“No cliché is left unused in this insulting-to-its-audience, nonsensical flapdoodle.”
From the Kirkus review of James Patterson's new book Witch and Wizard.
Kirkus, you will be sorely missed.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Farewell Kirkus, I'll Miss You
I am seriously bummed about Kirkus going out of business. If I'm to be completely honest, I dislike much more of what I read than I like. Am neutral about much more than I love and so I always respected Kirkus because they always told it like they saw it. Did I always agree? No. But at least they never wrote up milquetoast mamby-pamby reviews that didn't convey any actual information about the book. I'd rather read a scathing review than one that isn't willing to be honest with you.
From the Kirkus review of James Patterson's new book Witch and Wizard.
Kirkus, you will be sorely missed.
From the Kirkus review of James Patterson's new book Witch and Wizard.
Kirkus, you will be sorely missed.
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It was a sad day yesterday to learn about this. I have had several laughs over Kirkus reviews, and the one Patti quoted is a rock solid classic. Flapdoodle! Readers of this blog can tell that when there's no posting, it's not that I'm not reading, it's more that I am reading but I prefer to write reviews of books I can be positive about.
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