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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. TOO STUPID. Did not finish ( ) Gravel tries to transfer Mystery Science Theater 3000 to children's picture books. The pages on the left feature a bad fairy tale while the pages on the right have a spider and two unrecognizable creatures pointing out how bad it is. Unfortunately, the commentary is not very clever or funny, so mostly we're stuck with a bad story that acknowledges how bad it is. This may have worked better if Gravel had used a real picture book as MST3K uses real movies instead of trying to create her own bad story. I know there are plenty of bad picture books out there from which to choose. no reviews | add a review
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"Don't take the title as a metaphor: it really is the worst book ever. Governor General Literary Award winning children's book author and illustrator Elise Gravel takes readers on an unexpected journey through the world's most boring book. The story's characters and omniscient readers alike quickly become annoyed by the author's bland imagination and rebel against her tired tropes and stale character choices, spouting sass in an attempt to get her attention and steer the narrative in a more interesting direction. After all, you don't even have to buy the book, but the characters? They're stuck in there for an eternity, and they're going to do their best to make the most of it, or at least have a little fun where they can."-- No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)741.5The arts Graphic arts and decorative arts Drawing & drawings Cartoons, Caricatures, ComicsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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