It had its moments, but I abandoned this book halfway through. I enjoy satire as much as the next person, but this ultimately became overbearing and flat, never really escaping the most basic level of sarcasm. Simply lampooning popular publishing myths -- consistently adopting a stance opposite of w...
"Gary Stu + major ranting = this not-a-story"The purpose of this book seemed to be to advance the author's negative opinions about our current education system and not to tell an engaging story. I finished the book, but I admit that I ended up skimming over many scenes where characters were going on...
I hate to say this, but this book is probably the worst I've read in a long time. The story is confusing, the narration is disjointed, and the tension is intermittent at best. In other words, don't bother.
I won this as a First Reads giveaway, and I was really excited to read it. I consider myself to be a forward thinking, open minded sort, and the thought of reading the "lies" that Americans must tell themselves in order to be "Good" Americans was interesting to me. I was interested in this because I...
All this book is a list of debatable statements. That's it. No justification or research, just a list.In the introduction the author says the book isn't aimed to convince anyone of anything and that if we want to find evidence to back up his statements we should look on the internet.What the fuck ...
Won in a GoodReads giveaway. I look forward to receiving it.Got it and read it. It is a valuable book in that it may make people think. Clearly, from some reviews, some don't and won't, but that's no news. On the other hand, I can't imagine a group consisting of more than one who would agree on...
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