The Amazon Review Meme (aka the Stross meme)
When you see this meme on someone else's journal, go to Amazon.com or whatever: look for a work of "classic literature" - Alice in Wonderland, The Water Babies, Hamlet, whatever - and find the most negative customer reviews. One star, two star, three star, may all be good hunting grounds. Pick out the funniest, and post to your journal.



4 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Gimmie A Break!, July 29, 2005
By L. Wright "Musette Wright" (Crown Point, IN USA)

Not that I don't like Shakespeare's works, but his tragedies are terrible, especially this one. I can't understand the language real well, so I have to grab one with the contemporary language so that it'll be easier to understand. I just can't understand this love tragedy at all! Here are some things that confuse me:

*How did this feud really begin?
*Why can't this story end in happily ever after?
*Why does Lady Capulet have to be so stuck up on everybody?
*Why couldn't Shakespeare have written in a language we could all understand?
*Why does everybody have to jump to conclusions?

I simply can't understand why people love this play so much. It's ridiculous! If you want a true love story, try reading "A Midsummer Night's Dream". This one absolutely SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!