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I gobble up reviews, but I ambivalent about them. Ouranid Send a noteboard - 13/10/2009 02:41:07 PM
First of all, they're untrustwrthy, as they're not an exact science at all. They're not objective, indeed couldn't be, so they're the subjective opinion of a person whose personality is hard to judge from the written word, and whose opinion can be influenced by anything from having had sex the night previously to having had to deal with annoying people, things which can seriously affect both reading experiences and analyisis.

Secondly, my own opinions can be like butter, melting before the opinions of perfect strangers:(. If I read a negative review of something I like, I start having second thoughts, thinking that maybe I didn't like the book as much as I thought I did.

I much prefer discussions of elements or themes prevailent in the work.
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Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 12/10/2009 11:14:39 PM 1484 Views
They can be helpful. ViolentKai - 13/10/2009 01:06:07 AM 1287 Views
Re: They can be helpful. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:09:44 AM 1078 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 01:10:05 AM 1096 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:14:55 AM 1072 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 06:58:09 PM 1222 Views
We can't do much about that... though... Jacob - 15/10/2009 04:35:32 PM 1140 Views
I enjoy the reviews greatly. I wish I could access them all on one page. Tom - 13/10/2009 01:12:25 AM 1271 Views
Ben's working on that. Has to fix background bugs first. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:59 AM 1148 Views
I don't really see reviews as something to be discussed Wibble - 13/10/2009 01:21:02 AM 1373 Views
Not necessarily discussed, just commented on. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:22:04 AM 1273 Views
Yes nossy - 13/10/2009 02:03:02 AM 1234 Views
Re: Yes Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:24:22 AM 1091 Views
Well... Larry - 13/10/2009 02:06:59 AM 1205 Views
Larry. jh - 13/10/2009 10:37:47 AM 1171 Views
Re: Well... Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:25:16 AM 1121 Views
Yep Larry - 14/10/2009 03:15:09 AM 1091 Views
Special Ed classes? Are you really that behind on your education, young man? *NM* trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 04:01:45 AM 593 Views
Sadly, I'm older than you Larry - 14/10/2009 04:11:59 AM 1047 Views
More degrees? I would make fun of you, but..... trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 05:06:02 AM 1316 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Animosity - 13/10/2009 02:14:35 AM 1175 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:28:45 AM 1111 Views
that's a negative, ma'am temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:16:44 AM 1258 Views
Alas. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:31:00 AM 1147 Views
Re: Alas. temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:57:48 PM 1226 Views
I am rather idiosyncratic about such things. Craig - 13/10/2009 05:02:32 AM 1146 Views
I think you're fairly idiosyncratic about most things. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:44 AM 1096 Views
You noticed? Craig - 13/10/2009 04:59:35 PM 1130 Views
That's why when I get published, it'll be under... Bryce - 13/10/2009 08:43:00 PM 1064 Views
Depends who is writing them, really. Camilla - 13/10/2009 10:33:05 AM 1059 Views
Re: Depends who is writing them, really. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:35:26 AM 1161 Views
I would read that one. nossy - 13/10/2009 06:14:14 PM 1193 Views
Yes, but... jh - 13/10/2009 10:46:58 AM 1224 Views
Where's the but? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:37:53 AM 1201 Views
what if nossy - 13/10/2009 06:20:27 PM 1155 Views
Nah. jh - 13/10/2009 08:40:08 PM 1232 Views
heh nossy - 13/10/2009 10:37:06 PM 1153 Views
I think we are speaking about totally different things. *NM* jh - 13/10/2009 11:02:13 PM 597 Views
I gobble up reviews, but I ambivalent about them. Ouranid - 13/10/2009 02:41:07 PM 1124 Views
We can do both. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:23:14 PM 1162 Views
Hell yes I care Bryce - 13/10/2009 04:00:23 PM 1312 Views
Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:27:54 PM 1311 Views
Bien sûr. Legolas - 13/10/2009 04:31:24 PM 1253 Views
I had to ask Tim what that means. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:48 PM 1135 Views
Wasn't he going to teach you French? Legolas - 13/10/2009 11:41:28 PM 1078 Views
Yeah. We kind of stopped doing that. Must get back into it at some point. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 12:05:26 AM 1154 Views
another thought... temeraire - 13/10/2009 08:43:16 PM 1154 Views
It's ok. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:58 PM 1132 Views
I have been reading some here, yes. Stephen - 13/10/2009 09:48:05 PM 1089 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:34:15 PM 1181 Views
Usually they're tl;dr *NM* rebelaessedai - 14/10/2009 12:50:54 AM 564 Views
I don't know what that means. *NM* Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:39:04 AM 553 Views
Too Long; Didn't Read *NM* Ghavrel - 15/10/2009 06:15:39 PM 533 Views
I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 14/10/2009 04:51:39 AM 1154 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:41:00 AM 1009 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 15/10/2009 04:33:44 AM 1119 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? mapthis - 14/10/2009 04:38:59 PM 1291 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 14/10/2009 05:59:45 PM 1037 Views
Indeed, I do. Vodalus - 14/10/2009 07:30:33 PM 1042 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:40:09 PM 1248 Views
Dafonautley Elaine - 15/10/2009 01:46:15 PM 1042 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 1302 Views
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