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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 1444 Views
They can be helpful. ViolentKai - 13/10/2009 01:06:07 AM 1231 Views
Re: They can be helpful. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:09:44 AM 1036 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 01:10:05 AM 1054 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:14:55 AM 1031 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 06:58:09 PM 1180 Views
We can't do much about that... though... Jacob - 15/10/2009 04:35:32 PM 1095 Views
I enjoy the reviews greatly. I wish I could access them all on one page. Tom - 13/10/2009 01:12:25 AM 1225 Views
Ben's working on that. Has to fix background bugs first. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:59 AM 1102 Views
I don't really see reviews as something to be discussed Wibble - 13/10/2009 01:21:02 AM 1325 Views
Not necessarily discussed, just commented on. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:22:04 AM 1221 Views
Yes nossy - 13/10/2009 02:03:02 AM 1194 Views
Re: Yes Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:24:22 AM 1050 Views
Well... Larry - 13/10/2009 02:06:59 AM 1153 Views
Larry. jh - 13/10/2009 10:37:47 AM 1121 Views
Re: Well... Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:25:16 AM 1078 Views
Yep Larry - 14/10/2009 03:15:09 AM 1056 Views
Special Ed classes? Are you really that behind on your education, young man? *NM* trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 04:01:45 AM 562 Views
Sadly, I'm older than you Larry - 14/10/2009 04:11:59 AM 1008 Views
More degrees? I would make fun of you, but..... trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 05:06:02 AM 1269 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Animosity - 13/10/2009 02:14:35 AM 1134 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:28:45 AM 1048 Views
that's a negative, ma'am temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:16:44 AM 1216 Views
Alas. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:31:00 AM 1098 Views
Re: Alas. temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:57:48 PM 1185 Views
I am rather idiosyncratic about such things. Craig - 13/10/2009 05:02:32 AM 1093 Views
I think you're fairly idiosyncratic about most things. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:44 AM 1046 Views
You noticed? Craig - 13/10/2009 04:59:35 PM 1087 Views
That's why when I get published, it'll be under... Bryce - 13/10/2009 08:43:00 PM 1026 Views
Depends who is writing them, really. Camilla - 13/10/2009 10:33:05 AM 1014 Views
Re: Depends who is writing them, really. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:35:26 AM 1122 Views
I would read that one. nossy - 13/10/2009 06:14:14 PM 1147 Views
Yes, but... jh - 13/10/2009 10:46:58 AM 1177 Views
Where's the but? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:37:53 AM 1161 Views
what if nossy - 13/10/2009 06:20:27 PM 1109 Views
Nah. jh - 13/10/2009 08:40:08 PM 1183 Views
heh nossy - 13/10/2009 10:37:06 PM 1114 Views
I think we are speaking about totally different things. *NM* jh - 13/10/2009 11:02:13 PM 576 Views
I gobble up reviews, but I ambivalent about them. Ouranid - 13/10/2009 02:41:07 PM 1072 Views
We can do both. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:23:14 PM 1117 Views
Hell yes I care Bryce - 13/10/2009 04:00:23 PM 1265 Views
Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:27:54 PM 1261 Views
Bien sûr. Legolas - 13/10/2009 04:31:24 PM 1210 Views
I had to ask Tim what that means. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:48 PM 1092 Views
Wasn't he going to teach you French? Legolas - 13/10/2009 11:41:28 PM 1034 Views
Yeah. We kind of stopped doing that. Must get back into it at some point. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 12:05:26 AM 1112 Views
another thought... temeraire - 13/10/2009 08:43:16 PM 1108 Views
It's ok. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:58 PM 1081 Views
I have been reading some here, yes. Stephen - 13/10/2009 09:48:05 PM 1050 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:34:15 PM 1136 Views
Usually they're tl;dr *NM* rebelaessedai - 14/10/2009 12:50:54 AM 541 Views
I don't know what that means. *NM* Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:39:04 AM 532 Views
Too Long; Didn't Read *NM* Ghavrel - 15/10/2009 06:15:39 PM 512 Views
I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 14/10/2009 04:51:39 AM 1114 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:41:00 AM 972 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 15/10/2009 04:33:44 AM 1075 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? mapthis - 14/10/2009 04:38:59 PM 1249 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 14/10/2009 05:59:45 PM 987 Views
Indeed, I do. Vodalus - 14/10/2009 07:30:33 PM 1005 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:40:09 PM 1208 Views
Dafonautley Elaine - 15/10/2009 01:46:15 PM 1004 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 1237 Views
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