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Originally Posted by Frida Fantastic
That's creepy and highly unprofessional of the author. I'd be really pissed off if that happened to me. Quotes and links are fine (and are even flattering), but re-posting an entire review is not cool. If the author doesn't resolve this, please do PM me the name. I'll make sure to never review a book by him/her, and I'll let other book bloggers know about this extremely crude behaviour.
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They probably didn't think they were doing anything wrong. A book review would be more use to them on a site where the book is actually for sale than on someone's blog or similar. Sure, they could quote it in the book blurb, but does anyone really take any notice of that? Using the same name as the reviewer would add credibility, and would also mean that they are not claiming ownership of the review.
But they really should have asked the reviewer's permission first.