|
Reviews
(6-10)
1 out of 5:
Great if it arrives...on time or EVER
Reviewer:
Bobbi J Shapiro
(SW United States)
I subscribed to IN TOUCH shortly after it appeared on store
shelves. Not only have at least five issues not ever even
shown up in my mailbox since then, but IF they do, it is a
week AFTER I've seen the magazine on the rack in stores.
Terrible subscription service.
1 out of 5: Lightweight "Touch"
Reviewer:
E. A Solinas "la_solinas"
(Hanover, MD USA)
Want the leering celebrity gossip and trend-following of
"Us" and "People," but don't want to spend so much time
following all those long words? Then "In Touch" is your kind
of magazine. Vapid, vacuous and obsessed with the gloss of
celebrity, this is instantly forgettable ridiculous tabloid
fluff. "In Touch" is essentially a cheap, glossy tabloid
magazine. Cover stories are usually the latest salacious
love-life/pregnancy/break-up/marriage rumours ("Jennifer
Dumps Her Lover!") or fluff stories about how celebrities
lost weight, their clothes, their underwear (recommendations
for nudie thongs?), how they decorated their homes, and
updates on the thousands of reality-show celebrities du
jour.
Ironically, despite the wealth of false -- and often silly
-- rumours that "In Touch" produces, they have an entire
section devoted to pronouncing rumours "false" or "true."
Occasionally one of their fluff pieces is interesting, like
the brief article on "Lord of the Rings" star Dominic
Monoghan and his buggy pets (a mantis and a black widow).
But only a handful of articles stand out -- the rest melt
together into a sloppy sea of stale rumours.
It's hard to find many magazines more vapid than "In Touch."
Aside from the ones for the under-five crowd, that is. It's
heavy on pictures and lame captions, light on text, and very
heavy on flash. Not to mention obsessed with people and
things who are primarily famous for being famous -- Paris
Hilton and Demi Moore most prominently.
"In Touch" is strictly a pleasure for those preoccupied by
celebrity news, even if that news is garbage in more than
one way. Instantly forgettable and light as a feather.
1 out of 5:
Poor subscription delivery
Reviewer:
A magazine reader
Basically this is pure gossip reading. I like the magazine
for this purpose; however THIS subscription delivery service
is for the birds! I get a magazine, on average, every two or
three weeks. When I do finally receive it, it is so outdated
that the news is old and the "tv" programs to watch are
already over....by several days! The days I receive it also
vary, there is no consistency whatsoever - very unreliable
and you'd be better served by going to the store and buying
it there.
5 out of 5:
get more than you paid for!
Reviewer:
Connie Hopkins
(Bristol, Va)
I started buying this magazine the first day it hit the
shelf at our Wal-Mart. I haven't missed an issue. This
magazine gives you more info than if you knew the stars
personally and were up close and personal with their lives.
I feel like the other mags dish it out, but sometimes I
wonder if some of there stories are just that- STORIES! It
seems like they spread it on pretty thick at times just to
sell a cover. I don't get that with IN TOUCH. I have a
salon, and my clients are anxious to find out what is going
on this week with their favourite stars. It doesn't bother
me in the least to sit down on a Friday or Saturday night,
when the family is winding down, and read this book cover to
cover, knowing that my clients are just as much movie buffs
as I am, and they will want to know a titbit of information
on their favourites. Thanks IN TOUCH, for adding an end of
the week incentive for those of us who very rarely get a
Saturday off.
Your magazine gives me something to look forward to!
1 out of 5:
Subscription service very poor
Reviewer:
"asugar"
(Sonoma, CA United States)
While I enjoy In Touch, a low-rent cross between US Weekly
and Hello!, this subscription service is very poor. My
magazine arrives one week out of three and usually two weeks
after it has been on the newsstands.
Save yourself some hassle and skip this subscription.
|