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Originally Posted by HarryT
Definitely a good move. We don't allow reviews in exchange for free books at MR precisely because they'll inevitably be biased (has anyone ever seen a bad "honest review I wrote in exchange for a free book"?).
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I'm really bad at writing negative reviews. When I reviewed for Prism Book Alliance if I hated a review copy I would return it to the pile and someone else would take it, or we told them author it couldn't be reviewed. I rarely wrote less than a 3 star review. I honestly felt guilty as the book was free. That's why I stopped reviewing and would rather pay for the book.
Even now if I don't finish a book I don't even rare it on Goodreads, I simply mark the book as DNF in Calibre and usually avoid the author in future.