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Old 03-28-2011, 06:09 AM   #13
GeoffC
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
I doubt that, myself. I never base my book-buying decisions on other peoples' views of a book, because I have no way of knowing whether or not their likes and dislikes in any way coincide with my own.

The only sort of review that would stop me from buying a book would be a report that it was poorly produced - ie, full of errors.
Same here.


Some folk like Harry Potter, others don't.
Some like Lord of the Rings, some don't.

I tend to go with gut feeling and to authors I've read before - though that is not always a safe bet. One favourite author seemed to give a good read in one series, but I couldn't read another of their series.....

In most of what I read, if the storyline doesn't grab me within (say) 15% of the start, I stop and move on.

My biggest internal moan is grammar and incorrect words - in the story I am currently reading I get weather instead of whether
, their instead of there - which is a shame because the general storyline is an otherwise good one.
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