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greygirlbeast

"Just 'cause you feel it doesn't mean it's there."

Jan 16, 2011 12:45

Still very white Outside. There was a little new snow last night.

No day off yesterday. Instead, I wrote 1,025 words on The Drowning Girl: A Memoir. Today, I mean to make a great push and try to reach the end of Chapter 4, though it's at least 2,000 words ahead. I panicked a little yesterday, mostly because I realized Part One of the novel will be ( Read more... )

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Comments 19

coppervale January 16 2011, 17:49:28 UTC

THIS is why I ceased to read Amazon reviews. As much as I wouldn't mind seeing the good ones, I don't want to risk my eyes skimming over something written by the lowest-common-denominator internet troll.

Amazon "Reviews" francis_clay January 16 2011, 17:50:13 UTC

I think my favorite has to be this review of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue:

"Even the cd cover says "JAZZ MASTERPIECE -- Perhaps the most influential & best-selling jazz record ever made". But now that I think about it, I guess that's not necessarily false advertising, since they didn't actually say it was GOOD.

I love many types of jazz. Vince Guaraldi jazz trio style is fantastic. Tommy Emmanuel style smooth jazz is very cool. Jobim style bossa-nova jazz has fantastic chords and movement. I'll even enjoy some Kenny G on occasion..."

I think that they reference Kenny G in a Miles Davis review says it all.

Re: Amazon "Reviews" greygirlbeast January 16 2011, 17:52:03 UTC

I think that they reference Kenny G in a Miles Davis review says it all.

Yep.

gargirl January 16 2011, 18:21:34 UTC

I am stunned by some of those bad reviews. I don't know why I am stunned; stupid people are everywhere after all.

Tolkien should have been using his time some other way...? *head spins*

greygirlbeast January 16 2011, 18:55:50 UTC

Tolkien should have been using his time some other way...?

Yeah. Sheer brilliance.

ashlyme January 16 2011, 19:46:02 UTC

This is mind-numbing. The "Kind of Blue" review was obviously written by somebody whose idea of jazz is based on elevator music. We'll get to a point where most reviews will be OMG, WTF. Spelled badly. I don't think I've got enough swear words in my armoury for these idiots.

Spotted "Pretty Monsters" in the horror section of Waterstones today. I was bemused

spank_an_elf January 16 2011, 21:39:20 UTC

The reviews are sad and frightening but like you said, funny. My favorite one star reviews come from nitwits who claim, "I hated the book so much I threw it across the room." Physical fitness while reading is always important.

I scanned the replies to CS's post. Oh so sensitive people clutch their puppies and cry: "but it's not nice to mock those reviewers..." OKKKK.

gargirl January 16 2011, 23:25:24 UTC

That's funny. When I was much younger if I threw a book across the room it was a damn good sign it was going to be a favorite. If an author could upset me that much, usually by killing off a character who was a particular favorite of mine, it was because they were an outstanding writer.

People are strange creatures.

greygirlbeast January 17 2011, 16:17:49 UTC

When I was much younger if I threw a book across the room it was a damn good sign it was going to be a favorite.

I'm curious whether or not you mean this literally, that you literally threw the book, or if it's only a turn of phrase. I hear lots of people say that a book made them angry enough that they threw it. Which seems odd, especially if it's such a common reaction. I've never thrown a book, for any reason.

greygirlbeast January 17 2011, 16:19:25 UTC

"but it's not nice to mock those reviewers..." OKKKK.

To quote Spooky, "Fuck the shit sayers." If the books are fair game, so are all reviews and "reviews."