Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!*’s Reviews > Pete's Exhaustive Review of Modelland > Status Update

Oh, here’s a quote that succinctly reviews the entire Modeland book: “it’s crazy, but it’s slow, and it’s not all that fun.”

There’s a section in here about Dirk’s take on negative reviews. As someone who may have written one or two such things in the past, I appreciate his thoughts.

Apt quote and relatable experience that applies to trying to make sense of the specifics of most things in Modelland:

"I'm sorry this isn't something that I researched better, but there are NO other sources that describe the book in detail, and the book itself isn't exactly helpful. I'm relying on my own notes, and I get so angry at points that I can't see the paper, just a deep maroon color."

There are no page numbers so I’ll have to make up where I am as I go. But on page 3, now that I’ve read Modelland, I’m in agreement with Pete’s generalization about Modelland as bad media. What’s great about terrible books is laughing at how terrible they are and how clueless the creators must have been. Modelland is unfortunately competent enough to be merely dreary and weird.

Pete’s review contains way more bitterness than I’m feeling at the equivalent point in the text. Maybe when I’ve Modellanded deeper I’ll share it, but for now I’m going to set this aside.

"... now YOU can read Modelland without ACTUALLY reading Modelland. You're welcome."

I'm reading Modelland side-by-side with this. I don't think I'm doing it right.