Even Classics get 1* reviews!
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A big hat tip to Karin Bishop for highlighting this over on the Book of Face.
Even Classic novels can earn a single lonely star in reviews at Amazon and other online book retailers. Take the following comments for example:
Paradise Lost: "I thought it would at least be interesting, but it's all biblical, on top of being peotry [sic]. Waste of time."
To Kill a Mockingbird: "This book has no plot, no point, and no real characters."
1984: "Winston had zero personality, which I'm sure partially came from the oppression, but come on, he was a REBEL, a member of Dumbledore's army!!!!"
Grimm's Fairy Tales: "The writing was on a third grade level, the morals were non-existent and the stories were just BAD."
Jane Eyre: "Just because it was written yonks ago by a depressed girl living on the Yorkshire Moors does not make it good."
Dracula: "Maybe I've read too much Sookie and Twilight, but this ''classic'' of Dracula sucked. Literally."
Buzzfeed has compiled nineteen for you to gawp at.
Just for fun, I had a peek at Amazon myself, so here's one more:
Lord of the Flies: "This has to be the most appallingly atrocious writing I've ever seen in a major release."
Also: "answer me this- can you read a book where the author describes a twig for 5 pages ???if no dont bother .if the answer is yes then enjoy. to me utterly awful leaving a truley bitter taste in my mouth"