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Fantasy is another genre where I saw a kerfuffle between an author and some readers. I don't read fantasy but I have GR friend who does and I saw a "review" (really more of a beef with an author) she left for the book. I looked at all the reviews for the books for this author as well as a blog post by the author and the comments left on that post. It was just crazy. I couldn't believe people were getting that upset over a book. The author as well as the negative reviewers both appeared to be so immature.
Fortunately, I haven't seen any reviews like that for the books I tend to read nor do most of my other GR friends engage in these review fights.
I use GR more often than LT. There are aspects of both that I like and dislike. I will probably get a lifetime membership to LT because I think the site is very professional and has a few more options for cataloging books that GR doesn't. Still I love that GR has so much social activity. I love seeing what my friends are reading and the e-mails with updates on what they're reading at the moment. The updates have even given me ideas on what to read in the future.
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