A Little Knowledge by Chrystal WyndMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
As someone who watches Rifftrax and Mystery Science Theater 3000 quite a bit, I'm pretty familiar with bad movies. One thing a lot of bad movies have in common is an utter disregard for logic. Why does the girl being chased always run UPstairs to trap herself? Why would you break into a spooky old house to set up your HAM radio? Why would you try to fight birds with a coat hanger? And so on.
Right away there was a leap of logic like in a 60s Italian horror movie where someone said how "impressionable" Hawaiians are. In this case it was that Julie's Asian heritage made her not believe in things. Um...what? What does being of Asian have to do with being skeptical? And then another ham-fisted mention of Julie's Asian heritage later in saying that blonde hair and Asian features would make her look like a bimbo. What? Then an even more ham-fisted mention of her brother's heritage when he's with the main character. And since when are bimbos known to lisp? And wait, they're witches at some kind of magic school? That was mentioned so casually, like it was totally normal. Why would the librarian have power to discipline students? Don't they have a headmaster or headmistress?
Besides that there were things worded oddly like, "she said feelingly" and someone's "thunderous" face. Along with the typos this isn't written very well. The core concept was decent but it's not well executed. But I decided a while ago to not give books I got for free less than 3 stars. Especially since it took less than an hour to read, it's not like I was really out much.
That is all.
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2 comments:
You didn't really sell this at all lol. But I like your honest review.
It's sounds like it's got a little bit of everything..lol.
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