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« on: November 09, 2015, 03:40:02 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2015, 04:14:39 PM »
Crash course was somewhat useful for AP prep. Don't really care about his writing, but some of friends like it.
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« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2015, 04:58:42 PM »
I've only seen a few of his videos, but it's pretty cringeworthy.
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« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2015, 07:11:33 PM »
His videos are alright but they're probably good to educate teenagers so FF. His books should be burned though, they're garbage.
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« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2015, 07:12:15 PM »
How are these poll results...
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« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2015, 07:29:56 PM »
Quote from: Intell on November 09, 2015, 07:11:33 PM
His videos are alright but they're probably good to educate teenagers so FF.
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« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2015, 07:44:53 PM »
I thought the YouTuber and the author were different people.
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« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2015, 07:49:48 PM »
My "recommended" box on youtube was recently almost nothing but his "crash course" videos for like 2 weeks, despite my never (to my knowledge) having watched any of them. Thankfully it's stopped doing that but I still voted HP. But really more like Horrible Algorithm.

(Well, actually it's a pretty good algorithm most of the time, but has some quirks; I think I must've "liked" a video with only 1 other like, and that other person was a big fan of those "crash course" things).
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« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2015, 08:33:10 PM »
FF. He's a funny guy, he seems cool, and his youtube videos are great refreshers on history, bio, etc.
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« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2015, 12:38:43 AM »
Never heard of him, but Young Adult Fiction authors are HP by nature besides that dude who wrote Hatchet.
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« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2015, 11:41:34 AM »
Quote from: Draft Uncle Pat for President, 2016! on November 10, 2015, 12:38:43 AM
Never heard of him, but Young Adult Fiction authors are HP by nature besides that dude who wrote Hatchet.

Why are they HP by nature?
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« Reply #11 on: November 10, 2015, 01:05:19 PM »
His YouTube crash courses are absolutely fantastic. His novels are mostly meh, but Looking for Alaska was an absolute masterpiece. On the whole, pretty strong FF.
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« Reply #12 on: November 10, 2015, 11:14:36 PM »
Quote from: Draft Uncle Pat for President, 2016! on November 10, 2015, 12:38:43 AM
Never heard of him, but Young Adult Fiction authors are HP by nature besides that dude who wrote Hatchet.

Hatchet was a fantastic book. Gary Paulsen was the author, right? He wrote an awesome book called The Crossing as well.
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« Reply #13 on: November 10, 2015, 11:24:32 PM »
Quote from: VPH on November 10, 2015, 11:14:36 PM
Quote from: Draft Uncle Pat for President, 2016! on November 10, 2015, 12:38:43 AM
Never heard of him, but Young Adult Fiction authors are HP by nature besides that dude who wrote Hatchet.

Hatchet was a fantastic book. Gary Paulsen was the author, right? He wrote an awesome book called The Crossing as well.
Yeah, that guys cool.
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« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2015, 12:34:27 AM »
I got about ten pages into Looking for Alaska before I had to actively restrain myself from throwing it across the bookstore.
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« Reply #15 on: November 14, 2015, 01:19:30 AM »
Quote from: 秋と修羅 on November 11, 2015, 12:34:27 AM
I got about ten pages into Looking for Alaska before I had to actively restrain myself from throwing it across the bookstore.

Sorry to bump a comment from a few days ago, but...what didn't you like about it? It's far and away my favorite of all of Green's works.
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« Reply #16 on: November 14, 2015, 01:21:26 AM »
Crash Course - FF
Fault in Our Stars - 2xHP
LOLing at vlogs - 2xFF
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« Reply #17 on: November 14, 2015, 02:42:38 AM »
Quote from: Vosem on November 14, 2015, 01:19:30 AM
Quote from: 秋と修羅 on November 11, 2015, 12:34:27 AM
I got about ten pages into Looking for Alaska before I had to actively restrain myself from throwing it across the bookstore.

Sorry to bump a comment from a few days ago, but...what didn't you like about it? It's far and away my favorite of all of Green's works.

The overpowering feeling I got from it was 'twee'. All of Green's work is twee, but Looking for Alaska is trying hardest not to be, and its failure is conspicuous.
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« Reply #18 on: November 14, 2015, 02:35:20 PM »
He comes off as a smug know-it-all who doesn't actually know-it-all.
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