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23 gru 2023 · Among the books being flung into the fiery pit this time around: Walter Isaacson’s “dull, insight-free doorstop” biography of Elon Musk; Paris Hilton’s “vapid and vaporous” memoir; Tom Hanks’ “bland busman’s holiday dressed up as literary fiction”; and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “hollow PR exercise.”
- The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2021 ‹ Literary Hub
Among the titles being cast into the maw of the volcano this...
- The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2022 ‹ Literary Hub
So here they are, in their fabulously festering fulsomeness:...
- The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2021 ‹ Literary Hub
21 gru 2021 · Among the titles being cast into the maw of the volcano this year: Blake Bailey’s oozing hagiography of Philip Roth, Mitch Albom’s latest cavity-inducing parable, Andrew Sullivan’s overfull toilet of essays, and Malcom Gladwell’s smug apologia for American butchery.
20 gru 2022 · So here they are, in their fabulously festering fulsomeness: the most scathing book reviews of 2022. “It’s a title that, in its thoroughgoing lack of self-awareness, matches this book’s contents …
The worst rated books on Goodreads, with less than 3.00 average and at least 100 ratings. See also: Top 100 Highest Rated Books with at least 10000 Ratings (fiction or memoir, one per series)
Not only bad books, with a weird writing style, bad plot and horrible characterisation, but also books that you’ve started thinking they were going to be great, and were instead quite underwhelming. I’ve had a few of those recently, and it always makes me so unreasonably upset.
Reviews that are written poorly, missing the point, written in bad faith, written out of prejudice, ad-hominem, or just flat-out bizarre. The sub features many reviews of books I don't care for, but the reviews themselves are supposed to be worse than the book they're reviewing.
A place to post stupid, shallow, narrow-minded, myopic and absurd book reviews. Parody, satirical, and tongue-in-cheek reviews are also welcome. What makes a good book review? Nothing. All book reviews suck. What if I find a review I've written here and want it removed?
