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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 1412 Views
They can be helpful. ViolentKai - 13/10/2009 01:06:07 AM 1186 Views
Re: They can be helpful. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:09:44 AM 1006 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 01:10:05 AM 1025 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:14:55 AM 989 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 06:58:09 PM 1152 Views
We can't do much about that... though... Jacob - 15/10/2009 04:35:32 PM 1056 Views
I enjoy the reviews greatly. I wish I could access them all on one page. Tom - 13/10/2009 01:12:25 AM 1189 Views
Ben's working on that. Has to fix background bugs first. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:59 AM 1072 Views
I don't really see reviews as something to be discussed Wibble - 13/10/2009 01:21:02 AM 1284 Views
Not necessarily discussed, just commented on. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:22:04 AM 1176 Views
Yes nossy - 13/10/2009 02:03:02 AM 1158 Views
Re: Yes Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:24:22 AM 1019 Views
Well... Larry - 13/10/2009 02:06:59 AM 1114 Views
Larry. jh - 13/10/2009 10:37:47 AM 1087 Views
Re: Well... Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:25:16 AM 1044 Views
Yep Larry - 14/10/2009 03:15:09 AM 1020 Views
Special Ed classes? Are you really that behind on your education, young man? *NM* trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 04:01:45 AM 541 Views
Sadly, I'm older than you Larry - 14/10/2009 04:11:59 AM 980 Views
More degrees? I would make fun of you, but..... trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 05:06:02 AM 1228 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Animosity - 13/10/2009 02:14:35 AM 1109 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:28:45 AM 1007 Views
that's a negative, ma'am temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:16:44 AM 1187 Views
Alas. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:31:00 AM 1069 Views
Re: Alas. temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:57:48 PM 1145 Views
I am rather idiosyncratic about such things. Craig - 13/10/2009 05:02:32 AM 1055 Views
I think you're fairly idiosyncratic about most things. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:44 AM 1006 Views
You noticed? Craig - 13/10/2009 04:59:35 PM 1048 Views
That's why when I get published, it'll be under... Bryce - 13/10/2009 08:43:00 PM 1001 Views
Depends who is writing them, really. Camilla - 13/10/2009 10:33:05 AM 982 Views
Re: Depends who is writing them, really. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:35:26 AM 1096 Views
I would read that one. nossy - 13/10/2009 06:14:14 PM 1110 Views
Yes, but... jh - 13/10/2009 10:46:58 AM 1133 Views
Where's the but? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:37:53 AM 1116 Views
what if nossy - 13/10/2009 06:20:27 PM 1076 Views
Nah. jh - 13/10/2009 08:40:08 PM 1137 Views
heh nossy - 13/10/2009 10:37:06 PM 1083 Views
I think we are speaking about totally different things. *NM* jh - 13/10/2009 11:02:13 PM 550 Views
I gobble up reviews, but I ambivalent about them. Ouranid - 13/10/2009 02:41:07 PM 1040 Views
We can do both. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:23:14 PM 1083 Views
Hell yes I care Bryce - 13/10/2009 04:00:23 PM 1227 Views
Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:27:54 PM 1233 Views
Bien sûr. Legolas - 13/10/2009 04:31:24 PM 1176 Views
I had to ask Tim what that means. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:48 PM 1055 Views
Wasn't he going to teach you French? Legolas - 13/10/2009 11:41:28 PM 1001 Views
Yeah. We kind of stopped doing that. Must get back into it at some point. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 12:05:26 AM 1077 Views
another thought... temeraire - 13/10/2009 08:43:16 PM 1081 Views
It's ok. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:58 PM 1051 Views
I have been reading some here, yes. Stephen - 13/10/2009 09:48:05 PM 1022 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:34:15 PM 1100 Views
Usually they're tl;dr *NM* rebelaessedai - 14/10/2009 12:50:54 AM 519 Views
I don't know what that means. *NM* Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:39:04 AM 513 Views
Too Long; Didn't Read *NM* Ghavrel - 15/10/2009 06:15:39 PM 484 Views
I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 14/10/2009 04:51:39 AM 1081 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:41:00 AM 939 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 15/10/2009 04:33:44 AM 1038 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? mapthis - 14/10/2009 04:38:59 PM 1215 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 14/10/2009 05:59:45 PM 958 Views
Indeed, I do. Vodalus - 14/10/2009 07:30:33 PM 975 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:40:09 PM 1178 Views
Dafonautley Elaine - 15/10/2009 01:46:15 PM 970 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 1202 Views
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