Oh my. I think I might need to hunt this down and liveblog it. It would be fun.
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~MadrugadaTrying to find an objective review on the amazon page is hard
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The first two when I looked at the page are like "It's great! I'm a fan of Tyra/I've seen people enjoy this book!" and the third one's like "I already knew what I was going to write about this book before I read it".
Still, I know which side of the fence I'd be on. I'm surprised there are so many people who love it. Is it that love it or hate it that people can't even try to be objective?
Well, it is a pretty polarizing concept. One could probably write many pithy and insightful words about the implications of this plot in light of modern gender roles and our assumptions on the nature of the feminine condition, the societal pressures we put on young women to be aesthetically pleasing and to strive to that end, and how our celebrities enforce or reinforce that notion... Or how famous using their clout to ghostwrite self-indulgent books is frequently corny no matter what their subject is.
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~MadrugadaAccording to Amazon, the main character's name is "Tookie De La Crème." ...Yeah, I got nothing.
I draws things. And I seem to be some sort of marine entity.It's like she got her naming scheme from a bunch of porn stars and the cast of Jersey Shore.
I draws things. And I seem to be some sort of marine entity.@Momus: I found something... encouraging.
(For the people who want to read a liveblog of this, anyway.) Your libraries may not have it, but mine do. I could technically liveblog this. For free, if I wanted.
So someone may be able to pick up the torch...
edited 27th Sep '11 7:50:46 PM by FreezairForALimitedTime
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~MadrugadaFinally a movie that Uwe Boll could actually improve,..... by the sound of it or at least faithfully get the tone of it.
Freezair: Bile Fascination and curiosity got the better of me. I am now the proud (?) owner of Modelland. I'll begin liveblogging it sometime in the next week.
I have finished reading the prologue and chapter 1, and already there is much to mock. Modelland has 47 chapter sandwiched in between a prologue and epilogue. I'm going to need a lot more sporks before I'm through.

I'll read it, but probably only when I'm drunk.
And I definitely won't pay for it.