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I feel like the only reason she made her illiterate is because every protagonist is into books so she was like "yup, this girl can't read!" Which... for their family being how it was? Was just a bad joke. Like girl could afford paints but not learn how to read and write? @lookitskatiex 😅
Nope, she actually meant the diet, lol. I've been a follower since almost the beginning (the predictability means they don't take a lot of brain power and they're good palate cleansers between heavier books) and she started paleo during one of her husband's deployments a bunch of years ago.
besties: the book recommendations are NOT just romantasy books. theyre romantasy and fantasy, I misspoke. pls don’t read Dune or The Poppy War thinking it’s SJM type romantasy bc you will be in for a world of pain
oh yeah I was wondering how the fuck you classified game of thrones as romantasy xD I mean there's some romances in there I GUESS and some sex scenes but definitely nothing like what I think of as romantasy lol
loooollll "I'm not even sure most of your kind can read" referring to men in general is the energy I will be bringing to every book naysayer from this point onward
32:10 as somebody with EDS: your joints do become stronger and (sub)luxate less when you train. Esp training strength. Your body will quickly become a mass of pain if you stop exercising. I haven't read these books & am still watching the video, but her opposition saying she should exercise to be less crippled is right 😂
i didn't know this, thank u for the knowledge!! I googled it and it said that people with EDS should avoid high impact sports so i just assumed that that ruled out fighting/dragon riding, but she DOES start weight training in the second half of the book, so look at her go our EDS queen
@Ellbat no problem and good for her!! Glad she started lifting weights haha Yeah, high impact sports aren't the best. Depending on the severity of your (h)EDS, you can work towards it though. I did do some self defense sports (jiu jutsu, karate, taekwondo, tried out MMA). There is a slight advantage being more flexible than most. Certain holds won't hurt you that much & you can wiggle out of some. But putting others into holds can be a bit more difficult 😅
@@canwejustnot this is so interesting! honestly i had no idea, i couldn't find much about it online. thank you sm for sharing, i really appreciate it. i hope it doesnt cause you too much pain!
Hey fellow EDS person! I have nothing to say other than hi and I see you, I have it as well and yup - took a few months off weightlifting recently and it was the WORST decision I could have ever made in my life, hahah! Hope you are well and your joints are behaving
@@EllbatThe author also has EDS so she actually wrote it very accurately as another zebra (person with EDS). It’s rare and even drs have a hard time understanding it.
THANK YOU for talking about how cringe her nickname being "Violence" is! I had to gaslight myself into believing he was actually just saying "Violet" every time it came up.
Yeah no. Not only is this format the most popular in RUclips viewership right now but El’s views are climbing by the thousands daily on this one. So I think she’s more than good! 😎
I was uncontrollably laughing at 1:57:46, just the idea that a small, dainty and weak girl could shift into a dragon by dislocating her bones into wings 😂
@@samanthapalker1476 I graduated from a very good uni years ago. With no problems, it wasn't too hard for me. But I still hate when tv channels show some kind of genius children. Like "was accepted to a university at 12, graduated at 16". my mother still side eyes me and now even my children. As if to silently say "see? Others can do it all. Why y'all aren't as genius as they are".😂
Have I read this book? Yes. Do I have an infant child, a full time job and a stupid amount of responsibilty? Yes. Did i prioritise watching this video in my tiny amount of free time and now my inner voice has taken on Ells snarky, hilarious manner. Also yes, thank you so much, i cant wait for the next one. 📚
I was enthralled by this video, your American accent, your satire, even more so than the book. I’m a writer, with a dragon book coming out, and this is research.
I was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos 5 years ago, at 31 years old. The whole "train and you'll stop being disabled" is completely on point. Best case scenario with EDS is that everything takes three times as much energy to do and that you get called lazy, when in reality your working much harder than most people for much smaller results.
fellow eds haver, when i was younger my physio told me that i would always be doing twice the work for half the results. love violet having her girlboss "not letting my disability hold me back" moment but in reality she should be taking a lot more naps and doing a lot less stuff
This. I have chronic fatigue, so I cant work and the amount of people, who assume Im paid to be on "holidays", when I can only do about 10% of what they do in a regular day and feel like I ran a marathon each evening! 🙃
For ACOTAR I think books 1&2 then 3 and then 4&5 together would make the most sense with plots and such. Three has so much information and plot in it that it could be 3 hour video on its own lol
you thinking john hughes is her husband is sending me lol! he is an iconic american filmmaker who made teenage rom coms in the 80’s (the breakfast club, pretty in pink etc)
To be fair, as someone who relates to Violet’s disability, if someone says I can’t do something it only makes me want to do it out of spite. So Dain was only making it worse 😂
Is it weird that I am loving these recaps of books I have zero interest in reading? I do enjoy serious fantasy but haven't read a romance novel since I was a teenager (many MANY moons ago). These reviews are just SO entertaining .... (and maybe validate why I have no desire to read "romantasy"? LOL). Keep 'em coming and I hope you're doing well! Also... can't wait to see the new haircut in the next one! 😆
as someone who is suspected to have EDS (the disability Vi has) it’s hilarious seeing people from the outside talk about this book because even the “i’m glad i have the dragon scale vest on or id have bruises tomorrow” thing IS actually a part of the illness😂 it sounds so tropey and “im so smol!!!” but it genuinely is the illness every time😂
omg that sounds so painful??? shoutout to the eds girlies for enduring that. i think the issue is that because it's constantly mentioned how little she is (5 foot), it starts to feel like "shes wounded/weak because she's so petite and little uwu" instead of "oh she has an actual disability". that's why a lot of readers really didnt initially clock that violet has EDS i think (me included) and it just feels like trope bait ahhaha
@@Ellbat no i completely understand! they don’t explain what she has basically at all and just leave it to vague “im so weak”descriptions, so her technically entirely accurate symptoms absolutely come off as pick me & the “i’m so tiny i can’t even exist uwu!!!!” type shit instead of disability representation! especially as someone WITH eds it’s a bit annoying to see how it’s handled because she’s too fragile to function, then bam she’s basically able bodied??? like yes eds symptoms like subluxations, dislocations, chronic pain, fatigue, etc are all helped by some form of strengthening/exercise for many people, but it’s a genetic disorder, we still have symptoms at PEAK health! like personally it became disabling for me when i was a competitive cheerleader tumbling multiple times a week on top of 2 practices a week! also i hope my comment didn’t come off harsh, i just thought it was funny! especially other people ive seen have had the disability aspect FULLY fly over their heads so its been funny being the one who actually knows about it first hand. especially because the book describes it so poorly it makes sense why it isn’t understood (and to be fair, she just does in fact do That with it all anyway😂)
Personally my favorite dynamic in the book was violet and her dragon’s like andarna was cute and like a safe space for her and Tairn was like a grumpy sassy possessive dad to her which i loved.
30:23 "then we've got the dragons, these are dragons". Thanks Elena babe, couldn't work that one out myself 😂 I am living for this recap, it's getting me through the night shift from hell
I never thought I would want to watch a 4 hour recap of these books, but you're hilarious and I just can't click away lol. I wanted to comment on the "lore dump." I viewed that shit as lead-up to the eventual realization that the Scribes have been scrubbing and rewriting history, but I love the take on "she just hasn't had to write lore before bc everyone knows what Colorado is." 🤣🤣 hilarious.
If I had a nickel for every female fantasy protagonist, who is very small, with hair going grey at the ends, who could wield lightning, and gets stuck in the middle of a revolution, while also being involved in some weird romance dynamics, and having a brother that's "dead" but not really, I'd have 2 nickels... Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice
Here I am, just finished the video (I've been watching this sneakily at work) and I have to say, I feel seen. I am a big fantasy reader, and have dipped my toes into some romantasy, and whilst not a huge fan, I have enjoyed them mostly. This book drove me nuts with the worldbuilding and the whole Violet is soooo clever, yet never makes a smart choice. I especially loved that you pointed out the whole nobody noticing the poisoning, because that was driving me crazy whilst reading it. If this society has issues with lacking soldiers, I don't know, send those who can't be riders, into infantry? That said, I still read the second book, it did not get better, and I will read the third book because, honestly, I need the reading pain. Anyways, loved the video! Hilarious run through
100% agree the world building was shit, but I read (and bought) both books and will buy the third one when it comes out. Why? Because it’s easy to read and funny at times when you don’t expect the next literacy price worthy novel. If I want something good, I read something else. But if I want something cozy, it works out quite nicely. 😊
@@excessivelyfangirlingbookw3339 that's fair. I honestly get frustrated with this series too much, it just doesn't feel real to me or that the characters make sense. That said, I have listened to the audiobook of both books, and wll probably listen to the third one. Even if I dislike it, I want to give it a chance.
@@Yandrak991 definitely. Knowing Rebecca's background now, it makes sense why her focus is 95% romance, but I feel like her world has so much to offer that is left unexplored. I guess, part of me continues to hope that she evolves her writing to inlude more worldbuilding with each book.... 3 to go, so let's hope for the best!
I read the first book in 2 days because of this review, then I read the second book in another 2 days, and ONLY THEN I realised the third book is not out yet and I have to wait MONTHS. This is plain and simple torture!!!
3:21:34 AMAZING pick up with Xaden knowing things he's not really supposed to know, I totally didn't catch that this time round. Just discovered your channel through this vid and am loving every minute, you're so funny! Off to go binge the rest of your vids
i read this book in a very certain mood, I was just going with the flow. No care for plot, character development, etc. And really liked it. But then I reread it and watch recaps like this and just question if I was smoking anything when I was reading this book. I was shocked at nearly everyplot twist, didn't pick up on the plot holes, (did notice Violets massive info dumps tho) Loved the recap btw, very funny. Can't wait for Iron Flame.
I have to be real-- I never had any intention of reading these books. I really really didn't. But when I saw you put this video out, I couldn't help but be absolutely enchanted the entire time listening to your recap for 4 straight hours. You confirmed all of my fears about this being cringey-- and yet, your humor made this SO much more palatable and I was CACKLING the entire time XD. Kisses to your mummmm XOXO
I get the appeal of height difference and that everyone has their types, but god can’t we have more romances between an Amazonian woman and a tiny twink or something? So many het romances are just the same cutouts of tiny pretty woman and giant muscle man and I’m bored of it
Have I watched an almost four (!!!) hours long youtube video for the first time in my life? Yes. Have I enjoyed every second of it? Also yes. 😭😭😭 You killed it, girl!🔥 I can‘t wait for your Iron Flame Recap 😫
ACOTAR - do books 1,2,3 as one video and the 4 and 5 separately. The first video will be long but originally the series was intended just to be that original trilogy ❤️
This series is (so far) addictive.. you get in you are going down that deep dark hole 🤣🤣 honestly I'm kind of here for it, because soemtimes you just need a good time
I love this chaotic recap. I swear this made, just after reading Fourth Wing much more entertaining. Now onto Iron Flame and CANNOT WAIT for the recap Ellbat. I hope this little series continues and we get more recaps in the future. 😂😂❤❤
Please make more of these videos! This is the content the internet didn’t know it needed, but now that we have it, I only want to watch deep-dive book reviews about unhinged plots and characters that are only semi-relatable and ridiculously attractive for no reason
Okay but i absolutely love your humor and watched your video on the twisted series so many times!! Im so excited for this one too!! Sending lots of love ❤
no input on the plot bc I haven’t read the book but I absolutely looove your recaps, it doesn’t feel like 3 hours bc you’re so lightheartedly funny. so whenever you have the strength to film one im looking forward to your book recaps
i'm currently recovering from wisdom teeth surgery and this has genuinely been the greatest video i have ever seen thank you very much funny british lady in my computer. in al seriousness i need the next recaps all of recaps every single one as fast as you can. :)
Gurl I came here because after finishing the acotar graphic audio books I decided to take on fourth wing without having actually read the books. I had to restart the audiobook FOUR times to understand the first hour of story because my brain was having information overload and I just couldn’t get it. I’m now maybe 60% through and hooked on it 🤣 you get an instant subscribe from because I came for some clarity on the story but I’m staying for your humour. You are absolutely hilarious 😭 throughly enjoyed this
I laughed at so many things in this video which included: 1. Elena's american accent while reading quotes from the book 2. The constant reminder that Violet is small and dainty 3. The rant about the nickname *Violence* VIOLENCUUUHHH 4. 1:35:20 😭😭💀💀 This video did answer the questions I had bc I recently just finished this book (4 star read btw)
oh wow, i read the comments expertin mikes mic references but these actually all seem like hardcore fourth wing fans! Impressed! I will keep on watching, but just wanted to say that i love how you got me to watch a video about a book series i don’t know anything about as mike did about a series! Love the vibe✨💫🧚🏼
I’m usually more of a silent watcher, but I’ve been eagerly waiting for the next installment of this series since I finished the last one. I can’t believe it took a whole 12 days for my algorithm to show this to me-I feel completely betrayed! So here I am, finally engaging and hoping to give this series the attention it truly deserves!
If I remember correctly, the dragons need humans because we have thumbs so we can make wards to protect and increase the strength of the dragons. Thumbs for the win!!! 👍
I dont even read that much, certaintly not romance and I wouldve never have expected this to be something I would watch, like ever, but the way you talk about the books, and everything you do around it, just makes it so funny and enjoyable, cant wait for the next review, this is legit one of my favorite things on YT at the moment.
Just discovered & finished these books this week. I’m so happy to see your recent recap. The swearing were my exact thoughts 😂 very cringey at times, but I will be waiting for the 3rd book next year!
1:59:27 just noticed that on the second watch-through and calling it out now: year after year, less dragons are willing to bond because humans are ignorant and only focus on physical prowess. I believe Tairn had a moment where he said “please tell me more about what I want in a rider” or something after Vi tells him that dragons only want athletic humans instead of smart ones. I believe that dragons originally agreed to bond with humans because they saw the advantages of befriending these tiny heroic warriors and over the centuries, said tiny humans forgot/misremembered that a great warrior isn’t necessarily the biggest and toughest person, but the one with the heart and loyalty to be willing to fight the hardest battles. Sometimes, that goes hand in hand, like in Xaden’s or Liam’s case, but sometimes the strong people have the shittier personality and vice versa. If I were a dragon, I’d rather have someone like Jesinia as my rider than Barlow. Violet is a warrior at heart and that is what Tairn and Andarna could sense from the start.
I read these (both Fourth Wing and Iron Flame) immediately after reading all of the ACOTAR and I honestly loved them. You do make fair points about some of the pitfalls but I was able to overlook most of them. I love you doing these recaps. I'm sure they take so much time but enjoyed every minute! Thank you
Have I read Fourth Wing? No I haven't. Do I plan on reading Fourth Wing? Not particularly. Have I been watching this video all thought the day whenever I could and had a blast with it? Absolutely yes, I did. I know this is only your second video but I'm loving your recaps on these series and my poor friends are having to deal with me spam-sharing these videos with them 😅
For some...insane reason, I watched this entire video for reasons I do not understand other than finding you delightful. I'm glad to have watched it about a book I never had any interest in, nor would I ever want to read. Loads of lore, but it just doesn't seem like good writing. That's what happens when they're churned out so quickly. The author wrote fanfic about her own life as a military wife. I feel like...that says enough about this author. ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE MISSED YOU AND YOUR VIDEOS.
Oh, also, there is indeed one nonbinary character in Fourth Wing named Heaton. I do think Yarros attempted to be as inclusive as possible, even if it does feel a bit dry and stilted and as if the queer characters aren’t really fully fleshed out and she was just checking boxes. But I do appreciate the nonchalant way sexuality and pronouns are handled at least.
Highlights from hour one cos I need to go to sleep 18:09 "little bit scary, it is, yes" Shout out to your drawings btw 28:07 "not to hate on the deceased but, irrelevant" 30:27 "these are dragons" (points to dragons) 31:38 ah yes, silver hair, the one true sign of EDS 34:08 "why are you so keen to murder all your students?" - honestly same can be said for Harry Potter 39:53 RIP El's hair 47:50 "looks suspiciously like Four from Divergent but we won't get into it" 48:24 "truthfully i can think of some things worse ... namely: dying" 51:25 "small small dainty little flower" 53:32 "these pins are so ~spiky~" 57:00 "...you've just armed them against you, you dumb-arse!" 58:08 "cRaZy" 58:19 - 58:46 "he's feeling a little bit... homicidal" 59:04 "small and dainty and weak enough that it enraged one man enough that he wanted to throw her off a bridge" Part 2 later, kisses 😘
Hour twooo 1:11:17 "return to sender, this child in now deceased" 1:11:29 - 1:12:15 or even 1:13:12 this whole bit was iconic at this point I would like to thank you for your service because there is no way in hell I could get through this book 1:17:53 honestly that's so girlboss of her 1:25:07 take a shot every time Violet wants to climb someone like a tree 1:25:40 - 1:26:09 "girls I'm swooning, someone call my therapist" and *threatens life* *blushes* 1:26:58 *squeaks* 1:36:11 dainty uWu 1:36:14 shameful secret 1:44:31 aphantasia shoutout slayy 1:49:33 "I'm panicking, I'm panicking, I'm gonna loose me job" 1:50:34 "big government stop trying to get mee" 1:50:39 "I'm filming my fourth wing recap, Shaz" 1:52:46 "Liam's a really nice guy... so you know he's not at any point gonna be her love interest" (F for Liam) 1:55:53 "you made it through all that and then it was your personality that let you down"
THANK YOU!!! Punishing the rebels children was such an odd choice!! like what do you mean they killed a bunch of kids parents and then stoked further feelings of resentment by sending those kids to a death school?? oh, and if these scorned kids don’t die they now have a dragon to exact revenge with?? I fear the adults in this book didn’t think critically
Am I crazy? I thought there was a forward that confirmed Violet's having Ehlers-Danlos syndrome before you even started the book. Maybe I remembered it because I have a close friend diagnosed with it, so it actually meant something to me, hearing her move through everything with it.
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rumour has it chapter 30 is a lot more fun with Bellesa ... EVERYONE who signs up gets a gift card or a fun and fruity toy www.bboutique.co/vibe/elenabateman-yt
If only she had been stomped by a dragon in the first chapter.
I want an *_Ellbat_* garden gnome.
Commenting for engagement
i recommend learning how to pronounce the name of the brand, it’s clearly a spanish word??
@@tannerlopez7252 the brand told me to say it this way 🙂↕️
“He is very blonde, so not the love interest.” - every book, always
Not true.
This. Childhood friend and/or blonde hair = 2ndML.
49:16 “if you can read, unlike Feyre.”
Feyre darling really out here catching strays 😭😭🤚🏻
The way I crackled 😂😂
What up, I’m Feyre. I’m nineteen and I never fucking learned how to read.
I feel like the only reason she made her illiterate is because every protagonist is into books so she was like "yup, this girl can't read!" Which... for their family being how it was? Was just a bad joke. Like girl could afford paints but not learn how to read and write? @lookitskatiex 😅
Idea for a drinking game: take a shot every time the word small, dainty, fragile, weak and synonyms are mentioned.
Proceed with caution 😂
Someone would end up with alcohol poisoning
But take shots of water, we’re all fucking dehydrated ✋😭
@@Ravens-Resort might rewatch to do this.
Some one going to fall alot
The constant jokes about Violet being so small, so dainty have me howling 😂 The wait for this video was SO worth it, I love your book recaps.
“[and she’s into] palaeo” not my palaeontologist ass forgetting that there’s also a diet called that
wait did she actually just mean that she love fossils
@@Ellbat I want to believe
Same 😂
That was my first thought "Oh, she likes dinosaurs"
Nope, she actually meant the diet, lol. I've been a follower since almost the beginning (the predictability means they don't take a lot of brain power and they're good palate cleansers between heavier books) and she started paleo during one of her husband's deployments a bunch of years ago.
besties: the book recommendations are NOT just romantasy books. theyre romantasy and fantasy, I misspoke. pls don’t read Dune or The Poppy War thinking it’s SJM type romantasy bc you will be in for a world of pain
Omg fr the poopy war so depressing
@@Supergace1234 A poopy war does sound particularly unpleasant 😅
oh yeah I was wondering how the fuck you classified game of thrones as romantasy xD I mean there's some romances in there I GUESS and some sex scenes but definitely nothing like what I think of as romantasy lol
I loved the "i will not be writing, ill be riding.... my wingleader Xaden Riorson"
"How many friends does Becky have left?" "And the answer is none because they all died in the riders quadrant."💀
"Denial is a river in egypt, your dragons are having sex" quote of the year 😂😂 thank you for your service
loooollll "I'm not even sure most of your kind can read" referring to men in general is the energy I will be bringing to every book naysayer from this point onward
It’s really giving Belle at Gaston and we do love that a lot
elena i hope you know we appreciate you putting yourself on the front lines for us fr 😭
i am the last line of defence between you and dragon sex
@@Ellbatthank you for your sacrifice ♥️
32:10 as somebody with EDS: your joints do become stronger and (sub)luxate less when you train. Esp training strength. Your body will quickly become a mass of pain if you stop exercising.
I haven't read these books & am still watching the video, but her opposition saying she should exercise to be less crippled is right 😂
i didn't know this, thank u for the knowledge!! I googled it and it said that people with EDS should avoid high impact sports so i just assumed that that ruled out fighting/dragon riding, but she DOES start weight training in the second half of the book, so look at her go our EDS queen
@Ellbat no problem and good for her!! Glad she started lifting weights haha
Yeah, high impact sports aren't the best. Depending on the severity of your (h)EDS, you can work towards it though.
I did do some self defense sports (jiu jutsu, karate, taekwondo, tried out MMA). There is a slight advantage being more flexible than most. Certain holds won't hurt you that much & you can wiggle out of some. But putting others into holds can be a bit more difficult 😅
@@canwejustnot this is so interesting! honestly i had no idea, i couldn't find much about it online. thank you sm for sharing, i really appreciate it. i hope it doesnt cause you too much pain!
Hey fellow EDS person! I have nothing to say other than hi and I see you, I have it as well and yup - took a few months off weightlifting recently and it was the WORST decision I could have ever made in my life, hahah! Hope you are well and your joints are behaving
@@EllbatThe author also has EDS so she actually wrote it very accurately as another zebra (person with EDS). It’s rare and even drs have a hard time understanding it.
THANK YOU for talking about how cringe her nickname being "Violence" is! I had to gaslight myself into believing he was actually just saying "Violet" every time it came up.
The MCU called, they think your RUclips video is too long and recommend turning it into a 8-part Netflix series instead…
i thought this said MMCU and i was like, omg mikes mic reference
😂😂😂 so true
Yeah no. Not only is this format the most popular in RUclips viewership right now but El’s views are climbing by the thousands daily on this one. So I think she’s more than good! 😎
@@LifeInApryl oh it was a joke, I love her content! But happy to see you defend her
@ love! 🥰👍🏻
I was uncontrollably laughing at 1:57:46, just the idea that a small, dainty and weak girl could shift into a dragon by dislocating her bones into wings 😂
i have personally seen someone with EDS “flap” their shoulder blades like wings so honestly not that wild of a jump😂
@@lightworthy Wow, that's a vivid image to imagine 😂😂😂
I feel like "Graduate or die" is many parents' unspoken motto 😂 at least my mother would consider it a good saying.
Our parents should meet or there should be kept far away from each other
@@samanthapalker1476 I graduated from a very good uni years ago. With no problems, it wasn't too hard for me. But I still hate when tv channels show some kind of genius children. Like "was accepted to a university at 12, graduated at 16". my mother still side eyes me and now even my children. As if to silently say "see? Others can do it all. Why y'all aren't as genius as they are".😂
Same!
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Have I read this book? Yes. Do I have an infant child, a full time job and a stupid amount of responsibilty? Yes. Did i prioritise watching this video in my tiny amount of free time and now my inner voice has taken on Ells snarky, hilarious manner. Also yes, thank you so much, i cant wait for the next one. 📚
“It’s giving Harry Potter, but with dragons”. …but Harry Potter had dragons too…
HOW DID I FORGET THEY HAD DRAGONS
I was enthralled by this video, your American accent, your satire, even more so than the book. I’m a writer, with a dragon book coming out, and this is research.
i love that whenever you quote the book you speak it with an american accent 😂
Hi elena, im glad to see you posting, i hope you’re doing better recently and i hope you continue to do better as time goes on, sending love
i'm doing so much better, thank u for ur kind words! i hope youre well too
I was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos 5 years ago, at 31 years old. The whole "train and you'll stop being disabled" is completely on point. Best case scenario with EDS is that everything takes three times as much energy to do and that you get called lazy, when in reality your working much harder than most people for much smaller results.
fellow eds haver, when i was younger my physio told me that i would always be doing twice the work for half the results. love violet having her girlboss "not letting my disability hold me back" moment but in reality she should be taking a lot more naps and doing a lot less stuff
This. I have chronic fatigue, so I cant work and the amount of people, who assume Im paid to be on "holidays", when I can only do about 10% of what they do in a regular day and feel like I ran a marathon each evening!
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For ACOTAR I think books 1&2 then 3 and then 4&5 together would make the most sense with plots and such. Three has so much information and plot in it that it could be 3 hour video on its own lol
not me SCREAMING when you called Dain a "wet wipe" WHY IS THAT SO TRUE???
you thinking john hughes is her husband is sending me lol! he is an iconic american filmmaker who made teenage rom coms in the 80’s (the breakfast club, pretty in pink etc)
I completely lost it when she said that 😭 but I guess John Hughes might not be as well known outside the US!
Me, a French woman: ... OH!
Literally cackled for 4 hours straight, I already cant wait for tour next book recap
“I’m not disabled, I’m a dragon shifter” gives “I’m not on drugs, just on the spectrum”
Not going to lie, but hearing you review/explain books is probably my new favourite thing 😅
i’m not even lying if you posted these recaps on spotify they would do WONDERS
To be fair, as someone who relates to Violet’s disability, if someone says I can’t do something it only makes me want to do it out of spite. So Dain was only making it worse 😂
Is it weird that I am loving these recaps of books I have zero interest in reading? I do enjoy serious fantasy but haven't read a romance novel since I was a teenager (many MANY moons ago). These reviews are just SO entertaining .... (and maybe validate why I have no desire to read "romantasy"? LOL). Keep 'em coming and I hope you're doing well!
Also... can't wait to see the new haircut in the next one! 😆
The dialogue between the characters screamed Wattpad story 😭😭
I think Jacks entire reason for trying to kill her was “well. If she dies less people to go up against me for a dragon.”
a 4 hour long ellbat video on a book series i’ve never read… oh what a time to be alive
as someone who is suspected to have EDS (the disability Vi has) it’s hilarious seeing people from the outside talk about this book because even the “i’m glad i have the dragon scale vest on or id have bruises tomorrow” thing IS actually a part of the illness😂 it sounds so tropey and “im so smol!!!” but it genuinely is the illness every time😂
omg that sounds so painful??? shoutout to the eds girlies for enduring that.
i think the issue is that because it's constantly mentioned how little she is (5 foot), it starts to feel like "shes wounded/weak because she's so petite and little uwu" instead of "oh she has an actual disability". that's why a lot of readers really didnt initially clock that violet has EDS i think (me included) and it just feels like trope bait ahhaha
@@Ellbat no i completely understand! they don’t explain what she has basically at all and just leave it to vague “im so weak”descriptions, so her technically entirely accurate symptoms absolutely come off as pick me & the “i’m so tiny i can’t even exist uwu!!!!” type shit instead of disability representation! especially as someone WITH eds it’s a bit annoying to see how it’s handled because she’s too fragile to function, then bam she’s basically able bodied??? like yes eds symptoms like subluxations, dislocations, chronic pain, fatigue, etc are all helped by some form of strengthening/exercise for many people, but it’s a genetic disorder, we still have symptoms at PEAK health! like personally it became disabling for me when i was a competitive cheerleader tumbling multiple times a week on top of 2 practices a week!
also i hope my comment didn’t come off harsh, i just thought it was funny! especially other people ive seen have had the disability aspect FULLY fly over their heads so its been funny being the one who actually knows about it first hand. especially because the book describes it so poorly it makes sense why it isn’t understood (and to be fair, she just does in fact do That with it all anyway😂)
Personally my favorite dynamic in the book was violet and her dragon’s like andarna was cute and like a safe space for her and Tairn was like a grumpy sassy possessive dad to her which i loved.
30:23 "then we've got the dragons, these are dragons". Thanks Elena babe, couldn't work that one out myself 😂
I am living for this recap, it's getting me through the night shift from hell
I never thought I would want to watch a 4 hour recap of these books, but you're hilarious and I just can't click away lol. I wanted to comment on the "lore dump." I viewed that shit as lead-up to the eventual realization that the Scribes have been scrubbing and rewriting history, but I love the take on "she just hasn't had to write lore before bc everyone knows what Colorado is." 🤣🤣 hilarious.
If I had a nickel for every female fantasy protagonist, who is very small, with hair going grey at the ends, who could wield lightning, and gets stuck in the middle of a revolution, while also being involved in some weird romance dynamics, and having a brother that's "dead" but not really, I'd have 2 nickels...
Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice
Here I am, just finished the video (I've been watching this sneakily at work) and I have to say, I feel seen. I am a big fantasy reader, and have dipped my toes into some romantasy, and whilst not a huge fan, I have enjoyed them mostly. This book drove me nuts with the worldbuilding and the whole Violet is soooo clever, yet never makes a smart choice. I especially loved that you pointed out the whole nobody noticing the poisoning, because that was driving me crazy whilst reading it.
If this society has issues with lacking soldiers, I don't know, send those who can't be riders, into infantry? That said, I still read the second book, it did not get better, and I will read the third book because, honestly, I need the reading pain.
Anyways, loved the video! Hilarious run through
100% agree the world building was shit, but I read (and bought) both books and will buy the third one when it comes out. Why? Because it’s easy to read and funny at times when you don’t expect the next literacy price worthy novel.
If I want something good, I read something else. But if I want something cozy, it works out quite nicely. 😊
@@excessivelyfangirlingbookw3339 that's fair. I honestly get frustrated with this series too much, it just doesn't feel real to me or that the characters make sense.
That said, I have listened to the audiobook of both books, and wll probably listen to the third one. Even if I dislike it, I want to give it a chance.
@@Yandrak991 definitely. Knowing Rebecca's background now, it makes sense why her focus is 95% romance, but I feel like her world has so much to offer that is left unexplored. I guess, part of me continues to hope that she evolves her writing to inlude more worldbuilding with each book.... 3 to go, so let's hope for the best!
I read the first book in 2 days because of this review, then I read the second book in another 2 days, and ONLY THEN I realised the third book is not out yet and I have to wait MONTHS. This is plain and simple torture!!!
3:21:34 AMAZING pick up with Xaden knowing things he's not really supposed to know, I totally didn't catch that this time round. Just discovered your channel through this vid and am loving every minute, you're so funny! Off to go binge the rest of your vids
i read this book in a very certain mood, I was just going with the flow. No care for plot, character development, etc. And really liked it. But then I reread it and watch recaps like this and just question if I was smoking anything when I was reading this book. I was shocked at nearly everyplot twist, didn't pick up on the plot holes, (did notice Violets massive info dumps tho)
Loved the recap btw, very funny. Can't wait for Iron Flame.
ITS HERE AHHH I"VE BEEN CHECKING YOUR PAGE FOR MONTHS 00:13 was so real for this
I have to be real-- I never had any intention of reading these books. I really really didn't. But when I saw you put this video out, I couldn't help but be absolutely enchanted the entire time listening to your recap for 4 straight hours. You confirmed all of my fears about this being cringey-- and yet, your humor made this SO much more palatable and I was CACKLING the entire time XD. Kisses to your mummmm XOXO
Thanks, kisses back at ya!!😘
I can’t believe this is only your second video I love this!! Going to listen to all your book summaries. You’re the best!
1:51:14 "This is the one time you're allowed to mansplain"
Please, you're too funny 😂😂😂
I get the appeal of height difference and that everyone has their types, but god can’t we have more romances between an Amazonian woman and a tiny twink or something? So many het romances are just the same cutouts of tiny pretty woman and giant muscle man and I’m bored of it
tall woman short king is a trope that needs more love
As a short king, I agree.
Have I watched an almost four (!!!) hours long youtube video for the first time in my life? Yes. Have I enjoyed every second of it? Also yes. 😭😭😭
You killed it, girl!🔥 I can‘t wait for your Iron Flame Recap 😫
Recaps forever!!!!!! They’re my fav content and I’ve been running out of ones that interest me to watch!
Gotta say, if I turned into a dragon, maybe I would come around this whole Ehler's Danlos thing I've got going
world exclusive: EDS is just the pregame to becoming a dragon
ACOTAR - do books 1,2,3 as one video and the 4 and 5 separately. The first video will be long but originally the series was intended just to be that original trilogy ❤️
Or honestly maybe just one book at a time because there’s a lot to them 😂
This series is (so far) addictive.. you get in you are going down that deep dark hole 🤣🤣 honestly I'm kind of here for it, because soemtimes you just need a good time
The jack barlowe bit at around 1:33:00 had me HOWLING 😭😭 that was hilarious omg
"dragons...caw caw" killed me. 😂
This video is a masterpiece, girl i hope it gets VIRAL
Good job!!!!!
omg I have been WAITING when I tell you WAITING for this video
you forgot the part where the dragons all have a built in saddle on their back somehow complete with a pommel 😭
You’re making we want to re read 4th wing just to read violet and Xaden’s tension.
"Ask again in two chapters because they're about to have sex."
I wasn't ready for thet one.
As someone who has the same disability Violet has, she would not survive. I feel like crying after a short walk.
Omg I love how you tell the story, and create the scenes with a tone of humor and awkwardness lol
My fav channel now ❤
the way I laughed at "his muscles ripple" 🌊🌊🌊 *swoosh *
Apparently he walks around shirtless, how else would she see all those muscles 😂
Is this the woman writer version of “she ran down the stairs boobily”?
I love this chaotic recap. I swear this made, just after reading Fourth Wing much more entertaining. Now onto Iron Flame and CANNOT WAIT for the recap Ellbat. I hope this little series continues and we get more recaps in the future. 😂😂❤❤
Wait “itty bitty” is 5’5?! That’s literally the average size for women!
yeah i lied (sorry), 5'5 is short for me bc im 5'9 but violet is canonically about 5'0
Please make more of these videos! This is the content the internet didn’t know it needed, but now that we have it, I only want to watch deep-dive book reviews about unhinged plots and characters that are only semi-relatable and ridiculously attractive for no reason
Okay but i absolutely love your humor and watched your video on the twisted series so many times!! Im so excited for this one too!! Sending lots of love ❤
no input on the plot bc I haven’t read the book but I absolutely looove your recaps, it doesn’t feel like 3 hours bc you’re so lightheartedly funny. so whenever you have the strength to film one im looking forward to your book recaps
i'm currently recovering from wisdom teeth surgery and this has genuinely been the greatest video i have ever seen thank you very much funny british lady in my computer.
in al seriousness i need the next recaps all of recaps every single one as fast as you can. :)
The only thing i remembered from reading this earlier is the year is “save a dragon, and ride a wingleader” ⚔️
Girl. I want to listen to an audiobook narrated by you. ❤ Your voice acting is really good!
You should know that I would absolutely watch a 6 hour recap of both books, hell even a 12 hour recap for the acotar series, I AM HERE FOR IIITTTT
Gurl I came here because after finishing the acotar graphic audio books I decided to take on fourth wing without having actually read the books. I had to restart the audiobook FOUR times to understand the first hour of story because my brain was having information overload and I just couldn’t get it. I’m now maybe 60% through and hooked on it 🤣 you get an instant subscribe from because I came for some clarity on the story but I’m staying for your humour. You are absolutely hilarious 😭 throughly enjoyed this
I laughed at so many things in this video which included:
1. Elena's american accent while reading quotes from the book
2. The constant reminder that Violet is small and dainty
3. The rant about the nickname *Violence* VIOLENCUUUHHH
4. 1:35:20 😭😭💀💀
This video did answer the questions I had bc I recently just finished this book (4 star read btw)
oh wow, i read the comments expertin mikes mic references but these actually all seem like hardcore fourth wing fans! Impressed! I will keep on watching, but just wanted to say that i love how you got me to watch a video about a book series i don’t know anything about as mike did about a series!
Love the vibe✨💫🧚🏼
Jesinia is making me think of Yersinia so much (the plague bacteria). I am so sorry for my veterinary brain, but also y'all deserve to know.
I’m usually more of a silent watcher, but I’ve been eagerly waiting for the next installment of this series since I finished the last one. I can’t believe it took a whole 12 days for my algorithm to show this to me-I feel completely betrayed! So here I am, finally engaging and hoping to give this series the attention it truly deserves!
break ACOTAR into 1-3 and 4-5. 5 is the longest and 1-3 sort of wrap up a storyline 😊
If I remember correctly, the dragons need humans because we have thumbs so we can make wards to protect and increase the strength of the dragons. Thumbs for the win!!! 👍
Yes to this type of video. Now I need IF recap before January so I can be reminded of the shit I forgot before book 3 😅🖤
I dont even read that much, certaintly not romance and I wouldve never have expected this to be something I would watch, like ever, but the way you talk about the books, and everything you do around it, just makes it so funny and enjoyable, cant wait for the next review, this is legit one of my favorite things on YT at the moment.
I don’t know anything about this book or genre but I just watched the whole thing and I’m invested 😂 hope you do more! 💚
Someone has to be admin to process the paper work for the deceased. Ellbat priorities 😂
I love when Violet sees something that “makes her blink” or “makes her swallow”.
This is genuinely the funniest unhinged recap ive seen. I loved the twisted one as well and quote it quite often
Just discovered & finished these books this week. I’m so happy to see your recent recap. The swearing were my exact thoughts 😂 very cringey at times, but I will be waiting for the 3rd book next year!
This video keeps me sane during the moving process lol. Packing for hours and now I feel like I've read the book 😂
She took write what you know too seriously the constant use of Colorado pick a new location women!!😂😂
1:59:27 just noticed that on the second watch-through and calling it out now: year after year, less dragons are willing to bond because humans are ignorant and only focus on physical prowess.
I believe Tairn had a moment where he said “please tell me more about what I want in a rider” or something after Vi tells him that dragons only want athletic humans instead of smart ones.
I believe that dragons originally agreed to bond with humans because they saw the advantages of befriending these tiny heroic warriors and over the centuries, said tiny humans forgot/misremembered that a great warrior isn’t necessarily the biggest and toughest person, but the one with the heart and loyalty to be willing to fight the hardest battles.
Sometimes, that goes hand in hand, like in Xaden’s or Liam’s case, but sometimes the strong people have the shittier personality and vice versa. If I were a dragon, I’d rather have someone like Jesinia as my rider than Barlow.
Violet is a warrior at heart and that is what Tairn and Andarna could sense from the start.
I read these (both Fourth Wing and Iron Flame) immediately after reading all of the ACOTAR and I honestly loved them. You do make fair points about some of the pitfalls but I was able to overlook most of them.
I love you doing these recaps. I'm sure they take so much time but enjoyed every minute! Thank you
Have I read Fourth Wing? No I haven't.
Do I plan on reading Fourth Wing? Not particularly.
Have I been watching this video all thought the day whenever I could and had a blast with it? Absolutely yes, I did.
I know this is only your second video but I'm loving your recaps on these series and my poor friends are having to deal with me spam-sharing these videos with them 😅
i can't get over how your American accent sounds exactly like Sydney Sweeney. lmao 😭😭😭 But it's good!!
6 book series written in 2 years is giving warrior cats tbh
For some...insane reason, I watched this entire video for reasons I do not understand other than finding you delightful. I'm glad to have watched it about a book I never had any interest in, nor would I ever want to read. Loads of lore, but it just doesn't seem like good writing. That's what happens when they're churned out so quickly.
The author wrote fanfic about her own life as a military wife. I feel like...that says enough about this author.
ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE MISSED YOU AND YOUR VIDEOS.
Oh, also, there is indeed one nonbinary character in Fourth Wing named Heaton. I do think Yarros attempted to be as inclusive as possible, even if it does feel a bit dry and stilted and as if the queer characters aren’t really fully fleshed out and she was just checking boxes. But I do appreciate the nonchalant way sexuality and pronouns are handled at least.
the way I forgot about Heaton’s existence entirely feels like it proves the checkbox point a lot
Highlights from hour one cos I need to go to sleep
18:09 "little bit scary, it is, yes"
Shout out to your drawings btw
28:07 "not to hate on the deceased but, irrelevant"
30:27 "these are dragons" (points to dragons)
31:38 ah yes, silver hair, the one true sign of EDS
34:08 "why are you so keen to murder all your students?" - honestly same can be said for Harry Potter
39:53 RIP El's hair
47:50 "looks suspiciously like Four from Divergent but we won't get into it"
48:24 "truthfully i can think of some things worse ... namely: dying"
51:25 "small small dainty little flower"
53:32 "these pins are so ~spiky~"
57:00 "...you've just armed them against you, you dumb-arse!"
58:08 "cRaZy"
58:19 - 58:46 "he's feeling a little bit... homicidal"
59:04 "small and dainty and weak enough that it enraged one man enough that he wanted to throw her off a bridge"
Part 2 later, kisses 😘
Hour twooo
1:11:17 "return to sender, this child in now deceased"
1:11:29 - 1:12:15 or even 1:13:12 this whole bit was iconic
at this point I would like to thank you for your service because there is no way in hell I could get through this book
1:17:53 honestly that's so girlboss of her
1:25:07 take a shot every time Violet wants to climb someone like a tree
1:25:40 - 1:26:09 "girls I'm swooning, someone call my therapist" and *threatens life* *blushes*
1:26:58 *squeaks*
1:36:11 dainty uWu
1:36:14 shameful secret
1:44:31 aphantasia shoutout slayy
1:49:33 "I'm panicking, I'm panicking, I'm gonna loose me job"
1:50:34 "big government stop trying to get mee"
1:50:39 "I'm filming my fourth wing recap, Shaz"
1:52:46 "Liam's a really nice guy... so you know he's not at any point gonna be her love interest" (F for Liam)
1:55:53 "you made it through all that and then it was your personality that let you down"
THANK YOU!!! Punishing the rebels children was such an odd choice!! like what do you mean they killed a bunch of kids parents and then stoked further feelings of resentment by sending those kids to a death school?? oh, and if these scorned kids don’t die they now have a dragon to exact revenge with?? I fear the adults in this book didn’t think critically
I red Fourth Wing in 4 days just to be able to watch this video spoiler free and follow what Ellbat says 🧚🏽♂️
Am I crazy? I thought there was a forward that confirmed Violet's having Ehlers-Danlos syndrome before you even started the book.
Maybe I remembered it because I have a close friend diagnosed with it, so it actually meant something to me, hearing her move through everything with it.