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2.83 AVERAGE
2.83 AVERAGE
Well, it's better to just read the classics than these modernized and shortened/Twitterized summaries.
At least I reached my reading goal with this book on the last day of the year, sadly with the worst book I've read all year. But, at least that means I can only read better books in 2018!
At least I reached my reading goal with this book on the last day of the year, sadly with the worst book I've read all year. But, at least that means I can only read better books in 2018!
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Bought this book when it just came out, when I was still an adolescent and thought it was edgy. Upon reread, I still thought the idea of it was solid, but the content often borderline or just plain offensive. I also have my doubts about the authors’ reading comprehension skills when reading some of the books/chapters. Either they read a student’s half arsed synopsis of the book, or they did read it but decided to disregard the facts and fill it up with their own fantasies to get to use a few more racist and misogynistic terms. My guess is it wouldn’t have gotten published nowadays.
Bought this book when it just came out, when I was still an adolescent and thought it was edgy. Upon reread, I still thought the idea of it was solid, but the content often borderline or just plain offensive. I also have my doubts about the authors’ reading comprehension skills when reading some of the books/chapters. Either they read a student’s half arsed synopsis of the book, or they did read it but decided to disregard the facts and fill it up with their own fantasies to get to use a few more racist and misogynistic terms. My guess is it wouldn’t have gotten published nowadays.
this book is basically if you took that silly bit that you do as a joke in like, group projects in high school english classes, where you act like hamlet is talking to ophelia in modern slang or whatever, but you were so convinced of your own genius that you thought it had to be published.
in other words: i have made half-hearted attempts at making strangers laugh at 7:38 a.m. that are roughly as worthy of literary recognition as this is.
maybe more.
part of a series i'm doing in which i review books i read a long time ago
in other words: i have made half-hearted attempts at making strangers laugh at 7:38 a.m. that are roughly as worthy of literary recognition as this is.
maybe more.
part of a series i'm doing in which i review books i read a long time ago
I've granted one-star to this book because the concept is clever. Taking classic books and making them into 140-character tweets (IN THEORY) is a brilliant idea, but in actuality, authors such as Jane Austen and J.D. Salinger are rolling in their graves. The whole book just seemed like it came to fruition as part of an "end of the year school assignment" and to think some publisher thought it would be fantastic to bring it to publication...well, he/she should be fired. This was an abomination to all great literature! And I'm not even a literary freak. In fact, it made me feel pretty bad about myself for not having read so many of the classic books that have been tweet-ified.
I understand the authors were trying to be facetious, and facetious (borderline obnoxious) they were! I think all would have been forgiven if the tweets were actually funny, but they weren't.
I understand the authors were trying to be facetious, and facetious (borderline obnoxious) they were! I think all would have been forgiven if the tweets were actually funny, but they weren't.
the concept was fun but I think I am just far too old to enjoy it for more than 5 minutes. I also found the casual use of the word 'retard' jarring.... I think it has almost fallen out of use in the UK (I hope I'm right)
the concept was fun but I think I am just far too old to enjoy it for more than 5 minutes. I also found the casual use of the word 'retard' jarring.... I think it has almost fallen out of use in the UK (I hope I'm right)
I loved this book!
Classics are usually books that can be hard to read and relate to and this book just makes it fun!
It's light, shallow and an easy read. Perfect for some relaxing!
Classics are usually books that can be hard to read and relate to and this book just makes it fun!
It's light, shallow and an easy read. Perfect for some relaxing!