Classic books: masterpieces that have withstood the test of time, eliciting deep emotional reactions, scholarly debate, and…one-star Amazon reviews? That’s right, even Brontë’s Wuthering Heights and Orwell’s 1984 aren’t immune to the keyboard-clattering of disgruntled Amazonians who just can’t fathom what the fuss is all about.
Is Hamlet “doing too much talking” and “not enough stuff”? Is there “too much love” and “not enough Jesus” in Pride and Prejudice? Not to mention how Lord of the Flies “wasn’t about flies at all”!
I’ve compiled a list of hilarious one-star amazon reviews for classic books that will have you chuckling, face-palming, and perhaps, re-evaluating what makes a book “great” in the first place. Ready for a good laugh at the expense of literary giants? Let’s go.
1. This historic burn of Shakespeare’s Hamlet
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2. This Great Expectations review with a cliffhanger
3. This brutal critique of Ray Bradbury’s Farenheit 451
4. This fascinating insight into George Orwell’s classic
5. This person who called out the problematic plot points in Pride and Prejudice
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6. This brief but telling review of One Hundred Years of Solitude
7. This emotional review of The Great Gatsby
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8. This one-sentence summary of Melville’s Moby-Dick
9. This fair warning
10. This powerfully compelling summary of Oedipus Rex
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11. This Ulysses review with a beautiful silver lining
12. These words of wisdom about Tom Sawyer
13. This helpful summary of The Old Man and the Sea
14. This harsh truth
15. This creative assessment of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
16. This reviewer who had conflicting things to go to
17. This person who can’t be bothered with crumby books
18. This Wuthering Heights review I had to read twice, too
19. And this revenge story
source: amazon.com
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