Food by Gertrude Stein | #8 Penguin Modern BOOK REVIEW
Is this the lowest rated book on GoodReads?
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Food by Gertrude Stein reads like it was written by a bad AI bot, except it's not funny. This book review is a warning to avoid Gertrude Stein's writing unless you know what you are in for! It felt like empty, wayward nonsense to me. That said, her other books seem to be more liked, so Food might just be a bad representation of an otherwise interesting author. It wouldn't be the first time the Penguin Modern series has given an unfavourable excerpt of an otherwise good author (I'm thinking about Daphne Du Maurier's short story The Breakthrough, which I reviewed earlier in the series).
P.S. Sorry Gertrude Stein fans if this one is not for you, but this is how I honestly and truly feel. Though before you criticize me, Gertrude Stein's Food has a 2.06* average rating on GoodReads which is the lowest rating for an 'actual book' that I've found, and I have looked for quite a while!
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My * ratings mainly reflect my estimate of accessibility/likeability to a general audience. Sometimes I award 5*s to less accessible books that I think have important messages and good morals.
= Dislike (not recommended) ("failed")
** = Okay (recommended to select audience) ("flawed")
*** = Like (recommended to general audience) ("fine")
**** = Really like (strongly recommended to select audience) ("focused")
***** = Love (strongly recommended to general audience) ("fervent")
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