One-star reviews of great books
First morning back in the D.C. area. As I attempt to return to Eastern time, catch my breath, answer your e-mail, and, good Lord willing this week, get the blog back on track, Morning News digs into its archives for "Lone Star Statements," a fun and highly readable set of "excerpts from actual one-star Amazon.com reviews of books from Time's list of the 100 best novels from 1923 to the present." My favorite of them:
The Sun Also Rises (1926)
Author: Ernest Hemingway
"Here's the first half of the book: 'We had dinner and a few drinks. We went to a cafe and talked and had some drinks. We ate dinner and had a few drinks. Dinner. Drinks. More dinner. More drinks. We took a cab here (or there) in Paris and had some drinks, and maybe we danced and flirted and talked sh*t about somebody. More dinner. More drinks. I love you, I hate you, maybe you should come up to my room, no you can't'… I flipped through the second half of the book a day or two later and saw the words 'dinner' and 'drinks' on nearly every page and figured it wasn't worth the risk."
July 21st, 2010 at 1:09 PM
Hence, my it's one of my favorite books.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:06 PM
This review is fantastic.