Harry Potter is better than 1984

[retro_eidas]

Shamelessly snagging this from strangerface because it is heeelarious.

They're one-star reviews from Amazon of various selections from Time’s list of the 100 best novels from 1923 to the present.

Here's one of my favorites....

Lord of the Flies (1955)

Author: William Golding

“I am obsessed with Survivor, so I thought it would be fun. WRONG!!! It is incredibly boring and disgusting. I was very much disturbed when I found young children killing each other. I think that anyone with a conscience would agree with me.”

I'm sure Golding would have put in more people getting naked for peanut butter or running silly obstacle courses for a shower... but he just couldn't fit it in with all that boring loss of innocence bullshit.

Comments

[wondergecko.livejournal.com]

*spfft* XD

There's some of these that I can't believe are actual reviews, the content is just so...

so...

*waves hands*

--CVirus

[mstatertot.livejournal.com]

The reviewer read Lord of the Flies expecting it to be like Survivor? I'm guessing the reader hadn't read the back of the book or ever heard anyone talking about it.

[eido.livejournal.com]

I'm more in the mindset of not wanting to believe they're true, but begrudgingly (and a little scarily) having to admit they probably are. I guess my one comfort is that most of those reviews are mostly (hopefully) from pre-pubescents who just don't read beyond homework... barring the granny hung up on the "turkish delight"/Narnia paranoia. ::is scared::

[eido.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing the person must have read some Survivor article - in something illustrious, like US Weekly or whatnot - and saw the book mentioned (probably jokingly). Being a loyal Survivor sycophant, s/he ran out immediately and bought the book. Not bothering to read the back cover. Then was horribly deceived realizing s/he was conned into reading a "smart people" book. *sighs*

Although I'm a little disconcerted on what the person was expecting the book to be about? A bunch of obnoxious, dirty people with six packs running around eatting raw donkey penis for Oreos? What would a Survivor book be like?

[mstatertot.livejournal.com]

What would a Survivor book be like?

A slightly frightening version of the Choose Your Own Adventure books?