The complete text of an Amazon review (one star):

[conuly]

i don't like futuristic themes...

So, if this is the case, why the hell did you order a book about a girl in the future finding out that her utopian paradise (no crime! because people have chips!) hides a rotten, dystopian core (no free will! because people have chips!)?

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How invading jumping genes are thwarted

The Kenyan school which changed an American boy's life

The Soviet Children’s Books That Broke the Rules of Propaganda

Ultraviolet Bird Photography

The people embracing their disabilities for Halloween (THAT FLAMINGO COSTUME.)

A Shimmering, Dancing Fairyland: Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker

In Kenya, free cash is the latest solution to poverty

Macho Mexico's Muxe Shake Up Stereotypes

12 People on Why They Absolutely Will Vote

What the Progressive Surge in Rural America Means for the Election — and Beyond

How Louisiana Is Taking Guns Out of Abusers' Hands

Your Kid’s Apps Are Crammed With Ads

Empty Stores Are Killing New York City. Is Rent Control the Fix?

In World War II, Britain invented the electronic computer. By the 1970s, its computing industry had collapsed—thanks to a labor shortage produced by sexism.

Just Months of American Life Change the Microbiome

Merck Pulls Out Of Agreement To Supply Life-Saving Vaccine To Millions Of Kids

The Towers Came Down, and With Them the Promise of Public Housing

Sears Didn’t ‘Die.’ Vulture Capitalists Killed It.

Miami is racing against time to keep up with sea-level rise

Current And Former Chicago Police Officers Spew Racist Hate In Facebook Group

With No Laws To Guide It, Here's How Orlando Is Using Amazon's Facial Recognition Technology

How I Illegally Trekked From Honduras to the U.S. at Age 16

Drowned, died in deserts, fallen prey: Tally finds 56,800 migrants dead or missing

How a lie about George Soros and the migrant caravan multiplied online

As the Antarctic Peninsula heats up, the rules of life there are being ripped apart. Alarmed scientists aren’t sure what all the change means for the future.

Comments

[larryhammer]

A kid at TBD's school rocked his wheelchair as Luigi in a rocket cart.

[conuly]

NICE.

[notasupervillain]

Maybe they got it as a gift? I dunno, people are weird.

[conuly]

"Verified purchase" - in hardcover, no less!

[notasupervillain]

People do not make sense.

[chasing_silver]

WTF? Some people really appear to have no functioning common sense. What book was it?

[conuly]

Looking at my history, I'm thinking The Dark Intercept. I haven't read it.

[redsixwing]

Ultraviolet bird photography! \o/

That article about the Antarctic Peninsula is fascinating and distressing. Poor penguins.

I admit to being sour about this guy's 'traditional knowledge' being one generation long and getting a bunch of respect when that is ..not the case.. with so many other actually traditional items of knowledge. *sigh* I think I know what they mean, but being aggravated with their phrasing isn't helping at all.

[divinemusings]

I don't get people who get books not in their genre either.

[conuly]

Seriously! If you're not the target audience, accept it and move on.

[divinemusings]

Even when I read outside my genre and still realize I don't like it I don't rate 1 star. I only do that if it's really that badly written and gibberish. My base level is usually 3. Written well but not my personal favorite for plots. Four is my average. Good writing good plot. Five is reserved for when my world is changed lol.

[archangelbeth]

That is... one weird one-star review.

[conuly]

Mmm.

[jo]

One star reviews are the best. I always read those first. I particular love the ones where they're not actually rating the thing they bought (which they love!) but some other random thing, like the fact that their package was left on their doorstep where anyone could have grabbed it, or the CD or DVD case was cracked, or something. And then there are the people who seem confused re: how star ratings work, and must think one star is the TOP rating because they rate it one star and then write a glowing review. Or the people who've not actually read/listened to/watched the thing they're reviewing, but gave it one star because it sounds stupid (the plot), or they hate the lead actor, or whatever.

[conuly]

I like the ones who are complaining that Amazon "forced" them to write a review. Listen, you don't want to review, just delete the prompt from your email and move on!