You even say that you simply gathered all you'd learned in class without even reading the book, so how deep could the analysis really have been? It sounds like your teacher just saw what they wanted to see and gave you that A+ (not a very good teaching practice), which negated any personal understanding you would've obtained back then. "I wrote an essay on this book in the 7th grade without ever reading it and got 100% with great feedback from my teacher praising me for my in-depth analysis of the themes, all of which I learned in class, not from the book, so yeah (obviously I did read it eventually, and it was pretty much meh all around)"ĭon't you think that the praise you received for an in-depth analysis wasn't because of a more mature benchmark, but a simpler one adhering instead to your class's development of critical thinking at the time? Unless you were a prodigy or did indeed make very astute observations, 7th grade work isn't a good way to critically judge what you can take away from a book later in life. It doesn't help anyone understand why you disliked it it's pretty bare, in fact, so I guess you didn't even find it worthy of analysis. I looked at your own review of the book, by the way. like Tangerine shouldn't be exempt from garnering a good amount of praise or deeper analysis just because it isn't in the same tier as your perception of high literature is. Shakespeare, Melville, classics of those kind? What does high literature do best that everything outside its sphere doesn't? Literature like Tangerine is still able to tackle themes such as psychological suppression and dysfunction in ways that are effective and complex, and children's lit. Well, let's first establish what you consider high literature. "Tangerine isn't exactly high literature and therefore doesn't really deserve to be utterly praised or even analysed all that deeply." It's unnecessary to care and unnecessary to judge.Īh, finally, a reply from someone who didn't like the book with some length to it. You don't attack or belittle people who don't write a review at all, that just rate it, or even those who don't rate and simply mark it as read. They owe nothing to you or to Goodreads or even to the book itself. Lay off.ģ) Not everyone is going to tell you why they do or don't like a book, and that's completely fair. It's hyperbole and immature, but it's funny and relatable, and isn't that just what memes are? Are memes the inevitable destruction of the artistic liberty of humanity? Humans have been doing similar things since their inception. I wrote an essay on this book in the 7th grade without ever reading it and got 100% with great feedback from my teacher praising me for my in-depth analysis of the themes, all of which I learned in class, not from the book, so yeah (obviously I did read it eventually, and it was pretty much meh all around)Ģ) Tangerine also isn't absolute trash, but one person's review, in the way they prefer to review, isn't the worst thing happening in this world and therefore honestly doesn't deserve this level of vitriol. On top of mocking the concept of re."ġ) Tangerine isn't exactly high literature and therefore doesn't really deserve to be utterly praised or even analysed all that deeply. wrote: "Yeah, Davec, that's precisely the issue with this review-it isn't actually a review, it's a poorly expressed gut reaction to a book that's juvenile in delivery. I wrote a review about the book, too-perhaps it can one day contend with this awful "review" lol.ĭ.J.
We can always flag Mitch's review, but I'm hopeful that a different review-positive or negative-reflecting something far closer to actual English and rationality will prevail and outdo this nonsense. "Oh yeah, this adequately sums up my ideas" they think, as they click "like." "Now, this is the sort of book reviewing I signed up for!" I can only conclude that idiots will agree with Mitch's sentiment. Now, if that's not a joke, then that's quite disheartening. I shed a tear and ripped a few pages from it. For example, I found a copy in my library today.
I will die if it meant that this book would disappear from existence.I hate it so bad I burn every copy I see and I rip up every page. I hate this book with every FREAKING fiber in my body. Liam wrote: "Mitch.If there is one person in the world I have the most respect for, it's you. And Mitch hasn't been active on his account since 2012, so who knows, maybe it was just a bad joke? And then, sadly, people who found it "boring" began agreeing. But it just goes to show that whoever liked/likes this review thinks that one big, baseless insult constitutes reviewing the content. Who knows? Chalk it up as another mystery of the world.
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