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Thanks for the recommandation. I stopped after 5 min to avoid spoilers mais you really sold that lovely book!

Are these books that you review are traditionally published? If so, then I have a lot of hope.

That first one is awful, also black diamonds would of sounded badass

8:40 I would support the cause and support your shorty movie, but no I wouldn’t call it good, I think he meant that it’s a good cause so you shouldnt have cuams supporting it but that doesn’t necessarily make it a “good” flick. I think you missed or misconstrued the point, or your bias blinded you either way I’m still watching the rest of vud.

This book is making red queen shine like a gem

Was watching your video while trying to sleep enjoying the sarcasm very much and thinking this video would work great as tips for what not to do while writing fiction, but i got up so fast at the sisters hand being broken😭

James talks about Powerless the same way cybertruck moms talk about cybertrucks

C.S. Lewis wrote a book called Til We Have Faces, which is like a Babylonian imagining of the Cupid and Psyche myth. It still explores themes often found in Christian stories and if you're a giant nerd, a pretty fun read.

See, much like books say things like "Something something booktok", You can I.D a bad anime/Manga based on three things: How long is the title, does it have words like level or something video game-y, and what is the picture on cover?

Not to be the person who always brings up Brandon Sanderson, but he handled the 'main character committed genocide' thing way better (and yes, the Rifters I think do qualify as a distinct ethnic group in Alethkar).

When he was trying to say Zhsmaelim, and said Jhajh or smth, idk how do spell it, that SENT me for some reason

TBH James, you said it yourself - fantasy world should be different so GTFO with post-WW2 legal terms from our Fairyland, we have no lawyers here and by this world standards giving those people chance to survive was mercy. Deal with it :P

Explaining how a Science Fiction show is scientifically incorrect seems like a good use of time! 😂😂

Love your videos, they are hilarious and so on point. You should read rage of dragons. It’s not ass so doubt you’d make a vid about it but overall it’s a pretty good book. At least to me. Maybe you can give the booktok girlies reason to read something other than the same book over and over again.

Why are all of these TikTok fantasy novels about tournaments or death games? Are they all still ripping off the hunger games?

So I don't know if there was a case that decided that a group like the one in the books can legally be defined to fall within the scope of Art. 6 of the Rome Statute. The Statute (and Elements of Crimes) itself only says "particular national, ethnical, racial or religious group". Furthermore I am unsure about the part where it says "to destroy in whole or in part" regarding this case. So I can't say if it was genocide. However I can say for certain that Kai committed the crime against humanity of deportation or forcible transfer of population persuant to Art. 7 (1)(d) of the Rome Statute.

I read the whole prince of thorns (broken empire) series and holy heck Jorg was AWFUL, but the story was super interesting, and the twist blew me away. I was so bummed I didn't have anyone to gush about that part of the story with. His other series, The Red Queen's War, also has a villian protag, but a different type of villian than Jorg, and he teams up with a good/honorable guy in the story. He has some character growth, but is still kinda awful at the end which suits the character. Mark Lawrence is really good at writing awful main characters in interesting stories.

The jab at Anita Sarkeesian just feels outdated and unnecessary. You have to remember that much like their politics right-wing criticism is basically just bad idea apologia. If it's trite and lazy it's good, if it's novel and creative it's bad. No stereotype is untrue, unless it applies to them, then it's a maybe, and no cliche is is out of bounds. You can't complain about how bad it is, it's a popular idea specifically because it's _good,_ that's how good works. That scene is an absolute ripoff of 24, which I have seen every episode of. Your description of the scene from that lense is disturbing because 24 reveals its dishonesty through these types of psychological torture. Jack Bauer threatens this guy with death and he says he is not afraid to die, because he will be a martyr. Then Bauer threatens to kill his family and the man screams and cries and begs him to stop. As if a religious fanatic who believes he will be a martyr does not believe his family dying for the same cause will not be martyrs. 24 is consistently "revealing" to the audience characters' false "beliefs" through torture. What's the one belief that's true? Jack Bauer is tortured by the Chinese government for two years, and he doesn't give up one secret! It's just so transparent.

Wow, the sass in this is unmatched. Well done. (Also, as an anime hater, i appreciate the shade thrown at anime) ((No hate to those who like it, i just cannot))

Why does the cover look exactly like Alex de Campi's "The Scottish Boy?"

Red Queen is looming over everything...

This is disappointing to watch, man. You don't have to like the guy, but I didn't expect you to misrepresent him like this. I expected better from you.

James about Carl "No, you're just fat." 😂

1:13 ralphthemoviemaker vibes 😭😭

The Nakba never ended and people think z!0n!sm is se><y today, people being okay with a fictional genocide is not as surprising as condoning a true one.

Berserk is just Griffith getting a harem, getting bored of it and then starting a new one. Nobody realises he's the main character.

This video made me your fan. Thank you for being brutally honest about TikTok and this book

Can Denver not have an Apocalypse, for 5 f****** minutes

I reco Yumi for Sando special projects. Hoid narrates so there is some stuff you might miss but it’s still really good as a stand alone tho it does have a lot of YA romance

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS! Ugh, this is the best gift ever

can u read rosaria munda's aurelian cycle pleaseeeee

Why are you bashing anime so much in this video? Most of what I've watched has been quite good, yes there is a lot of bad anime, but it sounds like you're judging it by a wildly different standard than you do fantasy. One moment you're talking about how you should not judge fantasy as a whole by these bad books, the next moment you judge an entire medium by it's equivalent to this. This is a really bad take, and if you keep going on like this, I'll probably unsubscribe- if you're going to keep saying anime is shit because of stuff that I've barely seen in anime I've watched, I don't see why I should at all like you as a critic.

No more clickbait please? 😊

I saw this book at my town library, read the summary on the inside flap, and thought, "I don't need to check this out. James Tullos or someone else will review it for me." And I was right. Thank you btw :)

I was reading this book in middle school and my dad saw the title. He asked is this about communism or something?

Holy shit I shit you not I was playing fucking elden ring when you brought up playing dark souls while listening🤯

Good story but I lived in Nebraska and they got twenty plus feet of ash last time Yellowstone went off and the book talks about Denver getting just three feet?

21:23 Volkssturm was a national militia established by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II. It was set up by the Nazi Party on the orders of Adolf Hitler. It was staffed by conscripting males between the ages of 16 and 60 years, who were not already serving in some military unit. Volkssturm units fought unsuccessful battles against Allied forces at the end of the war and on several occasions, its members participated in atrocities accompanied by German civilians and the Hitler Youth, which were overseen by members of the SS or Gaue leaders. Einsatzgruppen were Schutzstaffel paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II in German-occupied Europe.

This is so much like divergent too oh my

Horrible opinion. Misses what the book was going for completely. (However, I agree, the sequels are extremely bad EXCEPT for the first part of Son which is legitimately heart wrenching and better than the first book which I like. I HIGHLY recommend, especially because the other 2 sequels play little to no part in Son.)

'There is not many popular books on tik tok, there is one popular book on tik tok' hits SO HARD. Especially as an author, I am find harder and harder to find good works being published and advertised. Its sad!

Most anime sucks, true. But if you dig hard enough.... ooooh man, there is stuff there... sooooooo gooood... Just ditch Shounen entirely, cause it's 98% shovelware.

I want to recommend Hollow by Brian Catling, it's a weird as fuck Hieronymus Bosch-esque acid trip of a fantasy novel and I adore it

Oh no the spirit op jp posessed him,who is alive, which makes itin sleep posessing?!

“The EVIL Prince Hotnsexy said “I’m just a poor wounded bird inside” as he gutted an innocent peasant right in front of me. …..He wouldn’t lie. He’s so hawt. So I believed him. Someone so hawt couldn’t ACTUALLY be evil. Did I mention he’s HAWT? I love him. Sure his chronic need for murder might be a downer but I can fix him. It’s just a phase “. I feel like this unironically happens and the wording is eerily similar.

This book is Goodreads Choice Award! 4.26/5. And "Nominee for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2023)". Why am I not surprised...?

Had me worried with the title. Good thing my need for instant gratification was able to hold out long enough

Every AI dystopia always involves a rogue AI that becomes extremely intelligent, then takes over the world through a carefully concocted plan to stop a war or protect the environment or something, but it goes too far in its endeavor and tries to exterminate humanity in the process. What about a dystopia where a dumb AI takes over instead? I want a story where tech bros take over the world and put a barely functional "AI✨" in charge of everything. Then, because its information base is made mostly of social media posts, "poisoned" images, and memes, it makes a series of misinformed decisions that causes the economy to collapse and technology to become useless. The tech bros insist that they have learned their lesson, and will let a "more competent" AI rule the world next time.

Thankfully I didn't buy this book after reading the first chapter on Kindle. It was boring but I didn't know it was THIS boring.