Anomalocaris20
Since: Sep, 2010
03/22/2013 00:00:00
You just have bad breath.
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
LitleWiggle
Since: Feb, 2013
08/14/2013 00:00:00
Progeny Ex machine, This review didn't help at all!
MAI742
Since: Oct, 2009
08/01/2014 00:00:00
I'm afraid your understanding of the verisimilitude of the story is sorely lacking. What this story lacks in motivation, it more than compensates for by its superlative understanding of human - and arthropod - nature. The character development, and its place at the heart of the narrative, is something you've just missed completely and that's inexcusable in my opinion.
Anyhow. One should actually read the something before one goes criticising it like that so baselessly! I bet you didn't even finish it!
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. — Mark Twain
Juneberries
Since: Feb, 2013
03/26/2015 00:00:00
Ugh. Something Smells about this review.
...Sorry. Stinks! Something stinks!
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Didn't help at all
The Ugly Barnacle, as a motivational story, falls flat. For the first half, the reader expects an uplifting spiritual journey of an ugly barnacle overcoming its physical flaws and learning to accept itself for what it is; the Downer Ending is a clear attempt to avert the Dead Horse Anviliciousness common to this type of tired tale, but overshoots its target and causes the reader to feel let down and possibly even more depressed than when they began. As a standalone work of fiction, it does fairly well, but I don't recommend The Ugly Barnacle if one hopes to feel better about oneself, or to assist another in the same; they will most likely find that it doesn't help at all.