I was amazed and amused to see the number and the tone of hundreds of customer reviews of a publication of The Bible available on Amazon! Though a lot were repetitive, some were really funny.

Here are some of my favourites:

“This book should never be left where it could fall into the hands of children. Recurrent themes of bloody violence, murder, racism, incest and rape are dealt with extremely irresponsibly. Horrific events are presented as justified by circumstances and as solutions to petty wrongs. ”

“I found this book to be full of inconsistencies and it seemed to be written by old hippies on LSD, as the stories sound far too fantastic to be believed. All this talk about a ‘virgin birth’, an ark, a ghost rising from the dead, and some dude walking on water are head shakers.”

“…the book wasn’t very good. I would recommend that the author practice more and hone his/her craft before trying again. Work on consistency in story telling, character development, grammar and structure.”

“This seems to be one of those books people seem to either love or hate. But first with the good points. Impatient readers will be happy to see that the plot gets off with a bang: within the first few pages the apple has been eaten and evil is let into the world. We watch as the two main characters Adam and Eve have children and struggle with domestic violence, commencing in the murder of their son Abel by their other son Cain.
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This one is quite long but is interesting. So here’s the link.

But the absolute gem is this one!
“This book doesn’t work. I’ve tried the “praying” method to get a new Porsche 996 delivered but to no avail. There’s nothing in the instructions about not wanting German sports cars but I tried praying for less ambitious things. I gave up when it didn’t even get me a Big Mac. In the early part there’s a bit about people crossing the desert and being sustained by manna from heaven, so you’d think that it would be able to manage at least a hamburger.
I’m disappointed and will contact the publisher. In the meantime I can’t recommend this book as it is clearly faulty.”