05-01-2012, 12:18 PM | #16 |
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I saw a 1 star review for a zombie book once that was complaining that it was too violent. I bought it straight away, but I was quite disappointed because it wasn't as violent as I expected it to be based on the review.
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05-01-2012, 08:50 PM | #17 |
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I gave a 1-star review to the Meat Lover's Guide to Cooking because it didn't have enough vegetarian recipes. Then I gave a 1-star review All Vegetables All the Time: a Vegetable Loving Vegan's Guide to Cooking Nothing But Vegan Vegetables for not having enough met recipes.
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05-01-2012, 09:31 PM | #18 |
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its fairly easy to spot the troll reviews. they're usually 1 sentence long,filled with bizarre grammar and utterly lack punctuation.
however there are funny and creative troll reviews- http://www.uhpinions.com/ |
05-01-2012, 10:49 PM | #19 |
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Thanks for that link, xg!
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05-02-2012, 08:08 PM | #20 |
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Authors have to grow a thick skin, however. Even award-winning authors get 1 star reviews. Not that it doesn't sting, but it is to be expected. What one likes and doesn't like is very subjective.
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05-02-2012, 08:30 PM | #21 |
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It seems that for many, bad reviews are supposed to reflect on the reviewer's refined tastes and I'll pay a lot more attention to a one-star review of an electonic device than I will for a book or restaurant.
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05-04-2012, 10:51 AM | #22 |
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05-05-2012, 08:06 PM | #23 |
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My first book has both 5 and 1 star reviews. I have had some very insulting reviews, and some great praises. Currently the praises are way ahead of the insults, so I carry on. It is hard to know what makes people want to anything, you just have to develop a thick skin and carry on.
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05-05-2012, 09:43 PM | #24 | |
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05-05-2012, 11:51 PM | #25 |
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On the other hand, you're not necessarily obliged to grow a thick skin as an author. Decades ago I worked for a small weekly newspaper in the Midwest. One of the writers reviewed what was then a new Saul Bellow novel. Not only did Bellow trouble himself with an angry response; he went on at such length that the reply was longer than the original review. Given the vastness of Bellow's reputation at the time, it was like getting a personal letter from a very pissed off God.
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05-08-2012, 05:58 AM | #27 |
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You'll never please everyone. Whatever you write, someone will hate it, and someone else will love it for the same reasons.
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