I personally liked Spinning Silver more but it was hilarious seeing another friend read it because she went off on a rant on Spinning Silver towards the end. The Fall of Babel: I think the shift from single POV to multi-POV for the series is what I've seen readers get bummed out about re: "Senlin feeling like a side character in his own story". I personally enjoyed that shift quite a lot and Bancroft does his multi-POV structures in separate parts where each different POV effectively "rewinds" to a particular event instead of interweaving them which I thought was a neat way of handling the split and the issue of the different storylines not lining up neatly when interleaved. What really got me was the ending-I laughed so hard when I realized that the whole thing was basically a real game of Sid Meier's Civilization so yeah, I'm not expecting a follow-up series. The Traitor Baru Cormorant: This is one of my all-time favorite books by one of my all-time favorite authors that I personally believe to be as near-flawless as you can write a debut so I had my heart in my throat wondering why you rated it a 1-star (assuming that thumbnail is accurate). Glad to hear the reason was you simply didn't vibe with Dickinson's prose style! I personally love his prose; it's so restrained and understated and full of subtext. He's also using a very deliberate style for these books and wrote a really great essay called "Let's Hurt Sentences" on the subject that I always refer back to before I do line edits on my own books. Baru 4 is with his publisher I believe but he's got a sci-fi standalone, Exordia, which is coming out early next year and I'm super psyched to see what he does with it. (And I wonder whether he'll use a different prose style for it.) Defending Elysium: This was one of the free short stories he posted on his website years ago so if anyone reading this comment wants to try it, you can still read it for free on Sanderson's website, as well as the accompanying annotation that goes into the circumstances in which he wrote it. IIRC, when his Apocalypse Guard YA novels weren't working out, he remembered that he had this setting plus the "instead of a boy and his dragon, it's a girl and her spaceship" pitch and turned it into Skyward.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
1. Yeah, I'm really not a fan of the romance in Uprooted. I did not think it was pull off nicely. Spinning Silver, on the other hand, is on an entirely different level. Everything about that book works. 2. Senlin being sidelined into a side character is really the worst part of The Fall of Babel. And as you said, the ending was just... urgh yeah I'm not a fan of all the revelations in that, too. 3. Exactly. The thumbnail is accurate. You can see my review of it on Goodreads. I can certainly recognize the complexity and details of the book, but at the end of the day, the writing is really the issue. I couldn't connect with the writing style at all. For the reasons you mentioned. Restrained and understated.
@dr.chopper188011 ай бұрын
Omg I laughed out loud just now at work when you said a character used magic for a 24 hr erection. That's just wild 😂 "negative" or not this was a very fun video
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
And that's one of the least of the issue. There were obsessions with flower nipples bla3. It's INSANE.
@Left4Coragem11 ай бұрын
On that Brandon Sanderson novella, it's always tough when people say you should have read this or that book. Unless the novella leaves it clearly to the reader, as in having a guide inside saying "this novella is prequel or sequel and should be read in this order", it still is the author's work to make it satisfying as its own piece of writing. Having people tell you to read other books so you can read the novella, can make it feel like you're reading the other book out of obligation, as if you were preparing for a test.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
I get what you mean. I usually don't mind because there is a reading order to a universe. But in the case of Defending Elysium, this was published before Skyward was released. It was written before Elantris was first published. It is odd that we have to read a book written and published last year first before we read Defending Elysium.
@heysunbeevods211710 ай бұрын
I really like how you roast books you disliked. So gentle and yet so efficient!! Your anger at the horny plots really made me laugh
@PetrikLeo10 ай бұрын
I'm not a fan of fantasy books where horniness takes over everything. 😅
@MargueriteKrux211 ай бұрын
I found your channel after I DNF Uprooted and was looking for someone sharing my opinion. I was so glad to have found you back then because everybody else seemed to love this book😅
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Hahaha! Well on my end, I'm glad I'm not the only one who absolutely disliked Uprooted! :D
@MargueriteKrux211 ай бұрын
@@PetrikLeo I seldomly DNF books but this one was just bad. The whole story was weird, the magic didn't make sense and the so called romance gave me the creeps. 40% in and I quit
@mattamant91511 ай бұрын
Before I watch this, I'm crossing my fingers that we get Salty Petrik.😂❤
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
I think you got what you want? Hahaha
@mattamant91511 ай бұрын
@PetrikLeo I did in fact get what I wanted. As much as I love having my TBR get bloated from your recommendations, I absolutely love seeing you get Salty.
@gixar11 ай бұрын
This line was epic
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
I should copyright that. 😂😂
@gixar11 ай бұрын
@@PetrikLeo Yes, is really one of a kind!
@maryfler6611 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. I totally agree about Uprooted! The most upsetting thing about it is that it's often recommended on Reddit to people who want romance in their fantasy :/
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
That's why it's so insane. The romance in there is nothing romantic! 😅
@SivaKumar-yo1tw11 ай бұрын
And thanks Petrik. Awesome video and you saved me a bunch of hours which I can spend with Hadrian and Royce! 😊
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
More time with Royce and Hadrian is always a good time!
@ChattieTheMadChatter9 ай бұрын
9:29 - woa! That cuts deep 😂😂😂 my fave of the rain wild chronicles! Character payoff. Keen to hear about your disappointment...🍿
@PetrikLeo9 ай бұрын
Hahaha. Just not suitable for me. I did not find the character payoff satisfying, too, except for the characters from Liveship Traders!
@ChattieTheMadChatter9 ай бұрын
@PetrikLeo I can understand that, I do enjoy seeing an emotionally abusive relationship explored and I think Cedric and Alize's deliverance from Hest's toxicity, was highly satisfying. Cedric acknowledging what is and isn't a healthy relationship, and rebuilding his friendship with Alize i really enjoyed and was emotionally involved with. Plus all the Dragon and rain wild outcasts flourishing into healthy dragons and Elderlings was satisfying too. But I know many people did not enjoy it and struggled with how teenagery the teens were. Different opinions is why I love book tube- as well as people validating my thoughts by voicing them 😆💜📚
@ChattieTheMadChatter9 ай бұрын
2:18 👏👏👏👏 thank you - i ended up rooting for the trees 💜📚
@PetrikLeo9 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@fadefrommemory11 ай бұрын
Thanks for list. Luckily I had not read any of those. I must have feel your energy across the Tubiverse.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Lucky you! 😂😂
@AshleyRebecca11 ай бұрын
Omg you hating books gives me life lol😂 always appreciate your opinion!
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Some pent up feelings need to be unleashed. 😂
@AshleyRebecca11 ай бұрын
Oh man I am laughing so much right now! Your candid and honest are perfection lol
@Heathennation197611 ай бұрын
You should never apologize for having your own opinion I love these videos these videos are probably my favorite. The ones were your salty over them. I liked the Traitor Son cycle I do agree that it had way too many points of you I really loved the dragons in the lore that was in it also sword of Kings by Bernard Cornwell was a big big disappointment for me too from the series that I loved you need to make more of these videos keep up the great work
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! I wish I enjoyed Traitor Son Cycle more. But oh well... Can't win them all. 😂
@Kenb3d111 ай бұрын
Interesting idea for a video. I'll remove Baru Cormorant from my 'to read' pile. Surprised to see a Bernard Cornwell novel on here, even the best can slip it seems. Did you ever read the Scholomance series also by Naomi Novik, it is exceptionally poorly written yet that too has around a 4* rating on GoodReads.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
I haven't read Scholomance yet. Novik is 50-50 with me right now. Let's see whether Scholomance will turn things more positive. :)
@Kenb3d111 ай бұрын
@@PetrikLeo life's too short, don't do it to yourself. Pretty much the entire cast is two dimensional and prone to making irritatingly illogical choices. The ending falls utterly flat, and most egregious of all is that the premise had potential. My recommendation would be to give it a miss.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
@@Kenb3d1 i'll probably try A Deadly Education someday and see how I feel. If I dislike it so much, I will not continue 😂
@jennd210011 ай бұрын
My morning was dragging a bit, and then... this video happened! I was laughing out loud even as I covered my eyes thinking... I might have liked Uprooted. Thank you for the morning pick-me-up Petrik!
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Nothing wrong with liking Uprooted, Jenn! Hahaha, I'm glad this video made your morning! :)
@thepussycat6611 ай бұрын
Hahah, fun video! I love A Gathering of shadows but I understand what you mean. 😊 My unpopular opinion is that I hate The First Law Trilogy 🙈 Joe Abbercrombie's writting is not for me.😅
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Oofff First Law!? One of my favorites!? 😂😂 No worries, though! We have different experience after all!
@theethicalostrich138811 ай бұрын
Uprooted: DNF. I actually got through at least half. While far from good, it held my attention for a while. It just wasn't enough to bother finishing the book Defending Elysium: Hard Disagree. I love this story. I like it better than Skyward, I read it long before it was published when it was only available on Brandon Sanderson's webpage and long before the Skyward series was written. In fact, it was this book that convinced me to try Skyward. It definitely does not have the polish of many of his other books, but that is because it was more of a writing exercise than a book. I haven't read the rest.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Glad you liked Defending Elysium!
@covergirlbooks11 ай бұрын
11:20 I’m so glad you mentioned this one! One of my subscribers had told me they didn’t like Rain Wild (the entire trilogy) for the same reason. It’s good to know the other 2 don’t have the same overdone issue 😅Planning to borrow those from the library when I reach that area of the Realm 😬
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Rainwild is a quartet! Four books, but yeah, it's only in Dragon Haven that problem went crazy. 😂 I hope you'll have better luck and enjoyment reading it!
@covergirlbooks11 ай бұрын
@@PetrikLeo right! I knew that lol. …Is there important story development that means that one volume is un-skippable?
@PetrikLeo10 ай бұрын
@@covergirlbooks i just saw this. Sorry! I don't think there's anything too important in Dragon Haven. Imo, though, as long you read the first book in raindwild and know what "silver" is in that quartet, you should be good to read the last trilogy. Not that it's necessary, but made some parts on silver more digestible. 😃
@cat.book.nook.9 ай бұрын
"teenagers finding their libido explosion" made me chuckle. Honestly, with my unending tbr, I appreciate such videos even more than the ones with recommendations. 😅 And I'm there with you on not being a fan of characters being horny all the time.
@PetrikLeo9 ай бұрын
Hahaha! Characters being horny all the time is one of my least favorite things to read in books. Just not a fan of reading about them!
@cat.book.nook.9 ай бұрын
@@PetrikLeo Same. It's fine to have a few scenes but when it becomes the only 'plot', I just can't keep being interested.
@element931311 ай бұрын
I was also disappointed with the Fall of Babel, especially after the Hod King which I thought was fantastic. Here's to hoping his next series has a better conclusion!
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
The Hod King was incredible. The series went downhill so hard. Truly the Fall of Babel.
@alisonmcauliffe981211 ай бұрын
Sorry to hear this! I’ve only read Senlin Ascends which I really enjoyed and was looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
@Grimscribe73211 ай бұрын
@@PetrikLeo Is it worth picking up the Hod King and at least trying The Fall of Babel? I really enjoyed Senlin Ascends but stopped with the series after beaing thoroughly disappointed by Arm of the Sphinx.
@safinan800811 ай бұрын
Hi 👋 interesting video, thank you for ur thoughts 💭 happy reading to you!! 😊
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Thank you, you too!
@ronaldwatson386211 ай бұрын
Great video as always - and I hope I never piss off salty Petrik!
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! 😄😄
@alisonmcauliffe981211 ай бұрын
I do agree on Uprooted. I came to Naomi Novik through the Temeraire series, which I loved, but I couldn’t finish Uprooted. I haven’t read any Novik since. Maybe I’ll try Spinning Silver.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Spinning Silver is a much better book! Definitely give it a try! 😊
@ksiazkowisko11 ай бұрын
I'm Polish and putting aside the romance plot in Uprooted, the Polish-inspired elements of the story were just riddiculous 😂
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
I'm not Polish, but I didn't know the Polish inspirations weren't done well. 😂
@ksiazkowisko11 ай бұрын
@@PetrikLeo yeah, fails even in this regard 😂
@krizaey878211 ай бұрын
Have you read "Godkiller" yet? If so, would love to know your thoughts on it. Thank you! 🦌
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Not yet, but I certainly plan to do it! :)
@ladyfox67055 ай бұрын
A fantastic little book! And my weeks-delayed copy of Sunbringer is finally arriving today woohoo 🙂👏🙌
@TuftyMcTavish11 ай бұрын
While there are a couple of titles on here I am likely to read in my future - so I skipped those chapters 🫣 - most of these books are unfamiliar to me. Bar one, The Traitor - Baru Cormorant, which I really did not like… at all. I still have it on my shelves, mind you, because I tend not to unhaul. That is except for books I cannot stand, of which I can instantly recall two (one is a favourite of yours [very big 😜]). Anyway, I don’t tend to say much on this topic because it’s negative, and there are many books I dislike and quietly never mention again. Good episode, sir, I like seeing both sides, and you make it constructive either way 👏
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Thank you! Haha, glad you feel the same about Traitor Baru Cormorant as me. 😂😂
@groofay11 ай бұрын
I love the salty videos, sometimes to need to open the pressure valve for a bit. Although it is very funny to me, the irony of people saying you should do more negative-leaning videos, and then the moment you make one, they go "no, no, not like that!"
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
A few comments already showed that. "Be more negative. Wait not to my favorite books!" Basically. 😂😂
@rimighosh599111 ай бұрын
We both have the same opinion of A Gathering Of Shadows. I even dnf the series and never felt the urge to start again
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
I certainly will not read the series ever again! xD
@AboutThatTime42011 ай бұрын
This is an unrelated comment, I just wanted to share that I just read Piranesi a couple of days ago and I absolutely loved it! Such a cool book, I'm still trying to piece together what exactly I just read. It was mind-blowing but also simple at the same time. I really want to read Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (by the same Author). But I just started Assassin's Apprentice last night. But I think Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell may be my next read. I just really enjoyed reading Piranesi so I think I might like the Author's other books.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Piranesi is great! And a lovely surprise read for me. Did not expect I would enjoy it that much. I couldn't gel with Jonathan Strange, though. I ended up watching the TV show adaptation and it was superb!
@AboutThatTime42011 ай бұрын
@@PetrikLeo That's awesome. I did not know there was a show adaptation. I'll have to check it out!
@ChattieTheMadChatter9 ай бұрын
15:07 agree - 4 London's was so cool, but was not used to do anything interesting 😔💜📚
@PetrikLeo9 ай бұрын
Yeah, such an unused potential!
@narek2311 ай бұрын
What is that book behind his left shoulder with the guy facing down the dragon? Thats an awesome cover
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Dragon Mage by M.L. Spencer. :)
@Allenro71111 ай бұрын
The ones I've read: - Uprooted: Was alright? but it also made me not pick up anymore Naomi Novik lol - Traitor Baru C.: It read like an economics textbook. I could not connect with anyone in that book. - Defending Elysium: I did like this one! But I had already read all of Skyward series so far so it was just like an interesting extra. - Robin Hobb in general is just not my type of author. Dnf'd third book in first trilogy and have not looked back haha. - VE Schwab also just not my type of author. I've tried a few and nothing is above a 3s, so I've accepted reality. Was great hearing your negative thoughts! Those are also important when comparing tastes and opinions :D
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Interesting! other than Defending Elysium and Robin Hobb's, I guess we agree on the others. Also, I totally concur on Traitor Baru Cormorant. It reads like an economic textbook. Literally could not care what happened to the characters.
@nikosbookreviews10 ай бұрын
Uprooted is the only Novik book I've read and I thought it was okay at best. Sounds like it that's the worst one I should check out some more of her stuff lol. Defending Elysium I think is fine for what it is, but yeah it's definitely not a polished story. I also hated Rain Wilds lol, so I'm there with you. The Desert Prince was so bad, I did like Demon Cycle a lot despite the major issues, but I agree this spin off shouldn't have been published.
@PetrikLeo10 ай бұрын
Oh believe me. I was filled with joy when I saw your review for Desert Prince. I thought I was insane when I disliked that and saw the many positive ratings and reviews for it. xD
@arlissbunny11 ай бұрын
Some day someone is going to write a thriller where Naomi Novik is vacationing in Indonesia and you are found bloodied with a copy of Uprooted laying nearby. Beware!!! LOL! (I didn’t like Uprooted either but Spinning Silver is lovely.)
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
NOOOO! Run awayyy hahaha.
@MariaMightReadThat11 ай бұрын
Ironically I was just reading your Unholy War review the other day (trying to decide if Moontide Quartet should be a priority series for next year). And yikes, that sounds like a terrible third book. Do you still feel like the series was overall worth it or better to avoid at all costs haha?
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
I honestly can't say so. But I dunno, people seem to love it. What I said about the third book is actually much worse when you read it. My review did little to prepare readers for the content. xD
@liviajelliot11 ай бұрын
I literally choked on my drink on the trees comments, and the 24-hours magic, like... what? D: D: D: Also, I have never heard of that novella by Sanderson, that was shocking, honestly. Anyways, I loved this video - you were funny and unapologetic, and really liked it. Ugh about the Desert Prince, that's shit - I _hate_ that type of forced development, to be honest.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, Livia! Yeah, the actual content in Unholy War is even worse than what I said here. I couldn't talk about them all in my video.
@liviajelliot11 ай бұрын
@@PetrikLeo Oh goodness; in any case, I'm grateful for the video - it would've been such a dissapointment!
@fjuran111 ай бұрын
Ah, the Salty Petrik!! Love this video. Agree with you on the Fall of Babel, was disappointed what they did with Senlin. He has a new book releasing soon. Didn't read Defending Elysium, now, oh well, I'll hold off. The Rainwild Chronicles, really can be pulled out of the The Realm of the Enderlings. I have all the David Hairs, read book one loved it, you are so funny here!!! Cameron, I read the first book, and I have read his other series, Master and Mages, he is hit or miss for me. Going to attempt his Sci-fi Artifact Space. For me the Demon Cycle ended, thought it was long enough doesn't need to go further. Cornwell's pattern hols true for his Sharpe books as well.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! Glad you agree with me on Fall of Babel and Cornwell's storytelling pattern. I hope you'll love David Hair's books more than me! 😂😂
@ladyfox67055 ай бұрын
This is why I haven't used GoodReads in years, as it's just morphed into a popularity-contest site 😞 Have had Uprooted on my shelves for years, and even unhauled it several times, though it's so pretty I have trouble and pull it back out of the box lol. I couldn't get beyond the first chapter or two, and the guy being really rude to the protagonist put me off as she just shrugged it off - ugh.
@PetrikLeo5 ай бұрын
The guy was SO RUDE to the protagonist for the entire book, imo. It was so off-putting how they could be a romantic couple.
@ladyfox67055 ай бұрын
@@PetrikLeo Sounds awful. But you and others say that Spinning Silver is far better, so maybe I'll give that one a go.
@AndreAlvesAlmanac11 ай бұрын
Don't worry about the hateful comments Petrik, you're doing an amazing job! I think we have similar tastes, however I loved The Fall of Babel, but can 100% understand why someone wouldn't, and that's fine 😆
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Thank you, Andre! I'll try to not let the hate comments get to me. I'm usually pretty strong mentally speaking, but there are always some of those sad days where negative comments can affect me.
@AndreAlvesAlmanac11 ай бұрын
Just remember, for every negative comment there's a thousand people that want to hear what you have to say 😁
@joannalitwin708211 ай бұрын
Not me jotting down all the titles of books that were too 'horny' 😂
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
No judgment from me! 🤣🤣
@mariareadsssf11 ай бұрын
Thank you for making me laugh. "50 shades of Gray in the Forest" that is a pitch indeed my frend! 😂 Salty Petrik rules!
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Hahaha thank you, my friend! :)
@arlissbunny11 ай бұрын
I laughed out loud too. Hilarious!
@pappywinky474911 ай бұрын
I dropped a chorus of dragon for the same reason you didn't like unholy war. By the 3rd book, everyone is horny, every joke is a sexual innuendo. I'm not a prude but it was getting really old. We also need more salty petrik!!
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
It's not about being a prude or not, characters being horny all the time is just not the kind of stories I love to read in my fantasy books! :)
@TheAshwini198811 ай бұрын
Ooof, I do not remember much about uprooted but I think I loved the vibes, and the Dragon Haven, yeah, that was also my biggest critique of the series. Teenagers can be irritating like that but the way it was written also made it hard to love the book tbh.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Yeahhh. You're right. Really not a fan of Dragon Haven! 😂😂
@bucherzauber457211 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed listening to you and really had to laugh at the description of the Robin Hobb book 😄 Thanks for the video 😊
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
You're welcome! And thank you for the kind words! 😂
@Rincewood11 ай бұрын
I completely agree with the fall of babel, after hearing good things about the first book, i decided to listen to all of them as audiobooks. I loved the first 3 books and it felt like everything fell apart on the fourth one, I still haven't finished the last few hours.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Yeahhh. The fourth book felt like a betrayal to those who wants Senlin as the main character. Like how it was in the first three!
@plesiophrictus275611 ай бұрын
14:21 I agree with this one, unpopular or not. Book two was the weakest in this series and felt like time filler with the tournament story thread to the main black London-vitari story thread. This series should have been a doulogy.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
I actually liked the first book enough to continue. I can't believe how bad the series degraded from there. 😂
@BrianBell711 ай бұрын
Petrik, I am with you 100% on VE Schwab. Liked "Viscious" enough but DNF'd "The Shade of Magic" series and never understood the hype. Book one was maybe, maybe ok. Then, right off a cliff.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Yeah, Shade of Magic is a typical YA series masqueraded as adult, imo. Unlike her Vicious series.
@drawyrral11 ай бұрын
I couldn't agree more about Peter V. Brett's books. The series started out great, then it went downhill to the point where I won't even try The Desert Prince.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Not worth it if you already disliked The Demon Cycle. Believe me. 😂
@yanivrosenfeld-cohen751711 ай бұрын
A great and honest new angel of video! I wonder if besides Ken Liu, Fonda Lee and a few others you have an adult completed fantasy book series you thought was good all through and didn't lose it
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
I have plenty. The Banished Lands Saga by John Gwynne, The First Law by Joe Abercrombie, and more. 😃
@yanivrosenfeld-cohen751711 ай бұрын
@@PetrikLeo If I didn't love first law, should I try age of madness or wouldn't I understand it?
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
@@yanivrosenfeld-cohen7517 would still understand I think. You'll miss background of some characters but can't hurt trying if you're not a fan of the first trilogy.
@natcommon11 ай бұрын
I've only read one of these books that you talked about, but I completely agree. Uprooted is so overrated and sadly not a very good book imo.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Practicing the romance in Uprooted in real life would ensure my tongue cut with a razor.
@adamdarrar12111 ай бұрын
Pity the trees sacrificed to make this book!!!! 😂😂😂 my guy I never knew the words to say when I felt disappointed by a book 😂 I’m stealing that!
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Haha go ahead! I don't have any copyrights to this line. 😂
@stevenredpath933211 ай бұрын
I will stand on a hill defending Robyn Hobb series around the Fool and Fitz. The rainwild series, nope.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
I will stand with you then! 😄
@stevenredpath933211 ай бұрын
@@PetrikLeo and we will have legions with us. Sometimes it’s the disparity between series that disappoint the most. The fall from average to mediocre is barely noticeable. From the heights of brilliant to poor is very noticeable. But we have the brilliance still. 😀❤️
@RecordingsofaReader11 ай бұрын
Fifty Shades of Gray in the forest! I love it! 🤣😂 I agree, I thought the romance parts of Uprooted were pretty cringey.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Hahaha thank you! Yeah, not only cringey, but super toxic, imo.
@mickrispy11 ай бұрын
Your review of Unholy War was so funny to listen to, especially your last comments on it with your facial expressions.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
I wish I could say more about it here. But the video would be in danger of demonetization. 😂😂
@chrismarshall495511 ай бұрын
The Locked Tomb series deserves an honorable mention. I will never understand how people can like that!
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
I liked Gideon the Ninth, but definitely not Harrow the Ninth!
@AndreAlvesAlmanac11 ай бұрын
Omg same!
@ChattieTheMadChatter9 ай бұрын
10:50 - lol I can see how that can be annoying - for me it was City of Dragons and Blood of dragons where I was so annoyed and did not care about the sex politics. In Dragon Haven i enjoyed it, as it was exploring civilisation, inventing new rules and laws, who gets to make them. Don't get me wrong it was gross - but i got so angry with the idea of "mating/ breeding" and possession and rites of a person. I thought it explored the reason for rules that was not first apparent and pulled out alot of feminist issues around respect, owning your body, people are people not things and you don't own other people, but you need to take responsibility for your actions. I think this could have been explored more by having the rainwild and tattooed politics, fitting in, claiming part of the community and integration as well. Looking more at societal rules, who gets to decide and judge and how do they get put in place. 💜📚
@kirstenholmes611 ай бұрын
I totally agree with Dragon Haven being horrible. I almost was not able to finish it. It was so annoying. I plan to re-read Realm of the Elderlings someday, but will skip the Rainwilds completely.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
I LOVE Realm of the Elderlings, but not the Rainwild quartet. I don't think I need to reread that series again ever. 😂
@gamecraverz191011 ай бұрын
A question for you- is red rising and malice worth reading
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Oh absolutely. Both of them!
@tanimal396411 ай бұрын
That's a shame you didn't like the Fell Sword, I love the whole series. I do agree with you regarding the Fall of Babel though.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
I feel like an alien for not liking Traitor Son Cycle. Everything about it sounds like something I'll love until I read it. *sigh*
@ABookishBalance11 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 omg, knowing nothing about that Robin Hobb book, I was not expecting you to say what you did 😂. That really is too bad about Peter V Brett's books 🤮, so glad I quit the Demon Cycle after book 1
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Hahaha it's the reality! Whether you like the book or not. And yeah, you made the right choice stopping Demon Cycle. The series doesn't get better after the first book.
@morleywritesbooks11 ай бұрын
i didn't 1star Uprooted, but i agree that it was overhyped. Like, somewhere in there is a good story, but it felt disorganized in how it was told, and the romance come out of nowhere (i think i would have been happier if they just became friends over her time spent) I really wanted to like it cause so many of my friends liked it, but yeah... just wasn't my cup of tea. I think i rated it at a 2.5 on a personal scale. Kind of boring, with a piece here and there that i liked but was never explored further, but i didn't DNF
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
The romance came out of nowhere, and it did not make sense at all. Throughout the whole book, the main character is treated so badly and poorly, and then suddenly she fell in love. I am so confused about how any of it can be considered as romantic.
@morleywritesbooks11 ай бұрын
@@PetrikLeo i know, right? It would've been better at the end if they parted as friends or had a new sense of respect for each other as colleagues
@apebblemaster457011 ай бұрын
WHAT! You hated Defending Elysium??? I actually read it before starting the Skyward series, and LOVED it! But yeah, I can see how it would be disappointing if you read it out of order. It was really fun having some backstory that the Skyward characters didn't even have, but also wondering how in the world things had changed so drastically in the time between the novella and Skyward.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Yeahhh I'm not a fan of Defending Elysium. Nothing in that book works, imo. 😂😂😂
@vwkflynn11 ай бұрын
A Gathering of Shadows is a rare time where i initially liked the book. Then I DNF'd A Conjuring of Light and was so disappointed that a went back and lowered my score of Shadows. That third book is so bad it makes the previous entries WORSE. This has only happened one other time with the Founders Trilogy, and Locklands specifically. And it's REAL weird it has happened twice.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
I did not like A Conjuring of Light, too. Shade of Magic is certainly not for me. That said, I actually loved Locklands. Quite surprised by how many people disliked that book hahaha.
@Maximus062311 ай бұрын
I agree on Uprooted being very overrated. While I’m not quite with you on 1 Star and being one of the worst books I’ve read because I thought it had some good moments and parts of the world were interesting, it was not good and very disappointing. I give it 2 stars.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Yeah, I went into it expecting it would be romantic and magical, like everyone said. What I got was certainly not that.
@Maximus062311 ай бұрын
@@PetrikLeo I’m encouraged by your Spinning Silver thoughts. Maybe I won’t give up on Naomi Novak because she is very popular, but there are so many good books I still haven’t read that it makes me hesitant to continue with an author who wrote one I didn’t like very much
@Lila_S.11 ай бұрын
I thought I was alone in my not-clicking with Seth Dickinson's writing. I am such a huge fan of Dorothy Dunnett's House of Niccolo so the premise of The Traitor immediately hooked me. And sure, Baru's economic maneuvering is mild compared to Basso or Nicholas de Fleury, but the thing that broke me was just how exasperated i was with character development. I even gave the Monster a try and I decided he is just for me. It has to be schadenfreude, but your annoyance with horny books is way too entertaining to watch. :))) Thanks for sharing, Petrik!
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Hahaha at least my pain brings you some laughter. And yeah, I felt like I was crazy for not liking Dickinson's writing style at all!
@MichaelSmith-zx5lw11 ай бұрын
Okay but the cover of Uprooted is so pretty! Thats the only reason i still own it lmao
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Definitely can't disagree with that. 😂
@heydon201211 ай бұрын
One book I think was a waste of trees sacrificed to make a book was Metronome By Tom Watson
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Never heard of that one before!
@jessieliseem818210 ай бұрын
The Temerarie series by Naomi Novik would probably be more up your alley. Napoleonic wars with dragons who talk? I love uprooted just because of the female friendship element. But understand why others don’t love it!
@PetrikLeo10 ай бұрын
Yeah I'll probably try Temeraire series someday! That one still has my interest! 😁
@josemiguelnavarro789911 ай бұрын
Ah so it ain't just me that didn't like Baru Cormorant. I think I got halfway through it but just dropped it. It was interesting at first but it just felt boring halfway through.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
I relatively enjoyed the first 20% and that's about it. The rest was boredom. 😅
@angelamccollister11 ай бұрын
Salty Petrik for the win!!!
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, Angela! :)
@mormengil11 ай бұрын
You know, not liking a book by your favourite author is not at all weird imho. When you like someone's writings so much, it doesn't take a big step down to feel disappointed, because you hold them to a pretty high standard. It happened to me with Beren and Luthien, but then again, it was not really a story that JRR Tolkien published in that form, so I kind of understand where the dissonance comes from. It was a frankenstein cobbled together from notes and fragments and many many much earlier versions of middle earth tales (way before the hobbit was even written) The point is, the more you enjoy an author or a series, the easier it is to get disappointed when not everything aligns as we feel like we wanted.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Thank you! I totally agree with you. And funny you mentioned Beren and Luthien. I couldn't get with that book, too. The writing style is certainly not for me.
@nicholasczech697311 ай бұрын
Great works of literature, especially fantasy can be Brilliant without obtrusive sexual desires. JRR Tolkien can be a great example. However if done right, such as George RR Martin. It can work, clearly as these books you have picked do not work well in that type of writing style. As a aspiring author myself, it is hard to distinguish proper from adventurous behavior sometimes.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Tolkien is a great example! I feel once there is too much focus on sexual desires, especially when it takes hundreds of pages, the book has turned into romance over fantasy. And i am not a fan of that 😂
@sophhnavarro11 ай бұрын
I appreciate when Booktube is not always about hype and people slow down to give their honest opinions, so don't apologize :)
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! That's why I think a video like this is necessary. As long that the overall channel content isn't full of it. 😁
@book_scent11 ай бұрын
Nooo ... not A Gathering of Shadows!! 😆 Shades of Magic is a favorite series of mine! But I love Salty Petrik, so it's okay 😂
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Hahaha sorry!! 😂😂 I wish I could like them, but I'm glad you did!
@amy_harboredinpages827211 ай бұрын
Non of those spark my interest yet, I'm in my adult Sci-fi & Fantasy zone atm! 📖😃📚
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Noiceee! :D
@jorisschelfhout234811 ай бұрын
Crazy..Had exactly the same with uprooted and unholy war😅❤
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Good to know I'm not the only one!
@GentleGiantJason11 ай бұрын
Of the books on your list that I read , I find myself in total agreement.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Hahah that's good. 🤣
@johnathanrhoades775111 ай бұрын
Uprooted is so weird... Because Spinning Silver is so good!
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Exactly! Love Spinning Silver so much! 😁
@brianlagrant975711 ай бұрын
Spot on with The Fall of Babel. What happened?
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
The Fall of the Books of Babel happened. 🥲
@raswartz11 ай бұрын
I like how most of these books are from authors that you like. It makes it more credible than if you just started bagging on SJM or whoever.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Same with everything, it can't always be a win, even from favorite authors!
@ChaptersWeLove11 ай бұрын
Uprooted? A Gathering of Shadows? You wound me 😂😂
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Hahaha oops! 🤣
@andrewf773211 ай бұрын
Probably my most unpopular opinion is I think The Six of Crows Duology is very overrated. I can understand latching onto the characters, but the plot is mediocre. I think the author could have been way more creative with the heist plotline. I can see why it's popular for its target demographic but don't understand the love from adult fantasy readers. I probably just read them when I was too old so I don't get the hype. Also, I hate Vicious, which is an incredibly unpopular opinion. Only thing I liked about it was the unconventional time line but I hated all of the characters, especially the main two.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
I do think The Six of Crows duology is good! But just not as amazing as what people claim to be, so I guess it definitely count as overrated, too, in my opinion. :)
@ilikecomicstoareallyproble861711 ай бұрын
I finished Dragon Haven, and good lord I wanted to throw that book across the room.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Congratulations on finishing one of the worst books! 😂
@richwar241711 ай бұрын
I DNFed The Fall of Babel. Nothing in that book kept me interested enough to see how the story ended.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
It took me 2 weeks to finish that book. It was like reading uninteresting text. Still in disbelief the series can drop that much. 😶
@77thass11 ай бұрын
My TBR is marked safe from books that suck.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
That's awesome! :)
@mythologypress947011 ай бұрын
I very much like Salty Petrik 😅
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Hahaha thank you! 😂😂
@dphunk8711 ай бұрын
It's a shame Cornwell didn't condense the series into 5 or 6 books, it could have been epic. I stopped after book 6
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
YES! That's what I always say. The series is too long for its own good.
@tanja936411 ай бұрын
NOOOOOOOOOO! I will be loyal to Robin Hobb until the end of my days! Ok, the Rainwild Chronicles are not as good as the other books, but Dragon Haven (hay-ven) wasn’t THAT bad, a middling amount of bad maybe! Actually, it was quite bad!
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Just admit it. Join the dark side... 😂
@bikash570611 ай бұрын
Has anyone noticed how many times Petrik said “Horney” in this video😅😅?
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, horny is the only safe word I can use on my video so that it doesn't get flagged by YT. 😂😂
@angelaholmes888811 ай бұрын
Totally agree about dragon haven 💯
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Glad you agreed! :)
@angelamccollister11 ай бұрын
Moontide Quartet...hmm, I may be deleting my ebooks of this series. Lol
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
I recommend it if you want something to drive you mad. 😂
@earendil670811 ай бұрын
Yes, I don't understand overly lustful characters. Worse, I don't comprehend how specific authors portray characters having multiple sexual encounters approaching doomsday, on the run and facing life-or-death wars.
@PetrikLeo11 ай бұрын
Oh god. The world is ending. War is raging outside. Imma bang quickly while people's throats are slashed left and right. Annoyed the heck out of me.