The LNR Books Diary has a great post about Plum Syke’s horrid book Bergdorf Blondes that everyone should read. They say it is so bad that everyone should read it. Please don’t. Or at least don’t buy the book. If everyone buys it, Plum Sykes will get another book deal and no one wants that.

LNR also points out the Amazon UK reviews, which are priceless. Here is a sample:

“The nearest I came to laughing was when I accidentally dropped it in the bath; the nearest I came to caring was when I fished it out and realised I wouldn’t be able to get my money back. I feel like Plum Sykes mugged me for a tenner. I’ll never buy a book written by someone named after a fruit again.”

“I think the author maybe thinks she’s Oscar Wilde or something, only without the witty clever interesting bits. One huge problem is that there’s no description of what it’s like- maybe the writer is terrified fo losing friends so describes everyone as lovely in the most one dimensional way. This is pisspoor writing in a nice jacket.”

“This is hands-down the worst book that I have ever had the misfortune of reading. It is absolutely agonizing. I kept reading expecting, no, hoping that it would improve, but I found it to be completely inane. It is devoid of well, everything you might ever look for in a book. I would rather read my refrigerator manual than have to read this book again.”

I decided to check the regular ol’ Amazon to see if there were great bad reviews, but you know what? Most of the reviews are good ones. Grrr. This makes me wonder if the US has bad taste? Or if only people with bad taste review at Amazon? Yes, I am making broad sweeping generalizations. So sue me (please don’t).
On a side note, in the inventory record at my store a helpful bookseller has added ‘apocalypse now!’ to the comments field. Snicker.