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whether they're funny, bad or just plain sad (in the facepalm sense) i love reading bad reviews and i figure i can't be the only one who enjoys them.

i just came across this pearl of wisdom on amazon-

"Ms XXX, just wanted you to know that I really enjoy your books. I haven't read all of them yet, but I'm working on it. I just read F's comment and it really disturbs me that this arrogant bag of air has the audacity to criticize your book. (you weren't holding a gun to his head to make him finish it, were you?) His opinion means nothing to anyone but himself. He is a self-important person that tries to put people down to make himself look good and ends up looking like a jackass. Keep writing - your fans love you - errors and all. He will be doing you a favor if he never picks up another of your books."

i couldn't let this genius go without a response, which was-

"Audacity to criticize"? Ummmm....you do understand the purpose of reviews,right?"

(plus supporting authors who don't bother to edit or correct their work absolutely harms customers. i wouldn't pee money away on authors who seemingly publish their first draft. but i digress).

my question has always been what such clueless and ill informed people are doing reading. how do you not know what the purpose of a review is? what do you think the "review" section is for? another hobby might be more their speed.


anybody else enjoying reading/responding to those head scratching reviews that seem to plague every product?