This video demonstrates how to identify famous books from intentionally vague and humorous synopses through a game where two people guess books based on minimal, often misleading descriptions. The game reveals that effective book identification requires recognizing key character archetypes, plot elements, and authorial styles even when synopses are deliberately unclear. Examples include identifying 'The Hobbit' from 'a short man inherits jewelry from a crazy old relative and hates it so much he takes a 17-year long trip to get rid of it' and 'The Little Prince' from 'a pilot gets life advice from a very judgmental French child.' The video shows that even with terrible descriptions, readers can use their literary knowledge to make educated guesses about classic works.
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Wannabe Katniss Everdeen gets dragged. Great start.
>> Wannabe Katniss Everdeen gets dragged off to glitter jail where she learns to read FROM SMUTTY TONGUE.
>> HELLO GUYS AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER VIDEO.
So today we're doing something very fun because I have my friend here and today we are going to be reading bad book synopsis. So let's GET INTO IT.
>> [applause] >> SYNOPSIS [clears throat] NUMBER ONE. TWO deeply dramatic people ruin everyone's lives because they refuse TO COMMUNICATE PROPERLY. [laughter] >> [laughter] >> OH, BUT I KNOW THAT'S A SPOILER. OKAY, I will give you a hint. You haven't read it, but we watched the movie together.
>> [laughter] >> Number two. They get progressively worse.
>> Perfect. I don't know if I'm just an empathetic but watching this therapy needing human repeatedly fail the extremely advanced skill of saying what you mean while treating every misunderstanding like a tragic Chekspirian play and then making bad decision after bad decision after bad decision made me want to scoop my brains out.
>> Do you want me to read it?
>> [laughter] >> I feel like that's more about your emotions while reading the book than the actual book.
>> that is what the actual book is about.
>> And I've read this. You know for sure I've read this.
>> I know for sure because we've talked about it.
>> [laughter] >> This is so hard. Does it have a romance?
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, and we've talked about this.
>> Yeah.
>> At least twice.
>> At least twice.
>> Yeah.
>> A female author?
>> Yeah.
>> That we like?
>> Yes.
>> Is it Emily Henry?
>> No, cuz I don't like her.
>> [laughter] >> You don't like her? I don't have anything against her. I don't love her books.
>> But you read all OF HER BOOKS.
>> [laughter] >> OKAY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TELL ME.
I'M SORRY.
>> BUT YOU DON'T HAVE any idea?
>> I literally just said it.
>> Oh, IT'S I HAVEN'T READ NORMAL PEOPLE.
>> [laughter] >> I'VE ONLY READ CONVERSATIONS >> I HAVEN'T READ NORMAL PEOPLE.
>> NO.
>> BUT YOU TOLD ME YOU DID IT.
>> CUZ I'VE READ CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS and I was like, there is no conversations with friends cuz none of them are friends.
>> Still a point for me.
>> A point for me.
>> It's still a point for me.
>> Number three, Guess at Home. A girl volunteers for a reality TV show where the price is trauma >> The Hunger Games.
>> triangle, yes.
>> [laughter] >> That was a an easy one for you.
>> Yeah.
>> So >> I'm winning.
>> I'm scared about this next one. I don't like Sally Rooney.
>> We all have different Oh, you don't like >> I read one book and I was like, not for me.
>> Okay, are you ready?
>> You're going to hate this. Yeah.
>> Yeah, I know.
>> My biggest red flag is that I was rooting for that man the entire time. In my head, he was not blonde.
>> Okay, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
Okay, [laughter] forget I said that cuz I was like, if you're rooting for President Snow, there's something wrong with you. So, you're rooting for a man who's blonde.
Unfortunately >> A grown ass man.
>> Can you imagine?
>> No.
>> Or you're rooting for her to end up with him.
>> Sure.
>> This isn't THE HUNGER [laughter] GAMES.
>> NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
>> The only blonde people I can think of >> No, you can't think like no.
>> There are more blonde men.
>> Yes. Maybe you don't remember that he was blonde, but I was rooting for him and I shouldn't have been rooting for him, for them.
>> And I have read this. For a fact, I know it.
>> This one I am sure.
>> You're sure?
>> This one I AM 100% SURE.
>> TRULY THAT IS AN OPTION.
>> YOU JUST SAID IT.
>> I just said it.
>> Yeah. And actually, they kind of end up together and that shouldn't have made me happy, but it made me really happy. I went like, "Ah." And the man is older.
>> You just said it.
>> [laughter] >> You just said it. You just said that you didn't like it.
>> Ah, CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS.
>> YES.
>> THEY END UP TOGETHER?
>> Kind of.
>> Uh, I read that book and I was like, I'm immediately going to forget everything about this cuz I did not like it. I think I gave it a two stars and that was >> I gave it a four stars.
>> Uh, I mean, nobody's perfect. Number five, after sharing a memorable meal with her friend, a writer rage baits book Twitter to the point of cancellation.
>> And I've read this?
>> And we've talked about this. Think about books about writers where they get canceled. There are not that many of them.
>> I have never read a book like that.
>> Yes, you have. You have seen me talk about it on my channel and you have mentioned it to me.
>> I've seen you talk about it in your channel.
>> you've brought it up to me and you've been like, mhm.
This is a very, very memorable meal.
Rage baits Twitter.
>> you mean?
>> Rage baits.
>> Yeah, but what do you mean rage baits Twitter?
>> She makes book Twitter so mad that it cancels her.
>> But that happens in the book?
>> That happens in the book. Well, HOW MANY BOOKS HAVE YOU READ ABOUT WRITERS?
>> I'm thinking about the Hobbit.
>> [laughter] >> IT'S NOT THE HOBBIT.
BILBO JUST RAGE BAITS EVERYONE IN THE SHIRE and that's why he leaves IN THE END.
>> NO, DON'T TELL ME.
>> THIS IS NOT FAIR cuz I can't look at yours. It's yellow face.
>> OH, FOR >> A MEMORABLE >> OH, THAT WAS SO FREAKING SWEET. NO.
>> SHE CHOKES ON A PANCAKE. FOR anybody keeping tabs, let me know down below cuz I am winning. I think I'm winning, but I don't know.
>> Next, next, next, next.
>> Next.
>> Wannabe Katniss Everdeen gets dragged.
Wannabe Katniss Everdeen gets dragged off to glitter jail where she learns to read from Smuddy Thunder >> I KNOW WHAT IT IS.
>> [laughter] >> I KNOW WHAT IT IS.
AVATAR.
>> YES, I HAVE.
I HAVE AND I KNOW YOU HAVE NOT.
>> YES, I HAVE >> [laughter] >> AND I HATED THE FIRST ONE AND THEN I ACTUALLY LIKED THE OTHER THREE.
>> Oh my god. Oh my god. A Court of Thorns and Roses.
>> YEAH, THAT ONE.
>> WOAH, OKAY. THAT'S BEEN YOUR best one so far.
CUZ [laughter] THE OTHER ONES WERE IMPOSSIBLE.
>> THE OTHER ONES WERE SO GOOD.
>> GIRL, OH MY GOD.
>> WAS THAT ME?
>> NO, that was me cuz it's here. So, when I film, I'm always like, what? Two British boys exchange glances and say, "Hi." for several HUNDRED PAGES.
>> [laughter] >> THEY LITERALLY GAVE THAT ONE AWAY.
IT WAS SO EASY. THE WAY I READ IT. OH.
>> [laughter] >> TWO BRITISH BOYS >> TWO, ONLY TWO. THERE'S ONLY TWO. There's only two British boys.
>> British.
>> And they're boys, and they exchange glances and say hi for several hundred pages.
>> Hi.
>> That's how they say it.
>> I have never read a book like that.
>> It's a book, technically, but it has pictures. [laughter] >> Heartstopper.
>> YES. I DID THE HI PERFECTLY.
>> NO, YOU DID NOT. That confused me.
>> That is literally how they say it.
>> That The problem is that I was going to say The Lord [laughter] of the Rings again, but that's because that's the only THING I >> TWO BRITISH BOYS >> FRODO AND AND Sammy >> And Sammy >> [laughter] >> They're British and they're boys.
>> And they're British and they're boys.
>> Okay, you say hi like they do in Heartstopper.
>> Hi.
>> Hi.
>> Hi.
>> Ready?
>> I'm ready.
>> I'm starting.
>> That kid was so thoroughly shaped by trauma and questionable mentorship >> Ooh.
>> that he named his child that.
>> It's Harry Potter.
>> BUT WHICH ONE?
>> [laughter] >> DEATHLY HALLOWS. OKAY, I ALSO HAVE Harry Potter. A bald man has beef with an 11-year-old and he decides to make it everybody's problem.
>> love Baldy.
>> A short man >> [laughter] >> inherits jewelry from a crazy old relative and hates it so much he takes a 17-year long trip to get rid of it.
>> The Lord of the Rings.
>> YEP.
>> BUT WHICH ONE?
>> WELL, the the 17 trip takes the Well, the Fellowship.
>> Mhm.
>> There we go.
That was way too easy. As soon as I said short man >> I was like my relatives [laughter] the hobbits from back end. Okay, now now it gets rough.
>> Now? Because >> [laughter] >> it was rough in the beginning.
>> Because I was reading this in the couch and at this point I was like this. So, I was like let's get this done.
>> Okay, before her siesta.
>> Get that girl out of there. That is literally my biggest nightmare.
>> Oh my god. THAT'S IT. THAT COULD BE ANYTHING.
>> NO, NO, BUT really think about it.
>> Your biggest nightmare?
>> Yeah.
>> I feel like you know more ABOUT MY FEARS >> [laughter] >> CUZ FOR SOME REASON WE'VE TALKED ABOUT them more. I don't know what my fears are.
>> My my my lift, my elevator.
>> Oh yeah. I feel like every girl would be like, "What the fuck?"
>> A man?
>> Yeah.
>> Can you read it again?
>> Yeah.
>> Many men.
>> [laughter] >> And if that that's a very BAD >> GET THAT GIRL OUT of there. That is literally my biggest nightmare. Like that is >> Uh.
>> Yeah.
>> No.
>> Yeah.
>> No.
>> Yeah.
>> No.
>> Yeah.
>> It's um The MAZE RUNNER?
>> YEAH.
>> [laughter] >> WE NEVER TALKED ABOUT THIS BOOK. I WAS LITERALLY 12 AND I >> CUZ I FREAKING SAW YOUR GOODREADS AND I SCROLLED.
>> YEAH, THAT THAT'S OLD, MAN.
>> YEAH.
>> WOW.
>> I know. I sold the manga.
>> WOW. OH MY GOD.
>> BOOM.
>> That was actually impressive. That was our most impressive telepathy trick.
>> Thank you. That is literally my worst And they're all teenage boys.
>> Exactly.
>> A situationship, a love triangle, a chill guy, and a loser reunite to relive their glory days and realize it's just trauma with a 70s soundtrack.
>> No, you don't know the books I've read.
>> I do. You literally sent me a list today.
>> [laughter] >> I haven't read any of those books. No, cuz I don't read books with love triangles.
>> You have read this one. 70s soundtrack.
>> just trauma.
>> And [clears throat] it's 70s music.
>> You [laughter] give me And I've read this book.
>> Everyone's read this book.
>> And these seven people.
>> It's seven people?
>> Uh-huh.
>> Seven people.
>> Seven people.
>> No, I'm an introvert. I wouldn't read a book like that. When they were in high school.
>> No.
>> When they were in college.
>> No.
>> When they were murdering people.
>> No.
>> Babies?
>> I don't think any of them went to college. They were doing other music-related things IN THE 70S.
>> [screaming] >> DAISY JONES AND THE SIX.
>> YEAH. CUZ THERE'S SEVEN. It's Daisy Jones and the Six. Seven.
>> Oh yeah. I read that book. I liked it.
>> Exactly. CUZ IT'S A REALLY GOOD BOOK.
>> AMAZING. Work-life balance? Question mark. DON'T THINK SO.
>> [laughter] >> BUT I REALLY THINK GET THIS ONE TOMORROW.
THE first thing that came to mind was Severance and I haven't even watched that and that's not a book.
>> not a book.
>> Exactly.
>> No, no. Work >> Work life >> life life >> life balance >> Work life balance.
>> Don't think so.
>> Is it Sci-Fi?
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, I only know that because I read that Sci-Fi WAS ON YOUR LIST.
>> [laughter] >> THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, "OH, IF SHE'S MENTIONING LIFE AND WORK, IT MUST be Sci-Fi."
>> It's brilliant.
>> So, yeah. Yeah, it counts. It counts.
>> Someone threw me.
>> Okay, point for you.
>> [clears throat] >> Two childhood friends play games.
>> No.
>> Break down >> No.
>> and end up hating each other instead of going to therapy. Then they do IT ALL AGAIN.
THIS IS [laughter] HARD.
THIS ONE'S HARD.
>> Two childhood friends >> play games.
>> Two childhood friends >> play games.
>> Yes, Jill. I'm so THE CHILDHOOD [laughter] PART. TWO CHILDHOOD part play games.
>> WHAT'S THE VERB?
>> [laughter] >> WAS THIS ONE ON MY LIST?
>> YES.
>> I don't know what's on that list. I just sent it to you.
>> I I think we've talked about this book before.
>> Two childhood friends play games.
>> They play games.
>> They play games.
>> I took a an important word out of that.
>> And then they do it again.
>> Yeah, they're stuck in a cycle.
>> They're stuck in a cycle. That's a clue.
>> The clue is they play games.
>> They play games.
>> They do play games.
>> games >> games >> games >> They stay hate each other.
>> Mhm.
>> And then they do it again.
>> I found out about it because it was so popular and I was like, "Woah, that's interesting."
>> And you liked it.
>> Mhm. I I really really liked it.
>> Oh, and I liked it.
>> You liked it as well.
>> THEY PLAY MIND GAMES.
>> [laughter] >> IT'S AN ACTUAL GAME.
>> BUT IT'S not Jumanji.
>> No.
>> Give me a clue.
>> HAMILTON.
>> [laughter] >> THE CLUE IS HAMILTON?
>> [laughter] >> THINK ABOUT IT.
UM >> NO, CUZ NOW I HAVE TO SING THE ENTIRE MUSICAL IN MY >> [laughter] >> OKAY, I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER UH THIS ONE IS GOING TO GIVE IT AWAY.
MACBETH.
>> Why Macbeth? I haven't read that book.
>> I know. It's another hint. It's Hamilton and Macbeth.
>> What?
>> Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day.
>> Sorry, but you know what the problem is?
I don't remember anything about that game. I don't remember the play.
>> Read your next one.
>> Mother.
RIP.
>> Is that part [laughter] of it?
Mother RIP.
>> Mother dot dot dot RIP. All encompassing mother. When you think of mother, who do you think of?
>> Earth?
>> That's a good one, but no. Bring it more.
>> [laughter] >> It's like human form.
>> But it's not a mom.
>> No, she she she had a kid. She had a kid.
She had a kid. But think about a female >> A female >> book character >> There's many.
>> that is the definition of mother.
That you're like, that is mother.
>> RIP.
>> And then you do RIP.
>> And then she dies. I liked your A Guitar one way better. Mother mother.
>> the books you've read and think of well, that one that >> Literally 90% of them have main female characters.
>> Yeah, BUT THEY'RE NOT ALL MOTHERS. NOT EVERY WOMAN IS MOTHER.
>> INISH. That's the most mother I can think of. I love Inish.
>> I don't know who the that is. You haven't read Six of Crows?
>> No. It's not on the list. Did you say it's on the list? It's not on the list.
>> remember.
>> Think of mother. Bisexual mother.
>> Oh, bisexual?
>> Bisexual mother.
>> Evelyn Hugo?
>> Yeah.
>> Oh my god.
>> [laughter] >> Well, I got it.
>> I think you won.
>> I have no idea. I have a final one.
>> I don't like yours. [laughter] >> You like this one. A pilot gets life advice from a very JUDGMENTAL FRENCH CHILD.
>> [laughter] >> MY FAVORITE BOOK. MY FAVORITE BOOK IN THE WHOLE WORLD. EL PRINCIPITO.
>> UH-HUH. Little Prince, THERE WE GO.
>> I WON. OKAY.
I'M SO GOOD AT THIS GAME.
>> I KNEW YOU NEEDED a win. I'm a very good friend. Okay, my favorite one from you was A Guitar. Wow.
>> OH NO, THAT ONE WAS THE HOBBIT. THAT ONE The Hobbit. I think I won.
>> Viewers, let us know down below and how many did you get right because from her she made it like level impossible in my opinion I think mine were so easy and straight forward I don't agree well so my people may call it straight forward I call it boring well if you want to drag her in the comments below her name is Billy p i l >> [laughter] >> b i l i Billy Harris GIVE THEM YOUR BLOOD TYPE o positive perfect universal where can they find you >> [laughter] >> don't talk to please leave a like if you like this video comment down below who won and why it was me and by how much it was me subscribe if you haven't already click that bell button so you get a notification every time I post another video I POST VIDEOS EVERY SINGLE WEEK AND FORTUNATELY she doesn't show up in every single video cuz that would be that would be a lot >> That would be too much and I guess I'll see you guys next time bye >> [laughter] [music] [music]
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