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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 1326 Views
They can be helpful. ViolentKai - 13/10/2009 01:06:07 AM 1090 Views
Re: They can be helpful. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:09:44 AM 919 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 01:10:05 AM 926 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:14:55 AM 904 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 06:58:09 PM 1037 Views
We can't do much about that... though... Jacob - 15/10/2009 04:35:32 PM 945 Views
I enjoy the reviews greatly. I wish I could access them all on one page. Tom - 13/10/2009 01:12:25 AM 1095 Views
Ben's working on that. Has to fix background bugs first. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:59 AM 981 Views
I don't really see reviews as something to be discussed Wibble - 13/10/2009 01:21:02 AM 1191 Views
Not necessarily discussed, just commented on. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:22:04 AM 1066 Views
Yes nossy - 13/10/2009 02:03:02 AM 1069 Views
Re: Yes Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:24:22 AM 939 Views
Well... Larry - 13/10/2009 02:06:59 AM 1031 Views
Larry. jh - 13/10/2009 10:37:47 AM 987 Views
Re: Well... Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:25:16 AM 957 Views
Yep Larry - 14/10/2009 03:15:09 AM 932 Views
Special Ed classes? Are you really that behind on your education, young man? *NM* trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 04:01:45 AM 504 Views
Sadly, I'm older than you Larry - 14/10/2009 04:11:59 AM 896 Views
More degrees? I would make fun of you, but..... trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 05:06:02 AM 1135 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Animosity - 13/10/2009 02:14:35 AM 1021 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:28:45 AM 921 Views
that's a negative, ma'am temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:16:44 AM 1075 Views
Alas. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:31:00 AM 971 Views
Re: Alas. temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:57:48 PM 1051 Views
I am rather idiosyncratic about such things. Craig - 13/10/2009 05:02:32 AM 968 Views
I think you're fairly idiosyncratic about most things. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:44 AM 927 Views
You noticed? Craig - 13/10/2009 04:59:35 PM 961 Views
That's why when I get published, it'll be under... Bryce - 13/10/2009 08:43:00 PM 908 Views
Depends who is writing them, really. Camilla - 13/10/2009 10:33:05 AM 892 Views
Re: Depends who is writing them, really. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:35:26 AM 1001 Views
I would read that one. nossy - 13/10/2009 06:14:14 PM 1006 Views
Yes, but... jh - 13/10/2009 10:46:58 AM 1021 Views
Where's the but? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:37:53 AM 1032 Views
what if nossy - 13/10/2009 06:20:27 PM 993 Views
Nah. jh - 13/10/2009 08:40:08 PM 1048 Views
heh nossy - 13/10/2009 10:37:06 PM 983 Views
I think we are speaking about totally different things. *NM* jh - 13/10/2009 11:02:13 PM 502 Views
I gobble up reviews, but I ambivalent about them. Ouranid - 13/10/2009 02:41:07 PM 956 Views
We can do both. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:23:14 PM 989 Views
Hell yes I care Bryce - 13/10/2009 04:00:23 PM 1128 Views
Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:27:54 PM 1151 Views
Bien sûr. Legolas - 13/10/2009 04:31:24 PM 1079 Views
I had to ask Tim what that means. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:48 PM 971 Views
Wasn't he going to teach you French? Legolas - 13/10/2009 11:41:28 PM 903 Views
Yeah. We kind of stopped doing that. Must get back into it at some point. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 12:05:26 AM 986 Views
another thought... temeraire - 13/10/2009 08:43:16 PM 990 Views
It's ok. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:58 PM 952 Views
I have been reading some here, yes. Stephen - 13/10/2009 09:48:05 PM 938 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:34:15 PM 1016 Views
Usually they're tl;dr *NM* rebelaessedai - 14/10/2009 12:50:54 AM 470 Views
I don't know what that means. *NM* Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:39:04 AM 472 Views
Too Long; Didn't Read *NM* Ghavrel - 15/10/2009 06:15:39 PM 449 Views
I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 14/10/2009 04:51:39 AM 987 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:41:00 AM 834 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 15/10/2009 04:33:44 AM 957 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? mapthis - 14/10/2009 04:38:59 PM 1115 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 14/10/2009 05:59:45 PM 860 Views
Indeed, I do. Vodalus - 14/10/2009 07:30:33 PM 884 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:40:09 PM 1087 Views
Dafonautley Elaine - 15/10/2009 01:46:15 PM 882 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 1124 Views
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