Why Book Reviews and Critiques Are Essentially Pointless.

Ignore the critiques and critics. They are ultimately meaningless. It's not necessarily bad to consider the viewpoints of another. Alternate ...

Why book ratings are pointless! - Julia's books

One thought on “Why book ratings are pointless!” ... I agree with you completely, Julia. I never award stars to books reviewed on my blog! Like ...

Is literary criticism too personal? A critique of critique : r/Fantasy

I think a large proportion of critique is so personal that it's essentially worthless. People bring their own expectations and preferences and biases to ...

Why Professional Book Critics are Irrelevant - Off the Beaten Shelf

The problem with professional book critics is that they have their own best interests in mind, not the best interests of their readers. They ...

Book ratings are meaningles unless standard criteria is enforced

The book rating system has become polluted to the point of verging on meaningless. Authors exchange favorable reviews with one another. They ...

The Value of Negative Reviews - Whatever Scalzi

... pointless writing/characterisation I've seen in a long time. I ... So he's basically useless as a critic now. Josh Jasper · September 26 ...

Book Reviews are sometimes pointless. - The Lemon Fool

Book Reviews are sometimes pointless. Postby DelianLeague » Wed Feb 01, 2023 5:44 pm. Hello Bookworms, Do people look at book reviews and websites before ...

Is a bad book review better than no review? - Quora

A bad book review makes people wonder what you didn't like about the book. It may well inspire others who like the author, to read this book and ...

Does Literary Criticism Have a Grade Inflation Problem?

... book reviews. It's rare that, say, the New York Times Book Review ... In fact, the grade is essentially meaningless—it does nothing to ...

What's the Point of a Book Review? | by victoria waddle - Medium

The book review star rating system is meaningless. The sole purpose of a book review is to inform the potential buyer about the contents of ...

Lit reviews are (almost) functionally worthless | Andrew Wheeler

Lit reviews are (almost) functionally worthless. The other day I got ... Primarily, literature reviews force a writer to educate him ...

"This Essentially Meaningless Conflict"

Book Reviews. By Interview. Saul Perlmutter · Fei-Fei Li · Carla Hayden · Arati ... “This Essentially Meaningless Conflict”. By Lee Gutkind, Daniel Sarewitz. An ...

Why Literature is Useless: - Deep Blue Repositories

Unless Beauty is useful for some other end, such as truth or moral improvement, critics have a great ... literature is essentially useless, two ...

Book reviews are meaningless. | Mythic Scribes Writing Forums

Reviews are pointless because some people are just utterly unintelligent. Most of the people on 1 star reviews claim that the book is too long ...

Book Review - Beautiful and Pointless - A Guide to Modern Poetry

Critics' Reviews ... essentially his book says just that. This will come as no surprise to many. But what makes “Beautiful and Pointless ...

Are Books Useless?: An extract from the 1996 Boyer lectures

Are books essentially useless? I suggest that we indeed subscribe to ... All the academic analyses and critiques that had engrossed me over the ...

Book Reviews: Why They Matter SO Much - Kristen Lamb

Book reviews are not about author egos. Reviews are a matter of life and death, survival in an absurdly overcrowded marketplace.

Book reviews don't work like product reviews. Products are designed to solve a problem—if they don't, that's grounds for a negative review. If ...

How to Write a Book Review: 3 Main Elements of a Book Review

A book review provides critique and analysis of a book for potential readers. Learn how to write a book review, so you can effectively share your opinion about ...

Essentially Pointless: A Review of "Essential Avengers" #1, 2, & 3

Essentially Pointless A Review of. Essential Avengers #1, 2 & 3 jriddle ... This opens the book to another interesting criticism. Reading through the ...