(Kate) Rhoades to Perdition: a confederacy of dunces

[MurphGiovanni]

c.o.d. really is a great piece of writing...books don't win the pullitzer for no reason...but, i will say that ignatius really was a lowlife...he leeched off his mom and contributed nothing to society yet still found room to be ridiculously pompous...but that's what added to the book's humor...and the way all of the characters were ultimately connected is brilliant...i'm surprised that you didn't enjoy the book, but i'm not all irrelevantly sensitive like these other fools, so do your thing

[mfsilva5]

My valve!

[asakrenein]

people like you make me think wide-spread literacy is probably a mistake. to quote you , "we can all be judgmental ass-holes" . in your case i would add incredibly ignorant and painfully blind judgmental ass-holes. ugh. indeed.

[KateReadsBooks]

My favorite thing about upsetting fans of this book is that their insults are all so eloquent.

[frankienutz123]

How unspeakably offensive.

[mfmorag]

thank you for reminding me that most people are too stupid to recognize great satire. unless you are satirizing morons that take themselves too seriously. comparing ignatius to cartman... genius.

[mariomaniac2]

Snobbish much? If you've seen south park you'll know that was a perfectly reasonable comparison to make. Because one is a cartoon watched by millions and the other is an old book that makes you look intelligent on the bus doesn't change the humour.

[mindmilk]

for fuck's sake you miss the point completely! please either stop reading books or reviewing them.....what a douche

[jimmycunniffe]

Madame,

I'm sorry, but you don't understand the magnitude of this book. You do realize that it was written roughly 45 years ago, correct? Homophobia and racism (both misnomers) weren't issues then. Also, you are potty-mouthed. I wish you the best.

[wdtu]

Yes, as commented on earlier, you neglected to report the book is a Pulitzer Prize winner. Or that the author never actually received said prize having committed suicide before the book was ever published. details . . . details.

[zmitregnistegra]

you're an idiot, this book is incredible.

[archer1949]

I feel sorry for anyone who cannot see the greatness of this book. It must be a type of blindness.

[ourfc67]

your complaints of the text have missed the importance of the anti - hero in non-conformist 50's and 60's American fiction. Take Holden Caulfield or Esther Greenwood or Yossarian...deconstruction of modern American values is dependent upon the anti-hero. IJ Reilly is the epitomy of this in a text of commendable and pertinent satire. You are also hammered. But I enjoyed it nonetheless, thanks!

[elnegro12boca]

Whatever you are drinking, please give us a bunch of bottles

[fancylad78]

Ha, this reviewer was a blatant disgrace. Her thoughts on I. Riley as a person toward the end of the video is probably the way well adjusted people see her.

[losberzerker]

Two o'clock in the morning or not, this is a horrendous book review. If your goal was to be as obtuse and and simple minded as possible, you have done an excellent job.

Judging this book review against the average second grade book report, I'd give it an A. The summary is fairly accurate.

However, against the average junior college English essay, I'd give it a solid C-.

Well done. I congratulate you by rubbing my wet moustache across your review.

[manusmleon]

your entitled to your opinion.

just seems like most people think its bad.

then again, i might be biased because i'm from new orleans. but this is really a great book.

[mattmps]

yeah...avoid the pulitzer prize winner. you sound like a wheat thresher, however unimaginably horrible that must sound.

[mattmps]

My God---it sounds like this little pseudo-intellectual spent more time reading the Cliff Notes than she did the book. Either that or she didn't get it, which is the more likely scenario. Ditch the toupee, glasses and bitterness and read it again because you obviously missed something. It's a masterpeice and if it's over your giant head, start with something less difficult. Like the Enquirer. Dork.

[melosebrainuhoh]

I would love to hear Ignatius tear into this girl. Or this 'prattling, incoherent waste product expelled from the bowels of the travesty that passes for modern society', as he might say.

Oh who am I kidding, I can't talk like him.

[yablowzer]

kind of comedy? the reviewer should be spoon fed art.

[kesew22]

This review is "an egregious insult to good taste."

[chubbychipmunks]

This was an awful review in my opinion. I'm horrified at the thought that there are more people who think like you,...existing.

[glowshit]

that book is a masterpiece. don't listen to this babble.

[eemorn]

DUNCE!

[Theultimatebride]

Jamaica560

WHat a moron...no clean hair or brains. tragic.

[Theultimatebride]

Am I making myself clear David? Or should I keep repeating myself?

[Theintimatebridge]

How do you know his name is David?

[Theultimatebride]

Because we do the sex thing together.

[Theintimatebridge]

Really? What's he like?

[Theultimatebride]

He likes it when I cum in his ear.

[Theintimatebridge]

No, you idiot. I mean what IS he like?

[Theultimatebride]

OH!

He's kinda okay. But when he opens his mouth he comes across as a bit of a twat.

[Theintimatebridge]

BUMMER!

[Theultimatebride]

That too.

[KateReadsBooks]

FATHER, COME BACK TO US!

[TheKarmaPolice113]

i pretty much agree with you. the reason i stuck with it was because i wanted to see what happened to the characters, who i found interesting (although i must admit i was hoping for some to die some awful death). the ending was pretty good at giving everyone what they had coming to them, which i thought was pretty cool.

[KateReadsBooks]

DADDY! COME HOME!

[KateReadsBooks]

PAPA!

[BelovedBobbins]

Totally agree with you about this book. I find it to be a painfully slow read. And is it just me, or does it seem like Ignatius has Aspberger's Syndrome? I want my library fines from this book back. haha

[penfifteen]

i hope you are impaled on a particularly large stallion you liberal doxy!

[myoeman]

Just finished the book, and I loved it. It was just pure mayham, and i really liked how it ended. Shows (?) hope. Kennedy toole is just an awesome author and, granted, it is tough to get through at times, but it was just thoroughly enjoyable.

[mft1234]

The book is cynical and paints a grotesque view of humanity.

After the author killed himself, the author's mom convinced (Catholic) novelist Walker Percy, who wrote The Moviegoer, that it was a great work of art. It won a Pulitzer. Plans for a movie, starring Will Farrel, appear to have fallen apart.

[BaubleRob]

He sounds like me. Well, up until the pants. And the racism. And the hot dog vending.

[DblFStef]

I want to read it just so I can see how awful it is. :)

[KateReadsBooks]

you might like it, many people do

[K80Blog]

I fucking loved that title graphic for Rhoades to Perdition. How did you make that fucking beautiful ass glowing thing?

[KateReadsBooks]

I switched editing programs. Now I use studi 11 and it has all kinds of neat text dealies. MY MOM IS COMING TO TOWN TODAY!

[DblFStef]

I use that program for stuff too!

[KateReadsBooks]

right on!

[KateReadsBooks]

i mean studio 11

[nonsensemusic]

yeah, i admit i told everyone i liked this book after i read it, b/c everyone i knew loved it, but i found it annoying ... except the end. i loved myrna's character and always wanted her to win in the battle of personalities over ignatius.

[KateReadsBooks]

i hear that.

[djvbb12]

What are you gonna read next Kate?

[KateReadsBooks]

Lullaby by chuck plahniuk

[kaab00sh]

we should start an 'awesome'channel.

and we'll review every book ever written.

[djvbb12]

OOOHHHH me likey!

[nerdfighter4]

You read some good books.

[KateReadsBooks]

Skid picked this one

[Hottub111]

i too read that shits coupla years ago. somebody was raven all about it, i thought it was extremely clever.. but your 190/349 feels right.

[KateReadsBooks]

just not my cup o tea

[KateReadsBooks]

me, too

[tyleroakley]

"...and it's not the first time they say wet mustache..."

190/349! Damn! That's more than 50%!

[KateReadsBooks]

yeah, i realized that 25 years later. I'm the worst of mathematicians.

[mrblisterfist]

ouch ! I have read this book about half a dozen times over the years.(did not really like it until the second reading) It is RICH with dialog and humor. Won the Pulitzer for fiction in '81.

The interesting thing about the book : the guy who wrote it committed suicide a decade before it was published.(his mom gave it to W. Percy)

And yes it is a bit on the gross side.(rubber glove) Anyway, you're still awesome and "whoa!" clouds of smoke roll over dark sunglasses.

[KateReadsBooks]

I liked jones. Skid picked this book because it won the pulitzer. I read in the forward about kennedy toole killing himself and his mom getting it published- do you know if it's at all autobiographical?

[FuturesPassed]

You do the best book reviews. Even though you leave me unsure of wether ornot I want to read it, it's a good review. XD

[KateReadsBooks]

if you're not sure, you should probably read it.

[stinachristina]

The negatives totally reminded me of how I feel about Catcher in the Rye. I know hella people love it... but I loathe it. Absolutely.

Thanks for telling me not to read this book! Hella thumbs!

[stinachristina]

I guess I meant stars... hella stars.

[GuessWhoTube]

this book was a lot like catcher in the rye. i liked catcher in the rye, though. skid didn't like it, though, so you two should be friends forever.

[Rodion7X]

OMG! I was totally going to say it sounded like Catcher in the Rye! I hate it too!

Wet Mustache!

[stinachristina]

I almost DIED reading that in High School. Holden spends the entire time talking about how he's not one of those people to go on about his life when no one cares and that's basically the entire book... guh!

[paisleyduck]

LOL!!!!!

190/349