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September 17th: How do you handle writing reviews for books that you didn’t love?
Well, yes sometimes I do forget my own advice and finish a book that I do not really like. But I would not say that it is harder to write that review than any other. Sometimes I even have more to say .
But it is hard if it is a series I like, or an author I like. Then it pains me to go negative and I try to only see the positive, which is wrong in a way cos you should have both.
SO yes it can be hard, but I push through. I mean positive ones are hard too, the ones where I go all
LOVE
OMG
LOVE
See, yeah, those are hard!
I just read Karen's TMST post and she said it SO much better. So go read that one instead ;)
September 17th: How do you handle writing reviews for books that you didn’t love?
Well, yes sometimes I do forget my own advice and finish a book that I do not really like. But I would not say that it is harder to write that review than any other. Sometimes I even have more to say .
But it is hard if it is a series I like, or an author I like. Then it pains me to go negative and I try to only see the positive, which is wrong in a way cos you should have both.
SO yes it can be hard, but I push through. I mean positive ones are hard too, the ones where I go all
LOVE
OMG
LOVE
See, yeah, those are hard!
I just read Karen's TMST post and she said it SO much better. So go read that one instead ;)
I try to be honest without being brutal when I don't like a book.
ReplyDeleteThat is a good way, obvi :)
DeleteThis was interesting!
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DeleteI agree...it is hard, but happy and loved reviews are rough to write too.
ReplyDeleteIn the end I should have sad they are all hard! :D
DeleteWell... I try to explain why as best as I can
ReplyDeleteWe can only do our best
DeleteTotally relatable. It's tough to review books from two different spectrum.
ReplyDeleteWe do not have it easy in the end
DeleteHa! thank you. I have a MUCH harder time with OMG loved it! reviews.
ReplyDeleteI don't worry about it really. I try not to be mean or make it personal but I think what I think and I can't worry about all the other stuff.
Karen @ For What It's Worth
I remember my Rachel Aaron reviews and in the end they made no sense, I was squeeing like crazy and could not form a coherent thought
DeleteSame,I just write in the end
I think the hardest reviews are those middle of the road books. If I didn't like I book, I try to be fair in my review but I don't sugarcoat things.
ReplyDeleteOh yes you are right! Those are the hardest. Nothing bad, nothing great, but yeah
DeleteI review them the same as I would one I liked. I try to say what I didn't like about the book.
ReplyDeleteThe perfect way
DeleteOMG I LOVE THIS POST!!!!
ReplyDeleteSorry, being a smartass today. :)
Seriously though, I agree. Sometimes the good reviews are harder to write!
Haha, I LOVE IT
DeleteYes a review of a book you didn't like is difficult but I do believe you do it well.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI used to be a lot more conflicted, but now I know it's just best to be honest. But I can still be polite and not insulting while criticizing :)
ReplyDelete~Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum
Honesty is always best
DeleteI think the hardest ones for me are the books that are so-so and I don't have much to say about them. A book that disappointed in a series or by an author I love is a little hard, but not as hard as having nothing to say.
ReplyDeleteYeah the so and so are the hardest when I think of it, the love ones I can go gaga over, the bad ones I can get mad about bt the soso are hard
DeleteI agree that books I just flat out love are harder to write reviews for. I agree books in long running series I love and don't love one of them can get hard to write, but usually it's because of specific reasons, so I can highlight the positive and then explain the negative.
ReplyDeleteI always find when it comes to those that I have like nothing positive to say anymore
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