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>Search any work of literary on Amazon
>Look at one star reviews

It's a gold mine. Fucking great. People like this actually exist.

>> No.9506626

What book was he reviewing?

>> No.9506628

>>9506626
Wise Blood

>> No.9506631

>>9506609
pynchon?

>> No.9506649
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>>9506609

>> No.9506658

>>9506649
Yeah I learned all that stuff in my philosophy classes in college.

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>>9506631
Mason & Dixon

The alliteration alone made my body ache

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9506689

Well, he does have a point.

>> No.9506699

>>9506687
>You think a talking dog is funny?
Yes?

>> No.9506705
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>>9506687
>Show, don't tell
EVERY FUCKING TIME

>> No.9506716

He isn't wrong

>> No.9506722
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>>9506609
Herodotus - Histories

>> No.9506750

>>9506722
>Katie

Oh boy I am surprised

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>>9506609
The fucking iliad

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>>9506609
kek

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OP here. I'd feel guilty if I didn't say something about KJV Bible reviews.

This isn't even one of the better ones.

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>>9506786

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>>9506609
>portrait of the artist
>no plot
These people are genuinely retarded. You don't have to have explosions and anime battles for something to have plot.

That said, I kinda prefer goodreads review as far as rage-inducing and amusing posts go. Amazon is full of pseuds too, but it lacks the circle-jerk nature and want for attention that Goodreads has.

>> No.9506804

>>9506649
>Muh soggy knee
Dropped.

>> No.9506810

>>9506689
What book though...

>> No.9506946

>>9506705
why do people think their freshman writing class is the end all be all of good writing? I don't know how many times I've had to listen to some nasally shitbag complain about a writer using an adverb in a 100 year-old work.

>> No.9506970

>>9506754
what it's so easy to read. this shit was meant to be told to a bunch of commoners in ancient Greece

>> No.9506988

>>9506797
I'm so fucking sick of people referencing the Emperor's New Clothes.

>> No.9506997

>>9506810
IJ

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>> No.9507005

>>9506689
Not really.

>> No.9507007

>>9506946
so glad i don't watch shitty youtube channels like so many people around here, that sounds pathetic

>> No.9507016

>>9506988
I am too. It's my go-to flag for spotting a pseud now. It's used in every other review on good reads. They always try to find a way to "cleverly" insert it into their review, and it's infuriating.

>> No.9507027

>>9507003
Wew...

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9507035

Fucking marks, man.

>> No.9507066

>>9507003
You can't say his review is wrong, just emotionally charged. Though in his attempt to subvert the book he affirmed it since Al Queda has a never ending stream of recruits.

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>> No.9507082

>>9506689
>i'm lazy and the things i read should acknowledge that

>> No.9507090

>>9506699
Talking dogs are pretty funny indeed

>> No.9507091

>>9507035
>I don't like a character as a person so the whole book is bad
I want him to die.

>> No.9507099

>>9506609
It might be funny if I knew what book he's talking about, genius.

>> No.9507111

>>9507099
Read the thread.

>> No.9507117

>>9507035
What book is that?

>> No.9507121

>>9507117
Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea.

>> No.9507124

>>9507072
Arrogant idiots like this are the worst.
How the fuck do you not know what a hearth is? And if you don't, fucking look it up.

>> No.9507129

>>9506649
>it is completely taken out of context
What?

>> No.9507133

>>9506754
>people whom want
reeeeeeeee

>> No.9507142

>>9507003
haha!

>> No.9507146

>>9507072
wait wait wait wait
He is having difficulty with the fucking Fagles? That is the fucking walmart edition of the Iliad. That tranny is designed for stupid people.

>> No.9507159

>>9507121
Grazie

>> No.9507167

>>9506786
god btfo

>> No.9507175

>>9506722
It can be, to be fair.

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>>9506754
>people whom want
Oh god no

>> No.9507186

>>9507072
>Poetry is usually so academic in its use of language

That is just an euphemism for saying "I'm an idiot who can't understand words"

>> No.9507203

>>9507186
It's even worse, he doesn't realize he can find out what they mean.

>> No.9507210

>>9506689
>BetaGeek

What did he mean by this username?

>> No.9507217

>>9507072
Who the fuck doesn't know what a hearth is?

>> No.9507226

>>9507072
The Odyssey is one of the easiest Greek poems for modern audiences though. Even if you go full pleb and take it purely as entertainment, it's a pretty fun adventure story

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>>9507129
I presume he means Ancient Greece.

>> No.9507241

>>9507236
Where do I get one of these molds for my face, is it to keep hydrated?

>> No.9507339

>>9507241
You apply the semen to the face directly, I hear.

>> No.9507344

>>9506649
>ghost writer for socrates

stopped reading there

>> No.9507363

>>9506946
People don't understand that show don't tell is advice for poor writers.
Good writers will show by telling.

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9507428

I don't think he got everything out of the book.

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>>9507428
Its like they want the author to hold their hands and guide them through the damn book.

>> No.9507466

>>9506946
Same reason every libertarian thinks they're an economic expert even though they've only taken up to the 101 level.

>> No.9507644

>>9507466
Libertarians are almost as bad as liberals, even if they are on the right side of the spectrum. Retarded political ideology that falls apart under the slightest degree of scrutiny, as do the people who support it.

>> No.9507660

>>9506946
Thinking that you know everything about a subject after a college course is general pseud behavior. Good writers know that adverbs are fine if used well and sparingly. I remember avoiding adverbs at all cost until I started reading Joyce and realized that they can make for very good writing.

>> No.9507676

>>9507442
confirmed for never having read Kaczynski

>> No.9507808

>>9507072
>by a customer on 9 April 1999

Fug man this review is older than half the posters on this board

>> No.9507992

The reviews for books might be good, but the reviews for the Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer are true KINO

https://www.amazon.com/Hutzler-571-Banana-Slicer/dp/B0047E0EII/ref=sr_1_3?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1494812999&sr=1-3&keywords=banana+slicer