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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 1234 Views
They can be helpful. ViolentKai - 13/10/2009 01:06:07 AM 991 Views
Re: They can be helpful. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:09:44 AM 830 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 01:10:05 AM 834 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:14:55 AM 813 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? j-whitt987 - 13/10/2009 06:58:09 PM 935 Views
We can't do much about that... though... Jacob - 15/10/2009 04:35:32 PM 846 Views
I enjoy the reviews greatly. I wish I could access them all on one page. Tom - 13/10/2009 01:12:25 AM 988 Views
Ben's working on that. Has to fix background bugs first. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:17:59 AM 895 Views
I don't really see reviews as something to be discussed Wibble - 13/10/2009 01:21:02 AM 1075 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 988 Views
Re: Yes Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:24:22 AM 829 Views
Well... Larry - 13/10/2009 02:06:59 AM 942 Views
Larry. jh - 13/10/2009 10:37:47 AM 898 Views
Re: Well... Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:25:16 AM 868 Views
Yep Larry - 14/10/2009 03:15:09 AM 844 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 810 Views
More degrees? I would make fun of you, but..... trzaska2000 - 14/10/2009 05:06:02 AM 951 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 827 Views
that's a negative, ma'am temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:16:44 AM 971 Views
Alas. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:31:00 AM 881 Views
Re: Alas. temeraire - 13/10/2009 04:57:48 PM 957 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 814 Views
You noticed? Craig - 13/10/2009 04:59:35 PM 875 Views
That's why when I get published, it'll be under... Bryce - 13/10/2009 08:43:00 PM 817 Views
Depends who is writing them, really. Camilla - 13/10/2009 10:33:05 AM 800 Views
Re: Depends who is writing them, really. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:35:26 AM 908 Views
I would read that one. nossy - 13/10/2009 06:14:14 PM 916 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 934 Views
what if nossy - 13/10/2009 06:20:27 PM 897 Views
Nah. jh - 13/10/2009 08:40:08 PM 962 Views
heh nossy - 13/10/2009 10:37:06 PM 891 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 862 Views
We can do both. Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:23:14 PM 895 Views
Hell yes I care Bryce - 13/10/2009 04:00:23 PM 1024 Views
Rebekah - 13/10/2009 11:27:54 PM 1038 Views
Bien sûr. Legolas - 13/10/2009 04:31:24 PM 992 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 813 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 902 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 932 Views
Usually they're tl;dr *NM* rebelaessedai - 14/10/2009 12:50:54 AM 424 Views
I don't know what that means. *NM* Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:39:04 AM 431 Views
Too Long; Didn't Read *NM* Ghavrel - 15/10/2009 06:15:39 PM 406 Views
I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 14/10/2009 04:51:39 AM 885 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:41:00 AM 745 Views
Re: I pretty much read all of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 15/10/2009 04:33:44 AM 863 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? mapthis - 14/10/2009 04:38:59 PM 1032 Views
Re: Do you care about Reviews? Rebekah - 14/10/2009 05:59:45 PM 773 Views
Indeed, I do. Vodalus - 14/10/2009 07:30:33 PM 793 Views
Good man. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 07:40:09 PM 989 Views
Dafonautley Elaine - 15/10/2009 01:46:15 PM 785 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 1034 Views
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