Yes I agree wholeheartedly and think it is difficult to review, OP Readers may not also be Authors and a Reader may not feel they have the eloquence or the intelligence and education to pass comment,
Also most Reader's on this site read an awful lot of books, would you rather they were spending thier precious free time reviewing rather than Reading, most people read for pleasure, writing endless reviews is likely to make it a chore, and turn them off of reading,
Don't get me wrong, I am a big supporter of reviewing, I'm not good at it, but I do it to give back to the community I have found here on MR, but the truth is I'm never that comfortable doing reviews,
Plus a Reader has bought your book, paid out thier hard earned cash, can you really expect them to then also work for it by reviewing the book, Don't expect the reviews, just learn to make the most from those you do get,
I'm sure reviews will come,
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Originally Posted by Aladyleyna
In most cases, especially on places like Smashwords, I don't dare to review because I'm afraid that I'm not professional enough. I do review the books on my blog though (or at least, am trying to, provided I am disciplined enough to do so), but not on the site itself. I guess I'm afraid that I don't really know much about what makes a book good and so on in a professional way.
But I do review from time to time on fanfiction.net though, because at least I know the writers there are of the same standard as me. But for professional writers though? Too scary.
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