{"id":1401759,"date":"2018-07-06T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1401759"},"modified":"2019-02-08T11:26:41","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T16:26:41","slug":"hilarious-one-star-reviews-of-classic-novels-that-people-actually-wrote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/hilarious-one-star-reviews-of-classic-novels-that-people-actually-wrote\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilarious One-Star Reviews of Classic Novels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/mar22onestarreviewsMAIN_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One-star reviews online are a thing of beauty. Some of them are earnest, most of them make no sense, and all of them are the funniest thing I have ever read, bar none. Sometimes you get \u201cIT&#8217;S GREAT, SHIPPING WAS FAST, PRODUCT IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, ONE STAR\u201d reviews; other times you get the \u201cMY WIFE LEFT ME BECAUSE OF THIS PURCHASE, MY HOUSE BURNED DOWN, MY CROPS WERE BESIEGED BY PLAGUE, AND I WOULD GIVE ZERO STARS IF I COULD\u201d ones.<\/p>\n<p>I compiled this slideshow not to encourage people to hate on classic novels, because generally speaking I like most classic novels. However, nothing gives me more pleasure than searching for things I like on Amazon and then trawling through the one-star reviews looking for something that gives me a chuckle. People who leave positive reviews? Normal. Innocuous. Just here to have a good time. People who leave negative reviews, on the other hand, are UNHAPPY and they WANT YOU TO KNOW WHY.<\/p>\n<p>So, without further ado, let&#8217;s take a look at a few.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-star reviews online are a thing of beauty. Some of them are earnest, most of them make no sense, and all of them are the funniest thing I have ever read, bar none. Sometimes you   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[9758,438,628,2335,8633,1356,1105,3329,756,694,24595],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401759"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1401759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1401759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1401759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1401759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}