Unpopular (?) opinion: many reveal way too much details when they pitch a book or do a spoiler-free review

I don't mind short forms content like tiktok or youtube shorts, I have found many great series to pick up since getting back to reading after half a decade or so.

However, after finishing a few books and watching more videos/reading more book pitches, I feel like they either talk too little or too much.

I understand that writing summaries or blurbs is a skill that doesn't really come naturally.

However, a book pitch doesn't need to summarise the entire book, because that kinda spoils the fun?

I get it, in this day and age when we are overflooded with all kind of media, we should get the relevant information in order to find the books that we would enjoy.

Ironically enough, my mind tuned out the moment any videos start mentioning names of characters and locations, even more so if they go into more details about the premise or even summarise the first few chapters.

I swear my attention is not that short, and I am all for nerdy world building, but those kind of information are totally unnecessary in a "pitch" or "review" IMO.

For example, Mistborn: The Final Empire, I personally would pitch it as: A story of a street urchin finding her place in a dystopian fantasy world with unique magic.

then maybe a few extra: heist-like plot, found family and crew dynamic.

perhaps some content warning: violence, murders, mild body horror, implications of SA

I would not even mention any names, leave that to the readers (including me) to find out.

the reason I am writing this because someone include a pretty significant plot twist (or "event" I guess) in their video that happens mid way through a book, and it has pretty substantial impact on the plot moving forward.

For example, they say the story has these main POV: A, B and C who were close friends…etc…but then C got seperated from the group…and they ended up on opposite sides.

Like why???? Isn't that a huge plot development???

also, and this might be a minor gripe, some shorts or videos are titled "rapid fire" reviews, but they drone on for 2 minutes straight about a thing or two without hitting the main strong point of the story that can provide the answer for "should you read this book?"

no, I don't mind if they want to go a bit in depth in their videos, but perhaps section the videos into parts?

sorry, just my personal rant

maybe I am just a cranky unc with a particular taste when it comes to book pitches.

or maybe I am used to "structured, succinct reports" due to my job