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Blog Best One-Star Reviews Friday, August 21, 2009 Every once in a while, you read a bad review that reveals more about the reviewer than the work being reviewed. Now Johnny Dee of the Guardian has gathered some of those gems from Amazon.com. The Beatle's Sgt. Pepper should be mixed with Snoop or 50 Cent. The Graduate is like a Simpsons episode. Citizen Kane needs color. Read the full list of hilarious one-star reviews here. Send to your favorite author the next time he or she gets a less than glowing review. In other news, Professor Burke starts teaching Criminal Law next week at Fordham Law School, where I'll be visiting in the fall before heading back to Hofstra in the spring. I'm also going to start blogging at the end of the month with Murderati. More to come in a week or so. If you enjoyed this post, please follow me on Twitter and Facebook. Labels: writing posted by Alafair Burke at 4:58 AM 1 Comments:  Anonymous said... Hi Alafair ~ look foward to you on Murderati. Just added Lauren Bacall on twitter. You are SO right. Many thanks for the lovely steer. August 26, 2009 at 10:09 AM   Post a Comment << Home Previous Posts Video Interview with James Lee Burke JLB on Morning Edition Potato, Potahto: What's in a Title? The Stories Behind the Story Savvy Marketing or Fraud? New Review of Angel's Tip New Burke Book Thrillerfest Activities TV Depictions of Police and Prosecutors What Are You Reading?