tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post2470814308372477661..comments2024-02-10T21:34:03.128-05:00Comments on Writer of Wrongs: Review: Red by Alison CherryGillyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03622344092774777709noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-87481763133547176302014-02-01T07:20:49.586-05:002014-02-01T07:20:49.586-05:00Uggh, this book. Your review for it is SIRIUSLY pe...Uggh, this book. Your review for it is SIRIUSLY perfect. (Not really relevant, but then again, HP puns are always relevant. Always.)<br /><br />Major lulz at the maroon hair. I don't know what the cover designers were thinking. That does NOT like something that didn't come out of a bottle. Of the three, only the one on the right seems to be a natural redhead. God, and the whole thing in the story where Felicity's hair was supposedly the reddest and healthiest-looking of the entire town? Implausible. Artificial red seriously messes with your hair, especially if you dye it as frequently as she does. I could have bought it if she used henna to dye her hair, because that actually nourishes and strengthens hair while also giving it colour, but chemical dyes? Nope. Also, red washes out pretty quickly so absolutely NO WAY her hair was the reddest. Just no.<br /><br />Oh look, my HP intro does have some relevance. Yeah, Felicity must have been sheltered as hell. I also don't get why the non-redheads didn't just move away. It is one town. One small town in the entirety of the US. Let these awful redheads be awful with one another and create more awful babies until they die or finally realise their stupidity. I wouldn't want any kind of approval from these twits. <br /><br />Side note: the Weasley twins would be discriminated against in this world. They probably count as strawbies rather than reds. This alone should tell you how awful this town is. MOVE AWAY BRUNETTES. RUN.<br /><br />The romance was so half-assed I don't understand why it was there in the first place. (There's a lot about this book I don't understand in general.) If Ivy had been the main character, this probably would have read as a satire. I hated her other friend. The tiny one. Whatsherface. The ending was ridiculous. I think that's what bothers me most. Felicity doesn't address the injustice of the Scarletville system. She only addresses the parts that affect her personally. This is another point where it failed to be satire. Whomp whomp. Hmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13749068115487029934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-64942199461906581782013-11-08T12:59:54.447-05:002013-11-08T12:59:54.447-05:00"HOW DARE YOU. I totally have maroon hair nat..."HOW DARE YOU. I totally have maroon hair naturally." - said no one.<br /><br />Me too. This is part of why I stopped doing Waiting on Wednesday and those "most excited for" TTTs, because, inevitably, every book I put on those lists ends up being somewhere from shit to ehhhhh.<br /><br />Why is this not witty? Cherry is so funny on her blog and I just don't know where all of that went. And why is there no realization that judging people by hair color is bad? WHY?<br /><br />Ditto with not writing her off but waiting for reviews. <br /><br />BLEGH, INDEED.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-63155813482103188332013-10-18T15:51:37.113-04:002013-10-18T15:51:37.113-04:00Wow, I already didn't really want to read this...Wow, I already didn't really want to read this one but now I'm SURE I don't want to try. Plus, Giselle just DNF'ed it so I'm just...backing away slowly. The author really should have done a much better job at nailing a satirical tone. Ewww. :( Mollihttp://www.onceuponaprologue.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-83039239833477268732013-10-18T15:29:29.913-04:002013-10-18T15:29:29.913-04:00Awwww nooooooo. I'm reading this one soon, and...Awwww nooooooo. I'm reading this one soon, and I surely hope I have different feelings on it (you and I do tend to have different opinions in terms of YA, so we shall see). I do appreciate your honesty, and I kind of love the part where you said you "don't give a flying fruitcake about Felicity" because I've never heard that phrase before hahah. We're so going to have to discuss this once I've read it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-78187237144459683042013-10-18T12:20:39.364-04:002013-10-18T12:20:39.364-04:00This book sounds like it failed! Failed I say. I...This book sounds like it failed! Failed I say. I hate when books with huge potential fail. It's a bummer that you had to go through with something that just didn't work, but luckily I know not to now, so thanks for that!Bystanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12600291606916740623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-50637262783053831712013-10-18T08:23:13.356-04:002013-10-18T08:23:13.356-04:00Ahhhhhhhh this is so disappointing. I had high hop...Ahhhhhhhh this is so disappointing. I had high hopes for this but I know we have super similar tastes so I will probably just wait until my library gets it. And I have to agree with Octavia on the thing about her mom in the synopsis...that part made no sense to me lol.Disquietushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15658895078630107743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-4758670234137721202013-10-17T21:58:56.061-04:002013-10-17T21:58:56.061-04:00Thanks to you, I now have a new saying- I don'...Thanks to you, I now have a new saying- I don't give a flying fruitcake. Where has that one been all my life? Lol! Too bad about Red, I thought it sounded great too. =/Leandra Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381034024025750992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-49075891692500634902013-10-17T19:13:32.930-04:002013-10-17T19:13:32.930-04:00I had my doubts about this book cause it sounded t...I had my doubts about this book cause it sounded that if done right it'd be fantastic but if not... and it seems that it's a case of the if not's... I will be skipping this one I'm afraid!<br />On the bright side... Gingers! Weasleys! =DPilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05235628363081574896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-46941931709848767582013-10-17T18:46:45.821-04:002013-10-17T18:46:45.821-04:00Yeah, I didn't want to pick this book up befor...Yeah, I didn't want to pick this book up <i>before</i> I read your review and I darn sure won't pick it up now. I kept thinking to myself "how could your mother shun you? It's not like you've been dying your hair since birth! I'm pretty sure it wouldn't come as a big shock or revelation to her." O_oOctavia @ Read. Sleep. Repeat.http://www.readsleeprepeat.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-57811711886447030792013-10-17T18:39:39.949-04:002013-10-17T18:39:39.949-04:00Sorry this one didn't work out for you! After ...Sorry this one didn't work out for you! After reading the description I believe you that it really should be a satire, otherwise it just doesn't make sense. So that's weird that the book made it seem realistic, because well that's just wrong. Also a boring protagonist? I'm going to pass on this one. Thanks for the review! Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03788568691345783808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-48971337116769026132013-10-17T18:10:33.261-04:002013-10-17T18:10:33.261-04:00This book sounds a bit disastrous. I liked the ide...This book sounds a bit disastrous. I liked the idea of it, but now I'll probably pass on it. There needs to be more satire in YA. I don't think I've read any intentional satire...<br /><br />-P.E. @ <a href="http://thesireniccodex.blogspot.ca" rel="nofollow">The Sirenic Codex</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17045558423044874125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-5536854612341688262013-10-17T16:55:14.792-04:002013-10-17T16:55:14.792-04:00I've been really looking forward to this book ...I've been really looking forward to this book so I'm sad it didn't work out for you! I didn't know it was a satire but I don't think I'd find this very enjoyable. Satires are very hard to write and I just haven't been having a good run with them lately. I doubt this book would change the pattern! I do tend to like my satires to be subtle and not over-the-top and this sounds rather...out there.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860018030056290291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-69890144210842170122013-10-17T15:33:04.011-04:002013-10-17T15:33:04.011-04:00Ugh, I was really really looking forward to this b...Ugh, I was really really looking forward to this but it sounds like I'll end up having the same issues. Have you read any of the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett? That man is the master of hilarious satire.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10902097949236287639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-54563663678636750912013-10-17T15:06:32.989-04:002013-10-17T15:06:32.989-04:00You had issues with the setting too, Gillan (I ver...You had issues with the setting too, Gillan (I very nearly called you Gills)? So glad I wasn't the only one! The key to making a satire work for me is a setting that's believable. It's the problems the satire is messing with that need to be completely ridiculous, not the setting. That's why I like Oliver Twist and Vile Bodies as satires: they've both got very realistic settings, but the characters are taking the problems of the time and turning the dial up to eleven so we see what is so screwed up. <br /><br /> liked Felicity a little more than you did, though. ;) I'm totally sticking around for whatever novel she has coming up next. Great review, girl. Had I not loved Ivy, Gabby, and Felicity like I did, I'd be saying all the same stuff.Ashleigh Paigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09340582534158708575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-36511380026888960912013-10-17T14:45:25.150-04:002013-10-17T14:45:25.150-04:00Uh yeah I think I'll pass on this one. On the ...Uh yeah I think I'll pass on this one. On the positive side YAY for the HP gifs :)Alexia Boesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05084749931224225112noreply@blogger.com