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Monday, 9 June 2014

Hahahahah
Oh God bless some people.
here is a review of a book on Amazon. I love purchasing some things on-line. the ease, the cost, the availability and like many others I trust the reviews on the product to act as a guide so that I can find out about it before I purchase. Below you will see an example of a review that takes it too far however.
keep in mind that this is the book, note the cover.


2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars An April fool's book3 May 2014
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This review is from: 100 Facts about Pandas (Hardcover)
Warning: this book isn't an information book, it is a joke book. It is simply shameful that there isn't a clear warning about this on the front cover, especially considering that the book is likely to be purchased as a gift for schoolchildren. I should have read the reviews for this book more carefully before I ordered it. I bought this for my 9 year old daughter, who loves pandas and had asked for a book about pandas for her birthday. She read the book avidly, and whilst reading it kept coming to tell me 'Did you know that pandas do this ...?', 'Did you know that pandas do that ...?'. The whole family gathered around the book and took in all these incredible 'facts' with a naivety which I am now embarrassed about, considering that there are two fully grown, educated adults amongst us. The book was taken to school by my daughter, who wanted to share these amazing 'facts' with her teacher and her class. This was when the book was exposed for what it is: a joke book, with not one inch of truth in it. Being only 9, my daughter felt embarrassed, not to say humiliated, by the whole experience, especially as her classmates teased her quite a bit about it. An absolute waste of money.


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