Friday, February 15, 2008

Bad (Fake) Review of Falling From The Moon

So my assignment of the week for my novel class was to write a bad review of my novel. Given that my classmates got a chuckle out of it, I thought I'd share.

"Karin Zirk’s first novel is a sentimental look at a fictionalized utopia that does not exist. Her primary characters are needy and pathetic and can’t seem to manage their own lives let alone help anyone else. While the setting is unique, few readers can be tricked into believing that anarchy is about community building or that this bunch of loosers has any concern for the earth. Furthermore, the plot is unplausable and leaves the reader as confused as the characters seem to be. The scene with the Mexican grandmother helping to heal a rapiest is demeaning to the woman who was raped. While Ms. Zirk certainly has some nice images of nature and human cooperation, the fairy tale of people working together to solve community problems is the same old sixties dogma that has been recycled ad nasuem for the last forty years."

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