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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 1300 Views
They can be helpful. ViolentKai - 13/10/2009 01:06:07 AM 1064 Views
Re: They can be helpful. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:09:44 AM 894 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 01:10:05 AM 901 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:14:55 AM 881 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 06:58:09 PM 999 Views
We can't do much about that... though... Jacob - 15/10/2009 04:35:32 PM 912 Views
I enjoy the reviews greatly. I wish I could access them all on one page. Tom - 13/10/2009 01:12:25 AM 1054 Views
Ben's working on that. Has to fix background bugs first. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:59 AM 956 Views
I don't really see reviews as something to be discussed Wibble - 13/10/2009 01:21:02 AM 1152 Views
Not necessarily discussed, just commented on. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:22:04 AM 1018 Views
Yes nossy - 13/10/2009 02:03:02 AM 1046 Views
Re: Yes Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:24:22 AM 908 Views
Well... Larry - 13/10/2009 02:06:59 AM 1003 Views
Larry. jh - 13/10/2009 10:37:47 AM 964 Views
Re: Well... Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:25:16 AM 936 Views
Yep Larry - 14/10/2009 03:15:09 AM 909 Views
Special Ed classes? Are you really that behind on your education, young man? *NM* trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 04:01:45 AM 493 Views
Sadly, I'm older than you Larry - 14/10/2009 04:11:59 AM 873 Views
More degrees? I would make fun of you, but..... trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 05:06:02 AM 1106 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Animosity - 13/10/2009 02:14:35 AM 993 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:28:45 AM 897 Views
that's a negative, ma'am temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:16:44 AM 1042 Views
Alas. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:31:00 AM 946 Views
Re: Alas. temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:57:48 PM 1025 Views
I am rather idiosyncratic about such things. Craig - 13/10/2009 05:02:32 AM 945 Views
I think you're fairly idiosyncratic about most things. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:44 AM 903 Views
You noticed? Craig - 13/10/2009 04:59:35 PM 940 Views
That's why when I get published, it'll be under... Bryce - 13/10/2009 08:43:00 PM 885 Views
Depends who is writing them, really. Camilla - 13/10/2009 10:33:05 AM 865 Views
Re: Depends who is writing them, really. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:35:26 AM 980 Views
I would read that one. nossy - 13/10/2009 06:14:14 PM 979 Views
Yes, but... jh - 13/10/2009 10:46:58 AM 993 Views
Where's the but? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:37:53 AM 1008 Views
what if nossy - 13/10/2009 06:20:27 PM 963 Views
Nah. jh - 13/10/2009 08:40:08 PM 1024 Views
heh nossy - 13/10/2009 10:37:06 PM 957 Views
I think we are speaking about totally different things. *NM* jh - 13/10/2009 11:02:13 PM 487 Views
I gobble up reviews, but I ambivalent about them. Ouranid - 13/10/2009 02:41:07 PM 931 Views
We can do both. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:23:14 PM 964 Views
Hell yes I care Bryce - 13/10/2009 04:00:23 PM 1102 Views
Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:27:54 PM 1123 Views
Bien sûr. Legolas - 13/10/2009 04:31:24 PM 1057 Views
I had to ask Tim what that means. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:48 PM 947 Views
Wasn't he going to teach you French? Legolas - 13/10/2009 11:41:28 PM 877 Views
Yeah. We kind of stopped doing that. Must get back into it at some point. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 12:05:26 AM 964 Views
another thought... temeraire - 13/10/2009 08:43:16 PM 972 Views
It's ok. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:58 PM 924 Views
I have been reading some here, yes. Stephen - 13/10/2009 09:48:05 PM 915 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:34:15 PM 995 Views
Usually they're tl;dr *NM* rebelaessedai - 14/10/2009 12:50:54 AM 458 Views
I don't know what that means. *NM* Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:39:04 AM 462 Views
Too Long; Didn't Read *NM* Ghavrel - 15/10/2009 06:15:39 PM 438 Views
I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 14/10/2009 04:51:39 AM 953 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:41:00 AM 810 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 15/10/2009 04:33:44 AM 935 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? mapthis - 14/10/2009 04:38:59 PM 1096 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 14/10/2009 05:59:45 PM 839 Views
Indeed, I do. Vodalus - 14/10/2009 07:30:33 PM 864 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:40:09 PM 1063 Views
Dafonautley Elaine - 15/10/2009 01:46:15 PM 856 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 1100 Views
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