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I don't really see reviews as something to be discussed Wibble Send a noteboard - 13/10/2009 01:21:02 AM
Do you read them? If no, why not?


I read them if it was a book I was interested in and haven't bought yet, or maybe one i've read to see what other people are saying.

Do you comment on them? If no, why not?


Not really. I mostly use reviews to check out a book i may be interested in, because I haven't read it, then how can I comment on it? By the time I do get around to reading, assuming I do, then the review is ancient history.

This changes in 2 circumstances that I can see a) You have 2 people who have read it and have disagreeing views, or b) You have a fanatical following clustered in one area around a specific series/author. Case in point, the WOT board, which will disect any review pre-release to an inch of it's life.

Reviews just aren't a natural discussion point to me.

Have you written a review for the site? If no, why not?


No. Time, effort, deciding what to review etc etc

I love reviews. They're always interesting, they're good for helping me decide what I do or don't want to read, and they introduce me to new authors. So I find it strange that people here don't seem to care that much about them, despite the fine effort put in by many people here.


See my commenst above, it's hard for reviews to kickstart discussion. Indeed it's hard for such a widespread genre specific board to kickstart discussions about books outside the big titles, because most people simply haven't read the lesser known ones. Solving that conundrum is the holy grail of genre rather than author/series book sites, in my opinion anyway.

Is there anything we could do that would make you get more involved?


Not really. It's just one of those things. I'm so helpful
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Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 12/10/2009 11:14:39 PM 1409 Views
They can be helpful. ViolentKai - 13/10/2009 01:06:07 AM 1183 Views
Re: They can be helpful. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:09:44 AM 1005 Views
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Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 06:58:09 PM 1150 Views
We can't do much about that... though... Jacob - 15/10/2009 04:35:32 PM 1053 Views
I enjoy the reviews greatly. I wish I could access them all on one page. Tom - 13/10/2009 01:12:25 AM 1187 Views
Ben's working on that. Has to fix background bugs first. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:59 AM 1068 Views
I don't really see reviews as something to be discussed Wibble - 13/10/2009 01:21:02 AM 1281 Views
Not necessarily discussed, just commented on. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:22:04 AM 1174 Views
Yes nossy - 13/10/2009 02:03:02 AM 1155 Views
Re: Yes Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:24:22 AM 1018 Views
Well... Larry - 13/10/2009 02:06:59 AM 1111 Views
Larry. jh - 13/10/2009 10:37:47 AM 1084 Views
Re: Well... Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:25:16 AM 1043 Views
Yep Larry - 14/10/2009 03:15:09 AM 1017 Views
Special Ed classes? Are you really that behind on your education, young man? *NM* trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 04:01:45 AM 539 Views
Sadly, I'm older than you Larry - 14/10/2009 04:11:59 AM 977 Views
More degrees? I would make fun of you, but..... trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 05:06:02 AM 1225 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Animosity - 13/10/2009 02:14:35 AM 1106 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:28:45 AM 1007 Views
that's a negative, ma'am temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:16:44 AM 1184 Views
Alas. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:31:00 AM 1066 Views
Re: Alas. temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:57:48 PM 1142 Views
I am rather idiosyncratic about such things. Craig - 13/10/2009 05:02:32 AM 1054 Views
I think you're fairly idiosyncratic about most things. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:44 AM 1003 Views
You noticed? Craig - 13/10/2009 04:59:35 PM 1047 Views
That's why when I get published, it'll be under... Bryce - 13/10/2009 08:43:00 PM 999 Views
Depends who is writing them, really. Camilla - 13/10/2009 10:33:05 AM 980 Views
Re: Depends who is writing them, really. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:35:26 AM 1093 Views
I would read that one. nossy - 13/10/2009 06:14:14 PM 1109 Views
Yes, but... jh - 13/10/2009 10:46:58 AM 1130 Views
Where's the but? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:37:53 AM 1113 Views
what if nossy - 13/10/2009 06:20:27 PM 1073 Views
Nah. jh - 13/10/2009 08:40:08 PM 1137 Views
heh nossy - 13/10/2009 10:37:06 PM 1080 Views
I think we are speaking about totally different things. *NM* jh - 13/10/2009 11:02:13 PM 550 Views
I gobble up reviews, but I ambivalent about them. Ouranid - 13/10/2009 02:41:07 PM 1037 Views
We can do both. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:23:14 PM 1081 Views
Hell yes I care Bryce - 13/10/2009 04:00:23 PM 1227 Views
Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:27:54 PM 1231 Views
Bien sûr. Legolas - 13/10/2009 04:31:24 PM 1173 Views
I had to ask Tim what that means. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:48 PM 1053 Views
Wasn't he going to teach you French? Legolas - 13/10/2009 11:41:28 PM 998 Views
Yeah. We kind of stopped doing that. Must get back into it at some point. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 12:05:26 AM 1074 Views
another thought... temeraire - 13/10/2009 08:43:16 PM 1080 Views
It's ok. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:58 PM 1048 Views
I have been reading some here, yes. Stephen - 13/10/2009 09:48:05 PM 1019 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:34:15 PM 1099 Views
Usually they're tl;dr *NM* rebelaessedai - 14/10/2009 12:50:54 AM 519 Views
I don't know what that means. *NM* Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:39:04 AM 511 Views
Too Long; Didn't Read *NM* Ghavrel - 15/10/2009 06:15:39 PM 482 Views
I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 14/10/2009 04:51:39 AM 1079 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:41:00 AM 936 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 15/10/2009 04:33:44 AM 1035 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? mapthis - 14/10/2009 04:38:59 PM 1214 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 14/10/2009 05:59:45 PM 955 Views
Indeed, I do. Vodalus - 14/10/2009 07:30:33 PM 972 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:40:09 PM 1175 Views
Dafonautley Elaine - 15/10/2009 01:46:15 PM 967 Views
Speaking as a reviewer, it's just nice to get an affirmation once and a while... Jacob - 15/10/2009 04:42:56 PM 1199 Views
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