THE WORST BOOKS I READ IN 2019 aka I wasted showering on this???

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  • Here's a ranking of the worst books that I read in 2019 so that people can continue subtweeting about how it's annoying that I hate-read books but still follow me anyway. Thank you for the coin. For better books to read, use code READWITHCINDY to get your first BOTM YA box for $9.99: bookofthemonth...
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    BEST BOOKS I READ IN 2019
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    2-STAR BOOKS
    📕 00:45 - The Friend: www.bookdeposi...
    📕 03:06 - Pride: www.bookdeposi...
    📕 04:58 - Exes and Ohs: www.bookdeposi...
    📕 08:09 - The Happiness Project: www.bookdeposi...
    📕 10:27 - The Grisha Trilogy: www.bookdeposi...
    📕 12:26 - Unwind: www.bookdeposi...
    1-STAR BOOKS
    📕 14:21 - Wool: www.bookdeposi...
    📕 15:36 - How to Date Men When You Hate Men: www.bookdeposi...
    📕 16:56 - A Court of Thorns and Roses Series: www.bookdeposi...
    📕 20:44 - You: www.bookdeposi...
    📕 22:06 - Hot Pterodactyl Boyfriend: www.bookdeposi...
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  • @smartins6437
    @smartins6437 Pƙed 4 lety +5258

    hearing u say "alan cumyn" so aggressively really just saved 2020

  • @shhhhh5085
    @shhhhh5085 Pƙed 4 lety +4841

    “Idk if they misspelled *predator* with _mentor_ ” I’m dead

  • @fabianap.-fabi.goodwell
    @fabianap.-fabi.goodwell Pƙed 4 lety +8488

    "Diversity doesn't mean the book is good": yes finally someone said that!

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +1070

      it's safe for me to say it cuz i'm POC lol

    • @ArturGlass.C
      @ArturGlass.C Pƙed 4 lety +696

      I think it's great actually. Cuz let's be real white people make great and shitty content, white characters can be great or very annoying, POC have the right to make shitty content and have shitty characters too. Yeay for equality.

    • @demongoose666
      @demongoose666 Pƙed 4 lety +56

      literally everyone says that tho

    • @pridemoth_
      @pridemoth_ Pƙed 4 lety +431

      @@demongoose666I think what they meant was something like "Finally someone said it... Who doesn't do it because they're racist/homophobic/transphobic/misogynistic"
      Like, yes, a lot of people do say that diversity doesn't make media good, but a lot of them do so not for the sake of genuine media criticism and reflection but because they want to dismiss diversity as a concept.

    • @cattd00
      @cattd00 Pƙed 4 lety +100

      @UOL Jessi I am a person of color as well and I would much rather have a structured plot and well written book with some diversity then just a lousy book in general. I completely agree with you.

  • @whatspoppin11326
    @whatspoppin11326 Pƙed 4 lety +5401

    This channel has gone from “read with Cindy” to “mercilessly roast books with Cindy” and I’m here for it

  • @925263
    @925263 Pƙed 4 lety +1748

    Book summary: A grieving girl learns to cope with her loss with the help of a dog.
    The dog: Aight, I'mma head out.

  • @shinji012001
    @shinji012001 Pƙed 4 lety +4738

    We stan a queen who revisits old trauma for our entertainment.

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +320

      my channel in a nutshell

    • @shinji012001
      @shinji012001 Pƙed 4 lety +24

      @@withcindy

    • @slowmoe1686
      @slowmoe1686 Pƙed 4 lety +29

      When Shinji starts talking about trauma you know he knows what hes talking about

    • @shinji012001
      @shinji012001 Pƙed 4 lety +6

      @@slowmoe1686 period

    • @butterbubbles5375
      @butterbubbles5375 Pƙed 4 lety +5

      Hey, Shinji. How’s life for you. Sticky???
      Lol jkjk, NGE is my favorite anime ever, and I think trauma is your forte, so...

  • @marina6582
    @marina6582 Pƙed 4 lety +5164

    Can't wait until Cindy's sarcastic "I don't think anyone who reads romance deserves rights" rant is taken out of context and starts new book twitter drama.

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +782

      i'm 100% serious
      edit: ok some people didn't get that i was being sarcastic. just don't listen to anything i say from now on

    • @ElinorMahoney
      @ElinorMahoney Pƙed 4 lety +97

      Kellie I don’t mind reading romance unless it’s Colleen Hoover shit in which case I burn it

    • @hearts_ease
      @hearts_ease Pƙed 4 lety +29

      @@ElinorMahoney burn baby burn

    • @demongoose666
      @demongoose666 Pƙed 4 lety +58

      “I think Coolsville sucks!”

    • @pleejithoj1712
      @pleejithoj1712 Pƙed 4 lety +27

      @@ElinorMahoney omg colleen hoover is just a mess

  • @may-kh9fo
    @may-kh9fo Pƙed 4 lety +1265

    cindy: "Hated the books"
    also cindy wanting to get money: "but Netflix will improve them"

  • @katiekraynak6529
    @katiekraynak6529 Pƙed 4 lety +1993

    She’s not like other girls, she rated ACOMAF last 😂

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +424

      I'm quirky like that

    • @samash7302
      @samash7302 Pƙed 4 lety +147

      She barked in pain too âœŠđŸ»âœŠđŸ»âœŠđŸ»

    • @nannaleifa
      @nannaleifa Pƙed 4 lety +98

      My bone barked in laughter

    • @Southernbelle2978
      @Southernbelle2978 Pƙed 4 lety +21

      We stan an Icon.

    • @despicablycharming9700
      @despicablycharming9700 Pƙed 3 lety +14

      @@EJ-qp8vs The drama around ACOTAR is equivalent to the hate of love relationship with Twilight.

  • @sorcellerie
    @sorcellerie Pƙed 4 lety +3708

    Cindy: the first book is about a girl who lost her best friend/mentor
    Me: ok, seems fine, interesting
    Cindy: it was her professor who slept with her and other students
    Me: 👁 👄 👁

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +581

      HELLO 911???

    • @sorcellerie
      @sorcellerie Pƙed 4 lety +100

      @@withcindy you're the level of sarcastic and funny that I am LIVING for

    • @evies.1018
      @evies.1018 Pƙed 4 lety +64

      FBI OPEN UP!!

    • @derpyfox1014
      @derpyfox1014 Pƙed 4 lety +34

      Not today CIA

    • @NoelleMar
      @NoelleMar Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Two years later, but exactly my reaction.

  • @ayanjama7234
    @ayanjama7234 Pƙed 4 lety +2230

    Without bad books there wouldn’t be good books. And without subtweets, I wouldn’t get paid - Cindy 2020

  • @anamoyen
    @anamoyen Pƙed 4 lety +1562

    The Darkling: *is named “The Darkling*
    Alina: hmm, he seems like a nice guy

    • @Southernbelle2978
      @Southernbelle2978 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      Lmao.

    • @Strannik01
      @Strannik01 Pƙed 4 lety +62

      Honestly, "Darkling" sounds kind of exotic in Russian. Especially when you put the emphasis on the second syllable. And if you translate the name into the closest Russian equivalent, "ĐąĐ”ĐŒĐœĐžŃŃ‚Ń‹Đč" almost sounds cute.
      (As an aside, reading Russian Grishaverse fansites is *bizarre*)

    • @anamoyen
      @anamoyen Pƙed 4 lety +5

      Strannik01 damn!! That’s very interesting, I didn’t now it could sound cute in any language LOL

    • @a.i.rartist8950
      @a.i.rartist8950 Pƙed 4 lety +10

      My name is Alina and i absolutely hate the book

    • @liagolec2438
      @liagolec2438 Pƙed 4 lety +13

      @@Strannik01 Thats neat, I wish they had just kept the Russian name for it, because the Darkling is a terrible name.

  • @kitty-cn7mv
    @kitty-cn7mv Pƙed 4 lety +1803

    The Darkling: Im gonna cause a genocide
    Stans: omg he is so misunderstoo-

    • @Strannik01
      @Strannik01 Pƙed 4 lety +38

      Tale as old as Jareth from the _Labyrinth_
      (probably older than that, but that's the oldest example I could think of)

    • @catlady4858
      @catlady4858 Pƙed 4 lety +69

      Wait don't call me out like that

    • @sushi595
      @sushi595 Pƙed 3 lety +14

      Me who has the same exact personality as him and still hates him: 👁👄👁

    • @anxiousleighwaiting
      @anxiousleighwaiting Pƙed 3 lety +48

      The relevance of this comment now with the show --- Alina is not a reliable narrator and cannot understand the motivations of characters like Mal, but people like the darkling who literally is a MASSIVE CREEP and highly abusive and alina expresses how afraid of him she is

    • @giuliana8478
      @giuliana8478 Pƙed 3 lety +11

      @@sushi595 are you also a political manipulative mass genocidal?

  • @sokkvabekkr5973
    @sokkvabekkr5973 Pƙed 4 lety +3014

    i LOVE it when people rant about books they hate. no idea why but that stuff is wonderful

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +393

      i love it when people just do whatever they wanna do and live their truth

    • @pookieandfluffernutter
      @pookieandfluffernutter Pƙed 4 lety +10

      Me too

    • @annaan2873
      @annaan2873 Pƙed 4 lety +27

      It's very good because like this you know what books not to read. Now I'm not saying that if a person thinks a book is bad it really bad. I wanna say the points they made are the most important

    • @200bees
      @200bees Pƙed 4 lety +31

      Same, I don’t even read that often lol. Just like listening to people criticize things

    • @viviantran7063
      @viviantran7063 Pƙed 4 lety +15

      Me too, I like to read but don’t have many books to read smh, but like, (reading/watching/hearing) negative book reviews are a guilty pleasure of mine-

  • @BaeCat872
    @BaeCat872 Pƙed 4 lety +1257

    *”How to date men when you hate men”*
    Idk probably by learning conflict resolution like an adult â˜•ïžđŸ€”

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +277

      u know most ppl aren't capable of that

    • @taylorjade6918
      @taylorjade6918 Pƙed 4 lety +34

      And yet it didn't even tell you how 😂

    • @oddlyozel
      @oddlyozel Pƙed 4 lety +22

      Honestly, the concept is so real tho.

    • @kina2799
      @kina2799 Pƙed 4 lety +6

      Or just be a lesbian

    • @coffeeknight6148
      @coffeeknight6148 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      What would happen if you reversed the title from misandry to misogyny? That would be cool too, yea?

  • @Jamhands9
    @Jamhands9 Pƙed 4 lety +758

    That’s my big issue with Jane Austen retellings because they lack her wit and social commentary. Just rewriting her work isn’t an Austen retelling.

    • @anival9576
      @anival9576 Pƙed 4 lety +51

      Yeah, that's why I avoid re-writes. Done well, they have the potential to be amazing, I suppose, but so few writers are actually capable of doing it well, particularly the ones inclined to re-write classics. Also, I think the publishers' standards get lowered because they see a handy way to market it to all the "Austen" fans out there.

    • @Alexfolledemoi
      @Alexfolledemoi Pƙed 4 lety +45

      Yes! You can't have Pride AND PREJUDICE wihtout a commentary on classicism and prejudice!

    • @khfan4life365
      @khfan4life365 Pƙed 3 lety +6

      That’s why I stick to the original Austen works. I don’t want some half-assed ripoff ruining my experience with Jane Austen books.

    • @herlocksholmes-uv5qw
      @herlocksholmes-uv5qw Pƙed 3 lety +23

      Same, I believe people forget that Jane Austen isn't just romance. Hell, most of her books are just women dealing with how the patriarchy makes their lives harder and the love interest is just thrown there, although well written. Pride and Prejudice's WHOLE PLOT was because the Bennets would be kicked off Longbourn once their father passed away, and HALF of the drama of that book was that the only two men that could make good husbands for them, Darcy and Bingley, would never traditionally marry them - because they are poor, scandalous, unorthodox, etc. If you can't see the story past the romance, then what's the point even retelling it?

  • @dpathangi6691
    @dpathangi6691 Pƙed 4 lety +3293

    Every time I see the words “hot pterodactyl boyfriend” my depression becomes worse

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +557

      every time i see the words hot pterodactyl boyfriend my lifespan shortens

    • @helpyourselfimbusy5747
      @helpyourselfimbusy5747 Pƙed 4 lety +151

      I see it and I just wonder when we’ll get 50 shades of pterodactyl. đŸ˜«

    • @Alex-sm8uf
      @Alex-sm8uf Pƙed 4 lety +4

      No one like this comment so it stays at 69 likes

    • @whywherewhenhow
      @whywherewhenhow Pƙed 4 lety

      I wish i could agree. :D

    • @gibsonn2018
      @gibsonn2018 Pƙed 4 lety +14

      Ah yes my sleep paralysis demon

  • @flarewolf3525
    @flarewolf3525 Pƙed 4 lety +1607

    The words ‘hot pterodactyl boyfriend’ took 20 years off my lifespan

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +157

      Same I'm about to die

    • @Kwilling117
      @Kwilling117 Pƙed 4 lety +79

      @@withcindy "Even her mom isn't safe from the pterodactyl d**k" -quote of the decade

    • @ducksducksducks1884
      @ducksducksducks1884 Pƙed 4 lety +24

      ACOTAR took 20 inches off my wingspan

    • @littleprincess4615
      @littleprincess4615 Pƙed 4 lety +6

      This would be a great way to measure your life span

    • @EllieC130
      @EllieC130 Pƙed 3 lety

      Honestly I have never said what so many times during a book description.

  • @riankoch9126
    @riankoch9126 Pƙed 4 lety +196

    “Really shows the range of Leigh Bardugo”
    BLESS YOU AND YOUR SHADE. Made me laugh out loud lady

  • @kitty-cn7mv
    @kitty-cn7mv Pƙed 4 lety +526

    Me: *Hates the blandness, cringe and toxicity in romance plots*
    People: wow you really hate roma-

    • @Air_Serpent
      @Air_Serpent Pƙed 4 lety +62

      9910 kitty I’ve always wondered why I enjoy romance fanfics but not actual romance 😭 that sums it up

    • @wooyeah1738
      @wooyeah1738 Pƙed 4 lety +48

      Nicole Diaz Same. I can’t pick up a romance book, but I read ship fanfic religiously.

    • @joyc.e.7511
      @joyc.e.7511 Pƙed 3 lety +22

      @@Air_Serpent That's literally me! Fanfics can flesh out the relationships wonderfully, have the characters learn to communicate properly, and you know, develop into a relationship, but actual romance is just so uninteresting at times.

    • @maddie.bolland.7
      @maddie.bolland.7 Pƙed 3 lety +2

      @@Air_Serpent I completely agree!! :)

    • @sadsadtearsofaclown859
      @sadsadtearsofaclown859 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci

      @@Air_SerpentI think it’s because when you read fanfics, ur already familiar with the characters so it’s easier to invest ur time in the relationship, whereas romance novels have to build chemistry, which is hard to do if ur characters are not strong. At least, that’s my train of thought 😭

  • @erinalvena8404
    @erinalvena8404 Pƙed 4 lety +2070

    Book synopsis: mc bonds with dog
    Actual book: doesnt feature dog
    đŸ€Ą

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +278

      WHAT KIND OF CLOWNERY

    • @Georgesmomsu
      @Georgesmomsu Pƙed 4 lety +69

      Can we also talk about how the dog wasn’t even a great dane🙄

    • @Unknown-uk9he
      @Unknown-uk9he Pƙed 3 lety

      su j
      ?? As in the dog hater he mc or..?

  • @chloestokes2028
    @chloestokes2028 Pƙed 4 lety +1682

    cindy: has acomaf in the thumbnail
    me pretending that I didn't see it coming: 😼😼

  • @themangofandango
    @themangofandango Pƙed 4 lety +310

    "I just don't get how you can try to teach happiness to people when your life circumstances and your privileges have made it very easy to be happy."
    Cindy, say it louder. SAY IT LOUDERRRRR

  • @stitch3297
    @stitch3297 Pƙed 4 lety +497

    I want a bookmark that says "nobody who reads romance deserves rights"

  • @melodytrait
    @melodytrait Pƙed 4 lety +390

    "the leaps of logic that people had were about the same as the leaps of logic in exs and ohs." MY HEAD SNAPPED BACK SO FAST. 👏👏👏

  • @kinseyjean16
    @kinseyjean16 Pƙed 4 lety +502

    I paused my mental breakdown for this

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +147

      I filmed my mental breakdown for this

    • @beck242
      @beck242 Pƙed 4 lety +41

      @@withcindy i had a mental breakdown because of this

    • @wooyeah1738
      @wooyeah1738 Pƙed 4 lety +25

      I’m the mental breakdown, hi

  • @CaterinaCo
    @CaterinaCo Pƙed 4 lety +164

    The pro-life vs pro-choice book sounds like it was written by someone who thinks pro-choice just hates kids. Who TF would agree to raising a kid and then being like "finally 13, eh? now die"

  • @agatharoza
    @agatharoza Pƙed 4 lety +156

    I’m a noob writer. I feel like I’m probably the only person here watching with notebook and a pen. Only Cindy could diss a book but actually gives feedback and how to fix it.

  • @xXCheshirexXxCatXx
    @xXCheshirexXxCatXx Pƙed 4 lety +1025

    "He starts murdering people... you know just typical guy things." :D

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +107

      i love being a woman!

    • @maddison5120
      @maddison5120 Pƙed 3 lety +13

      @@withcindy I don't! How am I supposed to spur my serial killing career in that male-dominated field? 😂

  • @elizabeth2675
    @elizabeth2675 Pƙed 4 lety +422

    Cindy can rip apart my favorite book and I will ask for more.

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +148

      weird kink but ok

    • @erinross5553
      @erinross5553 Pƙed 4 lety +10

      hahaha she just did it to mine, and I agree. The unwind series was one of my favorites growing up.

    • @sofiah1174
      @sofiah1174 Pƙed 3 lety

      One of my fave series is ACOTAR and I love her rants about them 😂😂

  • @jaedyn225
    @jaedyn225 Pƙed 4 lety +147

    "i didnt feel conected to the predator"- im glad cindy

  • @marijarakic6644
    @marijarakic6644 Pƙed 3 lety +102

    The fact that they really hired her to review Shadow and Bone show is just so funny to me lol

  • @makenzie7323
    @makenzie7323 Pƙed 4 lety +614

    we stan someone who reads through these awful books for our entertainment.

  • @andretthew
    @andretthew Pƙed 4 lety +462

    20 seconds in and the tea is just pouring

  • @carysbebard3690
    @carysbebard3690 Pƙed 4 lety +143

    "We didn't learn that much about the pterodactyl" urgh why do so many romance books just not get this. We WANT to learn MORE about the PTERODACTYL. Less hating women, more pterodactyl, is it really so much to ask???

  • @daniellep.294
    @daniellep.294 Pƙed 4 lety +706

    Cindy: "This book makes me extremely embarrassed to be straight"
    Me, a bi girl with a lil crush: "🙁"

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +214

      im sorry :(

    • @pinkbalm975
      @pinkbalm975 Pƙed 4 lety +52

      Guys you can’t really tell a person’s sexuality by their looks. Except Cindy. Cindy’ gaydar is off the charts.

    • @iconic6844
      @iconic6844 Pƙed 4 lety +5

      WHAT

    • @trashbasket11
      @trashbasket11 Pƙed 3 lety +7

      She could form a cult with all the girls thirsting for her (I would totally join)

    • @nigaruddin1891
      @nigaruddin1891 Pƙed 2 lety +29

      dw shes dating a girl now lol u at least have that validation though no chance sorry-

  • @diyasarkar5157
    @diyasarkar5157 Pƙed 4 lety +454

    I guess the author of Hot Pterodactyl Boyfriend wrote it on a bet. Or on drugs đŸ€”

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +123

      Why not both

    • @katymoore4678
      @katymoore4678 Pƙed 4 lety +44

      They just wanted to troll the entire YA community. It went horribly right.

  • @patootien
    @patootien Pƙed 4 lety +162

    Cindy, I love you.
    I've relapsed into depression last year. I discovered you towards the end of the December and this channel has become a great company. You brought my long lost laughter. Thank you.
    Sending love from Korea ♡

  • @julialourenco4783
    @julialourenco4783 Pƙed 4 lety +130

    my saga of learning english with cindy: I ​​could understand 80% of what you said without the subtitles (which are not available yet), for my study this was great! Considering the plots, Jesus, disgusting.

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +63

      I'm so sorry your education system is that bad that you have to learn English for my videos

    • @julialourenco4783
      @julialourenco4783 Pƙed 4 lety +9

      @@withcindy it's bad not knowing what bhaskara is, but it's great to watch your videos 🙌😭

    • @tamakikawaii
      @tamakikawaii Pƙed 3 lety

      Savage and witty

  • @cuppaint
    @cuppaint Pƙed 4 lety +177

    “She’s depressed and likes dogs. That’s my personality in a nutshell.” Same Cindy, same.

  • @cassiapeian
    @cassiapeian Pƙed 4 lety +234

    ah perfect, my afternoon tea came in at the right time

  • @sophiawoods9799
    @sophiawoods9799 Pƙed 4 lety +123

    Y’all saying she’s doing God’s work but you’re sleeping on the fact that she is God

  • @sanna5623
    @sanna5623 Pƙed 4 lety +258

    it's sad that your name is readwithcindy but we never get to read WITH cindy 😔

  • @bryonyayaka
    @bryonyayaka Pƙed 4 lety +148

    i was in a bookstore yesterday and a book fell on my head. i am not joking when i tell you i picked it up and it was freaking I HAVE LOST MY WAY LMAOOO

  • @rx500android
    @rx500android Pƙed 4 lety +127

    "If your last name is Cumyn, that's your origin story"
    Oh no

  • @amariprice_7853
    @amariprice_7853 Pƙed 4 lety +35

    When I heard you say “The Grisha Trilogy,” and THEN mention how your favorite series was the “Six of Crows” duology, I actually screamed out “IT’S NOT JUST ME!!!”

  • @lilgrogu1187
    @lilgrogu1187 Pƙed 4 lety +92

    “I’m not here for the snowball fights, I’m here to see you play around with fairy balls.”
    In that next moment, I could *physically* see, the remaining light behind your eyes Completely Diminish.
    I’m praying for you Cindy đŸ„șđŸ™đŸ»

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +19

      This comment made me laugh bc it's true

  • @loveandcupcakes100
    @loveandcupcakes100 Pƙed 4 lety +323

    “I’m here to see you play around with fairy balls!”
    Me: You put those words back into your mouth!

  • @amal91891
    @amal91891 Pƙed 4 lety +804

    The disrespect is unbelieveable, how dare u put hot pterodactyl boyfriend in the thumbnail!??!?!

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +130

      u know i had to do it to em

    • @whitneymouse
      @whitneymouse Pƙed 4 lety +26

      rawwrrr hihi at first, I thought this was a reference to ACOTAR lol like maybe something she’d said in her review (I’m new). I’m upset this is a REAL book 😂

    • @amal91891
      @amal91891 Pƙed 4 lety +15

      @@whitneymouse i think everyone is upset that this is a real book😂

    • @aight_lol
      @aight_lol Pƙed 4 lety +15

      rawwrrr hihi bro I thought this was a reference to Rhys and his bat wings and then I was like
      HOLY FUCK

    • @amal91891
      @amal91891 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@aight_lol 😂😂

  • @marum2665
    @marum2665 Pƙed 4 lety +110

    LOOK AT U CINDY ALMOST 100K I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE 20K IM SO PROUD

  • @sebwalk8179
    @sebwalk8179 Pƙed 4 lety +174

    I love how Unwound presents a "compromise" where you have to raise and finance a child to the age of 13, and then are given the choice whether or not to terminate them. Seems almost like a strawman of Pro-choice ideology if you ask me.

    • @gliscorpropagandaaccount1764
      @gliscorpropagandaaccount1764 Pƙed 4 lety +52

      I've only read the first book, but it didn't even address the fact that (to my knowledge) most afab people get abortions because their body couldn't take the strain of giving birth.

    • @anika3998
      @anika3998 Pƙed 4 lety +13

      I read the first book and I think what the author tried to portray was that the whole compromise thing just presented a new problem which was storking (or when new moms leave their babies on random peoples’ doorsteps)

    • @engf223
      @engf223 Pƙed 3 lety +13

      The world building is greatly expanded in the later books in the series, and by the end it’s pretty clear that the “compromise” was something thought up by powerful government business lobbyists to allow them to have access to a lot of organs that were pretty much indefinitely viable due to advancements in organ transplant technology developed during the war. It didn’t actually have much to do with the war, and was very manipulatively advertised so that people would think it was this amazing compromise which solved all their problems and more.

    • @nadirajade17
      @nadirajade17 Pƙed 3 lety +7

      Honestly the books do require a certain amount of suspending your disbelief. But once you do it's really just something that sticks with you. I don't think I'll ever forgot the scene where the guy was unwound. That was teRRifying.

  • @NOTawisegirl
    @NOTawisegirl Pƙed 4 lety +136

    cindy: *puts acomaf as one of the worst books of 2019 list*
    me: *pretends to be shocked*

    • @xandyarmamento1493
      @xandyarmamento1493 Pƙed 4 lety

      Whats acomaf?T-T i feel so stupidd

    • @broganmatthews7312
      @broganmatthews7312 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      Xandy Armamento a court of mist and fury by sarah j maas (: it’s a series of four books (mist and fury is the second book)

    • @Southernbelle2978
      @Southernbelle2978 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      All her book have potential in the beginning but then disappoints you when you least expect it.

  • @adrianbooklecter7545
    @adrianbooklecter7545 Pƙed 4 lety +456

    I just told some Court of thorns and roses fan on Omegle about your channel so you would get one more hater, you should thank me.

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +186

      hooray more money!

    • @gabrielleking4219
      @gabrielleking4219 Pƙed 4 lety +83

      As an ACOTAR fan I absolutely love listening to cindy trashing books especially ACOTAR, because she just does it so hilariously.

    • @adrianbooklecter7545
      @adrianbooklecter7545 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      @@withcindy 69 likes

    • @emilylast-name1544
      @emilylast-name1544 Pƙed 4 lety +6

      Gabrielle King same 😂 and honestly I enjoy hearing a different perspective

    • @yrenetowers7524
      @yrenetowers7524 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      @@gabrielleking4219 Same😂😂

  • @rachelnarula6200
    @rachelnarula6200 Pƙed 4 lety +72

    “You” is a way better tv show than it is a book. The only way I’ve even been able to get through the book is by listening to it. Trying to read a hardcopy was physically painful.

    • @mald379
      @mald379 Pƙed 4 lety +14

      Rachel Narula and the season 2 is even better! Its hard for me to believe the book could be this bad, but Im going to trust you and Cindy and not waste my time on this.

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +13

      I agree that season 2 is better!

    • @beta910
      @beta910 Pƙed 4 lety +5

      Dude I think this is one of the few book to media changes that people actually liked (I didn’t even watch “You”,but a ton of people said that.

  • @TheFlowerQueen
    @TheFlowerQueen Pƙed 4 lety +32

    "I'm not sure if they misspelled predator as mentor"
    Girl you golden.

  • @oowatwat
    @oowatwat Pƙed 4 lety +63

    This is literally the only channel where I scroll down to like every single comment, including all of Cindy's replies 😎

  • @andreadelikat2220
    @andreadelikat2220 Pƙed 4 lety +294

    The most torture I ever felt reading a book
    *I see we are talking more about ACoTAR today*
    Edit: btw the next novella is coming out in may I'm pretty sure so have fun!

  • @chaithechuu8743
    @chaithechuu8743 Pƙed 4 lety +58

    god bless Cindy for reading the court series ones so we dont have to. we stan.

  • @ziasha1525
    @ziasha1525 Pƙed 4 lety +65

    You: *explains the "experiment" portion of the Happiness Project
    Me: this doesn't sound like an adequate sample size.
    Should have recruited 100s of mommy bloggers to sing every morning, so that the streets of Manhattan quivered from the reverb of offkey top ten tunes

  • @ha3497
    @ha3497 Pƙed 3 lety +66

    watching this after the netflix series released is so fucking funny cause she really did exactly what she set out to do in this video

  • @taylortalkstales8106
    @taylortalkstales8106 Pƙed 4 lety +70

    "Where was the dog?" I definitely would have been asking the same thing because I too am depressed and love dogs XD. I also second the "diversity doesn't mean the book is good." Sometimes I feel bad for not rating a book higher because I get that representation is important, but I also like being objective in my reviews. If the book isn't well written or have good characters, then it's not objectively a good book to me regardless of the message of the book or the representation in the book.

  • @noriakikakyoin8587
    @noriakikakyoin8587 Pƙed 4 lety +74

    What I wouldn't give for an interview with whoever gave you Exes and Ohs

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +20

      I hope I meet her again!

  • @joshwill3941
    @joshwill3941 Pƙed 4 lety +34

    Is it sad that I’ve gotten so used to YA protagonists being so annoying and dislikable that it doesn’t even bother me anymore?

  • @bri3602
    @bri3602 Pƙed 4 lety +39

    I want you to read The Cruel Prince trilogy so bad, I can’t even imagine what your thoughts would be

  • @paulamiletic5783
    @paulamiletic5783 Pƙed 4 lety +79

    Last time I was this early Cindy still hadn't taken that damn shower.

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +11

      its true, im sweating right now from my pits

  • @bsommervold
    @bsommervold Pƙed 4 lety +116

    Read with Cindy just read the hell out of these books.

  • @elle8724
    @elle8724 Pƙed 4 lety +74

    cindy: *explaining the plot of hot pterodactyl boyfriend*
    me: ALEXA CALL 911

  • @tia1773
    @tia1773 Pƙed 3 lety +21

    cindy really kept her promise with the whole shadow and bone thing

  • @ianis2576
    @ianis2576 Pƙed 4 lety +147

    this was literally just ranting and i'm here for it

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +16

      i guess thats all i do now

    • @ianis2576
      @ianis2576 Pƙed 4 lety +4

      @@withcindy good for you!

    • @gnomercy14
      @gnomercy14 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      readwithcindy rantwithcindy?

    • @ianis2576
      @ianis2576 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@gnomercy14 petition for Cindy to change her username to that

  • @aidenwhocares1998
    @aidenwhocares1998 Pƙed 4 lety +57

    Cindy over here blessing my nasty 2020. Not all heroes wear capes

  • @Aviedya
    @Aviedya Pƙed 4 lety +94

    The real romance I want to read is Sexy Stegosaurus Girlfriend

  • @mayarahman9995
    @mayarahman9995 Pƙed 3 lety +10

    IM DECEASED YOU PREDICTED NETFLIX WOULD REACH OUT KSSKSKSKSKSK I LOVE THIS 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 get that bag Cindy!!!!

  • @camelia2306
    @camelia2306 Pƙed 4 lety +29

    I freaking love your personality you could literally be talking about anything and I’d still enjoy it 😍😍

  • @simplysumayo
    @simplysumayo Pƙed 4 lety +29

    “I don’t think anyone who reads romance deserves right.”
    I read almost exclusively romance and this made me cackle! 💀💀

  • @awildtaraappeared
    @awildtaraappeared Pƙed 4 lety +66

    the good thing about the grisha netflix adaptation is that it's not just the shadow and bone characters, so although you may have to promote alinas bland ass, you also have kaz and inej and jesper to get hype about

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +25

      I feel like the show will improve the grisha trilogy characters but I'm not sure about six of crows yet đŸ„ș

    • @mateicercel1966
      @mateicercel1966 Pƙed 4 lety +8

      @@withcindy nothing to improve on six of crows lol

  • @angelitadavila118
    @angelitadavila118 Pƙed 4 lety +28

    I love the grisha trilogy but mostly for the side characters and quotes that shook me such as “what is infinite? The universe and the greed of men”

  • @cynthiao.1923
    @cynthiao.1923 Pƙed 4 lety +36

    Ex's and Oh's is the reason I subscribed to you. That video was a wild trip.

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +3

      that book was a wild and fun ride and it kinda sucks that it got marred by unnecessary drama lol

  • @frankundercoverdragon6288
    @frankundercoverdragon6288 Pƙed 4 lety +40

    Forgot you read the grisha trilogy early 2019, there's been so much booktwitter drama since then it feels like years ago

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +8

      Good God ur right

    • @7thsense97
      @7thsense97 Pƙed 4 lety

      I'm a month late but links? 👀

    • @frankundercoverdragon6288
      @frankundercoverdragon6288 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@7thsense97 I don't have any links to the tweets but here's some vids that talk about some of the different dramas
      Danielle Green: czcams.com/video/n4vQo2rywhk/video.html Chanelletime:
      czcams.com/video/BPcod6U0Lss/video.html
      And of course Readwithcindy:
      czcams.com/video/bi-4cQqqeY8/video.html
      czcams.com/video/Y3RVwx5RIC0/video.html

  • @VirgilThorntonII
    @VirgilThorntonII Pƙed 4 lety +11

    Main takeaways from the video:
    1) Cindy automatically hates any and all romance novels don’t @ me bc this is canonical fact
    2) Receiving a 1 star means reading your book is literally a fate worse than death

  • @sweetpeabee4983
    @sweetpeabee4983 Pƙed 4 lety +73

    Real talk, if you've written a book about young people who are raised to be organ harvested and ur name's not Kazuo Ishiguro, well. Good luck lmao.

  • @invisibleink1145
    @invisibleink1145 Pƙed 3 lety +10

    I'm halfway through Shadow and Bone right now, and this book is so anime it hurts lol. I do like it, I just wish we had gotten the story from literally any other perspective besides Alina. Like, I get being insecure about yourself, but this is just painful to read.

  • @isabellemouammar9779
    @isabellemouammar9779 Pƙed 4 lety +57

    The saddest part of this video is finding out she's straight

  • @ianlucassaldanha5383
    @ianlucassaldanha5383 Pƙed 3 lety +30

    One year later and she is doing the fake love for shadow and bones show. We love a woman of word!

    • @bit-button
      @bit-button Pƙed 3 lety +4

      I came here to say this but in my heart knew it had been said already

    • @ianlucassaldanha5383
      @ianlucassaldanha5383 Pƙed 3 lety +6

      @@bit-button our hearts are connected by the hate for Alina (and by the love for Jessie Mei)!

    • @musasaccharomyces308
      @musasaccharomyces308 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      i thought she actually changed her mind đŸ€ĄđŸ˜­đŸ˜­ i got bamboozled

    • @ianlucassaldanha5383
      @ianlucassaldanha5383 Pƙed 3 lety +5

      @@musasaccharomyces308 to be honest, i think she really liked. They made a great work on Alina's personality, her realationship with Mal and the casting. Much less boring!

  • @idreallyrathernaht1088
    @idreallyrathernaht1088 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    I cannot convey to you Cindy how much respect I have for you for being able to review these books so in depth. This is most definitely due to the miserable fact that I am absolutely awful at focusing on reading and yet also zone out too much with audiobooks, so I skim read and miss over half the details and have to go back to clarify what happened. This is definitely the reason that I was so confused when you mentioned the Grisha trilogy. I am 1000% certain that I barely absorbed anything that happened except what interested me (e.g. pretty people and gorey fight scenes), so my brain automatically loved almost every single character I came across and saw almost no fault. I am starting to realize that maybe oversharing to strangers could be a toxic trait but who has time for studying and working on concerning behavior and working on self loathing? Great video as always Cindy

  • @zombified_bee
    @zombified_bee Pƙed 4 lety +235

    FAIRYSMUT
    that's it.
    That's the comment

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +33

      that's my life

    • @zombified_bee
      @zombified_bee Pƙed 4 lety +11

      @@withcindy the only reason I'm waiting on the next book is because of your reviews. Because let's be honest, my dislectic ass isn't going to read that.

    • @123biler
      @123biler Pƙed 4 lety +3

      @@zombified_bee ❀

    • @zombified_bee
      @zombified_bee Pƙed 4 lety +4

      @@123biler thank uu

  • @gem9535
    @gem9535 Pƙed 4 lety +4

    But, I seriously love how you described the romance as a "Love Square."
    ...
    I'M DYING! THAT IS PERFECT! That is the most accurate thing ever!

  • @tamakikawaii
    @tamakikawaii Pƙed 3 lety +12

    11:48 we love a queen that sticks to her word. Get that coin, girl.

  • @PichuElric
    @PichuElric Pƙed 3 lety +5

    I'm binging Cindy's videos because depression and ADHD has rendered me incapable of inhaling books with the same intensity as before and I was genuinely looking forward to reading the first two books because I love dogs and Pride and Prejudice remixes but I guess Cindy just saved me a lot of trouble. Also, I noticed you heart every comment!! Knowing you see every comment despite probably getting hundreds every day is very wholesome. We love our romantically repressed queen hate-reading and spitting facts

  • @BooksandCookiesBooktalk
    @BooksandCookiesBooktalk Pƙed 4 lety +24

    i'm eating nutella from a big ass jar and watching this, pretending my life isn't burning down around me and this is peak 2020ℱ
    bless u, cindy, for making all this *gestures vaguely around* feel less like trash

  • @eclipssezz
    @eclipssezz Pƙed 2 lety +3

    THANK YOU for speaking about shadow and bone and not only was it so blunt it also had so much cliché tropes of your usual YA fantasy and it was too empty. I was so excited when I finally fully read that book because the relief at the end I felt was unimaginably huge. And not gonna lie, Leigh Bardugo made one of my favourite books of all time (six of crows duology) but she definetly could've done more in this book as well.

  • @moonfestal
    @moonfestal Pƙed 4 lety +36

    If I go to heaven I hope I hear the exes and ohs rant on my way there

    • @withcindy
      @withcindy  Pƙed 4 lety +13

      No that's when u go to hell

  • @corinebellasearoses3371
    @corinebellasearoses3371 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    I always appreciate the fact that these great booktubers read all these bad books so I don’t have to. I also always appreciate Cindy’s jokes and sense of humor. Which means, basically, that this video is great :D

  • @tati5135
    @tati5135 Pƙed 4 lety +19

    I have so many questions about Hot Pterodactyl Boyfriend, it sounds horrifying. Like there was a pterodactyl casually walking around? Would unprotected sex result in baby pterodactyls like the donkey-dragons from Shrek??

  • @ryandubinsky3666
    @ryandubinsky3666 Pƙed 3 lety +11

    You know rewatching this video with the part about of shadow and bone is really ironic now

  • @karisaysthings
    @karisaysthings Pƙed 4 lety +13

    "Diversity doesn't mean a book is good," yes! 100% this right here!

  • @regretisclownery
    @regretisclownery Pƙed 4 lety +7

    I still cannot believe that The Darling ended up being the villain. It is absolutely shocking.

  • @cozyninos
    @cozyninos Pƙed 4 lety +15

    Cindy when the Netflix adaptation comes out: the book was NOT better
    Edit: I accidentally read unwind years ago and found the plot interesting but kinda astoundingly unbelievable.

  • @shi4592
    @shi4592 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    These are the kind of book reviews I want to watch on Booktube đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł

  • @appreaciator
    @appreaciator Pƙed 4 lety +21

    romance genre readers - the most marginalized group of people

  • @jamesmoseley5428
    @jamesmoseley5428 Pƙed 4 lety +11

    How the hell do you not get stoked to read a book titled “Hot Pterodactyl Boyfriend?” I haven’t heard her review yet, but that book sounds like it has the potential to knock Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov out of my favorite novel slot.