Jack Edwards #2

[Sophielou]

I cringed a bit when he said he was a “literary critic”

 

[hollowcrown]

There are some YouTubers who absolutely thrive in that abroad city lifestyle eg. Nathaniel Drew but Jack, as a booktuber rather than a lifestyle YouTuber is clearly not cut for it. Would be much more on brand for him to get a cottage in the Lake District or something.

 

[Bennycs]

I feel like this could have been written by Jack (but tbf, I actually laughed reading this, unlike when I watch Jack's videos): https://www.reddit.com/r/harrypotter/comments/r87mvh/accidentally_bought_the_gen_z_how_do_you_do/
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I can genuinely hear him saying 'Oh my god, me! Can we just normalise being unalived?'

 

[StephenTJackson]

Big “Simon Cowell energy” here:

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Hes just so unattractive, so lacking in any sex appeal or charisma or charm.

 

[Binx]

I still love/hate him. If I still find him incredibly attractive, do I need help?

jack, log out, we don't want you here. also sort your hair out

 

[RJF]

So his name is Jack Ben Edwards and his brother’s name is Adam Edwards?


The parents were hardly original with their choice of names, were they? They really just went for every popular white boy British name from the 90s…

 

[Mark81]

He always talks about translated fiction like it's way harder to read than books originally written in English and I always find it so weird. Also comes across pretentious af but that might just be Jack himself

Oh that is completely jack, it's all about protecting a certain academic literary image. He has been trying to cultivate it since he began youtube, problem is though (like so many youtubers) it doesn't come across as authentic. Some people, the insincerity just oozes out of them, and jack is one of those people. Everything he does, whether its book reviews or just smiling or doing an 'honesty post, nothing feels genuine.

Durham was all about being a highly ranked historic, university . Trying to get into Oxford, again all about the image. Living in Paris, again all about the Instagram image of being in Paris (he makes Emily in Paris look like a documentary), now wanting to be an author. He reminds me a big of Carrie Hope Fletcher actually, both acting and trying to present their image in a literary way

 

[qwikti]

Wishing death on him aside, is the person wrong?

Why does every video I see of his just ooze try-hard energy? In what way is 'shot of espresso' comparable with the rather apt 'pretentious insufferable little cunt'? Literally just post the dm and get on with getting your sympathy, stop the try hard 'lol i get hate dms but i dont care' charade.

 

[Lola123]

As someone who has lived just outside Paris for most of their adult life, I’m really alarmed that he posted that ‘view from my apartment’ clip in one of his videos after moving out of the AirBNB. It would probably take even someone who doesn’t know the city at all less than a minute to find the address on Google thanks to some of the stuff featured in that clip. Especially as I imagine the rental listing is still up, as he’s not there permanently. Perhaps he’s already moved on again - although based on what he’s said about moving around, I was under the impression he’ll be in the more recent apartment for a while. I hope I’m wrong, based on how easy it would be for the multiple fans he’s run into around the city to find it.

I also have to say I’m curious how much this cost - private rentals of that size in that area tend to be between 2000-3000€ a month. That’s a bit of a change for someone who had a roommate when they lived in London, isn’t it?

He said awhile ago, he never uploads anything from where he’s currently staying, he only does it once he has left! He said he was only doing month long stints in places

 

[14d1bac3-0f4c-47ae-98ac-a]

He just seems very… sexless?

Like, I can’t imagine him doing it. Not that I would want to. But I can’t imagine him being a sexually active human and having thoughts of that nature.

Maybe he is asexual or aromantic or whatever.

Or maybe….. he’s deep in the closet. And before anyone starts whinging, I’m gay myself and I can just tell he is gay. He seems to give heavy gay vibes from the way he tweets too. And which straight male tweets shit like: “no thoughts just harry styles' cover of girl crush”?!

 

[xaannaa]

This format is popular on booktok rn (not sure who started it though) but as per usual, he doesn't give credit




Jack's reasons for not wanting to read a book:

• don't like the cover
• don't know how to pronounce the title

Not saying he needs to read Shatter Me but the reasons are so dumb but I can't really tell whether he's joking?

 

[Bennycs]

Oh, for the love of all that is holy, he did it again. No, Jack, you started reading these books months ago. I really don't understand why he thinks it's necessary to lie about such a basic thing. It's perfectly fine to say "I'm going to read some banned books" and then take your time to read them.

Urgh is he just working his way through cliche video titles now?

The whole 'oooh I read banned books' thing really makes me roll my eyes. They're very rarely banned for sane reasons, usually just because some super sensitive parents take offence to the magic in Harry Potter or something. It's not impressive that you're reading them.

 

[Just here to say]

The haul video... When he talks about not having anywhere booked to live tomorrow, just done his laundry, not even packed. Wtf? He can't even function and plan like an adult. I'm surprised he spoke about it. He's this close to having a mental breakdown! Quarter life crysis

 

[gossip_guy]

I think he's getting burnt out

He'd have to put in work and some amount of effort to get burnt out. Him jumping on tired viral trends is nothing new really, he's been doing it forever. All he's been doing for the past couple of years is stealing other booktubers' content ideas and running them into the ground, running nothing but cheap ads and pretending to read a lot.

 

[silkytoes]

I love this thread. I’m glad the things that annoy me about Jack annoy everyone else too. He only seems to do anything for the aesthetics and his super short comments on books are such a waste of time. What is the point of rushing through 160 books a year for your booktube channel if you’re going to have literally nothing to say about them? If he doesn’t really read them, it explains a lot.

 

[3calico3]

Jack: *signs up for intensive French classes*
Classes are hard work
Jack: *shocked pikachu face*

I'm pretty surprised he didn't do any French at secondary school at all. I also find it ironic that he's so angry about the French numbering system and yet chose to learn it, presumably knowing that almost all languages have their own quirks? A language other than English =/= English translated into that language. Some things you just have to accept Jack.

 

[jade18]

I watched his new romance video - haven’t watched him in ages but I read 99% romance so I was curious- and Jesus Christ I’d forgotten how absolutely fucking annoying & cringey he is

the way he talked about TSLD (It’s by no means a book I loved) did piss me off- you can criticize a book without calling it dog sh*t & just shitting on it - then goes on to say the hating game has the same tropes but done well?! But fails to mention the creepy shit (* spoiler* but “I painted my room the colour ofyour eyes within like a week of meeting”)


this man would not know what hit him if he read half the stuff me & my friends love

Also the people in the comments kissing his ass about his “misogyny & romance” disclaimer (that & his highlighting diverse books felt very performative)
- the bar is in hell

 

[MarthaBartha]

He seems to think that Paris only exists within a 500 meter radius of the Eiffel Tower. It is so peculiar and almost… colonialist? Maybe that’s not the right word but there is such a touristic sentiment to it.

I’d love someone to force him to watch the popular French film La Haine. He’d shit himself.

It’s absolutely the right word. It’s peak privilege! Just living in a bubble of books, baguettes and French lessons in a two mile radius.

 

[Mark81]

Oh look, a working class person who obviously has no right to privacy and can be posted without their consent to my thousands of followers! Real main Tory energy

that's not a tory thing. That's a dumb ass influencer thing. I've seen all sorts of political persuasions do stuff like that

 

[LydiaDeetzHat]

i bet these posts are fun and quirky but it's just so disrespectful I hate it!! leave those people alone!! I don't get why so many people on the internet but especially influencers think it's okay to post pictures of strangers online it's so fucking weird. imagine someone telling you that some random fucking influencer talked about you in their ig stories I'd be so pissed off

It's disgusting.. I don't even like when you go places and they have signs up y that say if you come in here you agree to be filmed. ERM NO. Ask my consent and you will hear a big fat eff off from me. I don't like having my pic taken at any time and plus there is always personal circumstances where one might not like your pic /location all over the net - ie witness protection or victims of domestic abuse.I know people who have had to ask for content to be taken down from FB etc because of this. where someone has posted pics with their non obscured face in the background. STOP FILMING STRANGERS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR GIG/EVENT/CONTENT