Feel Good Review of the Summer

An interesting review of Chow! Venice has appeared on amazon.com. Whenever I see there is a new review I get a little freaked, though by now I have learned you can’t please all of the people all of the time. This review? I guess we are hindered by our own success. I WISH!

I am glad to know about the “hordes” of people carrying Chow! around Venice, but as we only printed 3500 copies, I am kind of wondering how many of the 3500 people who have a copy were in Venice when this guy was. Twelve? That would be AWESOME.

Anyhow he still gave us four stars while complaining at the same time, mostly about other Americans. A very odd review. It’s not so much that it is a bad feeling about a bad review, but more that it was a good review with a bad feeling. Or something like that. You’ll get the idea. Sorry that I’ve created a bunch of screaming, obnoxious American tourists and sent them to all your favorite places.

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2 responses to “Feel Good Review of the Summer”

  1. Kelly

    Shannon: I gave one to Lillian Vernon (yes, she is a real person) and she loved it. Used it on her last trip.

  2. Shannon,
    I’ve used your book in Venice and found the reviews, in general, to be fair and honest. Sure, I’ve disagreed with you and Ruth on a few–but my taste buds may be different from yours.

    As for that review, I read it and it’s dumb. I’ve had 5 books published and learned that you need to spit on the dumb reviews and cherish the good ones!

    Chow Venice!
    Sharon

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