BookswithEmilyFox its way too early to tell if best, but I’m really enjoying “We” by Yegveny Zamyatin. It’s a classic dystopian fiction (allegedly the first ever). It inspired Huxley and Orwell. We’ll see how it turns out but so far I love that it forces my brain to be all in, taking notes and all. Also reading “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka and while I’m loving the prose and tone of the book, I can’t stomach all the bug descriptions. They’re great and I care cockroaches so much but he’s worth it. Currently hunting for more Kafka.
@alexink7941
5 жыл бұрын
The best book I read in April is probably 'The Long way to a small angry planet'. Can't wait too read the other books in the Wayfarer series
@shmizzleshmazzle9830
5 жыл бұрын
Civilwarland In Bad Decline
@dbookdragon
5 жыл бұрын
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh!
@monkathegreat
5 жыл бұрын
Daisy Jones and the six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
@SewFun
5 жыл бұрын
Emily no. 2 is just jealous of how much we adore you. :)
@ktsbookishescape4299
5 жыл бұрын
Kaz has extreme ptsd. People with ptsd don’t “just get over it.” That was actually one of my favorite parts of Crooked Kingdom, that background history.
@chiwetalujo-mokwe6246
5 жыл бұрын
KTsBookishEscape Yeah i’m disappointed when people are just like “why don’t you just touch Kaz” because it’s traumatic for him maybe?
@BookswithEmilyFox
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah that's definitely not what I was going for with that comment. And never said or thought that he should just "get over it". Let me just clarify it here since the vlog is not going to go up. I appreciated how diverse the characters were and how the PTSD was dealt with. I just wanted them to be happy and finally be together. I understand that not everyone gets happy ending or that maybe that's as good as their ending can be that's all. All three couples circled each other the whole book and not much ended up happening for any which was a bit disappointing (especially with the spoiler I mentioned)
@chelsikay13
5 жыл бұрын
When she said she was disappointed and bored with crooked Kingdom I gasped dramatically😂. But then then Kaz "oh! Emily! no!...😭" Still love you Emily, even if you don't love all my six of Crows children as much as I do...
@BookswithEmilyFox
5 жыл бұрын
I liked the characters tho and never used the word bored 😂
@chelsikay13
5 жыл бұрын
@@BookswithEmilyFox I swear I heard bored or I was just so traumatized because you weren't completely in love with it I started having auditory hallucinations 🤣🤣🤣
@ilovesmallville13
5 жыл бұрын
I have just finished The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle based on your recommendation and loved it!! I only have a few books left to read from your "beginners to sci-fi list" :D
@raychumon
5 жыл бұрын
i have PTSD very similar to that of kaz. i've never read a book about a character who has that same issue as me, so reading about kaz's struggles to overcome that part of himself was incredibly real & relatable. i can assure you as someone who knows firsthand what it's like to be unable to touch another person, it is not something you just 'get over', and saying that was unnecessary and insensitive. in addition, i loved that kaz and inej were able to have a happy ending WITHOUT jumping into make out sessions in the name of "real" romantic love. kaz is still in the middle of healing from what happened to him, and he found the best way to show inej that he loved her, other than forcing himself to touch her (finding her parents and giving her a ship). i thought that was beautiful, and it gave hope to someone like me that maybe i'll be able to find a person who could accept the kind of love i can give. that's just ONE character, and i'm barely touching on his journey through this book. i also relate greatly to so many of the other character's issues, from the problems of their sexuality to having a disability, from enduring sexual assault to overcoming a lifelong prejudice. perhaps it's because you mentioned you don't enjoy character-driven stories, but i truly cannot see how one could not find anything to talk about this book when it explores SO MANY THINGS. honestly it sounds to me more like you don't WANT to like this book because it's popular or something, LOL. maybe i'm wrong but it really comes off that way when you ignore all this stuff. well whatever man, no hate to you, i still enjoy your channel. it's too bad you weren't able to find anything enjoyable about the duology, i suppose.
@BookswithEmilyFox
5 жыл бұрын
I mentioned in another comment that this wasn't what I meant. I had a whole vlog going into details about loving how the disability and ptsd was handled so obviously 2 mins doesn't go in details over that. No. I am 100% disappointed with this book and I'm not alone. I'm not trying to dislike it, I made it clear it's the opposite.
@jessiecutie1709
5 жыл бұрын
Finally someone who verbalized how I feel about the Six of Crows Duology. It didn’t live up to the hype of being mind blowing like a lot of Booktubers made it sound.
@cadencev5572
5 жыл бұрын
😔
@TwilightFan31539
5 жыл бұрын
I totally agree. I found it so boring and didn't get the hype at all
@alexink7941
5 жыл бұрын
I've only recently got into booktube and I gotta say this is my favorite Channel by far. Your opinions sound really authentic, and I've found a lot of interesting books to put in my TBR. Side Note: I've almost caught Up with most of the videos in this Channel and I gotta say, i really didn't notice that english isn't your native language xD Keep Up the good Work! PS Hope you had a good Birthday (month)
@MsSanabutt
5 жыл бұрын
I completely agree about Crooked Kingdom. All of the characters seemed like 30 year olds, not teens. And I agree about the death.
@BasicallyBrittx
5 жыл бұрын
Such a pity that Crooked Kingdom was disappointing! But I totally understand how annoying it can be if books are SOOOO hyped. That's exactly what I had with Strange the Dreamer. I thought it was going to be perfect, and then after 200 pages I DNF'd it, because frankly, I found it boring. it was just too hyped. Love your earring btw!
@BookswithEmilyFox
5 жыл бұрын
You missed out.... on the insta love lol
@justvynexa
5 жыл бұрын
holding my breath while you were talking about An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. it’s one of my favorites, currently reading it for the 4th time and I love it more every time. technically AART is New Adult. BUT I think people who like only YA would enjoy it. I want to read Red Sister but so many books and so little time!
@BookswithEmilyFox
5 жыл бұрын
I was really surprised by it! It definitely is worth the read and deserves more hype!
@mariawiswell2506
5 жыл бұрын
I absolutely agree with you regarding Crooked Kingdom and it's one of mu favourite books. I think, like you, I just love the world so much that I let the weaknesses of the plot slide. The whole grishaversa leaves me wanting so much more but I guess I'll take what we can get!
@mariawiswell2506
5 жыл бұрын
Holy typos batman. I'm leaving them...evidence of my exhaustion clearly. 😅
@TheKaty1126
5 жыл бұрын
I think Emily number two should be called either EJ( Emily Jr) or Embot(Emily + robot)
@orini7578
5 жыл бұрын
Yay someone that feels the same about Crooked Kingdom!! 😂😅
@elizabennet7397
5 жыл бұрын
Well I have liked Crooked Kingdom a lot. Six of Crows is the first novel I read from this AU and I immediately purchased Crooked Kingdom after finishing Six Of Crows, and contrary to the advice on line I think it is better if you start with the Grisha trilogy (well now a quartet I suppose) and then read these two. I get your qualms about it, once again you have expressed your thought so well. Life After Life is definitely not my usual thing because the living the same life over and over again trope does not appeal to me in the least. But I have found a very cheap copy at a used book store so I just got it (yep). I only read it now because of the big book thing and please accept my many thanks since I loved it. The prose appealed to me very much that I actually purchased another novel from this author (who apparently writes mysteries too). I also read Red Sister upon your recommendation and ended up being very happy with it (I was not going to since I didn't like Prince of Thorns) and also got Grey Sister as well but have not read it yet. My favorite of April ended up being a total surprise Temeraire: His Majesty's Dragon. I only got it because I LOVED the other two novels by this author (and I know that you didn't care about Uprooted very much) and despite the setting being not my thing and despite not really caring for dragons as much as the majority - just neutral about them-, I loved it to bits.
@kaylaalbers1153
5 жыл бұрын
I felt the same way about the Leigh Bardugo duology. I was so hyped up for it after the trilogy turned out to be so good.
@kittish-om1pm
5 жыл бұрын
My sympathies!!! I struggle so much with Leigh Bardugo’s writing, it just doesn’t grab me right off the bat. I picked up and put down Shadow and Bone five times before taking off with it. I loved the series and would definitely reread, but I had the same problem with Six of Crows. Something about it just sends me into a slump and it’s not that I don’t like the world ( I do very very much) or the writing it just makes me hesitant to pick up the duology again. The insane hype doesn’t help I feel.
@mokedoki
5 жыл бұрын
Really sad that you didn’t enjoy Crooked Kingdom, it’s one of my favourite books of all time
@BookswithEmilyFox
5 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't go as far as saying I didn't enjoy it lol 3.75 is far from a bad rating!
@ellenwaters9744
5 жыл бұрын
Loved the intro to this video! ‘Bitch please’ haha!! Really happy you are enjoying Life after life. Kate Atkinson is one of my all time favourite authors and Behind the scenes at the museum is my favourite of her books. She has a talent for ‘world building’ even though she is not a fantasy writer?! Just started Red sister so also feeling disappointed with the size of the finale?! Normally the final book of a series is much bigger than that! 🤷♀️
@milya5015
5 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed “Crooked Kingdom” but I agree that death of one of the characters really felt synthetic, like it was specially made for extra drama
@shinyandteddy957
5 жыл бұрын
I’m trying to finish The Humans today. Picked up on your recommendation. Loving it.
@julijaam
5 жыл бұрын
I think you'd like Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds, it's a debut which came out just recently and it is about the main character reliving a certain situation until he gets it right
@loruffa
5 жыл бұрын
I think you should check out Jane, unlimited by Kristin Cashore. It's a spin on the sliding doors trope, and the protagonist has five different choices that determine the course of her life. The book goes over each of them and it's such a cool and interesting book
@bkrs6684
5 жыл бұрын
I read Crooked Kingdom in april, and I looooooooved it!!! Can't wait for book 3 😍😍😍😍😍
@kittyminky333
5 жыл бұрын
Happy birthday Emily! 🍾🎊🎁 crooked kingdom was never interesting to me but now that you hated it I’m kind of intrigued to read it 😂😂
@miralolar6069
5 жыл бұрын
I read life after life but I found it so boring 😞 Happy that you are loving it since it’s your challenge 💗 I will be starting Dune today and I am really excited 😃
@veronicafardelin6071
5 жыл бұрын
I loved Life after life and Im loving the big book of May, All the light we cannot see. I read that beast in three days. Best recommendations ever! Thank you!
@RachelRamirezCaroline
5 жыл бұрын
It’s so nice sharing a birthday month with one of the Booktubers I watch constantly. I’ve only read 6 short or average sized books this month. Just haven’t been in a reading mood the past couple weeks so my heavy reading happened early and middle of month. I’m loved my favorite cozy mystery series I hadn’t read since August 2017. For May, I’m planning on reading some children’s classics and thrillers because I haven’t read them in a LONG time.
@jacquelinemcmenamin8204
5 жыл бұрын
More than one book got 5 ✨from me this month Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey A Place For Us Things In Jars by Jess Kidd Blood & Sugar Women Talking by Miriam Toews I started The Great Alone on audio as I'm trying to read along with the Booktuber prize list. I got tired of it and stopped about 100 pages in.
@Phillybookfairy
5 жыл бұрын
Ive read The Great Alone and i loved it because drama and historical fiction are my thingggg. I did pick up Red Sister from the library but havent had a chance to read it yet, i may need to extend my borrow! I have Life after Life and want to read it and love it but i was not feeling it and now i need to start over because i love the premise too.much to ditch it.
@ASJames
5 жыл бұрын
The aluminium hat is the gift that keeps on giving!! :')
@girlygirlbookworm
5 жыл бұрын
I didn’t love the Great Alone too!! Every one on booktube raves about it so I’m glad I’m not the only one who felt the opposite. I also couldn’t stand the ending!
@birtes1825
5 жыл бұрын
I agree with you about the thing at the end of Crooked Kingdom! This is the first time someone thought the same
@Lilli626
5 жыл бұрын
Notifications r the best thing sometimes 🍿🍿
@RachelRamirezCaroline
5 жыл бұрын
Letti Lopes Especially when we’re available to watch them right away.
@Lilli626
5 жыл бұрын
@@RachelRamirezCarolineexactly!!!
@khatherinetait7364
5 жыл бұрын
Read 4321 by Paul Auster!!! It’s one of the coolest coming of age books I’ve ever read
@thelittlewitchbooks9746
5 жыл бұрын
I also just finished Crooked Kingdom last night and listening to your thoughts on it really helped me sort out my own. I absolutely loved Six of Crows (I immediately went out and bought all of Leigh Bardugo's books after reading it), so I really wanted to love Crooked Kingdom as well and for the most part I really did. However, I was wholly disappointed with the ending. It just felt like it ended, just flat ended. And yes, that one spoilery detail you mentioned (which I will not say here) did not feel genuine or earned, it just felt thrown in there. It just happened so fast. I also really should have read the Grisha trilogy first. I'd read somewhere that you didn't need to read the original trilogy to be able to read Six of Crows, and you don't, but Crooked Kingdom definitely spoils the ending of the Grisha trilogy which I'm really pissed about. Wow, now that I'm writing this all out, I think I might have to do my own rant video about the book--if I can even find the time :P So sorry for this rant...
@BookswithEmilyFox
5 жыл бұрын
That's why I hate when people say you don't need to read it first!! YOU DO!!! The magic system is just not explained and yes plenty of spoilers!
@jennawar13
5 жыл бұрын
snowglobe emily is SLACKING lol The Great Alone also frustrated me, but abuse is so hard to depict/read about. Don't feel bad I finished Life After Life, buuuut I am literally still not done with the Secret History 🙈
@zoezzy1995
5 жыл бұрын
I completely agree with your review of Crooked Kingdom I expected way more and missed the magic as well. Regarding the Red Sister series I really want to start it soon, and read that there is coming a new "series" in this series if that makes sense, first book will be "the girl and the stars"!!🤩
@MissJillianG
5 жыл бұрын
I feel good when booktubers say they only finished 4 books cause that’s about what I read but I read 8 books this month so I’m excited about that. I also read crooked kingdom this month to, and I don’t get the hype. Like I already don’t remember some of it.
@BookswithEmilyFox
5 жыл бұрын
You totally beat me this month!
@CananS
5 жыл бұрын
wow girl such a good wrap up :) x
@kiwijen123
5 жыл бұрын
I just finished Life after Life and I found the end a bit of an anticlimax. I still can't decide whether I like the book or not. It took well over 100 pages for me to start getting into the book and then I found the ending fell a bit flat, but I really enjoyed the way the story was told in between.
@clairemeehan4141
5 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed Holy Sister but it was shorter than I had hoped for. I understand Mark Lawrence is doing more books in the same world following new characters , so I look forward to that as I find the world fascinating.
I think huge reason why you didn't like SOC because it was a very character-driven. And may be you if you put in your mind before reading you would be less disappointed. (But if you prefer characters over plot i don't think the book would ever be disappointed or less than 5 or 4 for you)
@chloesa4487
5 жыл бұрын
Because you talked so much about Red Sister, I finally picked that up from my library today haha.
@maetelle2343
5 жыл бұрын
That moment when Emily says "Linda" and that's my actual name :O I was like: Ö.Ö
@Kpopheaven
5 жыл бұрын
I've read The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah and I liked it. I would like to read The Great Alone soon, too.
@arinalitovchik7551
5 жыл бұрын
I am soooo happy you love life after life by Kate Atkinson! It my favorite book of all time. There is also a companion novel A God in Ruins which I also recommend. That one is more of an historical fiction rather than a scifi with lots of time line jumps, but I still loved it 😁
@juffan
5 жыл бұрын
Hey Emily, if you like fantasy books within a school setting, you should check out the Harry Potter series.
@jelatinosa
5 жыл бұрын
😂🤣🤣
@BookswithEmilyFox
5 жыл бұрын
Oh wow I just looked it up on Goodreads, it does sound right up my alley thanks!!
@celiananaze
5 жыл бұрын
Definitely not hating but I'm really surprised that you loved the Grisha trilogy so much but ended up not caring much about the soc duology, when it is the exact opposite for me : even though I only read the first book of the trilogy, I felt like it was a draft for something better, the characters were so boring and I didn't feel like the magic system was used at its full potential... On the other hand, I really loved Soc and even more Crooked Kingdom, so really I'm surprised here ! But still, I feel you when you say you wish it was more about the magic system. After all, you kinda make me want to give another chance to the trilogy and actually try to finish it eventually ! Anyway, I really love your videos and wish you a very good month of reading :)
@BookswithEmilyFox
5 жыл бұрын
I never said I loved the Grisha trilogy. I felt exactly the same you did!
@NoFlavor93
5 жыл бұрын
I agree with you with Holy Sister. I really enjoyed it but really wanted more. I felt a little cheated at the end because of how fast I finished it.
@MaryAmongStories
5 жыл бұрын
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is on my tbr! i'm glad you enjoyed it ^^ sorry to hear that about The Great Alone! I read The Nightingale and loved it :)
@nextpageadventure9160
5 жыл бұрын
Agree 100% on Crooked Kingdom. Glad I'm not alone.
@Mary-fy8qi
5 жыл бұрын
A good and easy Sci-fi romance with a kickass MC and really swoon-worthy love interest is Defy the Stars. I also disliked Crooked Kingdom. Six of Crows was okay. I just wasn't into it and felt the hype was way too high for it. If you want a great fantasy romance I highly recommend Red Winter by Annette Marie.
@randomkid10
5 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. I thought it was really well done and I agree with you on it being a good intro to sci-fi. I'm in the middle of crooked kingdom now and I kinda feel the same way as you about it. I gave six of crows 4 stars. I think the hype got me on it. But I am struggling with crooked kingdom. I feel like a lot of it is very predictable. It's definitely not living up to the hype I have heard about it.
@lidziaa
5 жыл бұрын
Emily, have you read Death's End by Cixin Liu? It is a chinese scifi trilogy about first contact with aliens. In Poland nowadays it is really popular
@sareg4122
5 жыл бұрын
Kristin Hannah is one of my favorite authors. I recommend you to check out the Firefly Lane by her. It was so real. Historical fiction is not my genre but I love her. 💜 And about Crooked Kingdom... I think the reason you didn't like it as much as everyone else (including me) is because you expected something focused on the magic system and it wasn't. It was focused on the characters. But I also felt the age issue. They weren't like a teen at all. They were adults in my head lol 😂
@jasmin_mine
5 жыл бұрын
The way you feel about the six of crows duology is how I feel about the grisha trilogy 😅
@BookswithEmilyFox
5 жыл бұрын
I mean it's also how I felt about the grisha trilogy... except there was more magic lol
@SZ-bb7ji
5 жыл бұрын
I agree so much about killing the character at the end of Crooked Kingdom. It gave me the impression that the author thought: oh, the readers/reviewers will think it was all too easy and hard to believe with how high the stakes were supposed to be... I should kill someone! It will make it more real! And then she chose one of the mains but not the main mains 🤷🏻♀️ Anyways, I liked Six of Crows better, I was let down by CK, even when I read it as soon as it came out
@belleah5562
5 жыл бұрын
prove it Same about crooked kingdom, but the problem with SoC is that the entirety of it felt like the first half of a novel because it was a character drive book and most of the characters were only starting to make changes by the end. So I was disappointed with the first book because it didn’t feel finished (but I still really liked it) and then I didn’t ever get into Crooked Kingdom and it ruined my experience of the first one too because my main complaint with it was that it felt like it needed more.....
@SZ-bb7ji
5 жыл бұрын
@@belleah5562 I see what you mean about SoC and normally I can't get into books like that but for some reason it worked for me. I do believe it has a lot to do with the time I read it and I think I would feel a bit differently if I reread it now. Now, for CK, you put it perfectly about feeling like it needed more. I agree completely
@tazzakim
5 жыл бұрын
I read Life After Life in April and I loved it!
@brightskysyl3913
5 жыл бұрын
I wished Leigh explored more on the origins of the Grisha magic in Crooked Kingdom.
@aidacelicaguilar7927
5 жыл бұрын
She does that in King of Scars if you wanna give that a go
@brightskysyl3913
5 жыл бұрын
@@aidacelicaguilar7927 yaaaaaas now i have the motivation to read it. Thanks!
@sandrah7928
5 жыл бұрын
Are you planning on reading Children of Ruin by Adrian Tachikovsky? I read Children of Time after you and loved it and just found out the sequel is comming out in a few days
@catcreme
5 жыл бұрын
I agree mostly with what you said about Crooked Kingdom. I loved the world and the characters but the ending was just disappointing. That was not the clean wrap up to the epic adventure I was expecting and I liked the Six of Crows better. I wanted to fall in love with it but in the end, the entire series is like 3.5 stars for me.
@valentineboudaud1887
5 жыл бұрын
I read crooked kingdom too this month and I have to admit that even if I loved it, gave it 5 stars and couldnt stop reading it until I finished it, I feel the same about the Spoiler. It didn't bring anything to the story exept a proof that it wasn't that easy. I also felt like it was the only character to who it could happened without being to dramatic. I don't know if it makes sense
@elenaarcire2635
5 жыл бұрын
I personally enjoyed Crooked kingdom more because I didn't read The grisha trilogy before,(I've read the first book after and I want to continue the series) because I think you compare the two a little bit to much. Like yea, the magic is interesting but the focus of the duology isn't the usage of magic, unlikely in the grisha trilogy. Also I think that some characters were ment to be frustrating, and Kaz's problem with touch is justified, especially because he didn't work on it until the end of the book.(not that that is good). I'm sorry that this doesn't help you, but this I wanted to tell you my opinion, maine you will see this book from another angle, but I guess if it disappointed you you can't do much about it, Wich is perfectly fine. Thanks for reading.
@BookswithEmilyFox
5 жыл бұрын
Having a whole vlog on the topic I realize I didn't go in enough details in this video and clearly I didn't explain myself properly. I do agree that there are reasons as to why it's like that for them (I just wanted the characters to be happy and since all three couples had reasons it started to become a bit much).
@sophiel.7930
5 жыл бұрын
If you likes The Great Alone and decide to go on with The Nightingale, please, PLEASE read a few things of the Occupation before reading it. As a french person and someone with a history masters degree, I was SO PISSED at this book. I won't get into the writing (which I found was meh) because that's subjective and I still completely get why people liked the plot and/or the characters. However. On the subject of historical facts. *Cracks fingers* Sorry, that's going to be a big a** comment. [TL;DR : historical errors are EVERYWHERE and range from the ridiculous (a middle class family drinking Bollinger for a regular picnic ? REALLY ?) to the frankly not only stupidly naive but also disrespectful and outright dangerous ideas to carry on.] Shat truly made me dislike this book were the truly shocking historical mistakes in a book that overall doesn't actually contain much "history". I'm a regular french history teacher, but any french person or even subpar historian could have pointed these out. These mistakes range from the ridiculous to inferring frankly dangerously simplistic ideas by way of sensationalism and carelessness. And if there are two things you can't be careless about, it's WW2 and the Holocaust. Historical fiction plays with history, and that's great. Believe it or not, I'm even favourable to anachronism changes to details in favour of a more balanced plot or just poetic license. I completely get why most actresses don't pluck their brows then playing a mediaeval queen, or son't show their nipples win a movie set during the Renaissance. I absolutely loved the fact that Brad Pitt killed Hitler in Inglorious Basterds. That aliens were somehow involved in the invention of tools by apes in 2001 : A Space Odyssey. That every adaptation of Arthurian legends show faeries and completely anachronistic but gorgeous armours. I wasn't even mad at Prince of Persia, ffs. Well, I was, but for other reasons than historical f*ckups. What happened here owes nothing to poetic license. It is, as I said earlier, laziness. First, there were tiny but telling things : - The character's first name, "Vianne", could not have been given at that time. France was very conservative and invented names were forbidden by law until the 1960s. She should have been named Vivianne, or Vianney if she'd been a guy. A primary-school teacher and her postman husband could not have afforded Bollinger and would DEFINITELY not have popped a bottle just for a picnic (!!!). - Macarons were NOT widespread in France until they were popularized by Pierre Hermé at the beginning of the 2000's, so you couldn't have found any outside the city-centre of Paris and maybe one of two shops in each big urban center. - Poor people like Rachel would DEFINITELY not have baked canelés : they are from the Bordeaux region and were not widespread in France until the 2000s and need a lot of very expensive vanilla to be made. So, no. - Apartments near the Eiffel Tower were already VERY expensive even in the 1940s. A bookseller couldn't have afforded to live there. - The Comédie Française would NOT be taking art out of the Louvre. The Comédie Française or "Français" is the national theater company. Why would they be in charge of conveying artwork when the Musées Nationaux, created during the Révolution, are in charge of those things ? - The Pyrénées are not "a thousand-meters" (=3,300 feet) high. They are almost three-thousand meters high. And if you want to cross on foot to Spain near St-Jean-de-Luz (and, lucky me, I've done that), you'll need to climb to almost 2,400 meters (=7,900 feet) high. That's quite a difference. I'm not even mentioning that you can't do this in a day/night. Not while leaving on foot from St Jean de Luz. You'd need three or four days at least, even while walking at a gruelling pace. And then, it became more serious : - The collabos are presented as a mean, evil minority. They were not. Most of French people were actually collaborating, some more zealous than others. Some were mean. Some didn't have a choice. - The Résistance is presented as very nice, competent, united and heroic. They indeed were heroic and most of them were competent people. However, this completely overshadows the fact that Communists didn't get involved in the Résistance until 1941, since the USSR was still allied to Germany. They joined after Operation Barbarossa, when Hitler suddenly decided to launch an attack against the Soviet Union in what maybe remains his biggest strategical mistake, and the USSR decided the Nazis were the enemy, after all. The résistants were not white, fluffy and naive cute little lambs : some of the actions of the Résistance implied bombing, endangering or killing innocent bystanders and often torturing Germans or Frenchs if need be. And then, some of those issues range from the very serious to the outright scandalous : - Antisemitism from the French population is NEVER EVEN REFERRED TO. Why do you think those laws passed without anyone complaining ? Who do you think designed, printed and financed this reclusive antisemitic campaigns ? French society has been (and sadly, still is, in a lesser extent) very antisemitic since the Middle Ages. That has not stopped and actually became worse during the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1939, the anti-Jew sentiment was as high as it had ever been. - The book shows antisemitism as beginning after the 1940 defeat, inferring those policies were passed under german pressure. THAT IS NOT TRUE. Almost all the antisemitic laws (forbidding Jews from being state workers, from being teachers, doctors, lawyers, shopkeepers, doing public art and so on) were decided by the French government on its own. The Germans never asked this, and French people at best ignored and mostly supported these campaigns. The deportation of the french Jews was VOLUNTEERED by the Vichy government. This has been proven and proven again and confirmed many times by every new historical research on the subject. - The Vélodrome d'Hiver Round-Up is presented as conducted by the french police, and it was, but the only two policemen Isabelle talks to about it (as if they were going to openly tell a random girl in the street that the people they're gathering would be deported...) are almost crying and saying they are only "following orders". First, it's a freaking dangerous and disgusting way to justify the actions of those poor, poor policemen, crying while they lead people to their deaths. (Just NO) And second, IT'S NOT F*CKING TRUE. ALL 5,000 POLICEMEN INVOLVED IN THE VELODROME D'HIVER WERE BLOODY VOLUNTEERS. Even if not intended as such, this is such a disgusting revisionist way of presenting historical facts that I frankly want to send a very rude letter to the editor. I wondered why this book hadn't been translated into French since people here are always very interested by World War Two and the Occupation. Now I get why. Not one french editing company would touch this with a ten-foot pole. And they are right not to.
@aGirlWithBookss
5 жыл бұрын
S. Lacoste did not know this about this book. Thank you for this comment. I have plans to read it and will definitely be going in with a open mind. I will have to read up on the history a bit more.
@Amy1437
5 жыл бұрын
I've been putting off reading Crooked Kingdom because I thought Six of Crows was just meh... Way over hyped in my opinion. After watching your review I think it will continue to sit on my shelf 😂
@wisecraic
5 жыл бұрын
Bummer about Crooked Kingdom for sure. I really enjoyed Six of Crows, but found Crooked Kingdom a little lacking for me as well. I definitely understand where you're coming from with that. I'm a big fan of the world, but that book doesn't represent it as well. I am a character-driven reader though, so I may have enjoyed it a little more than you 🙈
@olivian3813
5 жыл бұрын
yeah i feel the same way about the six of crows duology
@xiomaracanizales7837
5 жыл бұрын
I tried to read Six of Crows... I read the Grishaverse trilogy last year (because everyone was saying Six of Crows was so great!) and really enjoy those books but couldn't get to chapter 3 of SoC...
@Lilly1668
5 жыл бұрын
That lipstick looks great on you! What is it?
@BookswithEmilyFox
5 жыл бұрын
Memebox in Spring Fever! bit.ly/2GSqIWI I need more shades!!
@karinag7472
5 жыл бұрын
I agree with you on The Six of Crows series I didn’t really like the first book and I really wanted to like it but it didn’t work for me and Crooked Kingdom has been siting on my shelf and I just don’t know if I’ll pick it up
@scrollsofdragons362
5 жыл бұрын
I was disappointed with Holy Sister too, like it was good but not as well as the two before it. There is another series set in the same world coming out though!
@entreterilendo
5 жыл бұрын
a school setting special video please?!
@BookswithEmilyFox
5 жыл бұрын
Oh it's in the making... just trying to read a few more first!
@witchf4ce310
5 жыл бұрын
Honestly to me the character who got that shitty shock value ending was the most interesting character. The character development and humor of that character was so enjoyable, so I was very disappointed and shocked. It felt like a cop out tbh... I like the world and the characters (except Kaz kinda annoys me) but the plot of both the SoC duology and the Grisha trilogy are SO lack luster 😩
@BookswithEmilyFox
5 жыл бұрын
I was disappointed for that reason too! I liked them! The world and the magic system are awesome but there's something missing for me in both series!
@martineguitard7639
5 жыл бұрын
I really like the grisha universe and I really liked Six Of Crows but I was disappointed in Crooked Kingdoms.
@chiwetalujo-mokwe6246
5 жыл бұрын
I think it’s important to note that not all deaths are these dramatic, high stake events. Sometimes people succeed and everything goes right and someone still comes out dead. But I might actually read An absolutely remarkable thing on your recommendation
@BookswithEmilyFox
5 жыл бұрын
Oh of course but I still think it felt like an afterthought :/
@aephiinguyen
5 жыл бұрын
Great video!!! I don’t know why but I feel iffy towards six of crows and crooked kingdom. I feel like there are so many things missing and so many unessasary things happening.
@sannesuniverse
5 жыл бұрын
“Listen, Linda...” I died 😂😂😂
@justvalnow6642
5 жыл бұрын
You should call the other Emily ‘Semele’ which rhymes and is kind of like second Emily. And that’s the name of the main character in a book I’m currently reading.
@alinao4246
5 жыл бұрын
I'm in the minority that likes the Grisha trilogy better than the Six of Crows duology... I might be biased, but I just liked how much more magic there was in Grisha, since that's what I like reading in fantasy series. Not to say SoC wasn't excellent, I just... didn't enjoy it as much.
@HilaryRay
5 жыл бұрын
So now I've gone and bought the first of these sister books by Mark Lawrence...
5 жыл бұрын
but what about "a day in the life" style vlog about snowglobe emily ahaa
@emilycooper8818
5 жыл бұрын
Life After Life was one of my least favorite books of last year. I'm interested to hear what you think of the ending because that was the part that really solidified it as a bad book for me.
@thiadesg
5 жыл бұрын
I've read Life After Life as well this month and I will be very interested to know your thoughts on the ending (it doesn't end anything, in my opinion).
@tonyadull
5 жыл бұрын
Finally!! Someone agrees.... Grisha was way better!!!
@ladyyona7966
5 жыл бұрын
I did adore Crooked Kingdom, I gave it 5 stars myself, but I do see your points (I've just finished it like, 3 days ago!) Also, watching you losing your shit over Kaz touching Inej is my new favourite thing lmao. I love their relationship was not physical and it showed that magical love can't cure traumas just like that but maaaaaan I need the to touch! I won't even ask for a steamy sex scene, just want them to hold hands!
@BookswithEmilyFox
5 жыл бұрын
I definitely appreciate how his trauma was dealt with and I completely understand why it happened this way I just wanted them to be happy you know? All 3 "couples" were mostly like that too... what a tease haha
@ladyyona7966
5 жыл бұрын
@@BookswithEmilyFox Psst. Speaking of all 3 couples who deserve eternal love and happiness. SPOILER ALTER IF YOU HAVEN'T READ CROOKED KINGDOM Okay so Matthias was not written as deceased at the end, in the credits. Just sayin'
@AlyssLysie
5 жыл бұрын
❤️❤️❤️❤️
@leticiatoraci9855
5 жыл бұрын
Sometimes we just hate books that everybody loves, it happened with me too. I was like: "The last I checked it seemed that I have a longer attention span than a goldfish, therefore I need structured stories, not one hook/plot device juggling after another." And I felt like I was the only one on Goodreads who didn't like that book.
@amandad2729
5 жыл бұрын
I was not ok with the character death in Crooked Kingdom. It felt unnecessary and thrown in because like you said it is war so someone should die. So irritating. The Great Alone was our book club read for April. I have complicated feelings about this book too.
@zoemckain4404
5 жыл бұрын
I LOVED life after life right until the very last page... then I was confused and disappointed. I would like to know if you feel the same way!
@thetaskofbeingkristine1923
5 жыл бұрын
I just got "An Absolutely Remarkable Thing", now I'm looking forward to getting to it :D and The Holy sister as well, yaay, can't wait :)
@kristinreads5192
5 жыл бұрын
I see crooked kingdom, I click
@BookswithEmilyFox
5 жыл бұрын
Oops lol
@ivymuse
5 жыл бұрын
Six of crows and especially crooked kingdom is SO overrated, I only gave the second one maybe 2 stars :O I was also so annoyed with Kaz's constant deus ex machina plots that were just so unrealistic. It also made it difficult to care whenever it seemed like they actually were in a bad situation because you always KNEW that he had something else up his sleeve and bla bla bla. That book bored me to tears :'D
@karenlynn7008
5 жыл бұрын
I’ve been reading I Know This Much is True for most of April and I’m still not done. 900 pages...... I don’t even know why it’s that long. I’m more than halfway through and so much is just unnecessary.
@JennV-B
5 жыл бұрын
I liked Six of Crows way better than Crooked Kingdom but overall I still enjoyed the series.
@bookswithrowanundertherowa3348
5 жыл бұрын
Been in a massive slump this year. Keep starting books and not finishing them. Nothing has been wowing me lately. Suggestions?
@jubilantjude
5 жыл бұрын
I felt the same way for crooked kingdom I gave it 3.5. All in all it was just boring to me.
@mariaflorenciaalvarez1926
5 жыл бұрын
Cocou Emily! Comment vas tú? J'adore ta chaîne de maquillage. Je savais pas que tu as une chaîne des livres... booktuve s'apelle n'est pas?📖📚📘 Est-ce que vous faire une vídeo avec tes livres préféres en français? J'apprends le français ,et j'aimerais de savoir quels sont tes petites. J'adore ton accent en english, je pensais que tu était des Stats-Unis🇺🇸 Bisous ❤❤
@froncifresh
5 жыл бұрын
Emily, your hair looks amazing! Can i ask you what do you style it with? 😍
@BookswithEmilyFox
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! My very old Nume 2" curling wand!
@lauriane1605
5 жыл бұрын
I really liked Crooked Kingdom and the duology in general, but King of Scars was a bit of a disappointment. The story around Nicolaï had so much potential but I was left with a "meh" impression while reading it.
@georgesamuels7978
5 жыл бұрын
I don't know why but I can't watch you on normal video speed, I watch it on 1.25. Love the channel though!
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