The Top-Rated Books on Goodreads are AWFUL

And when you look at the fantasy element of A Court of Thorns and Roses, it's lazy, two-dimensional, uninspired, and uninteresting. And when you look at the romance element, it's toxic and disgusting and hyperconervative.

For example, I really liked All the Light You Cannot See by Anthony Doaher. I thought that was a great book. A little bit twe, but a lot of World War II historical fiction often is very twe.

It's the kind of book I look at and go, "Yeah, okay. It was fun. It's fine."

There's so much I hate about it, so much that's terrible about it, and I believe it's its own kind of propaganda, but it is fun.

One of the most famous and impactful American graphic novels ever created. It's a masterpiece. If you've read it, I'm sure it has stuck with you as much as it stuck with me.

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. I read that because all my students were reading it. I don't remember it, but I understood why 12-year-old boys love it.

The Gishiverse is okay. It's relatively well put together, and Six of Crows is pretty exciting.

I've watched the films a thousand times and I finally read the books about 2 years ago on audio book narrated by Andy Circus, which was a wonderful experience. And I think it's fantastic, but also kind of interesting how this book is so high in the Goodreads best rated books of all time list because it's not easy and it hasn't aged well.

I remember again like 10 years ago, The Tattooist of Ashvitz came out, which I have some really intense thoughts about. I'll get into that maybe in the future. I think it's repugnant, but I'll talk about that some other time.