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Oh dang. You're not kidding about the references being dated. 90% of these made me go "oh my god.whyyy, seriously?" I wonder if this genre would be improved if they weren't first person pov. At least for me, that contributes to how juvenile and cringe these books often feel
She has another book coming out in June as well. Very short breaks between books here 😬 Aster blurbed check & mate and it says "rivals-to-lovers" in the quote on the cover. WHAT RIVALS. WHAT. RIVALS??? Aster please The VSCO and alexis rose or whoever references had me so confused. VSCO? really? is that even a thing still lol I'm currently in the hell that is reading every single ali hazelwood book ever and would not recommend it, at least not reading more than one in a row lol. That's when the issues REALLY stand out...like the fact that every single character is a carbon copy of a different book's character, just maybe different hair color.
This is random but she probably came to the US because many graduate schools for STEM in the US get lots of grant money and therefore don’t have to really pay to go to grad school. However in Italy I believe they still have to pay tuition. That is why my former TA who was also born and raised in Italy came to grad school in the US
28:18 idc talking with minors about sex whether they're your siblings or not is weird as fuck, idk what's her point putting that here, as someone who had this happen to them this makes me feel weird
When I was in Philly someone leaned out their car to shout at me but instead of getting cat called they just screamed “YOURE SMALL” and sped past and that was really funny because it’s true but also more shocking than the drug addicts and crack head incidents (I was working another convention there so we had to walk back to the hotel and it was 100% a PVP enabled zone, very unsafe)
"Shiitake mushroom" is totally something we would say when we would slip up around the kids when they were little - before we were like, who cares, lol. I'll be 40 this year lmao - but that was 20 years ago......
As a female chess player, I was disappointed. I wanted her to love chess too and I wanted the romance to impact the rivalry in chess not him to get her back into chess. Basically I wanted the chess to be the main story. It had so much potential so but the execution failed completely.
omg my main gripe with this book was the lack of focus on chess despite it being the whole premise!! you have no idea how pissed off when the chess match that is being built up for the ENTIRE BOOK was not even given a scene??? they just mentioned it in the epilogue like “oh yeah she won bcs she’s just too good 😋”
and don’t get me started on her character’s family allegedly struggling financially but her repeatedly turning down opportunities to earn money via chess. like she knew she was good at it and was working a miserable job getting paid pennies. despite her (honestly, unreasonable) hang ups about chess, a normal person in this situation would just suck it up and play some chess??? i also hate that we spend most of the book with her acting “above” the chess world and barely get to see her actually enjoy the game
can you please read "The daughter of the moongodess". I read it a few weeks ago and i kinda liked it, but also dont. I dont know that to think about it and would love to hear your opinion 🤩
27:28 Sal- I -vah 💀 idk why people keep saying “choked on my saliva” bc nobody talks or thinks like that and I’ve seen it online people saying that, like what are they bots
The frustrating thing is, I really do want to support fandom women becoming writers. I am in fandom too, and what Ali Hazelwood said about fandom sounds likeable. But god, her books, the reviews and the excerpts, sound so bad and generic and unsexy. Its also so frustrating that instead of the interesting, often even deep and diverse fanfiction writers something like this becomes famous.
I really liked this book, and yes some of the references are dated; but I feel everyone generation has a lot of our references touted around. I think she’s also adding what some gen x or boomers might say in certain parts, but overall it wasn’t too bad for me; because she explained the main plots well within chess. Although I feel like she needed to focus on the chess more, and how things worked in her lines. It definitely shows she doesn’t play much chess, but I loved the character progression; although I understand that it’s too much!!
she's italian?! as an italian that's a bit upsetting 😂 and sooo many references damn you weren't kidding 😭 this book will look so dated in a year's time. also, I don't know that much about chess but I don't think having a draw that many time in a row is possible at all lmao. she really was writing out of her ass for that one. Great review as always, I watched almost all of your videos and you never fail to make me laugh. Peace and love has now entered my every day vocabulary 😂
I think so - I believe you're talking about Bride. My friend and I saw it at Target - tried reading the synopsis but immediately lost interest when we both agreed that it seemed like hetero omegaverse lol
Tbh from synopsis i feel like its more "alpha wolf" in dated system of clan dynamic of wolfs that is fake than in omegaverse sense but i won't touch that book with 2 meter long pole so i will never be 100% sure lmao
the "wow. so eloquent. much articulate" made me laugh lmao she might as well have inserted a rage comic in the middle of the page
Oh dang. You're not kidding about the references being dated. 90% of these made me go "oh my god.whyyy, seriously?"
I wonder if this genre would be improved if they weren't first person pov. At least for me, that contributes to how juvenile and cringe these books often feel
the yummy freckles line took 3 years off my life
I laughed for a while at that one too, like what does that meannnnnnn???
sidenote: it does make sense to go to the us for a phd bc they pay you for getting one while in europe its lots of work via scholarships etc
why does it sound like queens gambit fanfic 😂
She has another book coming out in June as well. Very short breaks between books here 😬
Aster blurbed check & mate and it says "rivals-to-lovers" in the quote on the cover. WHAT RIVALS. WHAT. RIVALS??? Aster please
The VSCO and alexis rose or whoever references had me so confused. VSCO? really? is that even a thing still lol
I'm currently in the hell that is reading every single ali hazelwood book ever and would not recommend it, at least not reading more than one in a row lol. That's when the issues REALLY stand out...like the fact that every single character is a carbon copy of a different book's character, just maybe different hair color.
19:25 the cringey, random Spy Kids reference. Ali Hazelwood, nooooo, say it ain't soooooo 😭
This is random but she probably came to the US because many graduate schools for STEM in the US get lots of grant money and therefore don’t have to really pay to go to grad school. However in Italy I believe they still have to pay tuition. That is why my former TA who was also born and raised in Italy came to grad school in the US
28:18 idc talking with minors about sex whether they're your siblings or not is weird as fuck, idk what's her point putting that here, as someone who had this happen to them this makes me feel weird
bride almost BORED me to death so gl queen 🫡
When I was in Philly someone leaned out their car to shout at me but instead of getting cat called they just screamed “YOURE SMALL” and sped past and that was really funny because it’s true but also more shocking than the drug addicts and crack head incidents (I was working another convention there so we had to walk back to the hotel and it was 100% a PVP enabled zone, very unsafe)
"Shiitake mushroom" is totally something we would say when we would slip up around the kids when they were little - before we were like, who cares, lol. I'll be 40 this year lmao - but that was 20 years ago......
Ohh, I felt the same way about the writing 😂 it didn't feel natural at all
As a female chess player, I was disappointed. I wanted her to love chess too and I wanted the romance to impact the rivalry in chess not him to get her back into chess. Basically I wanted the chess to be the main story. It had so much potential so but the execution failed completely.
omg my main gripe with this book was the lack of focus on chess despite it being the whole premise!! you have no idea how pissed off when the chess match that is being built up for the ENTIRE BOOK was not even given a scene??? they just mentioned it in the epilogue like “oh yeah she won bcs she’s just too good 😋”
and don’t get me started on her character’s family allegedly struggling financially but her repeatedly turning down opportunities to earn money via chess. like she knew she was good at it and was working a miserable job getting paid pennies. despite her (honestly, unreasonable) hang ups about chess, a normal person in this situation would just suck it up and play some chess??? i also hate that we spend most of the book with her acting “above” the chess world and barely get to see her actually enjoy the game
soya sounds like soja
can you please read "The daughter of the moongodess". I read it a few weeks ago and i kinda liked it, but also dont. I dont know that to think about it and would love to hear your opinion 🤩
Speaking of pen names I finally think I know what I want for myself.
27:28 Sal- I -vah 💀 idk why people keep saying “choked on my saliva” bc nobody talks or thinks like that and I’ve seen it online people saying that, like what are they bots
8:08 CRYING
The frustrating thing is, I really do want to support fandom women becoming writers. I am in fandom too, and what Ali Hazelwood said about fandom sounds likeable. But god, her books, the reviews and the excerpts, sound so bad and generic and unsexy. Its also so frustrating that instead of the interesting, often even deep and diverse fanfiction writers something like this becomes famous.
I really liked this book, and yes some of the references are dated; but I feel everyone generation has a lot of our references touted around. I think she’s also adding what some gen x or boomers might say in certain parts, but overall it wasn’t too bad for me; because she explained the main plots well within chess. Although I feel like she needed to focus on the chess more, and how things worked in her lines. It definitely shows she doesn’t play much chess, but I loved the character progression; although I understand that it’s too much!!
Thank you! Hate this book. It's exactly the same as her other STEM romances minus the cringe sex scenes.
she's italian?! as an italian that's a bit upsetting 😂 and sooo many references damn you weren't kidding 😭 this book will look so dated in a year's time. also, I don't know that much about chess but I don't think having a draw that many time in a row is possible at all lmao. she really was writing out of her ass for that one.
Great review as always, I watched almost all of your videos and you never fail to make me laugh. Peace and love has now entered my every day vocabulary 😂
Also. I heard the newest book is omega verse? Hetero omega verse? Is that true? I do not want to Google this lol
I think so - I believe you're talking about Bride. My friend and I saw it at Target - tried reading the synopsis but immediately lost interest when we both agreed that it seemed like hetero omegaverse lol
Tbh from synopsis i feel like its more "alpha wolf" in dated system of clan dynamic of wolfs that is fake than in omegaverse sense but i won't touch that book with 2 meter long pole so i will never be 100% sure lmao
I heard about it like 3 days ago and Im tempted to pirate it, but im going in with bad expectations so I might not even do it
the second chance should be love theoretically. i read check mate after that one tho and lol in comparison, check mate so so bad
All of her books are cringe
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY REFERENCES??? OMG 😭 that's so weird genuinely
With war and hate, there's no way she referenced vsco in the year of our lord 2023 (when published)...
I didn’t dislike it as much as AH’s other books but still, eh
Oh I'm here early. (grabs a chair)
THIS WAS POSTED ONLY THREE DAYS AGO?? I feel like I’ve been waiting for a new post for months, where tf was I 😭😭