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Hitchhiker's Guide
In no way did i find that this book was good. It attempts to make fun of the creation of Earth, praises the "intelligent" mice and most shockingly, pokes fun at the High and Almighty God. In the end, of course, the author, Douglas Adams fails miserably...except for the part where he worships the lowly mice. The book is a complete failure and should not be recommended to anyone who does not want to be scarred for life, as I was.
Scarred for life? Wow. That's... that's just fucked up. Now, repeat after me: "Nobody was ever hurt by a book. Unless somebody threw it at them."
This book is marginally funny, at best. At its worst, it's just plain boring. I bought this book because I heard it was on the same level as Monty Python, nothing could be further from the truth, Monty Python has jokes, funny ones, this book relies on lame puns. Most of the time the book is just plain weird, some of it doesn't make a lick of sense, a hippie with three arms is president, people can understand any language in the universe by holding a fish to their ear, the meaning of life is 42, what the hell is that all about? Is this supposed to be funny? Seems there are only two schools of thought on this book, people who think it should outsell the Bible and people who use it for kindling. I use my copy to help cure my insomnia.
*tsks loudly* If you don't get the joke, just move on. Don't rant about it. The meaning of life is NOT 42. That's the answer the the ultimate question. We don't know what that question is, though.
I think that this book was one of the oddest I have ever read. I really found no joy in reading it and didn1t see the point of the story line. If I had known that this book was so absurd I wouldn1t have read it. While reading it I had to struggle to comprehend the characters1 bizarre surroundings and conflicts. If I had to give this book a rating I1d give it one out of five stars. I give it one star because there were some rare funny parts in the book. These parts really didn1t pertain to the book at all though.
*sighs* What *is* it with people who try to understand HGttG? That just doesn't work. It's like trying to understand physics, or politics!
I have never read a book that is as young and jouvenile as this book is. I couldn't even finish reading it I was so disgusted.
Never? Ever? What about pat the bunny?
Ender's Game
"Ender's Game" is about a military school for boys aged 6 to 12. The military school is on a satellite, isolated above Earth, hundreds of years in the future. When I picture Orson Scott Card instead writing the same novel set in present-day Africa, with child soldiers, the insensitivity of this novel becomes apparant
So, the fact that it's made clear THROUGHOUT THE BOOK that nobody pretends (other than the media) that it is right went right over your head?
(4) Eugenics. Ender is the product of a genetic experiment; his brother and sister are smart too.
Ladies and gentlemen, eugenics is a discredited science. The most famous twentieth-century proponent of eugenics, Adolph Hitler, murdered six million people and committed suicide. That should tell you something. Think about it.
*sighs* Okay. While I'm hardly a fan of any eugenics movement, one evil person being the proponent of it does NOT mean that it's entirely fucked up. Find a better way to support your view. I could as easily say "the person who coined the word agnostic was a huge racist (and also a proto-eugenicist)". That's true, but it says nothing about agnosticism. Besides, Ender wasn't created from a eugenics program. The government just made the logical conclusion that two smart kids in the family merited an exception to the "two child" rule. That's what governments do. Make stupid assumptions.
I felt the book was good. Yet I don't understand the star system here...Oh well. Hope I didn't throw off the average. I liked battle school.
You, sir, need to learn to read. When it says "five stars is the best", that is exactly what it means.
I thoght that this was the worst book ever and should be burned in hell
*stares* Okay. You may not like the book. But it is NOT an abomination unto the eyes of the Lord. It's just NOT.
In the beginning of this book Ender acted like a weenie, letting all those other kids bully him, even if he was only six years old. Ender Wiggin is a weenie. What more can I say?
Must... gouge... eyes... out.... Did you miss the part where he sent a kid to the hospital?
The negative reviews are funnier for the kid's books... I'll go to some school classics, angry students should be interesting...
1984
I recently took up the hobby of reading "classics" instead of teenage dramas or mysterys. 1984 was second on my list. But now I'm left wondering why is this book a classic?... Not to mention that tragic ending. No steps were made toward anything! It stops about were it left off except Winston loves BB and loves his torturor.
And we aren't disappointed! Girl, you missed the point of the story. GO READ IT AGAIN. And this time, try not to be so high school. Though, good on the reading non-stereotypical works.
The book has multiple plot holes as well. Beware the "government runs the world unchallenged, but still needs to brainwash old people" hole. Read something else instead... ANYTHING ELSE
The brainwashing is how it stays in control, sweetie. And... seriously... 100 years ago? What do they TEACH people?
Another book to ruin peoples minds! This book only plays with our mind
Books. Don't. Hurt. People.
this book was horrible! i have read many other george orwell books and i didnt like them either! maybe its just me but i dont like this book at all! i had to read this book for my advance reading class (i'm in 7th grade) and i know seniors in high school that have JUST now their senior year reading this book. i dont know....maybe its just me....maybe i am not and advance enough reader to be readign this book, but i personally hate this book. i do not recomend this book to anyone excpets people who like to read bad books.
You're in an ADVANCED reading class? *takes out her red pencil of doom*
Orwell is not my favorite author, obviously. 1984 may have been the crux of his career, but for me it is the worst book ever. It is most obviously an attempt at satire of communism. The thing here is, does the author or any of his readers know what communism is?
No, but they knew what TOTALITARIANISM and STALINISM are. He wasn't talking about communism. At all.
This is a good example of the fact that pessimistic and shocking books often receive rave criticism while dynamically optimistic books are dubbed "unrealistic"... NO further comment
Dynamically optimistic books are a bit boring, don't you think?
To Kill a Mockingbird
This book is the worst book in the world. I read half way through the book and gave up because it made no sence
It made no sense? Huh?
this book is to long and there arent eny car chases or bombs going off and i wuz bored and it would make a lowsy video game.
*cries*
It is a very interesting and great book!!!!! I expecially liked how they talked of people standing up for what is right!! NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really didn't enjoy the book at ALL. I had to read it as an assignment for a class and I regret actually doing an assignment in that class...
OMG! UR, LIKE, SO CLEVER! NOT!!!!!!!1111 People. Adding not to the end of a sentence is 1. stupid and 2. outdated... that stopped being current around the mid 90s.
This novel was BORING! Not because I don't understand it, but because it has a lack of any real depth to it at all. It was about as inspirational and moving as "The Cat in the Hat".
Okay. You can say what you want about Mockingbird. But you do NOT diss "The Cat in the Hat". Just don't. Don't even go there.
Fahrenheit 451
Rubbish, complete rubbish. Firemen are heroes, they saved us in the world trade center attacks and countless other times, and for this Bradbury fruit to come around attacking them just for doing their job, then what kind of a world are we living in? Maybe in the future, ideas will be dangerous. They already are, I mean, free speech is one of the reasons there is terrorism. I know I wouldn't mind books being burnt if it meant protecting my security, especially this cruddy book. Bradbury doesn't understand that ideas are okay, but not worth safety, which 9/11 proved. I recommend reading a good potboiler thriller instead, such as Elmore Leonard's Get Shorty.
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On the other side, Bradbury let us know that books are synonims of "culture", and "development of thinking", which in my opinion are arbitrary statements. There can also be non educative books as there are educative tv programmes
Actually, I remember him saying VERY CLEARLY that the same message could come in various forms...
I did not like Ray Bradbury's style and I think he needs help! Who in their right mind would think of our world becoming so controlling and horrible? There are a lot of unanswered questions and undefined terms in this book, so you better get the Cliff's Notes, because without them, you'll be lost.
Wow. Thinking that the world could possibly not be wonderful. That's such a sick thing. And no, you won't be lost, not necessarily, I read this in the 7th grade with no help. I'm brilliant, of course, but not that brilliant.
The book didn't really have a very powerful message either. It was basically don't watch TV, read books
No, it was "important messages are often disregarded by popular culture". Sheesh, a character actually SAID that!
This is Ray Bradbury's worst book. I cannot believe ... a good writer bombs here. 1st, Clairsse McCellan, the only one who I like in the book ..., then the book skids downhill from there. 2nd, There is a lot of taking the Lord's name in vain, which is breaking a commadment and is a sin. Mr. Bradbury could do better.
Oh. Dear. He curses. Wow.
ok at first i jumped at the idea when in the future they burn books since i am not a big book worm. then when i started reading it i frequently got lost! you cannot wonder or your like "what?" the plot is dumb i could have done whole lot better! in the description too. and then i came to a conclusion "its a book and it talks about banning abd burning books"...hmmm.... "how dumb!"
No comment. Just... no comment.
As for Ray Bradbury himself, he states in the introduction that in his eyes, Hitler burning and brutally killing people is on the same level as the burning of a book. I think that this statement is pretty much self explanatory for his views on humanity. Great guy, eh?
I guess I shouldn't tell this kid that I agree....
who ever wrote this dumb confusing book is in a mental state of mind! Fahrenheit 451 is a overworded description of a fireman who lives on rebellion! It is a bad influence on the young people of the world. THIS BOOK SHOULD BE BURNED!
A mental state of mind. Yes, my mind is in a mental state. My body is in a democrat state!
I also find this book very offensive to my religious beliefs. How can a book that takes the name of the Lord in vain, in almost every page, be used as a class novel. Everyone knows that taking the Lord's name in vain is breaking one of God's commandments, and is a sin. I have never read a book that was as bad as Fahrenheit 451 in language. I don't understand how the school boards can justify such a book, and use it for classes. Anyone who hasn't read this book, don't waste your time!
*sighs* Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, damn. I had to get that out of my system after hearing from the hyper-religious types. He curses because THAT IS HOW PEOPLE TALK. It wouldn't be the same without that.
buildings will NEVER become fire proff due to their being WOOD WHICH IS FLAMMABLE in houses. So then firemen would still have their same old job.
Ever hear of brick houses? Or stone houses? Or concrete?
How could our society ever become one not dependent on books for knowledge and wisdom?
An idealist. I like that.
Okay. I hope this clears things up. I don't ONLY read children's books, I also read other books. *nodnodnod*
In no way did i find that this book was good. It attempts to make fun of the creation of Earth, praises the "intelligent" mice and most shockingly, pokes fun at the High and Almighty God. In the end, of course, the author, Douglas Adams fails miserably...except for the part where he worships the lowly mice. The book is a complete failure and should not be recommended to anyone who does not want to be scarred for life, as I was.
Scarred for life? Wow. That's... that's just fucked up. Now, repeat after me: "Nobody was ever hurt by a book. Unless somebody threw it at them."
This book is marginally funny, at best. At its worst, it's just plain boring. I bought this book because I heard it was on the same level as Monty Python, nothing could be further from the truth, Monty Python has jokes, funny ones, this book relies on lame puns. Most of the time the book is just plain weird, some of it doesn't make a lick of sense, a hippie with three arms is president, people can understand any language in the universe by holding a fish to their ear, the meaning of life is 42, what the hell is that all about? Is this supposed to be funny? Seems there are only two schools of thought on this book, people who think it should outsell the Bible and people who use it for kindling. I use my copy to help cure my insomnia.
*tsks loudly* If you don't get the joke, just move on. Don't rant about it. The meaning of life is NOT 42. That's the answer the the ultimate question. We don't know what that question is, though.
I think that this book was one of the oddest I have ever read. I really found no joy in reading it and didn1t see the point of the story line. If I had known that this book was so absurd I wouldn1t have read it. While reading it I had to struggle to comprehend the characters1 bizarre surroundings and conflicts. If I had to give this book a rating I1d give it one out of five stars. I give it one star because there were some rare funny parts in the book. These parts really didn1t pertain to the book at all though.
*sighs* What *is* it with people who try to understand HGttG? That just doesn't work. It's like trying to understand physics, or politics!
I have never read a book that is as young and jouvenile as this book is. I couldn't even finish reading it I was so disgusted.
Never? Ever? What about pat the bunny?
Ender's Game
"Ender's Game" is about a military school for boys aged 6 to 12. The military school is on a satellite, isolated above Earth, hundreds of years in the future. When I picture Orson Scott Card instead writing the same novel set in present-day Africa, with child soldiers, the insensitivity of this novel becomes apparant
So, the fact that it's made clear THROUGHOUT THE BOOK that nobody pretends (other than the media) that it is right went right over your head?
(4) Eugenics. Ender is the product of a genetic experiment; his brother and sister are smart too.
Ladies and gentlemen, eugenics is a discredited science. The most famous twentieth-century proponent of eugenics, Adolph Hitler, murdered six million people and committed suicide. That should tell you something. Think about it.
*sighs* Okay. While I'm hardly a fan of any eugenics movement, one evil person being the proponent of it does NOT mean that it's entirely fucked up. Find a better way to support your view. I could as easily say "the person who coined the word agnostic was a huge racist (and also a proto-eugenicist)". That's true, but it says nothing about agnosticism. Besides, Ender wasn't created from a eugenics program. The government just made the logical conclusion that two smart kids in the family merited an exception to the "two child" rule. That's what governments do. Make stupid assumptions.
I felt the book was good. Yet I don't understand the star system here...Oh well. Hope I didn't throw off the average. I liked battle school.
You, sir, need to learn to read. When it says "five stars is the best", that is exactly what it means.
I thoght that this was the worst book ever and should be burned in hell
*stares* Okay. You may not like the book. But it is NOT an abomination unto the eyes of the Lord. It's just NOT.
In the beginning of this book Ender acted like a weenie, letting all those other kids bully him, even if he was only six years old. Ender Wiggin is a weenie. What more can I say?
Must... gouge... eyes... out.... Did you miss the part where he sent a kid to the hospital?
The negative reviews are funnier for the kid's books... I'll go to some school classics, angry students should be interesting...
1984
I recently took up the hobby of reading "classics" instead of teenage dramas or mysterys. 1984 was second on my list. But now I'm left wondering why is this book a classic?... Not to mention that tragic ending. No steps were made toward anything! It stops about were it left off except Winston loves BB and loves his torturor.
And we aren't disappointed! Girl, you missed the point of the story. GO READ IT AGAIN. And this time, try not to be so high school. Though, good on the reading non-stereotypical works.
The book has multiple plot holes as well. Beware the "government runs the world unchallenged, but still needs to brainwash old people" hole. Read something else instead... ANYTHING ELSE
The brainwashing is how it stays in control, sweetie. And... seriously... 100 years ago? What do they TEACH people?
Another book to ruin peoples minds! This book only plays with our mind
Books. Don't. Hurt. People.
this book was horrible! i have read many other george orwell books and i didnt like them either! maybe its just me but i dont like this book at all! i had to read this book for my advance reading class (i'm in 7th grade) and i know seniors in high school that have JUST now their senior year reading this book. i dont know....maybe its just me....maybe i am not and advance enough reader to be readign this book, but i personally hate this book. i do not recomend this book to anyone excpets people who like to read bad books.
You're in an ADVANCED reading class? *takes out her red pencil of doom*
Orwell is not my favorite author, obviously. 1984 may have been the crux of his career, but for me it is the worst book ever. It is most obviously an attempt at satire of communism. The thing here is, does the author or any of his readers know what communism is?
No, but they knew what TOTALITARIANISM and STALINISM are. He wasn't talking about communism. At all.
This is a good example of the fact that pessimistic and shocking books often receive rave criticism while dynamically optimistic books are dubbed "unrealistic"... NO further comment
Dynamically optimistic books are a bit boring, don't you think?
To Kill a Mockingbird
This book is the worst book in the world. I read half way through the book and gave up because it made no sence
It made no sense? Huh?
this book is to long and there arent eny car chases or bombs going off and i wuz bored and it would make a lowsy video game.
*cries*
It is a very interesting and great book!!!!! I expecially liked how they talked of people standing up for what is right!! NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really didn't enjoy the book at ALL. I had to read it as an assignment for a class and I regret actually doing an assignment in that class...
OMG! UR, LIKE, SO CLEVER! NOT!!!!!!!1111 People. Adding not to the end of a sentence is 1. stupid and 2. outdated... that stopped being current around the mid 90s.
This novel was BORING! Not because I don't understand it, but because it has a lack of any real depth to it at all. It was about as inspirational and moving as "The Cat in the Hat".
Okay. You can say what you want about Mockingbird. But you do NOT diss "The Cat in the Hat". Just don't. Don't even go there.
Fahrenheit 451
Rubbish, complete rubbish. Firemen are heroes, they saved us in the world trade center attacks and countless other times, and for this Bradbury fruit to come around attacking them just for doing their job, then what kind of a world are we living in? Maybe in the future, ideas will be dangerous. They already are, I mean, free speech is one of the reasons there is terrorism. I know I wouldn't mind books being burnt if it meant protecting my security, especially this cruddy book. Bradbury doesn't understand that ideas are okay, but not worth safety, which 9/11 proved. I recommend reading a good potboiler thriller instead, such as Elmore Leonard's Get Shorty.
I'm scared. I'm really scared. This is going in a
sos_usaOn the other side, Bradbury let us know that books are synonims of "culture", and "development of thinking", which in my opinion are arbitrary statements. There can also be non educative books as there are educative tv programmes
Actually, I remember him saying VERY CLEARLY that the same message could come in various forms...
I did not like Ray Bradbury's style and I think he needs help! Who in their right mind would think of our world becoming so controlling and horrible? There are a lot of unanswered questions and undefined terms in this book, so you better get the Cliff's Notes, because without them, you'll be lost.
Wow. Thinking that the world could possibly not be wonderful. That's such a sick thing. And no, you won't be lost, not necessarily, I read this in the 7th grade with no help. I'm brilliant, of course, but not that brilliant.
The book didn't really have a very powerful message either. It was basically don't watch TV, read books
No, it was "important messages are often disregarded by popular culture". Sheesh, a character actually SAID that!
This is Ray Bradbury's worst book. I cannot believe ... a good writer bombs here. 1st, Clairsse McCellan, the only one who I like in the book ..., then the book skids downhill from there. 2nd, There is a lot of taking the Lord's name in vain, which is breaking a commadment and is a sin. Mr. Bradbury could do better.
Oh. Dear. He curses. Wow.
ok at first i jumped at the idea when in the future they burn books since i am not a big book worm. then when i started reading it i frequently got lost! you cannot wonder or your like "what?" the plot is dumb i could have done whole lot better! in the description too. and then i came to a conclusion "its a book and it talks about banning abd burning books"...hmmm.... "how dumb!"
No comment. Just... no comment.
As for Ray Bradbury himself, he states in the introduction that in his eyes, Hitler burning and brutally killing people is on the same level as the burning of a book. I think that this statement is pretty much self explanatory for his views on humanity. Great guy, eh?
I guess I shouldn't tell this kid that I agree....
who ever wrote this dumb confusing book is in a mental state of mind! Fahrenheit 451 is a overworded description of a fireman who lives on rebellion! It is a bad influence on the young people of the world. THIS BOOK SHOULD BE BURNED!
A mental state of mind. Yes, my mind is in a mental state. My body is in a democrat state!
I also find this book very offensive to my religious beliefs. How can a book that takes the name of the Lord in vain, in almost every page, be used as a class novel. Everyone knows that taking the Lord's name in vain is breaking one of God's commandments, and is a sin. I have never read a book that was as bad as Fahrenheit 451 in language. I don't understand how the school boards can justify such a book, and use it for classes. Anyone who hasn't read this book, don't waste your time!
*sighs* Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, damn. I had to get that out of my system after hearing from the hyper-religious types. He curses because THAT IS HOW PEOPLE TALK. It wouldn't be the same without that.
buildings will NEVER become fire proff due to their being WOOD WHICH IS FLAMMABLE in houses. So then firemen would still have their same old job.
Ever hear of brick houses? Or stone houses? Or concrete?
How could our society ever become one not dependent on books for knowledge and wisdom?
An idealist. I like that.
Okay. I hope this clears things up. I don't ONLY read children's books, I also read other books. *nodnodnod*
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Date: 2003-11-26 12:51 pm (UTC)But even if homophobics are taking passages out of context, they're still killing because of the Bible. Though some probably would still kill them if they still found homosexuality "weird/freaky/wrong" even if they had never read the Bible. Sad.