Description
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.
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Part 2:
Part 3:
Huge thank you to my editor who did an amazing job on this video!
0:00 Intro: Yes, This Started As Harry Potter Fan Fic
2:54 Content Warnings
7:40 The Beginning: Helena is Trapped
19:43 Helena is a Mystery
26:47 In Which We Try And Figure Out The Backstory
33:36 Helena Does It All For A Boy
39:10 What Happened To Helena's Brain?
44:06 Why Is Luc So Special?!
50:08 Too Many Anachronisms
52:05 We Meet Kaine Ferron
1:01:35 When Is This Book Set?!
1:11:37 This Book Is So Long??
1:15:14 This Had Potential But... NO.
1:21:50 Tension? Mystery? What Are Those Things?
1:26:15 Two Sides Of The Same Coin? Ha! No.
1:30:18 Everyone In This Book Hates Women
1:36:49 Is Anything The Bad Guy's Fault??
1:46:20 The Bad Guy's Plan Makes No Sense
1:58:30 Everyone Still Hates Women
*I'll finish these time stamps asap*
*Also yes, I'm a silly goose for still not fixing the spelling of 'support' on my Patreon animation! Sorry! I thought I'd fixed it a while ago but apparently it did not save and I am still SILLY.
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