Why I've Decided to Stop Reading Reviews
Why I've Decided to Stop Reading Reviews - Richard Haas
It turns that reviews are not only fake in a lot of instances, but they are also fundamentally flawed as an objective measure of quality.
Reading reviews hyperfocuses me on the bad stuff. Anyone else?
I'm the exact opposite, oddly. If I've liked the book and then I read negative reviews, my response is usually ha-ha look at this loser who has ...
The Day I Stopped Reading Reviews | HuffPost Entertainment
Though I doubted someone would take the time to write an entire blog about how much they hated the book, anything was possible, and I wasn't ...
Why I Don't Read Reviews - Writer Unboxed
I try not to read reviews of my own books, especially when they appear on sites where anyone at all can express an opinion.
Why I Don't Rate Books - nut free nerd
That's because I don't rate books anymore. I made the decision to stop rating books ... books I've read into this sliding scale of ratings in my ...
Negative Reviews (and Why I Don't Read Them) - Writer Unboxed
I don't read negative reviews for fear all it will do is make me doubt myself and my ability. I am also a book reviewer. I've written maybe two ...
Why I Don't Read Book Reviews - The Regal Writer
I've never understood the appeal of book reviews, or any kind of review for that matter. Why does it matter if someone else believes a ...
As a book blogger who posts book reviews, you'd perhaps expect me to rate the books that I read. I used to but since August 2019 I stopped ...
If you wanted to read a book and read bad reviews before ... - Quora
Otherwise, a bad review, if well written, can sometimes encourage me to read a book. The features the reviewer dislikes might be things I like.
Reading Experiment: Why I No Longer Decide To Rate Books (and ...
The same would happen to books. I would finish it and feel like I had to give it a rating but then would feel different about it a couple of ...
Why I Don't Write Negative Reviews - Jenniely
I don't write negative reviews because I want to avoid awkward encounters. First world problem alert. I've been lucky enough to meet a fair few ...
Why I Don't Read Five-Star Book Reviews | A Frame Around Infinity
Neither do I read one-star reviews, which are often either mean-spirited – speaking less to the story itself and more to the perceived ...
Why I Don't Rate the Books I Review - Doctor's Orders
Why? Because I see enough trauma and pain in my day job that I didn't want to read about it when I got home. It's a great book ...
Do you look at the reviews of a book before reading it? Why ... - Quora
I have seen people buying books from footpath, before they make the decision they open Google and type the name of the book + reviews. If it ...
Why I Stopped Writing Book Reviews - by Adsum Try Ravenhill
I swiftly decided that this approach to book reviews would never work for me. I'm not interested in perpetuating the mythological canon of books ...
Should Readers Finish A Book Before Posting A Review? - Medium
Alex therefore isn't short for reviews. A couple of 1-star ratings from readers that haven't finished his novels won't hurt him too much, and ...
Why I Sometimes Write Negative Reviews & Why You Should ...
That's why I no longer let friends know if I've decided to read their books. This gives me the opportunity to quit reading and bow out gracefully without ...
Why are Goodreads reviews of my debut novel (before it's out) so ...
When I look at their comments I wonder how they could have so misinterpreted things that me, my agent, editor and beta readers knew worked well; ...
Should I read this book? The first three... — Iron Gold Q&A
But I love Darrow, and from the reviews I've seen it looks like he goes down ... and this book was loooooong, but in the end, i decided i did really like it.
Why I Review Everything I Read - Book Riot
(The only exceptions that I can think of are books I read for a class, books I quit reading, and books I reread.) Writing these reviews has ...