Trigger Warning reading
It has arrived!
I hope there aren't any big visual mistakes, because my eyeballs kept wandering on my final viewing. (It is a BIG video)
Well, I guess SOMEBODY had to read “Trigger Warning” (YouTube)
Comments (79)
The thing that always gets me about the “Krav Maga” reference in the beginning is that it’s literally a brutal military art form that emphasizes efficiency above grace or, as William Johnstone states “fancy moves.”
I. Need. A. Bad. Book. Reading. Club. Hell, I would just pay to get a list of the books Jenny found that are hilariously bad. She's on a whole nother level.
I honestly thought the twist was going to be that the author is actually liberal and writing a satire of right-wing paranoia, because that's exactly how it reads. The truth is far more depressing. Lots of good lines in this one...although I'm not sure if anything will ever top "I puddled my boat and then I was of."
If you're looking for another in this vein I just discovered a novel where like Bitcoin is invented by satan or something <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Net-Benjamin-Percy-ebook/dp/B01I4FPNHW/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1548632054&sr=8-6&keywords=dark+net" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Net-Benjamin-Percy-ebook/dp/B01I4FPNHW/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1548632054&sr=8-6&keywords=dark+net</a>
I'm going to start calling all women Lucy. And start calling all men Dog, just Dog.
Jenny, this is great! Keep making long videos, but maybe they could be converted to podcasts as well? But maybe that would hurt the ad revenue...
One of the best things I have watched this year
I've watched countless big budget Hollywood blockbusters of the hour and a half variety that can't come close to the quality of this video or any of Jenny's other videos for that matter! The replay value alone is off the charts. Please keep up the excellent work and thank you so much Jenny!
There’s a snake near my boot!
Is Jeff the Killer part 2 going to happen this year, or is that maybe not happening? This video reminded me of how incredible your part 1 video was.
You murdered the book within the first 10 minutes (it took me almost the whole bit to realize you were saying the large man was, in fact, triggered by something) and then proceeded to dance on the corpse for another hour and 20 minutes. Wonderful work as always. I think you should consider splitting off the very ending into its own work, as it is an impressive work of junior detecting and logical conclusions that some people may not see because it's at the tail end of a 90 minute video.
In the blockbuster sequel to TRIGGER WARNING, former Army Ranger Jake Rivers joins forces with his long-lost uncle, ex-Special Forces hero Barry "Dog" Rivers, the RIG WARRIOR. Now, these two very large boys must use their big boy punch hands to deal big, rowdy justice against the greatest gang of terrorists ever known: the SOY SQUAD, which has come from Mexico to enforce sharia law and make everyone kneel for the National Anthem. In this big new book from at least one living author, this elite team of big, big men will fight for ABSOLUTE TRUTH and ABSOLUTE JUSTICE. TRIGGER WARNING 2: ABSOLUTE UNIT
And where does soy come from? Red China! They're smuggling soy in with the fentanyl!!!
Thanks I hate it
Starting to realize I hope the world has more bad books for these things.
I love it so much when Jenny reviews literature; it's like the ultimate Anti-Book Club. No one else could get me so interested in Wattpad fan fiction and right-wing thriller novels.
This is great Jenny...or should I say, prolific completely alive author William W. Johnstone! Trying to throw us off with the Star Wars and My Little Pony stuff was smart, but your first mistake was buying an actual book, something no one under 35 would actually do I'm told!
THAT AUTHOR TWIST
Whelp, it;s like the ramblings of a PragerU subscriber. Which if not good, definitely makes it hilarious.
Dog? Horse? Is this a Animal Topics Coalition sleeper video? TWIST!
Just realized the still for this video makes the book look half its size. Nope, big book.
So like, people buy these books? Such a big collection!
And with the introduction of the characters Dog and Horse, the ATC can proudly chalk up ANOTHER victory, kicking off 2019 with a strong start!
In fact, given the strong Western influence over the Johnstone oeuvre, "Trigger Warning" might even be an allusion to Roy Rogers' horse, Trigger, whose stuffed body was said to sometimes move in its museum display, much as William W. Johnstone has stayed active after his death.
So doesn't this mean that Natalie was the Mary Sue, and that Jo Johnstone probably has rich, brown eyes? And likewise, we can tell Jo likes her boyfriends big'n'rough, the same way we know that Ayn Rand liked stern redheads.
I'd be so mad if there was an actual movie with a half hour after credits scene and I left the theater before seeing it
Great now I’m paranoid that all the women in my life are deep cover, long-con, code-named, progressive sleeper agents. Damn book.
"Neo-prog. Long con. Deep cover. Big mark. Meet LUCY" -- promotional poster from the Ocean's-8-style reboot of Trigger Warning, re-told from the perspective of the terrorists, and set at a women's college a la Radcliffe
Holy shit everyone, Jenny was joking about it in the video but the Rig Warrior Extended Universe already exists. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rig-Warrior-William-W-Johnstone/dp/0786013443" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Rig-Warrior-William-W-Johnstone/dp/0786013443</a>
Look at these reviews As usual a terrific book by William W. Johnstone. Aren't they all??? I was a little disappointed in one thing in this story. Barry was great in the first book, Wheels of Death, but he was not as likable in this one. A little too much ego & picked the wrong woman to mess around with. I didn't like Bonnie at all, anytime or place in this book. Other than that it was very good. Can't wait for the next one. I keep looking for more books by him from before he died. J. A. Johnstone is pretty good & most of his books are very readable. It would be good for him to write some horror stories. I just can't get into the westerns.
Jenny's "Read Bad Books" is my favourite sub-genre of her channel
Wow I was not expecting those last two twists post-novel reading.
OMG! The twist!
Rated E, for EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED AND MORE. re: Shirt - I don't know what the cut difference is in terms of how much the website takes from every sale, but of the two, t-shirts from society6 are far better quality than the shirts from Redbubble. They're EXTRAORDINARILY soft.
Mine just arrived, and it is indeed Extraordinarily Soft.
I thought the extra twist at the end was going to be that J.A. Johnstone was also dead, like a matryoshka of dead authors with an A.I. brought up on YouTube comments and twitter at its core
There is a real-life partial AI YouTube conspiracy you can stumble into if you do a YouTube search for "Elders Vault South32" -- do NOT try to find anything via a web search!
The part about Audie Murphy's PTSD is the exact kind of thing that separate's this channel's videos from most "look at this terrible piece of media" youtube rant videos. I realize I'm stating the obvious to patrons but that's the value in pulling apart terrible works of art, there's always some insight into human nature to be had, if the critic is good at what they do.
Ditto that. And the nil profanity helps too.
BOOT. OF. WATER.
Oh. Oh wow.
I don't know if I can watch this whole thing and it has absolutely nothing to do with Jenny. My God.
I couldn't help but think of the Monkees song "Gonna Buy Me a Dog" during this review.
This book sounds like it was written by an alien who's never actually interacted with humans and their only knowledge of them comes from youtube comments.
It might end up killing me but I'm going to attempt to watch this entire big video while working out at the gym and I know it'll be worth it!
I attempted it while doing PT exercises and kept having to pause because I was laughing so hard. Best of luck to you.
I made the mistake of listening to this while doing some PT exercises and kept having to stop to laugh out loud.
Also, while I have been bummed that I became a fan too late to buy a Crash Bandicoot shirt, I have to admit that “There make be snakes” is going to be slightly easier to explain to those around me.
I don’t know what #reveal I was expecting about the author’s life but that certainly wasn’t it
oh WOW... my day is made. just from watching the preview, i can tell that this is going to be EPIC.
Can we get the There Make Be Snakes design as a sticker?
<a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/jennynicholson/works/35716971-there-make-be-snakes?p=sticker&rbs=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.redbubble.com/people/jennynicholson/works/35716971-there-make-be-snakes?p=sticker&rbs=</a>
I just had to have a half marathon the morning you released this didn't I. Though I suppose a Jenny video is some of the best encouragement to finish faster so that I can watch it sooner.
"Pajama Boys" is a reference to a picture that was tweeted out by Barack Obama in 2013 of a guy in pajamas with the caption "Wear pajamas. Drink hot chocolate. Talk about getting health insurance. #GetTalking." It was then used as a pejorative by the conservative media...presumably because the guy in pajamas was lacking in "bigness".
No, it was because the guy in the pajamas was seen in the conservative media as a horrible role model, since they would have taken the tweet as: "You went to college. They're too stupid to know better. Hijack every family holiday and browbeat your relatives into buying health insurance. #GetTalking."
Oh I so want to see someone adapt this into a movie so we can see this disaster of a man go around a cartoonish college doing domestic terrorist stuff
Hes a big man too dont forget
I’m so excited to watch this!!
Thank you so much jenny!!
Never enough
I can't stop laughing, it's sort of reminds me of Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas film (0% on Rotten Tomatoes) but in book form.
As a general fan of terrible movies in which the people involved were actually trying, this sounds amazing, and the fact that it’s both Kirk Cameron and a Christmas movie means I’ll need to watch it immediately. (Even though the mere sight of Kirk Cameron makes me cringe about my way-too-long Left Behind obsession as a teen.)
Will this 6’5” 250 pound good old boy be able to punch enough man-bun ninjas to win the heart of his busty professor?! I can’t wait to find out! but yes, probably yes.
Alright, everybody can stop making YouTube videos now. This is as good as they're ever gonna get
Yayy I'm so happy you endorsed the make be snakes shirt! I found it on Redbubble but I didn't know if it was by you and I would have felt bad buying a knockoff one if you didn't make it. But I am relieved you linked it and I now have one on the way and cannot wait to be a walking surreal meme
It says on the Redbubble page it was by her, because it's her page. Did you think it was an impersonatrix?
also ive been so excited for this video iM SO EXCITED
Hey Jenny I know this is so lame and my third time commenting it but i've been a $5 patron for a few months now and my name is never in the outro :o( i know im so petty but it hurts my heart
Oh no, I'm so sorry! Not sure how you slipped through. I'm adding you right now so you'll be in the next one for sure
It's 9:23am :) What a big way to start a big day :)
Just get home from meetings to a new video. Gotta love Australia... Sometimes
So late in the night! Will finish watching tomorrow, but I found this GEM of a review on Amazon: I DID NOT READ BUT 2 CHAPTERS. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A WESTERN WHEN I BOUGHT IT. I WASTED MY MONEY ON THIS BOOK, BECAUSE I DID NOT CARE FOR THE CONTENT. I WAS EXPECTING A WESTERN, LIKE I LIKE TO READ. VERY DISAPPOINTED.
This is why I live in Australia. So I'm up when Jenny uploads.
Looking forward to the director's cut/workprint with a 5 hour runtime. Strap in boys and girls,
Rest assured that it at least SOUNDS the way the creator intended but that I wanted to post it tonight and was only keeping myself awake for the final viewing by simultaneously training my pokemon team
I’m not joking, I just genuinely fist pumped when you said it’s another bad reading
JENNY IT'S 4 AM HERE WHY.
For the love of god don't watch it now
This is why I stay up until 2 am... it’s the only time when your videos arrive