"I wanna see something original from [Cassandra Clare]" I cannot tell if that was intentional shade or not, but I'm here for it either way.
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
It was intentional.
@internetghost469
4 жыл бұрын
Jordan Harvey Lol classic Jordan
@katekursive1370
6 жыл бұрын
Peeta represents a rarer, softer type of YA lit masculinity compared to Gale, that's why it was important for him to be Katniss's choice, I think. He was a cheese bun in distress :D
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
Brave Kate “he was a cheese bun in distress” OH MY GOD
@junjunjamore7735
6 жыл бұрын
Plus, for the Eragon series, it's impressive that the first book was written by a 15 years old. #jealousy.
@cloud-zq1my
6 жыл бұрын
"Cute boys + good adaptation = happy me" : the only equation we should learn in school.
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
True. Grade 12 math, get on this.
@theauthenticobserver
6 жыл бұрын
Totally knew you were going to say Celaena
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
I would hope so! Happy Easter Galatea!! :)
@theauthenticobserver
6 жыл бұрын
And to you!!
@erichmcgee1573
6 жыл бұрын
You are better than me. I made it through the first three chapters of "Throne of Glass", then I closed the book forever. I couldn't take it anymore. Celaena is so deadly that I can only be told how deadly she is over and over again, though I never actually read through her killing someone. She is supposed to be the protagonist, yet she is such a childish brat, I found myself liking the bad guy more. Celaena is such a disciplined, focused assassin that she starts worrying about her looks and who likes her at times when her life in on the line. Spare me please!
@frostfang1
6 жыл бұрын
i think i read like three books. I think the third one? was so completely different because of the setting that i forgot it was the same series reading it. There was a bunch of short stories too.But the one that was about what happened before with Sam? I think i read that one and after it i was done. I liked it, and that was really the only mystery i actually cared about and her childishness seemed to make more sense then. I haven't even really realized ive mentally shelved the series until now. Just feels like we are told shes awesome in every way and not shown it. I dont like her. She doesnt DO anything let alone anything that would make me like her. Shes like on the opposite side of the spectrum to someone like Inej from Six of crows where she actually does and is badass. Throne of Glass is so much more contrived.
@kimberlya7267
6 жыл бұрын
I tried reading Throne of glass after reading ACOTAR and read like 10 pages of it and nope couldn't do it, can't stand her writing. I don't understand why anyone does TBH lol but we all have our own tastes.
@Abby-km6vr
6 жыл бұрын
I completely agree. Throne of Glass disgusted me in so many way.
@katymoore4678
5 жыл бұрын
I honestly got to the throne room scene (which is maybe, at the most, 20 pages in) and I just got this sinking feeling that I was going to hate it. Maybe it was the prose, maybe her repeating statements that she was beautiful (literally mentioned it three times in what I read) or maybe her concentration on the love triangle so early in the book. Quickest I have ever dnf'd a book.
@randomreader
6 жыл бұрын
As a Peeta and Katniss shipper I died a little when you said you shipped them, but I understand why people ship Gale and Katniss.
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
Sorry mate.
@proudpancake3441
6 жыл бұрын
Omg, yes I love Eragon as well. It doesn’t deserve the hate
@XxunforgottenxXxlove
6 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy to know I'm not the only one who doesn;t like Cassandra Clare.
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
Trust me, you're not.
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
Would HIGHLY recommend The Authentic Observer's series on the mortal instruments.
@TheAwesomestAmber
5 жыл бұрын
I’m not a fan either
@nenegrey2282
4 жыл бұрын
There is also the whole plagiarism debacle during her fanfiction days + manipulation and ciberbullying that she did (check also laptopgate, she made her fanfic fans buy her and her roomates new laptops...). And the fact that The Mortal Instruments was actually the title of an incest, RonxGinny fanfiction she wrote... I can't.
@jh1303
6 жыл бұрын
I totally agree with Katniss and Gale 😂 With Cassandra Clare books I actually love the "infernal devices" series and don't really care that much for the rest. But that trilogy is actually great!
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
Jil Yeah that’s what I’ve heard, but I don’t feel the need to read it.
@nenegrey2282
4 жыл бұрын
@@JordanHarveybooks Tbh it's the same as TMI but set in victorian london. It has some steampunk, but the characters are pretty much the same. CC can only write 2 types of protagonists and that's it. Fun fact: you know who wrote a steampunk book set in vivtorian london called Infernal Devices? K.W. Jeter. In 1987. Clare can't be original to save her life. (The book even has a protagonist that plays the violin lmao) Let's not forget the plagiarism debacle during her fanfiction days (she was banned from a writing site because she was guilty), the awful ciberbullying she did during that time, and laptopgate (she made her ff fans buy her and her roomates new laptops...). Also, The Mortal Instruments was the title of an incest RonxGinny fanfic she wrote. Plus the sublte racism (the few characters of color are downworlders, who are all half demon), misogyny (slut-shaming, girl on girl hate at first sight/"not like other girls" cliché) and homophobia, and the not-so-subtle biphobia (queer characters are either fetish material or sidelined: Malec disappearing for a whole book, "on holiday", but then it became popular so she fetishized them even more; Haline being shipped off to an island in exile, and byeee only f/f couple) and the gross romanticization/fetish of incest in her books.
@sodapopp4367
3 жыл бұрын
@@nenegrey2282 Are you me? I feel the exact same way about her gay characters; Malec was written badly in TMI, and most of the prominent LGBT characters are gay/bi men (imo because it's easier to push on to her mostly teen girl audience, who likes to fetishize gay men). I also feel like she sidelines characters of color; all of her completed series deal with a "forbidden love" story between two white protagonists. Including TID, because Jem and Tessa's love for him was so clearly written secondary to Will. Her books just don't do it for me. Oof and about the incest, that fact that she had Clary and Jace act on their feelings (and pushed it as some unconditional love), and then went out of her way to make Alec and Jace related for NO reason in TID is just 😬
@JiixBooks
6 жыл бұрын
Same Same i looove Eragon so much it’s the first series I ever bought and got me back into reading when I was 12/13
@jess-rj7mm
6 жыл бұрын
I liked Katniss and Gale in the first book, but when I reached book three I really thought Peeta was who Katniss cared for and thought about more. And after what Gale did to Prim, he and Katniss would never of worked, because Katniss could never have worked past it (despite it being accidental, she’s her sister and she was pretty much the person she loved most in the world) Ps: TMR- newt is still the character I literally love more than myself (also Thomas Brodie Sangster omfg)
@NotaBizarreJoJo
6 жыл бұрын
Decided to watch this instead of doing my math homework. No regrets.
@katepaterson5215
6 жыл бұрын
Please could you do a non-spoiler review or synopsis for the Red Rising series? I really want to read it and trust your reviews since you and I tend to have the same opinions on certain books. Also, loved the video!
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I likely will. And thanks! :)
@JuliaSapphire
6 жыл бұрын
hahah not surprised when you mentioned throne of glass XD
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
Julia Sapphire You know me so well.
@laureng2353
6 жыл бұрын
Gale dipped though. He GONE. Katniss went for bread boy instead ://////////////////
@DebbieChristina
6 жыл бұрын
I am with you on Sarah J. Maas. I read Throne of Glass and was not impressed, and I read the first two books in the ACOTAR series and liked it, but I had trouble getting through them, I have given up on 'wanting' to like her books, same goes for Cassandra Clare btw. Great video, I loved watching it, I always love these kind of videos :)
@wanderingbookwyrm2671
5 жыл бұрын
I read Cinder pretty recently, and when I thought about all the things I liked about it, I'm glad I read it as an adult. Five/six years ago I would not have appreciated 1) that it's an homage to Cinderella and not very derivative, 2) the character design, and 3) the social commentary. I think I get why Cinder isn't for everybody; it happens to align with my tastes very well. If you decided to reread and discuss it I'd love to watch that video, even if you end up hating it.
@wannabuysomeknives6453
6 жыл бұрын
The Katniss x Peeta ship name is Peeniss. All the more reason that Katniss should've ended up with Gale, right?
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
or Katpee
@anayaj402
6 жыл бұрын
Haha yeah they do not make for good ship-names
@beanieboostudiosxox3078
6 жыл бұрын
Omfg
@PinkiePie7hpdw
6 жыл бұрын
right?? the maze runner movies are awesome- the production design in the scorch trials in particular is pretty cooooool
@Nebulousart
6 жыл бұрын
I really agree with you on the last point! I quite loved the maze runner movies better than the books, even though I read the books first. I know they’re not the best films, but the movies are just so fun, and ofc cute boys
@nickij7703
6 жыл бұрын
Please re-review the Red Rising series! I'm so tempted to read it and would love to hear your thoughts. I couldn't get into Eragon as a kid, (I was a die-hard Tolkien fan) perhaps I should give it another go. I couldn't stand Celena either. I got my partner into ToG as easy fantasy so we can chat books but I ended up DNFing the second book. I had so many issues with it and expected the quality to be better considering how popular the series is. And yes. Katniss and Gale are eternal endgame in my eyes.
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
honestly, I wouldn't try Eragon if you didn't like it as a kid. I think most people like it because it got them interested in stories like those of Tolkien, but go for it if you want to! And yeah, I might redo the red rising reviews :) Also, yes, Gale and Katniss forever.
@_spooky_mars_
6 жыл бұрын
I can agree that Katniss and Gale should have been together. The Peeta thing was just kind of sudden to me, like she just got a crush on him because without his help she probably would have died at some point. Like she’s been friends with Gale since she was a child come on
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
Yes!! I agree.
@thelivingsteel
6 жыл бұрын
But being friends with someone doesn't mean you have to be attracted to them. I'm not saying you shouldn't ship them, I just think "they're friends" is a bad argument for why anyone should date.
@_spooky_mars_
6 жыл бұрын
angelofashes oh I didn’t mean it like that. I meant they were attracted to each other and closer, so it made more sense to me.
@thelivingsteel
6 жыл бұрын
Ok, that's fair. :) To me it always felt like she wasn't attracted to him, but she tried to be *because* they were friends. She wanted to stay close to him and didn't want to lose his friendship, so she tried to make herself feel the same way he did even though that feeling was never really there. (I've been in that situation, which is probably part of why I read it that way and related to it; it's really hard when a longtime friend develops romantic feelings and you just... don't.)
@thelivingsteel
6 жыл бұрын
(That said, I do think there's a 50/50 chance she would have chosen Gale anyway if not for the Prim thing. Her relationship with Peeta was far from perfect.)
@Fatasscar67
4 жыл бұрын
Jordan: and Cinder. Moi: *mild panic because I bought the entire series yesterday*
@belen.bradford4
6 жыл бұрын
My brother (who is 10) is reading the Eragon series and LOVES it. I definitely think it’s great for all ages!
@wolfferoni
6 жыл бұрын
And now battle royale in video games is all the rage. They were a little late to the game but yeah, it seems to never end.
@Ari-tb2is
6 жыл бұрын
I also LOVE The Red Rising! It's my favourite series! AND OH MY GOD I DON'T LIKE CASSANDRA CLARE AND HER BOOKS AS WELL!!!!! I felt like I was the only one who doesn't love these novels.
@TheAwesomestAmber
5 жыл бұрын
Celaena is legit my most hated character of all time. I read the entire series (I always force myself to finish everything, I have a problem) and I just hated her more and more lmao.
@generalpretzel9222
6 жыл бұрын
I love how everyone is on here commenting, "I knew she was gonna say Throne of Glass/Celaena!"
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
Earwen Griffindor they know me so well.
@Val-tr6ve
6 жыл бұрын
Don’t waste your time with acotar, you’re wise and that series is...not good
@giveandtake8428
6 жыл бұрын
Valerie C. So right.
@ymarie4801
6 жыл бұрын
So if I like it I'm not wise? Damn! it's just a book
@Autumn-mx6nr
5 жыл бұрын
I absolutely loved them, I would consider just checking them out
@aj_814
4 жыл бұрын
i liked them my first go-round but rereading them after growing up a bit was... eye-opening
@eglathren
6 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your approach to book analysis and you've become one of my favourite booktubers since I now highly respect your opinions :) Keep up the amazing videos and enjoy your travelling time!
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
Rita Cardoso Thanks so much ❤️❤️
@constellationnova688
6 жыл бұрын
As for Throne of Glass, I loved that series. I didn’t like Queen of Shadows or Empire of Storms, and I’m only going to read the last book for the sake of closure. I love SJM’s A Court of Thorns and Roses series a lot though, and it’s probably the only series I have all the books for? Looking back at Throne of Glass it is kinda annoying with all the love octagons.
@anad.6896
6 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU! Finally! Someone agrees with me. Katniss should've ended up with Gale. The chemistry between them was so much more natural than the chemistry between Katniss and Peeta
@samh3396
6 жыл бұрын
in my humble opinion, the Lunar Chronicles (Cinder is the first book) get waaaay better as you keep reading
@colleenwalsh4081
4 жыл бұрын
Golden Son is my favorite of the Red Rising trilogy too - even though it hurt me. XD
@NapaCat
4 жыл бұрын
Unpopular opinions for fun: Popular series I don't like? Waterfire saga. I really don't like it that much at ALL. Unpopular book I like? Crown of Feathers is super underrated. OTP I didn't agree with? Peeta vs. Gale. Genre I don't tend to read? Romance. I've learned my lesson on bad romance books, like After. Popular disliked character? Katniss. Just, Katniss. Movie better than book? I don't watch many book-to-screen movies.
@MGComics
6 жыл бұрын
“a walk to remember” movie is better than the book as well, though both are cute ^^ Been dying to read “The Saviors Champion”!
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
I haven't read a walk to remember, I actually wasn't even aware that it was a book first!
@kassidysbookzone3695
6 жыл бұрын
A walk to remember is one of my favorite books and movie Nicolas sparks is my favorite author
@khonzahanny
5 жыл бұрын
I read it as a kid (picked the book up from my big sis bookshelf, she said don't touch these books ofc I touch it) and cried so much lol my mom was like "what happened?"
@tessavery2151
6 жыл бұрын
Gale and Katniss are so much better together than Peeta and Katniss. I really disliked the Lunar Chronicles. I have tried to reread the series three times since I originally read it, hoping I will like it more, but nope.
@fayem4091
6 жыл бұрын
Tess Avery Books i totally respect your opinion. I Know you defintly have heard this Irl or online And you don't wanna see it again.... But plz hear me out, i try to expain my mind as Best as i Can. This is All my opinion of Course So I totally get it if you skip this( or Just say that i don't have a life or whatever) but i am still gonna defend peeta. At first this drama start ed due to the represntention of the caracters In the Movies. Why? Well Chris (gale) is hotter than Josh (peeta). But lets talk a little about the Books, shall we? So lets get the obvious out of the Way. He is ethicly responsible for the death of Prim. She went to work as a commander at district 2 instead of support kantnis. After All peeta was there to support Her. Even when he doupt himself, even then he standed by Her side. So i tried to keep this brief So thats my main poinds. thanks for reading
@kimberlya7267
6 жыл бұрын
It annoys me that she ended up with Peeta in the end instead of Gale.
@janegrace537
6 жыл бұрын
Gale murdered her sister as well as countless other children xD Enough said
@cindycristobal8738
6 жыл бұрын
Jane Grace it still doesn't make me like the character peeta. Hence, not going to finish the hunger games series. Now if katniss only ended up with no one, I would probably like the series.
@OREL1343
6 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU i thought i was the only one who preferd The Maze Runner movies over the books. I've read all the books but just because i wanted to see the changes they've made and wasnt quiet enjoy reading them, even tho the movies are my literlly favs.
@veroagustine4310
6 жыл бұрын
The maze runner book series was hot garbage, when scorch trials happened it took a nosedive ever since. But yes the movie adaptation was a lot better!
@annienorthbooks
6 жыл бұрын
YES!! I‘ve been dying to see this TAG on your channel! :) and I TOTALLY agree with so many things - especially with Celaena Sardothien & the Katniss + Gale thing. Actually talked about this in my Q&A, I honestly don’t think Katniss and Peeta have any chemistry and their love story just seems so forced!! It makes no sense to me at all that they ended up together. Great video Jordan!
@samh3396
6 жыл бұрын
oh my god, spill the tea gurllll ☕️🐸
@gurbanimahajan3337
5 жыл бұрын
The Gale opinion is really unpopular. I disagree. Peeta,unlike Gale,was the epitome of what Katniss needed the during the viscosity of the games. His pureness and innocence kept us all sane during the torturous tid-bits of the books. Gale knew how to hold up a fight,he knew to protect and preserve,all of which Katniss could do herself. "What I need to survive is not Gale's fire,kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I needed was the dandelion in the spring. And only Peeta could give me that." A quote straight out of Mockingjay(I cut out a bit)
@karinaperez3339
6 жыл бұрын
I couldn’t even finish city of bones but I actually really like the show. Season 1 was horrible but season 2 and 3 get so much better and malec is my life. I hate clary and jace in both the books and the show.
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
Can't stand either, but I have photographed some of the cast of the show, and they are lovely!
@raptorkid7477
6 жыл бұрын
Red queen is basically a discount Red Rising
@hanabanana8028
6 жыл бұрын
acotar is worse than tog, you're doing yourself a favour
@cloudgirl150
6 жыл бұрын
I literally opened that book to a random cringy sex scene and noped tf out...
@hanabanana8028
6 жыл бұрын
glad some people have common sense >.
@aj_814
4 жыл бұрын
cloudgirl150 the second one is even worse😭😭
@anayaj402
6 жыл бұрын
I really liked the tv show adaptation of a series of unfortunate events. Not sure if i liked it more than the books because i loved those years ago, but im usually very critical of the screen adaptations and this was one of the best in my opinion
@bookdragon3806
5 жыл бұрын
I read LOTR when I was 11 years old and immediately fell in love. What is up with the phrase "makes fantasy accessible to young readers"? For a long while fantasy was for the young. Adults are the ones who took over a few decades ago and are now demanding that everything be explained and make sense. Sorry, I ranted. I just think people get distracted because of Tolkien's writing style and forget that his story transcends style. The young can enjoy it, and then go reread it as adults and discover a whole new world of complexity. Just my two cents.
@enresumen8811
6 жыл бұрын
I'm in the same position of you about Sarah J. Mass
@kimberlya7267
6 жыл бұрын
Me too
@hannahrobinson6202
4 жыл бұрын
To be honest I had no idea the Eragon series was so disliked. The eragon series was one of the first series I ever read all the way back in the 5th grade and I think it’s amazing. I’m glad that someone will stand up for one of my favorite series
@anciiie
6 жыл бұрын
After reading Throne of Glass I couldn't believe how anyone could ever think that was a good book. Like, most of the time I don't like a book but I still can kinda imagine why someone would/could like it... but with this series I couldn't even imagine in the deepest corners of my mind why people would like it. UGH, it was SO horrible. BUT I stopped after the 1st book so I wasn't completely turned off of Sarah J. Maas and immediately started with A Court of Thorns and Roses series thinking that maybe that one will be better and OH BOY was I glad I ditched Throne of Glass. I loved ACOTAR so SO much and I'm still in disbelief that it's written by the same person who wrote the garbage that is Throne of Glass.
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
anciiie That’s interesting, I’ve heard that before. Perhaps I’ll give that series a chance.
@Jay-vz7og
6 жыл бұрын
I love Eragon as well! As for the creatures being similar - they really were not that similar, especially in 'Brisingr' where the Urgals fight alongside the Varden which definitely was a new interesting perspective. Also Eragon's training in this book was such an amazing spiritual journey. I love the part where he meditates and connects with the wildlife around him, slowly learns to empathize with them (and learns that being a rider is not only running around with a dragon); seemed so powerful. This was when YA was at it's absolute best! Back when it explored so many themes (and very little romance); back when a fantasy book was about actual fantasy, not an excuse for some stupid toxic romance. I wish those days were back!
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
I LOVED his time in the elf forest! I thought it was so powerful.
@rennyoroll
5 жыл бұрын
oh my GOD i cannot agree more- katniss definitely should have ended up with gale. i love that series to death (i've read it 17 times whoops). i saw the comment saying that peeta isn't a typical manly archetype male character which is why it's important that katniss ended up with him. i sort of agree (at least on the archetype part, it's nice to see a male character like peeta's), but they just didn't work. they were forced, and it was blatantly obvious with the star-crossed lovers thing. i liked peeta as a character, i really did, but in all honesty, i think the series should have been centered around katniss's love for prim. prim is the only reason why katniss even considered volunteering.
@helenetrstrup4817
5 жыл бұрын
I have tried to re-read the Eragon series earlier this year, but I gave up. Eragon pissed me off when he recklessly charged in to provoke the Razac or whatever they're called. I understand why he did it, but he was just too much of a teenager for me to deal with at that point in time. XD Also I never made it through the entire series the first time around, as it got quite weird with Arya going "I can cut more than you!" despite not having read it for like a decade, it is still super vivid. Might have been around when I started getting critical of what I was reading and that was just too much bs for me to handle lol. "Please don't come at me, I know Battle Royale came first." Don't worry, I won't come at you :D I was, however, a fan of Battle Royale before the release of Hunger Games and for that reason I've never been able to get into it. I watched the first movie, the similarities made it near impossible to enjoy, I have not watched the rest of the movies and I don't plan to. I got the first book from my mom and I'll be honest I've read one chapter around the middle of the book and I have no intentions of picking it up and give it a serious read. Not to mention I had a huge crush on the male lead in my early teen years, so the though of switching him out with Katniss wasn't particularly inviting :P
@scarlet8078
5 жыл бұрын
I agree. I liked Eragon as a kid too. I reread it from the library the other day and still thought it was good. It's great for middle grade. It moves super fast and lets kids get into fantasy. I don't understand the 'hate' on it. I mean, all fantasy is derivative of Tolkien, and he's derivative of Beowulf and Norse lore, if you want to get technical lol
@mkf914
6 жыл бұрын
I was on board with everything until you said Katniss should have been with Gale 😫😫😤
@howdyhowdyhelga
6 жыл бұрын
I agree that the first Eragon book was very Star Wars like, but I think the later books really saw Christoper Paolini really start to come into his own. I found the second and third books more engaging, honestly.
@thebookishcorner7549
6 жыл бұрын
I agree about Cassandra Clare. 😬 it took me a bit to get into Cinder from the lunar chronicles books but once I did I really enjoyed the rest that I’ve read so far, I’m currently reading Cress.
@queenmasquerade6413
6 жыл бұрын
honestly , your love for eragon is what made me buy the whole series when i saw it in a charity shop !!
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
Oh nice!! I hope you enjoy it!
@constellationnova688
6 жыл бұрын
I read Cinder back in 7th grade and loved it. I might try to reread it and see if my thoughts change. Marissa Meyer’s book Heartless, though, I loved so much that I bought it.
@CookieManatee
5 жыл бұрын
Honestly, when I was younger and not mature enough for Tolkien, my go-to fantasy was a German book series by Peter Freund called Laura. It's definitely for kids, not for every age, but I also have such nostalgia for it, that I decided to by the whole series. I remember my friend lent me the first book and I fell in love with it, so then she lent me the others too. I could never finish though, because she didn't had all of it, so I didn't get closure in the story, which is highly annoying xD for 10 years now I live without closure lol
@CaughtBetweenPages
6 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see a Red Rising review!! Golden Son is my favorite of the three, too :) Cassie Clare is writing an adult fantasy that's super NOT shadowhunter-y called The Sword Catcher (or something like that) so if you're looking for something original from her maybe try that? The MAZE RUNNER WAS A TRASHFIRE COMPARED TO THE MOVIES AND I WILL DIE ON THAT HILL.
@unmercifulfate
6 жыл бұрын
The Infernal Devices (Cassandra Clare) are so much better than The Mortal Instruments. TMI was fine, but TID is like the best thing I have read in a long while! And I agree. Katniss should have ended up with Gale. That ending made me so pissed!
@catarinathebookworm
6 жыл бұрын
I love Eragon as well! I think it is pretty easy to get to and that it has some modern to the ancient high fantasy genre. It is not the best piece of literature there is. But it is pretty cool!
@wrinkleintime4257
6 жыл бұрын
ACOTAR was unimpressive and annoying... I wanna spare you from the torture I went through- don’t waste your time reading it! :’)
@Autumn-mx6nr
5 жыл бұрын
I didn't really like the first one but it picks up in the second one
@sagetucker5558
6 жыл бұрын
Same. With Cassandra Clare. I have. Read city of bones but didn't like it. But everywhere I saw The Infernal Devices so I decided to pick it up. I'm on Clockwork Angel right now and I think it is ok. I hope it will get better or I'll feel like i wasted my money. I'm on page 302 and there is 478 pages, hopefully I will get done with this book soon.
@kaseyfife5126
6 жыл бұрын
I bloody damn LOVE Red Rising!!!! So great!! And the Inheritance Cycle is beautiful! Nice work, as usual!! I just burned through the Illuminae Files. They are PHENOMENAL. Now, many don't like the Space Opera type, like the Hyperion Cantos, but Illuminae Files is so much more intriguing and different! I couldn't STOP. I highly recommend the audiobooks, speaking of engrossing!!! And, of course, Neil Shusterman's Arc of a Scythe is FANTASTIC! Much love! Keep up the lovely work! Please, please pick up Illuminae, Gemina and Obsidio. And I cannot stress enough, the AUDIOBOOKS! ♡
@evies.1018
5 жыл бұрын
You should continue with The Lunar Chronicles, they get better as they continue. I didn’t like Cinder as much as the others as well but it’s honestly my favorite series ever.
@mememaster1268
6 жыл бұрын
Omg, i felt so guilty for not wanting to finish lord of shadows since i was originally such a huge fan of the mortal instruments series 😂 but its just been dragging out for too long in my opinion (i love cassandra's books she's a great writer no hate!!)
@vocalcalibration8033
5 жыл бұрын
Biggest issue with Cassandra Clare is that now she's claimed to actually good book title of "Clockwork Angel" which sounds like some dope scifi anime shiz-nik.
@Dani_77709
6 жыл бұрын
I agree with Nostalgia with the Eragon series. I haven't read it in a while, but I remember re-reading it over and over again, because I liked it that much. Also - YES! Katniss should have ended up with Gale.
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I've probably read it three or four times through and I still like it!
@luizavazquez7029
6 жыл бұрын
I also despise the mortal instrument but pleaaase do yourself a favor and read the infernal devices. It is so much better than tmi
@IsabelleRagan3
6 жыл бұрын
Please review Cinder. I've heard some mixed reviews and I'm debating reading it. Is it worth it?
@Autumn-mx6nr
5 жыл бұрын
Its totally worth it, although u commented 4 months ago, if you haven't read it yet u should, it's amazing
@hll4393
5 жыл бұрын
I roll my eyes at YA really easily but the lunar chronicles is a great series
@ruelheather
6 жыл бұрын
I was never a big fan of mystery either, but Anne Perry's The Cater Street Hangman came as a pleasant surprise. I recommend you give it a try :) It takes place in the late 1800s. There is a strong headed female mc, witty banter with the love interest (gloriously proper British insults) and a nice insight into the limited lives of women from that time period. Maybe I'm bad at mysteries, but I was left guessing who the murderer was to the very end.
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
Heather Ruel thanks for the recommendation!
@Amateur_Pianist_472
6 жыл бұрын
Katnis was in life and death situations with peeta. It makes sense that they’d end up together. Game was a childhood crush who you get over. I think the casting made it worse, those two had no chemistry but Liam Hemsworth and Jennifer Lawrence had great chemistry.
@tatanabaudisova1056
6 жыл бұрын
i am so with you on The Inheritance Cycle! I read Eragon when I was nine and it got me into reading, fantasy, dragons and lots of things I'm still into today! It's by no means good, but oh so much nostalgic... I can't look negatively upon it :) and I'm so glad someone has the same opinion, so thank you!
@leighaslife
6 жыл бұрын
It would have been cool if in the end, Katniss wasn't with either of them. I did not feel any romantic chemistry with Peeta or Gale. I liked the first Eragon book, but I've DNF'd the second one twice.(This was around when it first came out) I got bored in the middle. I don't know why. My husband begs me to read them again because he loves them.
@rivendellstarlight
6 жыл бұрын
Oh man, I was soooo lukewarm on the Red Rising series. I liked the premise, or at least the first part of it, but it honestly seemed like way too much happened or maybe not enough and by now I can't even remember the story.
@patronusglader5012
4 жыл бұрын
I've read all the maze runner books. For me, both movie and book is really good at it's own way. I enjoyed the movie soooo mucchh but i also looovvveee the books as well. There are changes in the movie that i like (for the sake that it would not make the movie very long) but is still think that the books is much better (for a sense) than the movie (the 1st movie atleast) and i think that both is fantastic and great on it's own way.
@thatjillgirl
6 жыл бұрын
Hard disagree on Katniss and Gale "should have ended up together." I could maybe get down with "she should *not* have ended up with Peeta." But my alternative to that would have been with her ending up with neither, not Gale. By the third book, it felt very clear and very believable to me that Gale just could not relate to her and the experiences she had had in the kind of way a lasting romantic relationship would require. She had changed in ways Gale hadn't, and the chemistry just wasn't there anymore. And that's definitely a thing that happens in real life. Sometimes close friends drift apart because their lives take them different ways. So no. I don't think she should have ended up with Gale. Maybe she shouldn't have ended up with Peeta, but Gale struck me as a pretty obvious no-go.
@mcp0y3
6 жыл бұрын
My son is finishing Eragon....its gotten him excited about reading! He tells me how he doesnt want it to ever end. So I've never read the series but we def geek out about it during dinner. My other son is reading Harry Potter (best book series ever!)
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
That's great!
@mcp0y3
6 жыл бұрын
@@JordanHarveybooks Funny story though ...Divergent has become a joke in the house I DNF...so I passed it on to him and he DNF I didnt tell him i DNF but he just said told me "mom i really dont like this bookv...I said "maybe you just dont like reading!" ...until I introduced Eragon he reads for hours...I said "I guess you do like reading?" he says "Yeah anything but Divergent 😐"... and then I confessed to him "Guess what? I didnt finish divergent either 😂😂" Sorry Divergent fans!
@sahir2434
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah Team Gale all the way 😁 mystery is my favorite genre but I get it why people like fantasy or scifi. I like your channel a lot 👍🏿 you've helped me to get into reading again ♥️
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
That's so nice to hear!! Thank you :) And yeah, Gale is the best obviously.
@mollieyyxy
6 жыл бұрын
The luna chronicles gets so much better as you go please read the second one
@Isabel-zs4sy
6 жыл бұрын
I never thought I would like a movie adaptation better than the book but then I read The Princess Bride. I absolutely hated the book and really liked the movie.
@averyjohnson7728
2 жыл бұрын
I know you really like The Hunger Games, so do you think you could do a review on that if you haven’t already? If you don’t want to, that’s fine, but I’d love to hear your thoughts on it, because that’s my favorite book series!
@1ifuckingloveyou
6 жыл бұрын
Everytime someone says they wanted Katniss to end up with Gale I’m genuinely curios WHY. Lol I thought everyone hates the “best friend realizes he’s been in love with MC all along when another dude comes in the picture”. And keeping stuff away from her that ultimately resulted in her sister’s death just NO. Btw I’m with you on Cassandra Clare. I tried City of Bones and Clockwork Angel, couldn’t even finish it
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
Okay, in all honesty, if I reread it now, I'm not sure I'd still feel the same, BUT in my passionate tween years, I was all for Gale who perhaps was misguided at times, but really cared for Katniss and her family. And I didn't like Peeta all that much after the first book.
@1ifuckingloveyou
6 жыл бұрын
Jordan Harvey that’s true but I personally don’t think that automatically means they should be romantically involved, boyy you should have said something sooner lol. I get why people don’t like Peeta, if I was one of them I would probably prefer Katniss alone, that would’ve made a good ending too I think
@graceokwelogu4465
6 жыл бұрын
Red queen is legit the best book on earth PRAISE VICTORIA AVEYARD😄😄😐😯😍😍😘😙
@alterdestiny1
5 жыл бұрын
i liked eragon, i actually guessed on my sat's cuz i wanted to keep reading it.
@elizabethheady8447
4 жыл бұрын
I liked the movie Hugo better than the book. I watched the movie first and that may have affected my opinion. The movie followed the book pretty much down to the letter, so I didn't learn anything new when I read the book.
@anastasianichole1308
5 жыл бұрын
OK, here's the thing: I read ACOTAR after hearing amazing things about the series. It was all right. I read ACOMAF and really, really loved the way (from my POV, at least; I know there are conflicting opinions on this) Rhys builds Feyre up; I've never seen a romantic relationship like that in YA(?) fiction before. But ACOWAR was a cheesy, half-baked letdown that kinda makes me wish I'd just stopped after ACOMAF. So TL;DR: ACOMAF is a fun ride. But don't let anyone make you feel bad for not reading the //series//. You're not really missing anything.
@jennshar67
5 жыл бұрын
I know some people don't like the Shadowhunters novels but ahhhh just someone saying they don't like them, makes me want to reread City of Bones! I'll always love the Mortal Instruments and the Infernal Devices 😅
@JordanHarveybooks
5 жыл бұрын
That's fair! Everyone has different tastes :)
@crislopez0807
6 жыл бұрын
THANK GOD FOR MENTIONING THE ERAGON SERIES. I am reading the last book and I know nobody who has read the series whom I can talk to. This gave me all the feeels!!
@carissacarlson1418
6 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed listening to the tag. For me, a popular character that I hate is Wade from Ready Player 1. In addition to committing genocide and never caring in the slightest and being a male self insert character you see in every bad isekai (transported into a video game anime like Sword Art Online), he is every nerd fuckboy you encounter as a girl online. He's pretentious, arrogant, obnoxious and treats others like shit. He would've made a fantastic villain. But as the mc? Yeah no. Also, the fact he spouts out references every two seconds and gets rewarded for what he did made me hate him more. Speaking of that, what do you think of that book?
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
I definitely don't hate him as much as you do, but I didn't like him either. I just had a lot of trouble connecting with his character. While I didn't dislike the book, I didn't love it either.
@sorcerersapprentice
6 жыл бұрын
Fair enough. I think a lot of it is because I couldn't connect to the POV as much. For book, I didn't like it, but I hate it either. It had a good premise, but would've been better if it had a different MC. To each is their own. Thanks for answering my question.
@laneymedberry4849
6 жыл бұрын
Katniss and Peeta forever!
@deborahdavies113
6 жыл бұрын
same with cassandra clare for me, i hated the books, the movie and the show
@bookellenic1327
6 жыл бұрын
The Savior's Champion is getting really good reviews, I'm really interested now...
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
I have a review on it if you want to know my thoughts :)
@bookellenic1327
6 жыл бұрын
Jordan Harvey I will check it out!
@Liquessen
6 жыл бұрын
Have you ever been interested in Jim Butcher's stuff? About the wizard Harry Dresden? He also wrote a fantasy series about people with elemental spirits as companions. He was challenged to write something using two random topics and he got 'roman legion' and 'pokemon'... Apparently the books are really good!
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
Liquessen huh, sounds interesting! I haven’t checked anything out by him yet, but now I might have to!
@Liquessen
6 жыл бұрын
Jordan Harvey Yay! My boyfriend has been reading and rereading these books and keeps trying to get me to read them. From what he has told me, they are not as hardboiled as the covers seem. The protagonists are flawed, the cast diverse, the worldbuilding pretty dang interesting.
@_.bb.blues._
5 жыл бұрын
I love the Eragon series omg! 😭🤧❤️ What you said was so true, it got me into fantasy as a child and brings such nostalgia.
@PopChanx
6 жыл бұрын
You look stunning, Jordan ♥ great video, as always!! And, ho boy, I'm so happy to find someone that actually wanted Katniss to end up with Gale (years later lmao). I could never get behind Petra's character. Oh, and Happy Easter (if you celebrate it, that is dbwjaj)!
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
Happy Easter and thank you! And YES Gale and Katniss
@sleepyowlsleeps
5 жыл бұрын
With both Cassandra Clare's books and the Inheritance Cycle there's a lot of nostalgia involved. I can go on and on about the flaws in both of them and I also love them to death. Except the fourth book in both series. They shouldn't have existed. Just cut out some stuff and combine the rest.
@JordanHarveybooks
5 жыл бұрын
fair!
@thebookishcorner7549
6 жыл бұрын
I preferred the maze runner books then the movies. Although the first movie I liked just as much as the book.
@JordanHarveybooks
6 жыл бұрын
Bookish Box Subscriptions To me, both the movies and the books get worse after the first one.
@thebookishcorner7549
6 жыл бұрын
Jordan Harvey oh I actually loved all three books but only the first movie 😅
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