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Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads or Amazon? This is easy, meaningless, chime-rhyming nonsense — and not even nonsense with interesting language or ideas, like Lewis Carrol or (some of) Edward Lear. No, this is nursery rhymes but without the moral message. The wan, sugary pop-songs of […]
Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads or Amazon? CREEPY! I never understood why it is such a children’s favourite. It is creepy in psychotic clown sort of a way and highly highly trippy! Click here for the answer. One Star Review Guess Who (#1) One Star Review […]
Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads or Amazon? Terrible characterization. Blue Horse? What the heck is that!? The plot is monotonous and dull. And the ending…a montage of scenes from the book, and not even a good one! The only thing I can say in its favor […]
Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads or Amazon? Sigh! A precocious privileged judgemental child who sneaks around and spies on people learns nothing when she, inadvertently, hurts her friends feelings. Paparazzi in training? Click here for the answer. One Star Review Guess Who (#1) One Star Review […]
Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads or Amazon? I knew going into the book that I probably wasn’t going to like it much. What I didn’t expect was to be profoundly affected, to the point of tears and sleepless nights, by a drawing of [character], his furry […]
Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads or Amazon? When I saw young women in my age reading [title], there was one thing I felt. The culture is lost, the folk tale is lost. The meaning of folk tales is lost. The generation who is in my age […]
Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads or Amazon? I think my dislike for [title] was sealed when George W. Bush said it was his favorite book. And, no, I wasn’t in the “it must be the only book he can read hyuck hyuck” camp or even part of […]
Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads or Amazon? I have been reading this to daughter only because she begs me to do so. I think she only begs me to do so because she knows I am not a fan of this book, at all. The main […]
Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads or Amazon? Horses aren’t blue, cats aren’t purple. Zero stars. Click here for the answer. One Star Review Guess Who (#1) One Star Review Guess Who (#2) One Star Review Guess Who (#3) One Star Review Guess Who (#4) One Star […]
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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