Click on the reviewer’s name and you’ll see that he is making a habit of posting nonsensical, and hilarious, reviews that have little to do with the product he’s reviewing.
Fake though the reviews may be, that one was dámņ funny. Thanks, PAD and KRAD, for brightening my day.
Heartwarming and profound.
Absolutely hilarious. Moreso because I’ve seen the movie. (unfortunately)
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ah, the best review of this piece of %^&* book that anyone could possibly write. Thanks for brightening up my day, Ari, Keith and Peter. 🙂
“Dear Warden, You were right. Salvation lay within.”
LOL. Nice reference.
I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard. If you click his profile you can read his other reviews. all very funny.
The comments are very funny as well.
My favorite-
“Got shiv. Shipped fast and works well. A+++++ Will buy again.”
Sorry to ask this here Peter, but do you know if the Fallen Angel Omnibus the DC issues in it or is it just the IDW issues?
Thanks, -C.A. Luke of the Comic & Games Cafe
Sometimes on a monday morning you come to work, check the ‘net just before getting down to things, and find something to lighten the upcoming load-
this was one of those times – thanks Peter. 🙂
Sometimes on a monday morning you come to work, check the ‘net just before getting down to things, and find something to lighten the upcoming load-
this was one of those times – thanks Peter. 🙂
I actually work in a prison. Down here in Georgia, it ain’t called Pruno, we call it buck.
And you can buy people for a honeybun. Roughly 60 cents depending on what day of the week.
It’s the IDW material. Believe me, if IDW could get its hands on the DC issues, they’d reprint them in a heartbeat.
PAD
Heartwarming. I cried at the end.
That’s awesome.
Another product that attracted humorous reviews at Amazon was the “Harry Potter Nimbus 2000 Broom” (with vibrating action). Amazon has removed the item and reviews, but the page has been archived here:
LMAO. I had to post the link on our work website – we run a book club at the youth prison, so this had us on the floor. Administration removed all the shiv’s from our copies before we put them out, because they would have just been stolen anyway.
Thanks again to PAD for pointing this out to me before Amazon.com got wise. If you do a Google search for “Amazon.com” “The Secret” “review” and “prison”, you can not only read a cached view of the review, but several blogs where the text has been uploaded.
Where’d it go? People I sent the link to couldn’t find it. The review is gone. Why is it only the good die young?
I couldn’t find the link either. Could someone post it here in the link here? Thanks!
Looks like the review was removed. If anyone happened to copy it, would you mind posting it?
I sent the link to my daughter but the review was gone before she looked for it.
I don’t know where the cached set is, but I found this through digg.
3,776 of 3,821 people found the following review helpful:
The Secret saved my life!, December 4, 2007
By Ari Brouillette
Please allow me to share with you how “The Secret” changed my life and in a very real and substantive way allowed me to overcome a severe crisis in my personal life. It is well known that the premise of “The Secret” is the science of attracting the things in life that you desire and need and in removing from your life those things that you don’t want. Before finding this book, I knew nothing of these principles, the process of positive visualization, and had actually engaged in reckless behaviors to the point of endangering my own life and wellbeing.
At age 36, I found myself in a medium security prison serving 3-5 years for destruction of government property and public intoxication. This was stiff punishment for drunkenly defecating in a mailbox but as the judge pointed out, this was my third conviction for the exact same crime. I obviously had an alcohol problem and a deep and intense disrespect for the postal system, but even more importantly I was ignoring the very fabric of our metaphysical reality and inviting destructive influences into my life.
My fourth day in prison was the first day that I was allowed in general population and while in the recreation yard I was approached by a prisoner named Marcus who calmly informed me that as a new prisoner I had been purchased by him for three packs of Winston cigarettes and 8 ounces of Pruno (prison wine). Marcus elaborated further that I could expect to be raped by him on a daily basis and that I had pretty eyes.
Needless to say, I was deeply shocked that my life had sunk to this level. Although I’ve never been homophobic I was discovering that I was very rape phobic and dismayed by my overall personal street value of roughly $15. I returned to my cell and sat very quietly, searching myself for answers on how I could improve my life and distance myself from harmful outside influences. At that point, in what I consider to be a miraculous moment, my cell mate Jim Norton informed me that he knew about the Marcus situation and that he had something that could solve my problems. He handed me a copy of “The Secret”. Normally I wouldn’t have turned to a self help book to resolve such a severe and immediate threat but I literally didn’t have any other available alternatives. I immediately opened the book and began to read.
The first few chapters deal with the essence of something called the “Law of Attraction” in which a primal universal force is available to us and can be harnessed for the betterment of our lives. The theoretical nature of the first few chapters wasn’t exactly putting me at peace. In fact, I had never meditated and had great difficulty with closing out the chaotic noises of the prison and visualizing the positive changes that I so dearly needed. It was when I reached Chapter 6 “The Secret to Relationships” that I realized how this book could help me distance myself from Marcus and his negative intentions. Starting with chapter six there was a cavity carved into the book and in that cavity was a prison shiv. This particular shiv was a toothbrush with a handle that had been repeatedly melted and ground into a razor sharp point.
The next day in the exercise yard I carried “The Secret” with me and when Marcus approached me I opened the book and stabbed him in the neck. The next eight weeks in solitary confinement provided ample time to practice positive visualization and the 16 hours per day of absolute darkness made visualization about the only thing that I actually could do. I’m not sure that everybody’s life will be changed in such a dramatic way by this book but I’m very thankful to have found it and will continue to recommend it heartily.
A little off topic, but since we’re on the subject of reviews, the AICN reviewer who reviewed “Tigerheart” last week posted an addendum after he finished reading it:
“Well, last week I got chided a bit for reviewing a book I hadn’t completely finished. In that review, I said I really loved Peter David’s Peter Pan novel which acts as a sequel in the best sense of the term by taking the characters in new and exciting directions. Having just finished the last pages, I can now add the terms both heartbreaking and heartwarming because as Mr. David pulled all of the plot threads together, I found myself both deeply touched by each character’s resolution, but also feeling sorry for The Boy (David’s version of Peter Pan) given the revelation in the last few pages. That’s not to say that the showdown with Captain Hack (David’s Captain Hook) isn’t intense or the rescue of Fiddlefix (David’s Tinkerbell) wasn’t all edge-of-your-seaty, because they were. It’s just that after finishing this fine novel, a novel that oozed action and fun, I was left with a resonant feeling that I had read something profound and personal. David ends the book with the revelation that no matter how old a child gets, he’s always a child in their parent’s eyes, a thought driven home by the triumph of Paul (David’s main character) and the tragedy of The Boy, who looks like he sadly will never grow up. Not a comic, but a dámņ fine read and playing to the sense of wonder and adventure that lies in all of us adults grasping their kiddie comics and taking them way too seriously. TIGERHEART is definitely something you all should take a look at.”
Sorry to ask this here Peter, but do you know if the Fallen Angel Omnibus the DC issues in it or is it just the IDW issues?
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His other three reviews are similar.
Click on the reviewer’s name and you’ll see that he is making a habit of posting nonsensical, and hilarious, reviews that have little to do with the product he’s reviewing.
Fake though the reviews may be, that one was dámņ funny. Thanks, PAD and KRAD, for brightening my day.
Heartwarming and profound.
Absolutely hilarious. Moreso because I’ve seen the movie. (unfortunately)
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ah, the best review of this piece of %^&* book that anyone could possibly write. Thanks for brightening up my day, Ari, Keith and Peter. 🙂
Here’s a great review for a Bic pen
http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3QR3AC2WXWHIT/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm/
Playmobil security checkpoint
http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B0002CYTL2/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_helpful?%5Fencoding=UTF8&coliid=&showViewpoints=1&colid=&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending
“Dear Warden, You were right. Salvation lay within.”
LOL. Nice reference.
I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard. If you click his profile you can read his other reviews. all very funny.
The comments are very funny as well.
My favorite-
“Got shiv. Shipped fast and works well. A+++++ Will buy again.”
Sorry to ask this here Peter, but do you know if the Fallen Angel Omnibus the DC issues in it or is it just the IDW issues?
Thanks, -C.A. Luke of the Comic & Games Cafe
Sometimes on a monday morning you come to work, check the ‘net just before getting down to things, and find something to lighten the upcoming load-
this was one of those times – thanks Peter. 🙂
Sometimes on a monday morning you come to work, check the ‘net just before getting down to things, and find something to lighten the upcoming load-
this was one of those times – thanks Peter. 🙂
I actually work in a prison. Down here in Georgia, it ain’t called Pruno, we call it buck.
And you can buy people for a honeybun. Roughly 60 cents depending on what day of the week.
It’s the IDW material. Believe me, if IDW could get its hands on the DC issues, they’d reprint them in a heartbeat.
PAD
Heartwarming. I cried at the end.
That’s awesome.
Another product that attracted humorous reviews at Amazon was the “Harry Potter Nimbus 2000 Broom” (with vibrating action). Amazon has removed the item and reviews, but the page has been archived here:
http://www.ns-stables.com/nimbus/
Lil’ Jimmy is always full of good advice.
LMAO. I had to post the link on our work website – we run a book club at the youth prison, so this had us on the floor. Administration removed all the shiv’s from our copies before we put them out, because they would have just been stolen anyway.
Oh, man, that is funny stuff…
The reviews for milk are even better/worse.
Thanks again to PAD for pointing this out to me before Amazon.com got wise. If you do a Google search for “Amazon.com” “The Secret” “review” and “prison”, you can not only read a cached view of the review, but several blogs where the text has been uploaded.
Where’d it go? People I sent the link to couldn’t find it. The review is gone. Why is it only the good die young?
I couldn’t find the link either. Could someone post it here in the link here? Thanks!
Looks like the review was removed. If anyone happened to copy it, would you mind posting it?
I sent the link to my daughter but the review was gone before she looked for it.
I don’t know where the cached set is, but I found this through digg.
http://i40.tinypic.com/15wlz0n.jpg
http://digg.com/comedy/The_Secret_Saved_My_Life_Hilarious_Amazon_Review
3,776 of 3,821 people found the following review helpful:
The Secret saved my life!, December 4, 2007
By Ari Brouillette
Please allow me to share with you how “The Secret” changed my life and in a very real and substantive way allowed me to overcome a severe crisis in my personal life. It is well known that the premise of “The Secret” is the science of attracting the things in life that you desire and need and in removing from your life those things that you don’t want. Before finding this book, I knew nothing of these principles, the process of positive visualization, and had actually engaged in reckless behaviors to the point of endangering my own life and wellbeing.
At age 36, I found myself in a medium security prison serving 3-5 years for destruction of government property and public intoxication. This was stiff punishment for drunkenly defecating in a mailbox but as the judge pointed out, this was my third conviction for the exact same crime. I obviously had an alcohol problem and a deep and intense disrespect for the postal system, but even more importantly I was ignoring the very fabric of our metaphysical reality and inviting destructive influences into my life.
My fourth day in prison was the first day that I was allowed in general population and while in the recreation yard I was approached by a prisoner named Marcus who calmly informed me that as a new prisoner I had been purchased by him for three packs of Winston cigarettes and 8 ounces of Pruno (prison wine). Marcus elaborated further that I could expect to be raped by him on a daily basis and that I had pretty eyes.
Needless to say, I was deeply shocked that my life had sunk to this level. Although I’ve never been homophobic I was discovering that I was very rape phobic and dismayed by my overall personal street value of roughly $15. I returned to my cell and sat very quietly, searching myself for answers on how I could improve my life and distance myself from harmful outside influences. At that point, in what I consider to be a miraculous moment, my cell mate Jim Norton informed me that he knew about the Marcus situation and that he had something that could solve my problems. He handed me a copy of “The Secret”. Normally I wouldn’t have turned to a self help book to resolve such a severe and immediate threat but I literally didn’t have any other available alternatives. I immediately opened the book and began to read.
The first few chapters deal with the essence of something called the “Law of Attraction” in which a primal universal force is available to us and can be harnessed for the betterment of our lives. The theoretical nature of the first few chapters wasn’t exactly putting me at peace. In fact, I had never meditated and had great difficulty with closing out the chaotic noises of the prison and visualizing the positive changes that I so dearly needed. It was when I reached Chapter 6 “The Secret to Relationships” that I realized how this book could help me distance myself from Marcus and his negative intentions. Starting with chapter six there was a cavity carved into the book and in that cavity was a prison shiv. This particular shiv was a toothbrush with a handle that had been repeatedly melted and ground into a razor sharp point.
The next day in the exercise yard I carried “The Secret” with me and when Marcus approached me I opened the book and stabbed him in the neck. The next eight weeks in solitary confinement provided ample time to practice positive visualization and the 16 hours per day of absolute darkness made visualization about the only thing that I actually could do. I’m not sure that everybody’s life will be changed in such a dramatic way by this book but I’m very thankful to have found it and will continue to recommend it heartily.
A little off topic, but since we’re on the subject of reviews, the AICN reviewer who reviewed “Tigerheart” last week posted an addendum after he finished reading it:
“Well, last week I got chided a bit for reviewing a book I hadn’t completely finished. In that review, I said I really loved Peter David’s Peter Pan novel which acts as a sequel in the best sense of the term by taking the characters in new and exciting directions. Having just finished the last pages, I can now add the terms both heartbreaking and heartwarming because as Mr. David pulled all of the plot threads together, I found myself both deeply touched by each character’s resolution, but also feeling sorry for The Boy (David’s version of Peter Pan) given the revelation in the last few pages. That’s not to say that the showdown with Captain Hack (David’s Captain Hook) isn’t intense or the rescue of Fiddlefix (David’s Tinkerbell) wasn’t all edge-of-your-seaty, because they were. It’s just that after finishing this fine novel, a novel that oozed action and fun, I was left with a resonant feeling that I had read something profound and personal. David ends the book with the revelation that no matter how old a child gets, he’s always a child in their parent’s eyes, a thought driven home by the triumph of Paul (David’s main character) and the tragedy of The Boy, who looks like he sadly will never grow up. Not a comic, but a dámņ fine read and playing to the sense of wonder and adventure that lies in all of us adults grasping their kiddie comics and taking them way too seriously. TIGERHEART is definitely something you all should take a look at.”
Sorry to ask this here Peter, but do you know if the Fallen Angel Omnibus the DC issues in it or is it just the IDW issues?
Also, will it fit 10″ serrated?