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Originally Posted by bashfulbanshee
[...]In my reviews, I try to address:
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(3) What are its weaknesses?[...]
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Before I read Hector Malot's
Sans famille, I'd read the translator's review. What a HUGE mistake. The translator told me the biggest weakness of the book, and when I read I could never enjoy the details as much as I should have. Instead, I found myself being over-critical. I criticized many things in the book, and I was only 10 or 11 then. I figured out that when I approach something I should have the thoughts of my own before reading about others'.
I don't say you shouldn't include the weaknesses in the review. I just say it's a good idea to advise the readers not to read the review before they actually read the book.