Eighth Post!

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It's one thing if mankind is hunted to extinction by ChatGPT, but I really do object to being executed by Bing.

(https://secretfanspace.dreamwidth.org/2511.html?thread=3169743#cmt3169743 )

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Re: Books - Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

[(Anonymous)]

Also was so nice to read this after boring pomo blah. An actual book by an actual person about actual people!

Re: Books - Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

[(Anonymous)]

As is customary, I visited goodreads after finishing to see if anyone was saying anything interesting. Behold, an idiot:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3372414352

Re: Books - Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

[(Anonymous)]

I did have some fun reading the 1 star reviews, though. They all go something like this:

"I had to read this for GCSE English. It was boring and I didn't like the dad. The blurb said there was a coup but there was no fighting in the book. The author is a TERF."

Re: Books - Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

[(Anonymous)]

The review seemed stupid, but not unusually so for Goodreads. Then I scrolled down to the first comment.

Oh. I see what you mean now.

Re: Books - Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

[(Anonymous)]

Dyrt

Honestly I was just amazed the reviewer could read that book and think the plot hadn't started. THEIR ABUSIVE DAD IS DEFYING A VIOLENT AUTHORITARIAN REGIME. How much plot do these people need??? Did Adichie need to insert a Narnia wardrobe to make this reviewer happy???

"It's not like it was character-driven."

Wtf book did they read??? Surely not the one where a family that has grown up with abuse learn that there's an alternative way to live, while threats loom on all sides, fhfkghshfjd

I know I shouldn't be *surprised* at the stupid, but I wonder what these people actually read when they look at the page, because it's clearly not the words.