As I always get a giggle out of Travis Jonker's One Star Review Guess Who posts, I figured I'd swipe the idea and post the occasional one-star Amazon review of a much-lauded YA title.
So, can you guess what book this disappointed reader is reviewing?:
Only two words: Children's book.I decided to read the book after it got a positive review from Lebron James but as you may already know he did not go to college. Can't believe i spend $5 on this crap, so prepare to be disappointed.
As that one didn't include any details, here's another one about the same book:
WOW!!! With all of the movie hubb-bubb I figured I better look into reading this.
No way, Jose!! Didn't like it from about page 20, when the whole premise of the book
is laid out. The whole kids-killing-kids aspect of it was distasteful and disturbing. The
whole ""we're a happy in-love couple trapped in these "games" ". The whole wolf-pack at the
end was over-the-top, bad enough to kill these kids once, but, twice???
I could go on, , ,but, , ,this book is much to do about nothing!!!
"Much to do about nothing."
Exactly.
Posted by: tanita | 24 July 2013 at 03:23 PM
Wait, someone bought a book off of the recommendation of Lebron James? That's hilarious in and of itself.
Posted by: Jenn | 24 July 2013 at 04:11 PM
I didn't care much for this book either. The writing just felt kind of thin to me. Any time I can read an entire book and not be tempted in the slightest to go read the others in the series...meh
I went ahead and watched the movie though. Again, I wasn't impressed.
Well I went downstairs not 5 minutes ago and discovered my 11 year old daughter was watching it....and bawling her eyes out.
She's crying like I do when I watch Braveheart or Last of the Mohicans.
I'm waiting to see if it's so painful that she avoids the books, or if she begs me to go to the library RIGHT NOW as soon as the movie's over.
Posted by: Lara | 24 July 2013 at 05:53 PM
I knew it! I didn't care for the book myself, but that remark about not going to college? Please. Judging from the grammatical errors of the first blurb, it looks as if that reviewer did not even finish third grade.
Posted by: Ruby | 25 July 2013 at 05:32 AM
The writing just felt kind of thin to me
Posted by: brasd | 30 July 2013 at 05:51 PM