I wouldn't expect an in-depth analytical review post about a book someone didn't finish, f'rinstance. But if someone writes about how far they got, their reaction to the material they'd read, and why they didn't feel like they could/would go any further, I certainly wouldn't be upset about that.
It's the people who write stuff like "I read a hundred pages of this book, it sucks, don't read it it's awful the end" that annoy me.
It's the people who write stuff like "I read a hundred pages of this book, it sucks, don't read it it's awful the end" that annoy me.
Craig has it - I think it's very valuable when people say why they couldn't finish a book and just as valid as a full review. However, authors in particular don't like it. I and many other review bloggers have come up against it in fairly negative ways.
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Does it upset you when people review books that they didn't finish?
- 24/01/2010 01:24:00 PM
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I believe a good ending can completely transform a book
- 24/01/2010 02:16:45 PM
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Whereas I have a belief that forcing myself to wade...
- 24/01/2010 02:39:22 PM
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I had a hard time with the first 225 pages of LotR and Les Miserables. I was slogging.
- 24/01/2010 09:50:34 PM
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i didn't actually understand the fuss about tolkein until the balrog scene...
- 26/01/2010 03:17:34 AM
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Depends on how they review them, for the most part.
- 24/01/2010 11:52:39 PM
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this
- 25/01/2010 03:34:14 PM
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