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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 1462 Views
They can be helpful. ViolentKai - 13/10/2009 01:06:07 AM 1258 Views
Re: They can be helpful. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:09:44 AM 1056 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 01:10:05 AM 1073 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:14:55 AM 1043 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 06:58:09 PM 1198 Views
We can't do much about that... though... Jacob - 15/10/2009 04:35:32 PM 1114 Views
I enjoy the reviews greatly. I wish I could access them all on one page. Tom - 13/10/2009 01:12:25 AM 1247 Views
Ben's working on that. Has to fix background bugs first. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:59 AM 1118 Views
I don't really see reviews as something to be discussed Wibble - 13/10/2009 01:21:02 AM 1342 Views
Not necessarily discussed, just commented on. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:22:04 AM 1240 Views
Yes nossy - 13/10/2009 02:03:02 AM 1213 Views
Re: Yes Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:24:22 AM 1068 Views
Well... Larry - 13/10/2009 02:06:59 AM 1175 Views
Larry. jh - 13/10/2009 10:37:47 AM 1141 Views
Re: Well... Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:25:16 AM 1099 Views
Yep Larry - 14/10/2009 03:15:09 AM 1070 Views
Special Ed classes? Are you really that behind on your education, young man? *NM* trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 04:01:45 AM 576 Views
Sadly, I'm older than you Larry - 14/10/2009 04:11:59 AM 1023 Views
More degrees? I would make fun of you, but..... trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 05:06:02 AM 1294 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Animosity - 13/10/2009 02:14:35 AM 1149 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:28:45 AM 1075 Views
that's a negative, ma'am temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:16:44 AM 1239 Views
Alas. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:31:00 AM 1113 Views
Re: Alas. temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:57:48 PM 1207 Views
I am rather idiosyncratic about such things. Craig - 13/10/2009 05:02:32 AM 1111 Views
I think you're fairly idiosyncratic about most things. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:44 AM 1064 Views
You noticed? Craig - 13/10/2009 04:59:35 PM 1104 Views
That's why when I get published, it'll be under... Bryce - 13/10/2009 08:43:00 PM 1040 Views
Depends who is writing them, really. Camilla - 13/10/2009 10:33:05 AM 1031 Views
Re: Depends who is writing them, really. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:35:26 AM 1139 Views
I would read that one. nossy - 13/10/2009 06:14:14 PM 1163 Views
Yes, but... jh - 13/10/2009 10:46:58 AM 1197 Views
Where's the but? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:37:53 AM 1183 Views
what if nossy - 13/10/2009 06:20:27 PM 1126 Views
Nah. jh - 13/10/2009 08:40:08 PM 1205 Views
heh nossy - 13/10/2009 10:37:06 PM 1131 Views
I think we are speaking about totally different things. *NM* jh - 13/10/2009 11:02:13 PM 584 Views
I gobble up reviews, but I ambivalent about them. Ouranid - 13/10/2009 02:41:07 PM 1091 Views
We can do both. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:23:14 PM 1136 Views
Hell yes I care Bryce - 13/10/2009 04:00:23 PM 1283 Views
Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:27:54 PM 1276 Views
Bien sûr. Legolas - 13/10/2009 04:31:24 PM 1229 Views
I had to ask Tim what that means. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:48 PM 1106 Views
Wasn't he going to teach you French? Legolas - 13/10/2009 11:41:28 PM 1051 Views
Yeah. We kind of stopped doing that. Must get back into it at some point. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 12:05:26 AM 1132 Views
another thought... temeraire - 13/10/2009 08:43:16 PM 1124 Views
It's ok. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:58 PM 1099 Views
I have been reading some here, yes. Stephen - 13/10/2009 09:48:05 PM 1069 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:34:15 PM 1155 Views
Usually they're tl;dr *NM* rebelaessedai - 14/10/2009 12:50:54 AM 550 Views
I don't know what that means. *NM* Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:39:04 AM 539 Views
Too Long; Didn't Read *NM* Ghavrel - 15/10/2009 06:15:39 PM 520 Views
I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 14/10/2009 04:51:39 AM 1134 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:41:00 AM 987 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 15/10/2009 04:33:44 AM 1093 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? mapthis - 14/10/2009 04:38:59 PM 1270 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 14/10/2009 05:59:45 PM 1007 Views
Indeed, I do. Vodalus - 14/10/2009 07:30:33 PM 1019 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:40:09 PM 1225 Views
Dafonautley Elaine - 15/10/2009 01:46:15 PM 1021 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 1258 Views
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