A podcast analysing trashy bestsellers from a literary perspective.
Breaking down trash such as Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga, E.L James' erotic romance Fifty Shades of Grey, Blanka Lapinska's Polish nightmare fuel 365 Days, and Veronica Roth's dystopian YA novel Divergent with weekly chapter by chapter analysis.
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Join me for a break down of Chapters 9, 10 and 11 of The Maze Runner, in which the new girl is in a coma, Ben becomes a zombie, and Alby counts to three...
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Join me for a break down of Chapters 6, 7 and 8 of The Maze Runner, in which Thomas finally gets the tour of the Glade, he believes that he is a smart person contrary to all the evidence, and the onl…
Join me for a break down of Chapters 3, 4 and 5 of The Maze Runner, in which we learn the surprising origins of the word klunk, Thomas gains a new best friend, and we get the big reveal that The Maze…
Join me for a break down of Chapters 1 and 2 of The Maze Runner, in which Thomas doesn't know what the shuck is going on, Everything is a Proper Noun, and everyone has varying lengths of hair...
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Join me for a break down of Chapter 1 of Midnight Sun, 'First Sight', in which Edward wants to kill Bella, Ms Cope should be locked up, and the entire plot hinges on little gusts of wind...
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Join me for a break down of the film adaptation of Insurgent, in which Tris has to open a stupid box, Joanna's face is fine, and the factionless are living the high life...
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Join me for a break down of Chapters 44, 45, 46 and 47 of Insurgent, in which Jeanine's booby traps backfire, Tori is feeling her fantasy, and great grandma Edith drops a truth bomb...
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Join me for a break down of Chapters 41, 42 and 43 of Insurgent, in which Nando gives us the dictionary definition of the title of the book, the Candor are transformed into a deaf army, and Caleb is …
Join me for a break down of Chapters 38, 39 and 40 of Insurgent, in which Christina and Tris don a cunning disguise, there are no Joshuas in Abnegation, and they recruit some four-eyed Erudite...
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Join me for a break down of Chapters 35, 36 and 37 of Insurgent, in which Tris dies, they take the least logical escape route, and Peter comes eye-to-eye with his old rival Edward...
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Join me for a break down of Chapters 32, 33 and 34 of Insurgent, in which Tobias reveals his plan in a supply closet, Caleb explains his betrayal, and Tris is looking forward to her tentatively sched…
Join me for a break down of Chapters 29, 30 and 31 of Insurgent, in which Tris doesn't know what time it is, everyone in Erudite needs glasses, and Tris has an overly large lateral prefrontal cortex.…
Join me for a break down of Chapters 26, 27 and 28 of Insurgent, in which Marlene drops to the earth like an elevator, Christina somehow forgives Tris, and the Erudite violate energy conservation law…
Join me for a break down of Chapters 23, 24 and 25 of Insurgent, in which Eric gets what's coming to him, Tris enjoys the smell of wet pavement, and the Dauntless celebrate their homecoming with pain…
Join me for a break down of Chapters 20, 21 and 22 of Insurgent, in which Four beats up his dad, the gang does some sneaky eavesdropping, and tattoo artists are the backbone of the Dauntless resistan…
Join me for a break down of Chapters 17, 18 and 19 of Insurgent, in which Four receives some sensitive news in a cafeteria, Tris thinks logically, and Will's sister gets back at Tris with some body s…
Join me for a break down of Chapters 14, 15 and 16 of Insurgent, in which we reconnect with all our favourite and well-remembered characters (Lynne, Marlene, Shauna, Lauren, Uriah Zucko), Erik emulat…
Join me for a break down of Chapters 12 and 13 of Insurgent, in which Tris and Four have a therapy session via truth serum, the cats out of the bag about Will, and Tris takes her anger out on a chair…
Join me for a break down of Chapters 9, 10 and 11 of Insurgent, in which Evelyn info dumps via shadow puppets, Four and Tris head to Candor to regroup with the 50% of Dauntless that aren't evil, Chri…
Join me for a break down of Chapters 7 and 8 of Insurgent, in which Tris and the gang cosplay as Amity, there's a hole in the city's defences, and we meet a couple of characters we all assumed were d…