Mutant Message Down Under
Registered by mommygalore of Calgary, Alberta Canada on 3/23/2005
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
I did not love this book, but it sticks out in my memory and is fairly easy to summarize.
Don't think for a minute that this is based on a factual experience (as was claimed by the author). Much debunking of the hoax was done here: http://www.creativespirits.de/resources/books/mutantmessage_chrissitka.html
She's not a wretched writer. She does, however, seem to be kind of racist and condescending toward the Aboriginals she writes about. I'm sure she is capable of writing a book which is not offensive to entire peoples, and doesn't rip off a cultural tradition for her own gain. I'd like to think so anyway.
I've rated this pretty low because of her cultural insensitivity - but I can see how she could be quite a good storyteller.
Perhaps, if you are less a "bleeding-heart-politically-correct-liberal" than I, you will enjoy this book more than I did!
Don't think for a minute that this is based on a factual experience (as was claimed by the author). Much debunking of the hoax was done here: http://www.creativespirits.de/resources/books/mutantmessage_chrissitka.html
She's not a wretched writer. She does, however, seem to be kind of racist and condescending toward the Aboriginals she writes about. I'm sure she is capable of writing a book which is not offensive to entire peoples, and doesn't rip off a cultural tradition for her own gain. I'd like to think so anyway.
I've rated this pretty low because of her cultural insensitivity - but I can see how she could be quite a good storyteller.
Perhaps, if you are less a "bleeding-heart-politically-correct-liberal" than I, you will enjoy this book more than I did!
Journal Entry 2 by mommygalore at Grabbajabba - 1101 Kensington Rd NW in Calgary, Alberta Canada on Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Released 19 yrs ago (3/24/2005 UTC) at Grabbajabba - 1101 Kensington Rd NW in Calgary, Alberta Canada
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