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A couple of years ago he was trying to straddle the fence and saying "All options are good, you have to do what's right for you, but if you vote Labour without researching Tory policies or vice versa, you're an idiot and I have no respect for you."
And if Jack had done the same research as a young student who is supposedly passionate about education, LGBTQ+ rights, gender equality, racial equality, etc., then he'd have realised that suggesting that suggesting to his audience that voting Tory is an acceptable option in this day and age is just plain wrong. He pretty much confirmed he's a Tory then, as far as I'm concerned.
Of course he's a tory.
(1) he has a huge sense of entitlement - in his Twitter feed he's all about getting his novel published in 2023. That's right, he's going to write it, have no revisions to make, acquire an agent, and get it sold to a publisher who is going to break their neck getting out and marketed within the space of a year. Witness also his applying for his Master's - he only applied to Oxford, because he was so certain they could not refuse him.
(2) everything is all about him - when have we ever seen him taking any interest in the multiple inequalities that exist in society far less take measures to try and address these? Paris has huge social problems (like any big city) but instead, he roams about, taking tourist style photos of himself, and buying books he won't ever read. This is about as divorced from reality as it gets.
(3) he has no urgency at all about getting a job. When most of us finish our degrees, we finish with a shed load of debt, and a sense of urgency that we need to start paying off that debt/making a living. If, of course, you are vastly privileged, there is no such concept as 'money worries'. It isn't even on his radar.
I have absolutely no clue about the publishing industry, but maybe he thinks he'll get a leg-up from his management? I don't think it's a coincidence that most influencers write non-fiction - it's probably easier for management companies like Sixteenth to chug those out then to find an literary agent, find a fiction publisher etc.
Seeing as longer booktubers with a much larger following couldn't get their novel traditionally published, he's a bit delusional thinking that he's going to have a book on the shelves of Waterstones in 2023. I don't even see it happening by December 2023.
I'd love to have some of the juice that he's having if the delusions are that strong
I'd love to have some of the juice that he's having if the delusions are that strong
In Jack's latest video, we see him unboxing a load of books from Harper Collins. That's right, not content with buying a load of books he is never going to read and filling up his pretend library trolley (so he can be the library trolley dolly) he went onto the Tweety Mail, showed a bit of leg, and begged any publishers out there to kindly send him the goods.
HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHED MY BOOK, Jack reminds us, which might explain why the publishing house has thrown him this bone. It's certainly not because they are in any need of Jack providing favourable reviews, as (a) he's incapable of finishing a book (b) the books in question issued way back in October.
Jack then goes onto read the blurbs. Which is all the reading he intends to do.
"Jonathan...Fran...Zen?" Jack says, getting a few of his pages stuck together. A Pulitzer prize finalist and winner of the National Book Award, Franzen is not on social media, so he is a non-person to Jack. He then reads the blurb, utterly disgusted at the news that Franzen is considered one of American's finest living writers.
"That's quite a claim!" Jack says, utterly oblivious to the irony he himself has made far more fantastical claims - not least that he is a librarian.
Meanwhile, President Macron has taken the decision to refuse Jacques entry to France. And quite right too. The country produces around 1,600 types of cheese . The last thing it needs is to import more.
HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHED MY BOOK, Jack reminds us, which might explain why the publishing house has thrown him this bone. It's certainly not because they are in any need of Jack providing favourable reviews, as (a) he's incapable of finishing a book (b) the books in question issued way back in October.
Jack then goes onto read the blurbs. Which is all the reading he intends to do.
"Jonathan...Fran...Zen?" Jack says, getting a few of his pages stuck together. A Pulitzer prize finalist and winner of the National Book Award, Franzen is not on social media, so he is a non-person to Jack. He then reads the blurb, utterly disgusted at the news that Franzen is considered one of American's finest living writers.
"That's quite a claim!" Jack says, utterly oblivious to the irony he himself has made far more fantastical claims - not least that he is a librarian.
Meanwhile, President Macron has taken the decision to refuse Jacques entry to France. And quite right too. The country produces around 1,600 types of cheese . The last thing it needs is to import more.
Jacques 
He can't possibly be one of America's finest writers, Jack's never heard of him! That's the only metric of quality anyone ever needs! /s
I forgot to read his IG story about his entry refusal as my IG app errored at that precise moment! What did it say?
[spoilers for The Midnight Library I guess]Hi, I don't know if this has been talked about her before so I'm sorry if this isn't a new conversationI've just been watching his 'all the books I red in 2021...' video, and he spoke about The Midnight Library again and it's really getting to me the way he talks about it because he overanalyses it and talks about the main theme of the book in a way that he (ad far as we know) doesn't really have the right to. He said that Matt Haig could do more harm than good with the book with I think is total bs, I think he's doing more harm than good by trying to put people off a book which could literally save a life. I agree with his statement that mental health is a huge topic, but that doesn't mean it can't be 'simplified' for those who need some 'self help' content to help them feel understood and have something to relate to. I feel like he's just one of the many people on social media who are talking about important topics such as mental health when they really shouldn't be because they just see it as a topic to be studied. I haven't seen anyone else talk about this, so I'm hoping I'm not the only one upset about this and someone here sees when I'm coming from
Just watched that bit and I honestly agree with him up to the point where he says it does more harm than good. I agree that it seemed oversimplified (not to say mental health content cannot be simple/simplified but I just personally don't think the book did a good job at it) and I also found the suicide attempt was depicted in a way that caught me off guard and was honestly kind of jarring in a way I didn't expect even though I was aware of what was coming and knew what the book was about. I don't think that writing about suicide causes people to commit but also thinking back, I don't think I would have wanted myself to read it at my lowest point (if that makes sense?). Then as the book progressed it felt corny and the self-help way in which it was written felt almost trivilazing to me (! this will obviously not be the case for everyone!). Jack is right in saying it's not subtle at all - and for me personally, it lacks nuance and there are much better books about mental illness and depression out there (both actual self-help books and novels). That doesn't mean others can't enjoy it or that it cannot help some people but that's clearly very subjective, especially since mental illness as well as the reading experience is different for everyone. Overall, I wouldn't say it does more harm than good but I also think saying it might save a life is (possibly) similarly as exaggerated. I do think it can be true for some people but I also think there are some people where it can be triggering in a way that is dangerous - and that's a risky gamble.
I also personally don't feel comfortable speculating about whether Jack does or does not have experience with mental illness. Influencers are not required to share everything with their audiences and we really only see glimpses of his life - especially since the videos don't even seem to be glimpses of his personal life but rather of his online persona. And there's really no telling what someone has been through or experienced. As much as I like making fun of the way he speaks and presents himself, this is something that we really have no way of knowing unless he directly talks about it (which I don't think he has).
This is very old news, but did make me laugh: https://thetab.com/uk/durham/2020/0...s-books-as-soon-as-he-put-them-on-insta-47351
This is amazing.
How many books was he hoarding that he has to stress that they recalled "EVERY. SINGLE. ONE."?
Why was he showing them off on social media instead of just reading them/using for his dissertation?
He's an influencer. Surely the whole point in showing off books on social media is to make other people want them, too. Why's he mad that his post had the desired effect?
Tbh any student who has been to the library and not been able to get what they want (library quality varies greatly from on uni to another) would be frustrated by some influencer showing off how many they have. Especially if its for a video and not for actual studying
The list is growing. So far he hasn't heard of:
Jonathan Franzen
Booker prize winner Anita Brookner
Booker prize winner James Kelman
The fact he hasn't heard of them is not what I object to, it is the utter disdain he expresses because he hasn't heard of them.
Ha! Brilliant!
Jacques - 'Wow, so... I just found out about this author,... Nascar Wilde??? He's SUPPOSEDLY one of the best English writers... I mean, I've never heard of him so that's a WILD claim *clicks and points* so I'll have to apply my superior mind to seeing if that's true...'
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YES! All this time, i knew there is something bothering me about his facial hair.
I also find his "mjjjcha chef kiss" gesture extra irritating. Bothers me more than anything else.
also, he doesn't appear to have any legit friends (other than acquaintances)... compared to other book tubers who do "come book shopping with me" Jack always seems alone.
You can see why
although I imagine he has some that he chats too that now don’t want to or can’t be on camera due to their jobs etcMy library was one of the worst - if we were told to read a chapter which only be found in the newest edition of a book, the library would only have 1 copy for a cohort of 100. I'd be so pissed off if the one book I needed was borrowed for vanity purposes.
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.
It's not just that, it's the smugness as if his taste in books is so special and aspirational. There are so many people who are on booktube/bookstagrm that read similar books and genres but they don't act like they are the first one to read this way.
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