Sadly, it sounds like either the publisher did the sourcing for the blurbs before even pre-release print runs were available (normal) and/or the blurbs were written without reading the book, just the chapter titles and index. At least your pain has reduced the accumulated suffering of the world and got you some karma merit points.
In my little mind's eye, I imagine you, 'Ok it's a little harsh! But it is honest and it's true!'. The professor! The poor professor! The travails of a Phd.
Fair enough, now I feel a little sorry for him 😅. But as a fellow PhD, that life is all about getting your work regularly ripped to pieces by your peers, at least he'll probably never see this!
Oh my… thanks for review! Sounds like a waste of time
Sadly, it sounds like either the publisher did the sourcing for the blurbs before even pre-release print runs were available (normal) and/or the blurbs were written without reading the book, just the chapter titles and index. At least your pain has reduced the accumulated suffering of the world and got you some karma merit points.
Thank you, accepting my free karma with gratitude 🙏🏼
Owwww
That harsh eh? 😅
In my little mind's eye, I imagine you, 'Ok it's a little harsh! But it is honest and it's true!'. The professor! The poor professor! The travails of a Phd.
Fair enough, now I feel a little sorry for him 😅. But as a fellow PhD, that life is all about getting your work regularly ripped to pieces by your peers, at least he'll probably never see this!
I was just tempted to come up with a wager but my better nature took hold!
Sounds deeply frustrating. The Goodreads reviews scared me off this one too.
Still hoping to find an explosive, balls-to-the-wall, honest-to-the-point-of-libellous autobiography set in modern China.
This! Give the people what they want!!
I’m not at all interested in this book but loved reading your review and look forward to reading anything else you choose to write about. Probably.
Thank you 🙏🏼
😂 I think it depends on whether not not you go in with *expectations*
Come on, spill the tea! There are student out here who only have Chat-GPT to rely on. What do you (all apparently?) think of Rana Mitter?
I have nothing against Mitter when I'm researching Maoist China, but I know now to get him to review my autobiography!
Ah okay. Thanks. Chat said the same.
Thanks, that’s what I was going to ask too, about Mitter.