Rachel Oates

SenLinYu's novel Alchemised just keeps getting worse and today we're reviewing part 2 of the novel in detail and I have A LOT to say. Sorry I'm uploading this in 2 parts but Spotify did not like the full 5 hour long videos!

Insecure, emotional, not smart enough - call it whatever you like but these three from the Reality Check Podcast had no idea how to hold their own in a conversation with someone intelligent and they let themselves get too angry and over-emotional. Here's what happened. Plus let's start taking bets now: How long before a bunch of their fans get mad about the title and tell me to just 'd...

The illiteracy crisis is ongoing... Feel free to read the full article here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/11/the-elite-college-students-who-cant-read-books/679945/ Originally published on Youtube in 2025.

Onision has been writing books for the last year - some under his own name, some potentially under the pseudonym 'G.J. Jackson' - today I'm looking at 3 of these new books and giving you my thoughts. Sources and Further Reading: https://rainn.org/get-informed/facts-statistics-the-scope-of-the-problem/https://www.forwarduk.org.uk/

If you want more photography content, check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2VnVnYZ8PkOriginally published on Youtube in 2025.

The Haunting Adeline Film has just been announced and Instagram / BookTok author, Skyler L or House of Writers and Readers, has chosen some controversial ways to promote her new "historical fiction" novel and today we're talking about them both. Read more here: https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-production-of-the-haunting-adeline-movie

Shari Franke's new book 'the house of my mother' is out now and in this video I review it. Get Shari's Book and Support Her Here: UK: https://amzn.to/415Zx5nUS: https://amzn.to/3CIfhBT Originally published on Youtube in 2025.

In 202 serious allegations came out about Neil Gaiman. In this video from my Youtube archives, I discuss how serious these are. Sources and Further Reading:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MPf-L15WawugMCn3zc3HTKQOoKkk4mZ_lQSyaVuLgUE/edit?usp=sharing0:00 Video 42:31 Skip to next chapter This video was originally published on Youtube in 2025.

Today I'm talking about MARINA (formerly Marina and the Diamonds)'s first poetry book 'Eat The World' and asking if it's really as bad as some review's seem to suggest. 0:00 Intro: Who Is MARINA? and First Impressions 25:59 Starlight Water Space Fresh Air 34: 26 Aspartame 48:22 Pain Eraser, Smoothness of Money & School of Life 54:04 Out of Production & Marie Kondo 1...

Dive in the world of Toxic 'BoyMoms' on Tiktok with me! Sources and Further Reading: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BbF39pGV3ai027HdyDQRK5NTH7w0DAzBSHeP1PG6ZI8/edit?usp=sharing Originally published on Youtube in 2025.

Today I'm joined by the wonderful Alizee to play a game where she tries to guess the book based on the 1 star reviews I provide. If you want to play along, leave your guesses down in the comments!

Alchemised by SenLinYu is a Romance Fantasy novel which recently won the 2026 British Book Award for Best Sci Fi / Fantasy Book, beating legends like R.F. Kuang and Joe Abercrombie. Today I ask "HOW?!?!?!!?" as I dive deep into this absolute misogynistic mess and pick apart Part One of this 1,000+ page novel which unsurprisingly started off as, equally harmful, Harry Potter Fan Fiction....

Today I'm reviewing the cringe-inducing mess that is 'Trigger Warning' by William W. Johnstone and it's BAD. This is the most laughably terrible book I've read in a long time but it's also the most fun I've had reviewing a bad book in years. Come along for the (very bumpy) ride! Sources and Further Reading:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S00029610230...

Today we're responding to episode 3 of Morgan (from Paul and Morgan) and Carl's Podcast, Unbuckled, which may be the worst yet.

A little while ago the internet was full of reports of 62 million men being part of a 'r*pe academy', however this isn't exactly true. Today I'm here to correct the misinformation while also highlighting the important parts of this very worrying situation. Sources and Further Reading: https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2026/03/world/expose-rape-assault-online-vis-intl/index.htmlht...

Today we're reviewing Cassandra Khaw's book 'Nothing But Blackened Teeth' - a horror book with SO MUCH POTENTIAL that just left me screaming at annoying, petty characters, poor dialogue and complex language for the sake of appearing complex.

Hi all, today I'm reviewing the new novel 'Yesteryear' by Caro Claire Burke and going in-depth to tell you all what I think about it - everything I loved, the fundies it reminded me of, and the few ways I think it could have been improved.

Morgan, from Paul and Morgan, has a new podcast called 'Unbuckled' with her friend Carl and today we're responding to episode 2 and all it's dangerous content!

A little bonus episode, originally from my second channel, quickly reviewing all the books I read in February 2026. It was a good month!

A little bonus episode, originally from my second channel, quickly reviewing all the books I read in January 2026.

Today we're reviewing Milo Prather / Milo Winter's new poetry collection 'Alterlife'. Sources and Further Reading: Eat Me: A Natural and Unnatural History of Cannibalism - Bill Schutt [Book]https://amzn.to/45dyBSI Second Estrangement - Aracelis Girmay https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/141993/second-estrangementI Wish I Could Remember That First Day - Christina Rossetti https:/...

Hi all, today we're back to review another book by Tiktok's favourite thriller author, Frieda McFadden. Her new book 'Dear Debbie' is easily the worst one yet as it tells the tale of self-insert, middle aged Mum Debbie who decides to do awful things to awful people. Get ready for a thriller with no thrills, the stupidest genius yet, and crimes for the sake of crimes.

Hi all, today I'm looking at the 'secret' blog posts of Freida McFadden, written over 2 blogs and 12 years before she got famous. In these she talks about being a doctor (and hating it), being a mother (and seeming to hate spending time with her kids?), a disdain for childfree people, her writing influences and goals, and a strange misogynistic view of women who she believes are 'p...

Morgan, of Paul and Morgan, has started a new podcast with her friend Caroline / Carl and it's a bunch of nonsense where they just moan about everything. Today we're responding to the first episode.

In this bonus episode, originally published on my second Youtube channel, Tiktok's favourite anonymous author with bad wigs has finally revealed her real name. Frieda's Blogs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zNz5vv3RvdFRP1PWs2bBj76wjMNV5Ud5kUttD1DmHMo/edit?usp=sharing