With a book coming out in a couple of weeks, I’m once again obsessed with Amazon and watching the rankings and the pre-pub reviews coming in. My book was released to some select Amazon reviewers through something called the “Vine” program, and in googling to find out what that is, I came across a funny discussion of how many people give classic novels one star reviews. That made me curious, and so I did a little looking around, and in the spirit of providing a fun way to usher in the weekend, I offer you this small quiz to see if you can match the quote from the one star review to the relevant classic. The books are: Anna Karenina, The Great Gatsby, Goodnight Moon, The Trial, and Crime & Punishment. The quotes are:
a) “I think that my life has become worse after reading this book”
b) “This is the worst classic I have ever read”
c) “It is inane”
d) “Disgusting creepy horrible stupid book about disgusting creepy horrible people”
e) “A meaningless, maddening maze with no point, no beginning and no end, no purpose, no plot and especially, no prose”
Answers after the break.
(b) Anna Karenina
(c) Goodnight Moon
(d) The Great Gatsby
(e) Crime and Punishment
Apologies if any of you are the ones who wrote these reviews and are offended. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion.
Posted by Jay Wexler on October 14, 2011 at 01:47 PM
Comments
I have read Goodnight Moon to my kids many times. And I always think to myself – “Where was the editor?” It may be a classic, but it could have done with some editing.
Posted by: anon | Oct 14, 2011 4:28:21 PM
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.
Posted by: John | Oct 14, 2011 2:29:45 PM