If Famous Authors Read One-Star Reviews of Their Books (@BookRiot)

This post originally appeared on Book Riot.

It seems like every couple months I see a post go around about Amazon one-star reviews of classic books. Recently there was Buzzfeed’s Depressing One Star Reviews of Classic Literature and earlier this year Book Riot’s own Johann Thorsson compiled some doozies in his post on One-Star Reviews of Beloved Books.

Keep ‘em coming, internet. They never disappoint.

Inspired by Jimmy Kimmel’s always funny Celebrities Read Mean Tweets, I thought it’d be fun to imagine these authors reading their own one-star reviews. Sticks and stones may break your bones, but a bad review can really sting, man.

One Star Review of James Baldwin’s GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN

One Star Review of THE COMPLETE POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON

One Star Review of Jonathan Franzen’s FREEDOM

One Star Review of Flannery O’Connor’s WISE BLOOD

One Star Review of Toni Morrison’s BELOVED

One Star Review of Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84

One Star Review of Joan Didion’s THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING

One Star Review of Ernest Hemingway’s THE SUN ALSO RISES

One Star Review of Junot Diaz’s THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO

One Star Review of J. D. Salinger’s THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

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