This is the greatest review on Amazon ever. EVAH!1!
Amazon.com: R. Bundy’s review of The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)
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By R. Bundy - See all my reviews
★☆☆☆☆ THIS BOOK WOULD BE BETTER IF IT WERE BURNED!
THIS PATHIC BOOK MAKES NO SENSE ONCESOEVER!!! HOMER IS A HORRIBLE WRITER!! DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS!!! NOT EVEN WORTH ONE STAR!!!!
Also where were Marge and Bart and Lisa? Not to mention there wasn’t a single Odyssey in sight.
[via Kung Fu Grippe]Update: To be clear, the awesomeness of this review has nothing to do with the awesomeness of Homer. I think the Odyssey and Homer are great. The review is great in and of itself because of how it represents the “glories” of the “community-driven content” Web 2.0 movement.
Just remember what Richard Lederer reminds us: “Homer wasn’t written by Homer but by another writer of the same name.”
Hm. I happen to like Homer.
In all fairness, a bad translation of Homer can be awful to read. Maybe this is a poor translation?
That’s hilarious.
I think that my favorite reviews are the ones for anything by David Hasslehoff. There’s evidently a running joke on Amazon to review all of his CD’s as if they contained an actual chorus of angels. Read some of these. Oh! And these. I’m going to laugh all day about this.