Books that earn an anti-hamster... I hope none do. Here is a non-exhaustive list of reasons why I would give one of these:
- Book contains offensive stereotype characters, or celebrates/condones/pushes prejudice. I'm not taking about satire, or dark humour, or a healthy distrust of the PC lobby here.
- Book is not for YAs, it is impossible to conceive it having a crossover appeal to YAs. In fact, book has been submitted spam fashion with author's brain not engaged. (This is the only way I can think of at the moment that an anti-hamster could be earned by an author rather than his/her book).
- Book is not suitable for stated target audience, for reasons of content, style etc.
- I would actively recommend that almost everyone not buy this book.
If I give a book an anti-hamster, I will explain why.
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