Hi guys! It's Olivia here from Olivia's
Catastrophe. I'm here to give you the No
Disclaimers book tag. I was tagged by
Jade from Jaded Reader and I love this
tag because I just get to be honest all
the way through. So that's going to be a
lot of fun. As I've been doing with my
recent tag videos, I've been showing off
a mug at the beginning of every video. And for this one I have borrowed my
dad's r2d2 mug. He is a huge Star Wars
fan and I just always see this mug in
the cupboard and I think it's absolutely
fantastic. And as well as that on the
inside--oh wait hang on I'll show you--
like that it says something and it says
'Help me Obi-wan Kenobi. You're my only
hope.' Which I just think is really cute.
as you like, drink your tea or your
coffee. And I like Star Wars a lot as
well. Not as much as my dad because he's
the biggest star was buff but I do enjoy
all of the movies and some of the like,
new series as well. So let's get right on
down to the questions. The first question
is which trope or tropes in books annoy
the most. Cheating in books.
I don't like cheating in real life so of
course I don't actually really enjoy
reading about it. I do think it's
important to read about things that you
don't enjoy in books
however, cheating just... I just really
don't enjoy it whatsoever. I'd rather no
books had cheating representation in
them if I'm being honest. And I just
really don't enjoy reading about
characters cheating on each other for
whatever reason. And I think love
triangles sometimes really do lend
towards that which is why I feel mixed
about love triangles. Then which
writer or writers do you think are
overhyped. Guys! Get ready. So the first
one I have to mention is Sarah J Maas.
I've read A Court of Thorns and Roses and
I've also read the sequel which was more
hyped than the first book. And I just
think I read her writing overall is
mediocre. And for her new adult sections,
like, the explicit scenes... they're
definitely overhyped. Like, if you read
good new adult romance you will know
that those things are just definitely
overhyped. I think she does do characters
really well but plot is very weak. I
think she could work a bit more on her
plot. So I do think generally she's a bit
overhyped. As well as that I also think
JK Rowling is overhyped.
I'm sorry! I think her world-building
which is what she's most hyped for is
fantastic and in that sense she's not
overhyped.
But as for their characters and her
writing and yeah, the characters and the
writing, and the actual pacing of the
books. That could be improved. And another
writer that I think is overhyped is John
Green. I have read Looking for Alaska and
I've read The Fault in Our Stars and I
just didn't really like them. I feel like
his characters don't really fit their
age which is a common complaint about
his books if you don't like them. I also
think that his pacing is terribly off. I
found Looking for Alaska to be very
predictable as well as The Fault in
Our Stars. I also found that to be
predictable, so I couldn't enjoy them for
that reason. If we don't like the
characters, if I find the plot is
predictable and the policing is off then
I just don't enjoy it. So I think he's a
bit overhyped. What are your least favourite
books you've read since starting
booktube. I don't really read that many
awful awful one star rating books and if
I do they're usually classics and not
ones that I've read because of booktube.
However, one that was hyped on the book
online world that I read for that reason
was Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon
James and I absolutely hated this book
and don't understand why it has so much
hype. I just thought it was awful in so
many ways and I don't really want to get
into it because I'm trying to kind of
cleanse my mind from this book. That's
how much I disliked it. But it has sexism,
it has some really weird sexual things,
it's really written in a crazy abstract
kind of way. Nothing makes sense and I
just could really... not enjoy this book. I
don't think I can even push myself to
try different a Marlon James book.
That's how much I disliked it . Usually I'm all for giving authors a second
chance but that was just a mess. Then
what was a terrible ending to what would
have otherwise been a very quality book?
I'm changing this a little bit and saying
what was the terrible ending to a series
that otherwise would have been a quality
series. And that is City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare. I read The
Mortal Instruments series and I really
really liked it, and this one is a huge
brick. But I found this to be probably
one of the most disappointing books in
this series. I'm not going to give any
spoilers but I would like to explain why
for two reasons. First of all, my favorite
character had a terrible ending to their
storyline which was a bit disappointing
because that's the storyline I wanted to
see done the most. As well as the fact that when I read
this series the main characters kind of
became my least favourite characters and
my favourite characters became the side
characters. And then she does something
that I really just like seeing in series
which is when an author is trying to
bridge into another series. So she's
written this one and she's got one that
continues on after it which is called
The Dark Artifices series. However, this is
the conclusion to the Mortal Instruments
series. I don't really care about you
spending time introducing these new
characters to your next series in this
book because that's not why I came to
this series. And I'm trying to find the
ending to their book. I really don't care
about you doing a spinoff. Don't start
introducing them yet. However, a lot of
these pages were dedicated to these new
characters to jumpstart their storyline
and I just think that's kind of a bit...
annoying, and a bit frustrating for
readers who are there for one series.
Focus on finishing that series before
you start starting another one. I know
it's great cross promotion but really I
didn't care and it really bothered me
having to trawl through those chapters
to get to these ones. Which fictional
character or characters do you wish
weren't killed off. Again, I feel like
this one is a bit spoilery. I won't spoil
anything but... but if you've read--wrong
way--if you read The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness you know who
I'm talking about. Also if you've read
the sequel there's someone who dies in
that book who I also didn't want to die
but I can't really pinpoint you to that
without saying anything so... maybe you can
guess in the comment section down below.
What are some of your bookish pet peeves? Now, there's a lot of pet peeves that
people have that I've just stopped
caring about. For starters, like, people
get really unhappy when their book
series don't match. When they're all
different sizes, when they have different
covers... I honestly don't care. People get
annoyed when people talk to them while
they're reading. I don't care. I like to
be a social reader, so I'm very good at
switching between things. I will read a
book in a social situation. You can start
having conversation with me. I'll have a
conversation with you, read a line, have a
conversation, read line, I don't care. So I
don't have that many bookish pet peeves.
Most people when I lend them a book they
always give it back
which is great. I guess I'm just gonna
say this... nobody's done this but it would
bother me if they lent my book and then
they folded the like... dog-eared the pages. And then gave it back to me with them
dog-eared. Because why you've got a dog ear my book???
Like, I'm all for people dog-earing their
own books but I don't dog ear in my books so
if someone did it to my book and then gave
it back to me I'd be like?? But actually I
don't care... And I also buy a lot of books secondhand
and if the previous owners dog ear the
pages I don't care when that happens, so
don't really have that many bookish pet
peeves. What are some books that you
think deserve more recognition. And I
could just make a whole video of this
because there was so many underrated
authors and poets out there. I'm just
gonna limit myself to three and one of
them encompasses like, everyone. So the
first one I'm going to say is poets that
aren't Rupi Kaur or aren't instant
poets. There is so much modern poetry
out there that is not insta poetry that
is absolutely wonderful that people
aren't reading. And I just wish more
people read poetry because it is amazing
and there is just so much for you. You
can go the classic route, you could go
the modern route. So much good poetry out
there! Please go and read some. Then I'm
gonna spotlight two indie authors or
small published--small Press published
authors because I know a lot of people
write off those books very quickly. Or
just don't know about them but there are
some great authors out there who are
doing wonderful things. First of all I've
got Underneath it All by Patricia
Vanesse. This one is like, a contemporary
kind of read but it really deals with
some very heavy and dark topics. And
social situations. This one follows
London who is this guy who gets accepted
into this very prestigious school
because he won a competition with his
writing. And he really tries his hardest
to fit in with these prestigious people
and luckily he gets drawn into the
golden group. The most popular clique
group. However, the best friend that he
has in that group he started to fall for
his girlfriend. You know cheating is one
of the tropes that I don't like but this
one doesn't really do that
it's just... it's amazing. It deals with
depression as well, and suicidal thoughts
and suicide. And a lot of things to do
with coming-of-age. But also just with
life and it is absolutely brilliant. And
then I'm also gonna shout out the V Girl
by Mya Robarts which I've really talked
about on my channel. It deals with a lot
of themes of coming-of-age.
It's a dystopia and as well as that it
really discusses sexual assault and sex
in a lot of explicitness. So do be prepared for that but it really handles
these themes and topics in a way that is
unparalleled to any other book that I've
read. I've done a video where I rank some
fantasy reads from best representation
to worst representation. I'll leave a
link to that up above but Mya Roberts, she knew
what she was doing when she wrote
this book. And the last question is what
do you think about censorship and
banning books. I really find this one
hard now. Like, when I was gonna film this,
when I just saw the questions I thought
you know: no of course don't ban books
don't censor books. But Jade from Jaded
Reader when she did this tag brought up a
great point that she doesn't like to
read books that throw hate on a certain
group of people. Like a book that's very
very sexist, explicitly so. Or very
hateful to a certain religion, or very
hateful to a certain minority. She thinks
those should be either censored or not
really promoted, which actually I agree
with. Which is saying that you should ban
or censor of people from reading some
books which is actually a very very
obvious and very clear-cut thing. But
it's what you forget when people ask you
should you ban all censor books. I'm
still going to say no. Maybe those books
should still be available but I don't
think there's anything wrong with
wanting to censor yourself from certain
books. So I'm gonna say generally don't
ban or censor books but if you know
there's something that you don't want to
read
censor yourself from it and like, protect
yourself. Kind of why there are trigger
warnings in books. So you can protect
yourself on those things. And yeah, guys don't write hateful books
because we don't want people to read
them. And I don't want to read them. Okay,
so that's all I have for this tag. I hope
everything was clear cut and explained
well. Please let me know in the comment
section down below who is an author that
you think is overhyped. Please give this
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