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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
This is a problem everywhere. At The Storygraph, I've so far come across 3 critical (or rather, critique-al) reviews from ARCs of the hundreds of reviews I've checked - one was a savage 1-star review, the other 2 thoughtful 3-stars. Basically every other "in return for an honest review" is 5/5  |
I seem to recall reading an argument somewhere that the mere fact that it's a free ARC (as opposed to paying for it) will warp your expectations, even if you are trying to being honest for the review. Unfortunately I can't find it again -- google's giving me crap like 'here's how to become an ARC reader', lol.
In any case, I don't trust those reviews much.