tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post2815439262071487399..comments2024-02-10T21:34:03.128-05:00Comments on Writer of Wrongs: Mini Review: The Prince by Kiera CassGillyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03622344092774777709noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-81706667116406815302017-01-05T15:55:04.388-05:002017-01-05T15:55:04.388-05:00Basically, except EliseBasically, except EliseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-24345552947431827412013-08-14T11:31:53.988-04:002013-08-14T11:31:53.988-04:00America Singer? King Clark? It sounds like someon...America Singer? King Clark? It sounds like someone took their American Idol Fan Faction and said, "I'm gonna polish this turd soooo much." Reading your reviews/rants has made me fall in love with ya fiction again, I'm even working on my own ya novel, and I hope one day I will see it highly praised/ripped apart on this blog. Either way, at least you're invested enough to have a strong opinion!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-53481461304265968102013-04-03T02:26:24.093-04:002013-04-03T02:26:24.093-04:00I in no way meant to imply that the author is in a...I in no way meant to imply that the author is in any way racist. I have nothing against the author, and the only time in my review I even alluded to her personally was when I mentioned the bad author behavior. For the record.<br /><br />I suppose, aesthetically speaking, the eyes of most East Asian people are more angled than the eyes of "white" people. But "slanty eyed" has been used as a racial slur against Asians for quite a while, so I found the author's usage of the word "slant" to be a... shall we say *inelegant* word choice.<br /><br />I actually had a bigger problem with the use of the word "exotic", which implies that Asians are some sort of foreign "other", something to be fetishized for being different and "strikingly strange or unusual" per dictionary.com, as if white is the default and anything non-white is strange. Again, I'm sure the author didn't mean that, but these words carry charged connotations, and I'm the kind of person who is easily irked by that sort of stuff, as everyone should be.<br /><br />THIS IS THE LAST TIME I AM ANSWERING A COMMENT OR EMAIL ABOUT THIS MATTER. I'm going to leave these two comments up in the hopes that anybody else who feels inclined to contact me on the matter is satisfied enough that they change their minds.GillyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622344092774777709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-40592824261769276562013-04-03T01:06:27.169-04:002013-04-03T01:06:27.169-04:00Okay so what I don't get is why it is a bad th...Okay so what I don't get is why it is a bad thing what Maxon said about the "exotic slant" of the Asian girl's eyes? I mean if they do slant is that not the desciption you would say? I am sorry not trying to be rude but I hope you are not calling the author racist because she is not. You might be crossing the line with that comment just saying you can hate the book but accusing teh author of racism is another thing entirely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-15721402899024353382013-03-28T16:13:32.284-04:002013-03-28T16:13:32.284-04:00I know I'm just asking for trouble, but I can&...I know I'm just asking for trouble, but I can't help it.GillyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622344092774777709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-9247472942449106532013-03-28T16:08:14.604-04:002013-03-28T16:08:14.604-04:00KELLY CLARKSON!
Bahahaha.
Also, I'll be read...KELLY CLARKSON!<br /><br />Bahahaha.<br /><br />Also, I'll be reading The Elite soon too. What's wrong with us?Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-21373123043304971652013-03-10T17:40:03.801-04:002013-03-10T17:40:03.801-04:00EXACTLYYYY I don't understand but I can't ...EXACTLYYYY I don't understand but I can't stop! GillyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622344092774777709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-45967790103149390512013-03-10T11:21:22.681-04:002013-03-10T11:21:22.681-04:00I absolutely get what you're saying about how ...I absolutely get what you're saying about how it's awful, but you still want to finish! The Selection wasn't TOO bad while reading it (like Shelver said), but afterwards, I felt like it had just lowered my IQ level or something. But then...I still really want to read The Elite and was all "You have an ARC of The Elite?! WHAAAAT? I want." Even though I don't like the series. This series is exactly like some reality TV. I don't know why I keep going back for more even though I hate it. <br /><br />Also, this review made me laugh. It sounds pretty much like I expected it to be, unfortunately. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00343758249538361290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-32456444321880758722013-03-06T21:07:04.702-05:002013-03-06T21:07:04.702-05:00Hahaha, what an appealing image.Hahaha, what an appealing image.GillyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622344092774777709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-45382199295076870532013-03-06T21:06:36.838-05:002013-03-06T21:06:36.838-05:00OH, I AM SO DOING THIS.OH, I AM SO DOING THIS.GillyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622344092774777709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-75528132176381466682013-03-06T19:58:47.675-05:002013-03-06T19:58:47.675-05:00All I will say is bless you for reading this thing...All I will say is bless you for reading this thing for me so I don't have to. I didn't loathe The Selection while reading it, but it definitely left a bad taste in my mouth when I finished. Like curdled milk.Shelver506https://www.blogger.com/profile/01766003186139844901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-55839147098302360712013-03-06T16:11:22.458-05:002013-03-06T16:11:22.458-05:00If you do end up reading Modelland, please conside...If you do end up reading Modelland, please consider doing one of those read-along-thingies that some other blogs do sometimes. I'm so tempted, but I know I don't have the mental fortitude to read it by myself.Kirsten!https://www.blogger.com/profile/10348539280521809973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-6715799889052840052013-03-06T13:47:18.818-05:002013-03-06T13:47:18.818-05:00Aw, thank you, but you shouldn't give up all Y...Aw, thank you, but you shouldn't give up all YA! There are some truly AMAZING YA books out there, ones that are original and have gorgeous prose. For me, The Selection just isn't one of them, and yet I plan on continuing the series. It is a mystery to me. I mean, I basically have a Ph.D in America's Next Top Model, so... That probably says something about me.<br /><br />(Also I went and checked out your review of The Selection and YIKES, GIRL. You were vicious! It made me laugh.)GillyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622344092774777709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-77031277014315676102013-03-06T12:58:08.275-05:002013-03-06T12:58:08.275-05:00I am literally shaking with laughter right now! (I...I am literally shaking with laughter right now! (I'd be laughing outright if I weren't in a library...) I just about gave up reading YA forever after reading "The Selection," and wrote what was probably one of the meanest reviews ever for it on my own blog, and yet, I totally get where you're coming from with the whole "still tempted to read the rest" concept. Maybe its a little bit akin to slowing down to look at a car accident, or something? Then again, I'm also more-than-slightly addicted to The Bachelor as well, so... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-53585357807540486952013-03-06T12:42:19.561-05:002013-03-06T12:42:19.561-05:00Yeah, not so fun in actuality... I also lost a blo...Yeah, not so fun in actuality... I also lost a blog follower because of this review! BUT OH BOY DID TYRA BANKS WRITE A BOOK. Or a "book". It's a thing with words that I absolutely must read.GillyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622344092774777709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-78381727182234836312013-03-06T10:04:08.731-05:002013-03-06T10:04:08.731-05:00Also also: man, I'm tempted to take up bloggin...Also also: man, I'm tempted to take up blogging if it'll mean people will write me bitchy emails. I'm sooooooo jealous. (though if I actually got them, I might change my mind about their desirability. Eh.)Kirsten!https://www.blogger.com/profile/10348539280521809973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-71051712718922286832013-03-06T05:04:46.377-05:002013-03-06T05:04:46.377-05:00There are Asian people? I was under the impression...There are Asian people? I was under the impression that everyone in the Selectionverse was the whitest person to ever white. White.<br /><br />Also: Tyra Banks wrote a book? What is this? I am so repulsed yet... intrigued.Kirsten!https://www.blogger.com/profile/10348539280521809973noreply@blogger.com