unreliable narrators + storyteller bias

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Channel: mynameismarines · 2016 · People & Blogs

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[CC] In this video, I mention several forms of media that include an unreliable or biased narrator. There are no specific spoilers, but if you don't like to know that kind of stuff, LOOK AWAY. 

Specific media mentioned: 

0:12 - 1:12 Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23453099-eileen

1:13 - 1:58 The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10746542-the-sense-of-an-ending

3:17 - 4:17 My Brilliant Friend (Book 1 of The Neapolitan Novels) by Elena Ferrante
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13586707-my-brilliant-friend
Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEg0wU2Lo_k

4:18 - 4:44 The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186074.The_Name_of_the_Wind
Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DPPumbx7F4

4:45 - 5:02 Forrest Gump 
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/?ref_=nv_sr_1

6:17 - 8:18 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22557272-the-girl-on-the-train?ac=1&from_search=true
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1469352150?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1

8:19 - 8:45 We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16143347-we-were-liars?ac=1&from_search=true

8:46 - 9:15 Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19288043-gone-girl?from_search=true

9:16 - 9:35 Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11925514-code-name-verity

9:36 - 9:59 Big Fish by Daniel Wallace
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/129984.Big_Fish?ac=1&from_search=true
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319061/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

10:00 - 10:46 Buffy the Vampire Slayer
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118276/?ref_=nv_sr_1
The Zeppo Review: http://www.snarksquad.com/2013/02/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-s03-e13.html
Storyteller Review: http://www.snarksquad.com/2014/01/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-s07-e16-fanboy.html



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