Shit, goddamn, how dare you, Hiaasen!
Thinking of getting Carl Hiaasen's Scat for a Young Reader or two? Better read the reviews first—not the gushy, "We love you, Carl!" ones but the negative ones, particularly a pair of two-starrers. First, reviewer K. Anderer troll rates the book because it has naughty words like "damn" and "dumbass" and reviewer K. Anderer didn't check for such things before giving the book to a Young Reader. Second, reviewer Barbara A. Malia:
I WOULD ADVISE ADULTS BUYING THIS BOOK FOR THEIRThe entire review is written in all caps. It is mercifully brief.
CHILDREN TO READ IT FIRST. I'D HATE TO SEE A 10
OR 12 YEAR OLD CHILD READING THIS.…A
STRANGE SWAMP GUY TIEING ANOTHER MAN TO A TREE WITH
NO CLOTHES ON.
As is so often the case, fun to be found in the comments.
Apologies to both Funkadelic and Hiaasen.
5 Comments:
I am concerned about the nude tree.
It must've been a Gumbo-limbo tree, also known as the Naked Indian Tree.
A waste of valuable time and money!, August 4, 2010
By joanmarie "jm" (florida, a beautiful land....)
This review is from: Scat (Paperback)
I did not enjoy this book because I found it implausable and impossible to understand! It also portrayed dangerous crimmanals as role models which was unsuitable and irrelevent! DONT READ THIS!
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That's a good one. Very relyabull.
Someone other than Hiassen must have been the reviewer's role-model for spelling.
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