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One Star Review Guess Who? (#4)

Travis Jonker, March 26, 2013 | One Star Review



Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on GoodReads or Amazon? [Author]’s book is a piece of nationalist propaganda, using oversimplification, emotional appeals, and dualistic morality to shut down her readers’ minds. More troubling is that it is aimed at children, who don’t yet have the critical faculties to defend […]

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One Star Review Guess Who? (#3)

Travis Jonker, December 7, 2012 | One Star Review



Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on GoodReads or Amazon? Yes children. You should definitely let strangers in your house when you are home alone. Don’t worry, even if they start trashing your house they’ll clean it up before mom comes home. And she won’t even know anything was […]

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One Star Review Guess Who? (#2)

Travis Jonker, October 25, 2012 | One Star Review



Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on GoodReads or Amazon? I can’t understand how it won the John Newberry Medal. The witches were plastic and seemed to serve little purpose; the bad guy, a concept embodied in a shadow, had no motivation […] and the father, who seems to […]

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One Star Review Guess Who? (#1)

Travis Jonker, October 11, 2012 | One Star Review



New feature time! Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on GoodReads or Amazon? We’re starting off today with an easy one. The kid is a jerk and is sent to his room without supper. He proceeds to go to some magical place where these monsters live and he bosses […]

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