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thedith

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Feb 12, 2006 16:36

Lone Star Statements

A compilation of the best of the worst… about the best.

The following are excerpts from actual one-star Amazon.com reviews of books from Time’s list of the 100 best novels from 1923 to the present.My favorite is the following review of Lord of the Flies ( Read more... )

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bossymarmalade February 13 2006, 16:52:34 UTC

ahahahah! The review of the Hemingway is also pretty accurate; however, if the person had read any *more* Hemingway, he'd know that they're ALL like that. *g*

Also, the person who insinuated that Nabokov was foolish not to consider the foreign-langage deficiencies of his American audience? PRICELESS.

clarinetkate February 13 2006, 20:27:16 UTC

Oh my god, I'm sorry, but I thought The Sun Also Rises was one of the worst books I ever had to read in high school. Like, really horrifyingly bad and slow and boring and uuuuuugh.

Also, I couldn't really argue with the review of Grapes of Wrath. Bo.Ring.

thedith February 14 2006, 01:31:54 UTC

Silly Nabokov! Maybe his book would have gained some recognition if he had just written the damn thing in English!