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Mosquitoland
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UUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHH.
What have I done to deserve this, universe? I'm a decent person! I take short showers! I preserve water! I eat healthy! I donate to charities! I floss every night!
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Dearest David Arnold,
I understand the attractiveness of becoming the "next John Green". Writing powerful stories that touch the hearts of thousands, nay, millions of readers between the ages of honey boo boo and betty white. Your books being adapted into films, those films starring up and coming actors, those actors becoming your new posse, your posse inviting you to the most extravagant hollywood parties, and let's not forget - money money money and money. While I applaud your attempt at trying to be as devastatingly intelligent & witty as the great Green Giant, it is evident that you are trying way too hard.
Not every paragraph has include some wild tangent to prove your quirky personality and OMG HOW DID HE WHAT HOW DOES HIS BRAIN WORK LIKE THAT thought process. Stop trying to be sooo intelligent, sooo witty, and sooo profound, cause, newsflash - I'm not buying it.
I admire your determination to write the next TFIOS, but if I may, I suggest you stop writing to appeal to YA audiences and start writing to appeal to yourself. Make sense?
Sincerely,
a very peeved, very tired, and very hungry,
J-reezy
(PS - your depiction of a teenage girl makes me personally insulted.)
(PSS - I am always going to refer to this book as a "knockoff John Green novel")
(PSSS - road trips don't work like that.)
What have I done to deserve this, universe? I'm a decent person! I take short showers! I preserve water! I eat healthy! I donate to charities! I floss every night!
----
Dearest David Arnold,
I understand the attractiveness of becoming the "next John Green". Writing powerful stories that touch the hearts of thousands, nay, millions of readers between the ages of honey boo boo and betty white. Your books being adapted into films, those films starring up and coming actors, those actors becoming your new posse, your posse inviting you to the most extravagant hollywood parties, and let's not forget - money money money and money. While I applaud your attempt at trying to be as devastatingly intelligent & witty as the great Green Giant, it is evident that you are trying way too hard.
Not every paragraph has include some wild tangent to prove your quirky personality and OMG HOW DID HE WHAT HOW DOES HIS BRAIN WORK LIKE THAT thought process. Stop trying to be sooo intelligent, sooo witty, and sooo profound, cause, newsflash - I'm not buying it.
I admire your determination to write the next TFIOS, but if I may, I suggest you stop writing to appeal to YA audiences and start writing to appeal to yourself. Make sense?
Sincerely,
a very peeved, very tired, and very hungry,
J-reezy
(PS - your depiction of a teenage girl makes me personally insulted.)
(PSS - I am always going to refer to this book as a "knockoff John Green novel")
(PSSS - road trips don't work like that.)
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April 25, 2015
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April 25, 2015
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April 28, 2015
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April 28, 2015
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May 23, 2015 08:46PM
I understand your frustrations, but I hope you can reconsider in some aspects. I believe this book is a very realistic portrayal of a confused adolescent mind. I respect your honesty and praise you for your opinion. But I can honestly say as a person who grew up in a very messed up and quite literally traumatizing childhood. I can say that random sparks of random facts and dramatic emotion can over right my daily activities. I can only say it goes with the individual and how you walk in 'their shoes'. I hope you find this helpful and insightful. Thank you.
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wow, you're rude, and should probably eat something
wow, you're rude, and should probably eat something
Your review is childish and offensive.
Haha, you should write a book. I'd read it.
Julie..I read two pages and felt the same way..put the book down.
I absolutelly agree, I feel like even John Green often walks a thin line between deep and annoying but somehow he always ends on the good side, Arnold, however, didn't manage to accomplish that. The whole "deeper meaning" and "a strong message" things felt forced and fake.
the star makes it twenty million times better! hahaha
I don't agree with your review. You probably didn't even finished reading the book.
You-are-an-idiot! This is the most amazing book ever, so, shut up! Go eat something, PLEASE!
I love your review!And the star. Thank-you for your truth, which is more than I can say for the book.
I can't believe people are disagreeing with you. This is so true, This book was God-awful, anyone reading should just stop.
I love this review so much ❤️ ❤️
Just finished and this is exactly right!!! Can't really relate with too snark and philosophical all the time teenage girl. Feels super fake.
This was a review I thoroughly wish I had written. Ha!
I completely agree! I finished it and tried to like, but it just came short. John Green knockoff indeed
I didn't really get John Green vibes at all. And I know I might be the only one, but it's true. I actually really loved this book. I think Arnold does a really good job as Mim. I actually could relate to a lot of the things that Mim was saying and I loved all of the characters (besides Poncho Man of course,) And like someone said above, it takes a lot of time to write a book, and I think a book like this could not have been written for the money. And yes, every paragraph may have a tangent, but that's part of what makes this book so relatable. And sorry just one more thing, some teenager girls are like that. They think like Mim, they act like Mim, and I think it's good that David Arnold wrote about Mim so that those teenage girls know that they are not alone. Thank you and I hope you found something to eat.
I liked reading this review much better than reading the book.
How do you even know he wants to become the next "John Green"?
That's statement is meaningless without any evidence.
That's statement is meaningless without any evidence.
Geez, tone down the theatrics will you?
STOP YOUR UUUGGGGEEE IUUUGGGGEEE YOU
eva shut up your!! UGGGGGGHHHHHH YOU
this is the best book ever i just founde he rolled his eyes dady
it is a beautiful story. isn't this what life is? fragments of our thoughts bursting out randomly? we do the same, except Arnold was able to put it in a jar.
