Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is

Summary

This quote signifies that reviewers who express extreme hatred and anger towards a novel are being irrational and overreacting. It compares them to someone who clumsily puts on armor and aggressively attacks a harmless dessert like a hot fudge sundae. It implies that such reviewers are misguided and their intense negativity towards a simple work of literature is unwarranted and absurd.

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By Kurt Vonnegut

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