How to write a good blurb for a bad gift.
Graciously accepting a gift you don’t like is, I imagine, a lot like being asked to blurb a book you don’t like. In both cases, the trick is avoiding hurt feelings, but also trying to minimize the possibility of being held accountable for whatever you said. But because most everyone who blurbs a book is a writer, we have more linguistic options from which to pull. So, if you find yourself the recipient of a gift that is both thoughtful and unwelcome, why not employ the language of ambivalent blurbers everywhere to say I appreciate this, and you can’t prove otherwise!
Arresting
Exuberant
Breathtaking
Thoughtful
Ambitious
Singular
Daring
Deeply felt
Imaginative
Slim
Fresh
Enduring
Humane
Fearless
Quirky
A gift that teaches us what it means to be human
Happy gifting (and receiving)!
