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@cmauthor Жыл бұрын
For Confessions, it is worth noting that it was translated from Japanese, and in Japanese, it's considered rude/impolite to express big emotions when speaking to someone you don't know very well. So for a teacher addressing her students, the fact that she doesn't show too much emotion is actually probably a translation issue more than anything else--for the original Japanese audience, they'd be like "Yes, this is precisely how a teacher talks about something like this to her students."
@WishfulThinkingArt Жыл бұрын
Thank you, someone else who doesn’t understand the appeal of the “Practical Magic” book! There was SO MUCH exposition and random character profiles, and Sally falls so quickly in love with Gary. So much more seemed to be told than shown, and it made the book feel so flat and unimpressive.
@vintage0soul Жыл бұрын
I read Practical Magic and had the exact same reaction as you. And then I read a book called Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen and it was everything that Practical Magic should have been. It was honestly closer to the movie than the eponymous book.
@Readersgoingtoread Жыл бұрын
I loved Garden Spells! I agree with you!
@angelicabalia6143 Жыл бұрын
I'm already obsessed with that jumper. I want to knit it soooo bad. Wish you a great 2023. You deserve it!
@racheltfisher Жыл бұрын
Have you ever read The Bartimaeus series by Jonathan Stroud? I loved the first book I haven’t got round to reading the rest yet, I’m listening to the audiobook of the 4th Lockwood and Co atm, after watching the tv show 😊
@verucasalt4535 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Lianne! You saved me from reading a few books that were on my to-read list. I disliked Practical Magic too and am glad you read it. I read The Passage this year and forced myself to finish it on audio. I fell in love with the characters at the beginning and then suddenly a quarter through the book we jump 100 years into the future and those characters are replaced by people I didn't care about. Like you said in one video, "Just kill them all off, I don't care." Love you! 🧂
@lmiller8337 Жыл бұрын
🧂I love hearing your opinions about books. I don't read horror but getting your take on your worst and best is enough for me. You are an auto watch for me. Keep those opinions coming🧂
@amy_harboredinpages8272 Жыл бұрын
I feel the same... salty 🧂 🧂 🧂 🧂 ☺️
@victoriabryer4710 Жыл бұрын
Right at the end of 2022 I got into reading and read 5 books in December, and three so far this month. I have 8 more tbr and I can't wait to start them.
@Ysarra Жыл бұрын
Just stumbled on your channel. New sub. Brilliant, thoughtful & well-articulated content. Thank you 🤓
@Siavahda Жыл бұрын
I don't read a lot of the same books as you - I'm mostly a SFF-only enby! - but your videos are always so delightful to watch I really don't care! Laughed a lot, thank you for this brill (awful???) list!
@RadellasReadingRoom Жыл бұрын
🧂My 3 Worst Of 2022 were "The Emperor's Blades" by Brian Staveley (fantasy, hugely misogynistic, lots of plot conveniences) "Murder at the Fitzwilliam" by Jim Eldridge (historical mystery, only 1 possible suspect, performative anachronistic male feminism) "Death in August" by Marco Vichi (translated, police procedural, unthinking toxic masculinity)
@teaspoones Жыл бұрын
I love your salty videos :D Oh I hated Nothing But Blackened Teeth. It made me so angry uuugh! Thanks to you i have now removed Confessions and Come Closer from my to-buy list. I think my worst books of 2022 were The Ruins by Phoebe Wynn and Murder on the Christmas Express by Alexandra Benedict. But there were quite a lot of other bad books that I read in 2022 so it wasn’t a great reading year for me 😅
@anix670 Жыл бұрын
So, so true about Practical Magic the book. The writing is so...dead. There's no magic and it's like a dead slug. Thanks Lianne, lovely vid.😊
@maiadawncreighton1438 Жыл бұрын
🧂I'm one of those weird outliers that liked both the movie and the book of Practical Magic. I guess I like to see how things are changed from the page to the screen. Love your videos.
@kaberroneill94 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!! I thought I was the only one that didn't like Practical Magic!
@fletcherthenerd Жыл бұрын
I would so love to see your top recs for haunted house books!! I’m desperate for more, nothing can fill the craving that House of Leaves has given me
@AndiBfishbowlwoman Жыл бұрын
Your take on Practical Magic sums up a lot of how I felt about it, but at the time, I forgave it a lot--it was the very first audiobook I ever listened to, way back in the mid to late 90's, which must have been shortly after it was released on audio. I thought it was a neat experience to listen to a story while doing other things with my eyes. But I do remember the book being a lot more depressing than the movie, which is probably why I never went back and re-read it after falling for the film. 😄 The worst book I finished was probably "Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague," which I had read as a child and upon re-reading was reminded of why I stopped reading the "Misty" books back then. 🧂
@holly27796 Жыл бұрын
Your sweater is so amazing, I totally want one!
@Steph-qs4yq Жыл бұрын
🧂Sistersong is my worst book of the year. It started okay but then took a twist that is in the original myth which made absolutely no sense in the context of the story. Some forboding was required. Some idea that this was possible in this world! If you're doing a myth retelling, and changing a bunch of things already, at least make the plot make sense! It honestly still makes me angry. Thank you for the rant, as ever, I loved it. I hope your 2023 treats you infinitely better.
@nandinikhanna4624 Жыл бұрын
I'm so relieved to find someone who had the same problems with Nicci French that I did. Like you, I kept giving another book a chance- I landed up reading the entire Frieda Klein series, along with a couple of standalones :) Similar to what you said, the protagonists tend to say and do whatever they want regardless of logic and logistics. And they're unlikable in very...unlikable way. I didn't appreciate the way they wrote dialogue either- it always felt unrealistic, and all this meant that I never actually rooted for the protagonist. The only book I found bearable was Beneath the Skin. It is a standalone and was better than the others (but still, to me, not the best thriller). As always, you're a joy to watch!
@doreenarcher8543 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Lianne. I always enjoy your videos. You save me from the stinkers. Lookin forward to your next video. You and Harry take care.🫖☕️
@victoriacalvert7499 Жыл бұрын
Happy to know that I am not alone with Practical Magic. I don't understand why it is put on such a high level. I absolutely hated it. It put me in such a bad reading slump. I adore the movie, so this one was a huge disappointment when I tried to read it. I have decided that Alice Hoffman is not an author for me.
@sawyer1852 Жыл бұрын
The salt in this video was **chef's kiss** 🧂 I was totally expecting The Family Remains to be on this list! 😂 My worst read of 2022 was Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson. I know it's a queer classic but it was absolutely not for me! 😅Hope you feel better soon 💚 Looking forward to the rest of your 2022 wrap-up content :)
@whatruthreads Жыл бұрын
This is not a diss at all because I really do love you, but I’m totally going to try Nicci French because some of these are some of my favourite books ever 🤣🤣 I love your opinions so much 💛💛💛 🧂🧂🧂
@eleanorhynd5078 Жыл бұрын
🧂I haven't read any of these books but I have a stack of Nicci French waiting - I've read three I think and all of them felt kind of meh, so I may read what I have but not get any more. I've not really read any books I felt were awful but quite a few in the meh category which is why I'm so thrilled to have the Discworld readalong - I just finished the first novel and started the second - I'm hoping I can read some other books too tho and I don't mind if it takes me longer than the 'allotted' (as I've said before, I don't read nearly as fast most other people!)
@keelysimpson5104 Жыл бұрын
Great reviews, I read Practical Magic back in 2003 as I loved the movie...was so disappointed! Worst book has got to be Daughter of the Moon Goddess. I was so sad about it because it's stunning to look at but the pacing was just not for me
@fionadonohue572 Жыл бұрын
🧂 My worst book of the year was a re-read! Why I put myself through that I don't know. I read Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan for a book club both Times and I really feel that it was worse the second time. Exciting Times, ha, if only!!
@Books_on_the_Brain Жыл бұрын
Lovely seeing your sweet (and salty🧂) face today! My worst book that I didn't dnf was I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness. The cover is gorgeous enough that I'm keeping it, but it was just a wet rag of a book.
@MrsBroomeMakes Жыл бұрын
Love watching your videos and looking forward tonthe next one. My worst book of 2022 was definitely Follow Me To Ground. I know a lot of people loved it but I just didn't get it 🤷♀️ it was weird for the sake of being weird
@LanaExLibris Жыл бұрын
So in love with your cardigan ❤ 🧂🧂🧂
@sstark103 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I feel the same way about Practical Magic. Rules of Magic was even worse.
@knjigoloznica Жыл бұрын
YES TO ALL about Tender Is the Flesh. I stopped reading and deleted it at 10% because MY GOD it was trying so hard to be the new 1984 and it just isn't. It isn't even the book that got marketed to us. Just plain bad.
@maddipaige4479 Жыл бұрын
🧂 I would almost say The Inheritance Games as well, but I read it right after One of Us is Lying which was way worse imo. Another was The Whispering Dark, written by a Deaf author about a deaf protagonist. I’m becoming more and more involved in the Deaf Community, so I was excited about this. Turns out it was very little to do with the Deaf experience tagged onto Watpad writing. I DNFed it.
@OnlyIfForAPage Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video, it's always nice to hear negative reviews of some books that are widely beloved :- )
@JeantheSecond Жыл бұрын
I was so worried. I searched Lockwood and Co. for the Netflix trailer and I saw your video title. I was so nervous. Whew.
@Samantha-SamReadsThings Жыл бұрын
I was gifted Practical Magic by a friend for Christmas, and am very curious now to read it and see if I agree with all of the salt 🧂
@verucasalt4535 Жыл бұрын
Please read Magic Lessons! I liked it lots more than Practical Magic -- the book. I watched the movie constantly when I was little! 😅
@racheltfisher Жыл бұрын
I’m sad you didn’t love The Inheritance Games, I’m excited to read the rest 😊
@mariefuchsfeuer8590 Жыл бұрын
i love your energy!
@rukbat3 Жыл бұрын
My three worst books for 2022 were all ones I went into with high hopes, and then was severely disappointed. They were 3. This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone 2. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (I read this one for a book club, and we all hated it.) 1. The Past Is Red by Catherynne M. Valente (I have discovered with Valente that I either love her work or hate it, with nothing in between. Unfortunately, this was on the hate side.)
@TheHexedLibrary Жыл бұрын
I know that you said the DNF's were going to be a different video but I couldn't run away without saying that I DNF'd OVER 50 books this year. I only finished 90 so... it was a wild ride. Because I was so DNF friendly I only read a handful of books I didn't love. Most notably The bodyguard by Katherine Center and Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney. 🧂
@literatelyalees Жыл бұрын
I felt the same about The Inheritance Games!
@Hatsoonmeek Ай бұрын
I rlly liked confessions but it definitely had its issues. I think reading it from a queer perspective helped me because I kinda knew that a lot of the fear wasn't based on anything true. I love placebo fear and I just ate it up
@ameliabarlowbooks Жыл бұрын
🧂🧂🧂 I never knew there was a salt emoji, woah! my worst book of 2022 was Stoner. I can't even remember the author's name but it was the AWFUL and I hated it 💀
@BookBuds Жыл бұрын
I’ve been a Karin Slaughter fan since her first book and I’m less impressed these days. Her first several books were great! Detailed, graphic murders (sometimes too graphic lol) coupled with the character building was just beautiful. I felt like I really knew these characters. Now,, it’s just different. Sadly. Great video.
@KatieManring Жыл бұрын
Also as a literary fiction biscuit myself, I also read Tender is the Flesh and felt similarly. There’s a lot of issues with that story that made it hard for me to fully give it even a 3
@emmal7510 Жыл бұрын
So far I've been lucky with books mentioning the panini. I've read one and it gets mentioned as starting at the beginning of the book, then it goes on to focus on stuff involving giant monster. (Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi)
@ManEatingTeddyBear Жыл бұрын
🧂 I read and DNF'd a LOT of bad books in 2022, but I blocked most of them from my memory through sheer rage lol. One that does stick out (mostly because I read it in December, so it's still in my head) is Five Survive by Holly Jackson. I wasn't that excited about it (I even hated the 3rd book in her A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series), but I decided to give it a try and regretted it immediately. It's just... honestly so, so bad.
@tatim30 Жыл бұрын
I completely agree with you about Confessions and Nothing but Blackened Teeth, both books were super boring and hard to finish (even though both are super short novelas). Come closer is on my TBR but after hearing your thoughts I'll probably skip it.🧂
@heidigardner3598 Жыл бұрын
Omg I thought I was just too stupid for On Agoraphobia, I’m so glad you thought it was crap too.
@megjames7623 Жыл бұрын
Totally agree about Nothing but Blackened Teeth, it was one of my most anticipated reads of this year because of the premise but holy shit it was bad & everyone was insufferable
@nonfictionfeminist Жыл бұрын
🧂I kept seeing Nothing But Blackened Teeth absolutely everywhere, so I thought that it must be a really good book if everyone's reading it. Did not check the rating, and obviously this was a huge leap in logic, I don't usually think that way. I just finished reading it, and was completely underwhelmed
@rsarlls08 Жыл бұрын
🧂😃Thanks, for the heads up! The book I read that I didn't love was Bodies, Baddies and a Crabby Tabby by Sherri Bryan. It had a lot going on it to keep up with.....I mean besides the murders that took place in the book, there was the back story about the cat that shows up at the parents house that ends up involving a neighbor (not the killer) and then that person involved with the cat had their own backstory as to why the cat was involved....and then you have the backstory of the actual killer (involves a different neighbor) and the backstory of the victims that results in the reason behind them getting whacked. It was an okay read I didn't hate it but there was just too much to keep up with to actually enjoy. Just wasn't my cup of tea but it could be for someone else.
@lauracorsi3309 Жыл бұрын
I am so glad someone else is on my side about Nicci French.
@kaydee3354 Жыл бұрын
FINALLY! I keep seeing everyone put Confessions on their best of year lists and wondering WHY?! This book was mortifying and awful for all of the reasons you said.
@omgitsyelhsa13 Жыл бұрын
🧂💙🧂💜🧂💙🧂💜🧂💙🧂💜🧂💙🧂💜 that’s the emoji spell for a better but still salty 2023 😂😂
@catynatt8198 Жыл бұрын
🧂The two books that earned my rating of “violent hatred” were Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade and A Court of Mist & Fury by Sarah J Maas.
@CheyeW13 Жыл бұрын
I didn't hate Tender is the Flesh because I'm not a horror reader, nor is it what I wanted from it, but i had very similar thoughts about it. I don't regret reading it but I definitely think its over-hyped (and the cannibalism taboo has stopped reviewers from actually discussing the content/allegory lmao)
@whatkaylasays Жыл бұрын
Oh man I’m so bummed about “if I don’t make it, I love you” which I’ve been meaning to get to. I’m interested in the victims’ testimonies but I think I’d also be irritated by the introductions you mentioned.
@Kelsey_Layne Жыл бұрын
I DNF'd Practical Magic it was ... boring 😴 and I just ... didn't care 🤷♀️.
@biankatoth1786 Жыл бұрын
What I realized in 2022 is that my worst books are the 2 star reads because if I don't enjoy something, not my genre, not my writing style, boring I would DNF it but if something is a 2 stars book then I suffered it through because the story was interesting but the implementation wasn't or the characters were unlikeable or dumb.
@isirlasplace91 Жыл бұрын
Two books on my tbr we're on your list so I can't wait to read them to see if they'll make me salty too🧂
@susanthompson5142 Жыл бұрын
🧂🧂Nobody serves up a " side of salt " 🧂 better than you do Lianne. I'm so here for it !! Totally agree with you on Practical Magic, movie vs book. Movie is one of my all time favorites, book, not so much .
@victoriah4648 Жыл бұрын
Could not POSSIBLY agree more about Nothing but blackened teeth.
@AshtheViking Жыл бұрын
My exact thoughts on Tender is the Flesh.
@gailxoxo7286 Жыл бұрын
I love a lot of saltiness. 🧂. As for my chosen worst book of the year, its a controversial one and I might get some hate for it. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. I loved Mort but couldn't get into the rest of Pratchett, so am happily attempting the discworld reading challenge with you. As for Gaiman, I Loved Netherwhere, again but nothing else. Sorry to everyone.
@matastrakova2179 Жыл бұрын
I had a physical copy of House of hollow, but I got bored after the first chapter and finished the rest as audiobook.
@kboyd268 Жыл бұрын
It's weird I thought in False Witness only barely mentioned the pandemic a couple times? I didn't like where it went in the last half
@Biobotica Жыл бұрын
I felt exactly the same way about Practical Magic! I had such high hopes since I looove the movie. But oof. Where’s the familial love? And it’s so much about rejecting magic for a book about actual witches. A real disappointing head scratcher. I’ll just keep watching the movie!
@sophiecarbone4977 Жыл бұрын
Yes…. Come closer bothered me so much!!! I was surprised it’s become so popular 🧂🧂
@marynuttall163 Жыл бұрын
🧂 I loved the movie Practical Magic, while growing up. I later read the book and had no clue how the movie became what it did from that original source material. Smh. Thank you for saving me from reading a very anti lgbt and homophobic book. Wow. That teacher seems like a nut job.
@sabrinaburton7158 Жыл бұрын
I have gotten a lot better at DNFing this year but probably my least favourite book that I actually finished was The Turn of the Screw 😅
@margo8248 Жыл бұрын
🧂I didn't get with Nicki French either.
@lesliepowell-mccarty7067 Жыл бұрын
🧂I really enjoyed Practical Magic but I had not watched the movie so I was going into it blind. My worst book of the year was Goddess of Filth by V. Castro. It was really bad. I tried the audiobook and it was worse. Awful!
@wendypridmore2005 Жыл бұрын
I hated Plain Bad Heroines.
@NakiasHideaway Жыл бұрын
This was amazing to hear you talk about the reasons you didn't like so many books that so many others love! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 And thank you for confirming for me why I skipped... Nothing But Blackened Teeth, Confessions, Tender is the Flesh, and Come Closer. 🧂😁
@melanief.1585 Жыл бұрын
My three worst books of the year were Those Across the River, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, and Harrow the Ninth. I really liked Gideon the Ninth but the sequel, Harrow, was so boring omg 🧂
@HotMessRn Жыл бұрын
I like Elliy griffiths Ruth Galloway novels. Good quick non stupid mysteries.
@RadellasReadingRoom Жыл бұрын
Really? one of those was on my Worst Of 2021
@HotMessRn Жыл бұрын
@@RadellasReadingRoom some are definitely better than others. I’ve read from the beginning:).
@eimear5511 Жыл бұрын
🧂🧂🧂 oof, nothing but blackened teeth was my fastest dnf of last year, I'm still salty about it. Really appreciate your explanations on each of these
@christinahagenauer6372 Жыл бұрын
🧂hey hey, the worst book I read in 2022 was Ryū Murakami In the Miso Soup. That book is acutually the worst I have read in the past 5 years.🧂
@booksandyarniness Жыл бұрын
🧂Some grade AAA salt here! Even on the stuff we don't have in common for reading tastes, your opinions are always interesting.
@juliadreamer8327 Жыл бұрын
thank you for the warning about confessions!! i've had it rec'd to me a couple times, but knowing this I definitely won't enjoy it. also unfortunately glad you read practical magic so i dont have to... that movie is so important to my childhood but I've been worried the book would ruin it and it definitely sounds not worth it.
@sarahhorne2802 Жыл бұрын
I gave confessions 3 stars, I think I was generous, I can’t understand the hype around this one at all!
@juditkovacs1205 Жыл бұрын
I disliked Blue Monday so much that I am not willing to read another Nikki French book ever. And I have also tried the Practical Magic train, and tried to read the prequel, and disliked that so much that I did not finish it. I almost never DNF, so that's saying something. The worst book that I have actually finished though was Year of Wonder: Classical Music to Enjoy Day by Day by Clemency Burton-Hill, which I read one chapter per day, and listening to the piece of classical music that it recommended. This horrid piece of trash made my year significantly worse. It was an influencer recommendation as well, so what I will take away from it is not to listen to influencer when it comes to books.
@ChemicalPenguinn Жыл бұрын
lockwood and co is so good, but I don't really have much interest in anything else he's written.
@edwardsjarje 9 ай бұрын
🧂🧂🧂 There were a couple of books that just were absolute trash but I have bleached and scrubbed my brain so I have a vague memory, just enough to stay away.
@deeannmurphy5198 Жыл бұрын
I hated Tender is the Flesh!!!
@KatrinaEames Жыл бұрын
Happy to say I haven't read any of these
@maartjedegroot9598 Жыл бұрын
🧂I hated The maidens
@vanessahauser1903 Жыл бұрын
🧂🧂🧂some surprises for me on here! But love to hear your opinions!
@carlee3958 Жыл бұрын
The amount of time it took for my autistic self to realize "pepperoni" wasn't actually pepperoni...jeez. LOL!! I was so confused for a moment!! LMAO For me...worst of the year: HEX by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Hunger of the Gods by John Gwynne, Nothing But Blackened Teeth, and Suicide Forest by Jeremy Bates 🧂
@Cindykm70 Жыл бұрын
🧂I’m just glad I don’t have any of these books on any list or in my TBR.
@KittyxKult Жыл бұрын
I am convinced everyone hated nothing but blackened teeth except for me bc I really enjoyed watching the horrible characters die
@k.s.thompson5766 Жыл бұрын
As always, I love your salty opinions. I have all four books in the "Practical Magic" series and have changed quite a bit since I read the first one (I haven't read the others), so it will be interesting to see how that goes. I also have "Nothing But Blackened Teeth" - it was a gift from a friend and I haven't read it yet. "The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse" was all anyone was talking about in December, so I decided to give it a go. Long story short, I am glad I found the audio book and was able to listen for free because it was a tremendous disappointment. A bunch of so-called "inspirational" quotes that you find on those memes posted here and there that leave you wondering why the heck you follow that person. There's no depth, no originality, and it's trying far too hard to be "The Little Prince". Trust me, go read (or re-read, as the case may be) that book instead. You'll be better off.
@allisonryder4781 Жыл бұрын
🧂 worst book of the year was … hang on while I look up my goodreads 1 star reads…Portrait of a Thief by Grace Li. It should have been a dnf as 50%.
@AFrolicInTheTomesxx Жыл бұрын
lol i own nothing but blackened teeth in paperback haha...
@ametrinemoon Жыл бұрын
The worst book of 2022 for me is a draw between The Maid by Nita Prose and Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. I am a chemist myself and I DNFed this one.
@catynatt8198 Жыл бұрын
Lessons in Chemistry was one of my favorite books of the year, so I would LOVE to hear why you hated it.
@ametrinemoon Жыл бұрын
@@catynatt8198 The main one is that I am a qualified chemist and Elizabeth is a person who would be absolutely hated in the chemistry lab. The start of the book was extremely graphic with the constant grapes and abuse, and abuse of younger people was that really needed?. I have never used a cyclon in a chemistry lab and still use salt and vinegar even as a chemist. She could've done better research; many of us scientists are not happy with the book that Bonnie wrote. An incident I remember is a conversation when Elizabeth mentions that she doesn't eat a can of soup as it is full of chemicals. A true chemist like myself knows everything is made of chemicals. How did you love it so much?
@catynatt8198 Жыл бұрын
@@ametrinemoon I had the same thought about the can of soup! That did bug me. I am not a chemist or scientist of any kind, so I wouldn’t be able to spot the inaccuracies. I was focused on the interpersonal relationships and feminine empowerment. Plus there was a dog and who doesn’t love that? It did end too neatly and a healthy dose of suspension of disbelief was needed, but the world in general has been so bleak for years that I didn’t care.
@ametrinemoon Жыл бұрын
@@catynatt8198 Even the babysitting talking dog didn't suspend disbelief. For me, I would've had to be drunk to not completely crack up.
@sludgeduke Жыл бұрын
🧂 ❤❤❤
@b-ridge1589 Жыл бұрын
How to kill your family was my most disappointing book of 2022 - but mostly because of the ending not the main character!
@bibliocharylodis Жыл бұрын
🧂🧂🧂 now we just need some lemons and tequila. 🤣 Had to check my GR but apparently I had only 2 books I gave a 1 star rating to. One was It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn. That book was quack which was disappointing because the topic is really interesting.💩 The other was the first volume of a Japanese light novel series (娘じゃなくて私が好きなの!? aka You Like Me, Not My Daughter?!) where the cover screams "men's wet dream" but people assured me it was a wholesome lovestory and women would enjoy it to. No, no, no. That book is not just a man's wet dream, it's an incel's wet dream. 💩💩💩
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