I really hate this app. It takes at least an hour or more to finish the homework so if I'm in a rush I cannot complete it quickly it's time consuming which is a main factor of why I hate it. Another reason is that the book choices are not that great
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Dovidas A.
Sparx Reader, we need to have a small talk.
Sparx Reader, you insignificant waste of a company, we already do enough reading in English. Although, every time I read down at Sparx Reader, I only realize how its slightly better than Sparx Maths. Although, you still have a few flaws, as instead of showing where you made a mistake on a page on the 2nd fail, you just continue on. Which isn't so bad, until we talk about Sparx Maths. As they don't show any guidance, and videos that are pointless.
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Jamie
Sparx reader ruins reading
Personally, in my free time, I enjoy reading quite a lot, and I can say that I despise sparx reader. My main problem with this app is that its giving me, and many other people I know, books that we do not like. For reference, we have to take reading age tests, and me and my good friend both got 17 (the highest score you could get). And then, after getting those scores, sparx reader has the audacity to recommend us literal children's books! A common example is a book titled "the Monster Spotters Handbook", which is clearly too young for us both and is quite frankly a little patronising! And any other books that aren't way too young for me are classic books, you know the type : Charles Dickens, Sherlock Holmes and Oscar Wilde, which are only appealing for a short amount of time before old fashioned talk bores you half to death.
If you consider yourself someone who dislikes reading, soley from your experience of sparx, I beg you to try reading books outside of school, as it can alter your life forever (personal recommendations include "Good omens" by terry pratchett + Neil gaiman and "the Book Thief" by Markus Zusak).
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Harrison
Sparx Reader
SPARX READER IS SO MUCH TORTURE
I use it at my school for my English Homework due weekly .
I find lots of things that are bad
You need to complete 100% of your homework . People make mistakes and you learn from them but Sparx does not allow that and that doesn't make anyone learn they can make mistakes . They also don't have what books I like . The books given are mostly Short Stories and have no interest to me . Even on gold reader , they still expect you to read those uninteresting books to get another Gold Reader Pass . Sparx is so slow to complete due to this and is honestly wasting my time . I hope this gets banned from schools .
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Joanna A.
Absolutely torture
As a person who uses Sparx Reader, I absolutely hate it. The fact that they have repetitive vocabulary words that don't even expand my own vocabulary speaks for itself. My reading age is 17 years old, and the vocab words I'm given, is that of a 7 year old's. The book choices are bad, and Gold Reader book setups are just so unnecessary. Most importantly, the 100% completion is so annoying. Sometimes, read 3 bits to finish my homework. Now, with a different book, I have to take more effort, and I probably have to pick a second book. Finally, sometimes, they send me one question, saying, "Did you read this section carefully?" OF COURSE I DID!!! I just think it's not worth my time at this point.
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Tymek J.
A waste of your time.
After picking questions based on your opinion, you have to do a few simple questions. It's all ok untill they force 4 terrible books down your throat that you have to choose from and waste way too many hours of your life reading for 3 times as long as it would usually take due to terrible questions. Sometimes I wonder wether the detention is better than doing that.
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Nathaniel T.
vile
awful, just awful.
There are times when the book is so boring but I still have to complete a page, and it gives me 7% of the amount needed to complete the whole homework set! Disgusting, destroying my soul, and one way to ruin someone's like of reading. The amount of hate I have for this app has gone beyond even Sparx Maths!
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Consumer
Shitty homework App, burn the creators at the stake
The book selection is horrible and it constantly interrupts your reading and wont let you move on if you get more than one question wrong geniune rage bait istg