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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 1232 Views
They can be helpful. ViolentKai - 13/10/2009 01:06:07 AM 989 Views
Re: They can be helpful. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:09:44 AM 828 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 01:10:05 AM 832 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:14:55 AM 812 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 06:58:09 PM 934 Views
We can't do much about that... though... Jacob - 15/10/2009 04:35:32 PM 845 Views
I enjoy the reviews greatly. I wish I could access them all on one page. Tom - 13/10/2009 01:12:25 AM 987 Views
Ben's working on that. Has to fix background bugs first. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:59 AM 893 Views
I don't really see reviews as something to be discussed Wibble - 13/10/2009 01:21:02 AM 1073 Views
Not necessarily discussed, just commented on. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:22:04 AM 941 Views
Yes nossy - 13/10/2009 02:03:02 AM 986 Views
Re: Yes Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:24:22 AM 828 Views
Well... Larry - 13/10/2009 02:06:59 AM 940 Views
Larry. jh - 13/10/2009 10:37:47 AM 897 Views
Re: Well... Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:25:16 AM 866 Views
Yep Larry - 14/10/2009 03:15:09 AM 842 Views
Special Ed classes? Are you really that behind on your education, young man? *NM* trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 04:01:45 AM 459 Views
Sadly, I'm older than you Larry - 14/10/2009 04:11:59 AM 808 Views
More degrees? I would make fun of you, but..... trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 05:06:02 AM 950 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Animosity - 13/10/2009 02:14:35 AM 915 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:28:45 AM 824 Views
that's a negative, ma'am temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:16:44 AM 970 Views
Alas. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:31:00 AM 880 Views
Re: Alas. temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:57:48 PM 954 Views
I am rather idiosyncratic about such things. Craig - 13/10/2009 05:02:32 AM 876 Views
I think you're fairly idiosyncratic about most things. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:44 AM 813 Views
You noticed? Craig - 13/10/2009 04:59:35 PM 874 Views
That's why when I get published, it'll be under... Bryce - 13/10/2009 08:43:00 PM 815 Views
Depends who is writing them, really. Camilla - 13/10/2009 10:33:05 AM 799 Views
Re: Depends who is writing them, really. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:35:26 AM 907 Views
I would read that one. nossy - 13/10/2009 06:14:14 PM 913 Views
Yes, but... jh - 13/10/2009 10:46:58 AM 919 Views
Where's the but? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:37:53 AM 933 Views
what if nossy - 13/10/2009 06:20:27 PM 896 Views
Nah. jh - 13/10/2009 08:40:08 PM 960 Views
heh nossy - 13/10/2009 10:37:06 PM 890 Views
I think we are speaking about totally different things. *NM* jh - 13/10/2009 11:02:13 PM 454 Views
I gobble up reviews, but I ambivalent about them. Ouranid - 13/10/2009 02:41:07 PM 860 Views
We can do both. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:23:14 PM 894 Views
Hell yes I care Bryce - 13/10/2009 04:00:23 PM 1022 Views
Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:27:54 PM 1038 Views
Bien sûr. Legolas - 13/10/2009 04:31:24 PM 990 Views
I had to ask Tim what that means. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:32:48 PM 880 Views
Wasn't he going to teach you French? Legolas - 13/10/2009 11:41:28 PM 812 Views
Yeah. We kind of stopped doing that. Must get back into it at some point. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 12:05:26 AM 897 Views
another thought... temeraire - 13/10/2009 08:43:16 PM 901 Views
It's ok. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:58 PM 851 Views
I have been reading some here, yes. Stephen - 13/10/2009 09:48:05 PM 851 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:34:15 PM 930 Views
Usually they're tl;dr *NM* rebelaessedai - 14/10/2009 12:50:54 AM 423 Views
I don't know what that means. *NM* Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:39:04 AM 430 Views
Too Long; Didn't Read *NM* Ghavrel - 15/10/2009 06:15:39 PM 405 Views
I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 14/10/2009 04:51:39 AM 883 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:41:00 AM 743 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 15/10/2009 04:33:44 AM 860 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? mapthis - 14/10/2009 04:38:59 PM 1031 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 14/10/2009 05:59:45 PM 771 Views
Indeed, I do. Vodalus - 14/10/2009 07:30:33 PM 789 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:40:09 PM 988 Views
Dafonautley Elaine - 15/10/2009 01:46:15 PM 783 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 1033 Views
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