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    One Star Review Guess Who (#14)

    Travis Jonker, November 7, 2013 | One Star Review

    Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads or Amazon? I really did not like this book. As a parent I couldn’t comprehend having to send my child to some work camp in the desert, I understand that it was just a plain old good story telling, but the […]

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    One Star Review Guess Who? (#13)

    Travis Jonker, October 17, 2013 | One Star Review

    Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on GoodReads or Amazon? I found this book incredibly frightening for a child. It should only be read to 4th or 5th grade students due to its graphic content. The premise of playing a dangerous game because one is being forced to is […]

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    One Star Review Guess Who? (#12)

    Travis Jonker, August 31, 2013 | One Star Review

    Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on GoodReads or Amazon? The cover is very cute but the contents is incredibly snoozesome, and I’m not so interested in reading about yucky pigs and gross spiders (I’ve had a spider hatch eggs in my room; it was not a pleasant experience. […]

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    One Star Review Guess Who? (#11)

    Travis Jonker, August 20, 2013 | One Star Review

    Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on GoodReads or Amazon? Someone get me some crayons and a word processor with Courier font! […] Is it about emotional intelligence? A masked attack on “bird brained” people? Union loyalty? I am underwhelmed. Click here for the answer. One Star Review Guess Who (#1) One Star […]

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    One Star Review Guess Who? (#10)

    Travis Jonker, August 3, 2013 | One Star Review

    Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on GoodReads or Amazon? This started out cute, but after the sixty-first figure of speech I couldn’t take it anymore. It’s as if a fourth grade teacher went on an acid trip and started spouting nonsense. I’m sure if I’d read this book […]

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    One Star Review Guess Who? (#9)

    Travis Jonker, July 20, 2013 | One Star Review

    Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on GoodReads or Amazon? Why on earth would I want my child to rub her fingers on another man’s sandpaper beard? Click here for the answer. One Star Review Guess Who (#1) One Star Review Guess Who (#2) One Star Review Guess Who […]

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    One Star Review Guess Who? (#8)

    Travis Jonker, July 6, 2013 | One Star Review

    Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on GoodReads or Amazon? This book should be called Gorilla Interrupted because it’s as depressing as Girl Interrupted but told from a gorilla’s perspective. Why this is recommended as a top summer reading book is beyond me. And it won a Newbery Award! […]

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    One Star Review Guess Who? (#7)

    Travis Jonker, June 14, 2013 | One Star Review

    Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on GoodReads or Amazon? I came to this book with a relatively open mind, but I must say, this book wastes ink–literally. The pages are all framed with black, and at the end of each chapter, there is a blank, black page. The […]

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    One Star Review Guess Who (#6)

    Travis Jonker, May 24, 2013 | One Star Review

    Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on GoodReads or Amazon? There is NO PLOT. And I don’t mean that there’s a very simple plot, as would suit a children’s book, but there is ABSOLUTELY NO PLOT! There are no characters. There is no story. It’s just a collection of […]

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    One Star Review Guess Who? (#5)

    Travis Jonker, April 26, 2013 | One Star Review

    Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on GoodReads or Amazon? Really, let’s say goodnight to a whole bunch of inanimate objects! Wow, that was a lot of fun. It feels like the book was written by an accountant. Now lets move to the next object in the room and […]

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