Thread: What do you look for in a book review?
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Old 06-24-2011, 02:38 PM   #44
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Sure but what would the purpose be of reading it after? At that point what do you gain out of reading the review?

I may look at a review to decided whether or not to buy a book, movie, or anything, but once I committed to read/watch it I dont go looking for reviews to review what I already know.
Heh, I think there's two places for reviews:
(1) Before reading/watching, telling you to go read/watch it or not
(2) After reading/watching, to share thoughts about its merits

I look for the first kind of reviews 90% of the time.

@maianhvk: I hate reading translator's reviews. I keep on reading them when I shouldn't. So much spoilers! I think they're review type #2, but for some reason, they're been traditionally placed in the beginning of all "classic" works. It ruined Faust for me among other things.

@PaulineDesigns: Naw, saying "this leaves in a cliffhanger ending" isn't a spoiler.

I like having the strengths and the weaknesses of the book mentioned in both kinds of reviews. But their level of specificity should be different, and the way they are written should also be different.
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