tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039652473476655894.post3881018754661438864..comments2024-03-13T22:36:09.270+10:00Comments on Badass Bookie: Breakfast with the Bookie - Reviewers: Do You Write Bad Reviews?Badass Bookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08570906832924626716noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039652473476655894.post-54511121140968307432011-06-24T10:18:12.853+10:002011-06-24T10:18:12.853+10:00I try for a balanced review and will write what di...I try for a balanced review and will write what did and didn't work for me but I still try to be diplomatic, no matter the source. I do try to do as you though, concentrate on the strengths of the novel and mention, but not emphasise, the weaknesses.<br />Just this week for the first time ever, I had to contact an author I was reviewing a book for and let them know I wasn't going to publish my review on my blog, because the negatives outweighed every other consideration. While I chose not to review it on my blog, I did briefly rate and comment on it at Goodreads. A compromise of sorts I guess.<br /><br />Shelleyrae @ Book'd OutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039652473476655894.post-27821640498108359022011-06-23T07:09:42.077+10:002011-06-23T07:09:42.077+10:00I appreciate honest negative reviews more than pos...I appreciate honest negative reviews more than positive reviews so I do post negative reviews. I say that in my review policy as well. Though, like you, I try not to accept a book request I really have no interest in.Alexis @ Reflections of a Bookaholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13745513625965620545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039652473476655894.post-2863547824770792892011-06-23T07:04:56.551+10:002011-06-23T07:04:56.551+10:00I'm honest with mine. If I didn't like a b...I'm honest with mine. If I didn't like a book, I'll say I didn't like the book, and why. I only read books I think I'll like to avoid having to write them (and because, who wants to read a bad book?) though. But I do feel like not having ALL good reviews makes you more credible. I don't put such stock in the thoughts of reviewers who've never wrote a bad thing about a book before.Skye (In The Good Books)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13571190638439599982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039652473476655894.post-82722723594370526382011-06-23T04:23:28.658+10:002011-06-23T04:23:28.658+10:00I'm pretty honest with my reviews. If I don...I'm pretty honest with my reviews. If I don't like it I don't lie and say how great the book is. But, I still try to be respectful of the author and publisher. I don't completly bash the book or say there is nothing good about it. I try to throw in a few good aspects.<br /><br />But, thankfully, I hardly ever get a book that I completly hate. If I really don't like a book, I don't finish it.Kapri (Book Fanatics)http://kapri-bookfanatics.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039652473476655894.post-89578257408496336962011-06-23T00:36:50.926+10:002011-06-23T00:36:50.926+10:00I have aften learned much more about a book from n...I have aften learned much more about a book from negative reviews (that are well written) sometimes glowing reviews just don't say a lot about whether I will enjoy it or not.<br />I find some of my favorite books through negative reviews.<br />I write negative reviews because I think people appreciate the honesty. I would rather write positive ones and most of mine are but we can't love everything.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13958940283330319507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039652473476655894.post-53392396017159553922011-06-23T00:03:22.023+10:002011-06-23T00:03:22.023+10:00Since i like to read honest reviews i try to write...Since i like to read honest reviews i try to write them too. If i don't like it, i don't like it. :) I try to explain what bothered me but also point out the good parts of the book. If i think that the book doesn't have any good parts i stop reading and don't write a review. <br /><br />http://bookhuntermm.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039652473476655894.post-23241266597061748262011-06-22T23:31:53.848+10:002011-06-22T23:31:53.848+10:00I enjoy reading honest reviews that are negative. ...I enjoy reading honest reviews that are negative. I find the blogger to be more genuine and I respect them if they are able to explain what didn't work in a respectful manner. I have seen a small number of reviews that I felt were hardcore, even a touch disrespectful.<br /><br />Sometimes if I realise I think it is terrible but can see others enjoying it, I will say this if I think it.Marcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10136238772526246675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039652473476655894.post-83531364495496158432011-06-22T23:22:07.814+10:002011-06-22T23:22:07.814+10:00I try to point out the good and the bad and make i...I try to point out the good and the bad and make it fair, I will focus more on the bad or the good depending on if I enjoyed it, but I'm completely honest, even if I loved a book, I still point out the tiny flaws.<br /><br />http://inkscratchers.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com