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Ayla
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Mar 08, 2021 06:42PM
I know a lot of people love writing reviews, so I thought I'd create a topic so that people could share their reviews and advertise them!
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loved your CoB review Ayla!
Getting into a new fantasy series...
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While I enjoy the Shadowhunters series...your review was hella entertaining Ayla!
I'm just gonna share my blog if that's ok, I post some of my reviews there too!
Kindred by Octavia Butler
I have a book review blog where I also sometimes share readers' advisory tips:Hope you will follow me! I read eclectically—popular fiction, fantasy, science fiction, an occasional horror or suspense novel, young adult fare...
I recently reviewed Crosstalk, by Connie Willis; Writers & Lovers, by Lily King; The Rule of Three, by Eric Walters; We Never Asked for Wings, by Vanessa Diffenbaugh; The Searcher, by Tana French; The Bird Box, by Josh Malerman...and there are a couple of years of reviews before these.
My reviews (and rants) for-The Selection - 3 stars
The Elite - 2.75 stars
The One - 3 stars
The Heir - 2.75 stars
The Crown - 2.5 stars
Happily Ever After (all the novellas) -3 stars
it sounded better in my head: /review/show...emergency contact: /review/show...
how the king of elfhame learned to hate stories: /review/show...
This may not be the place, but I'd like to mention some of the qualities of the reviews I don't like. If this describes some of your reviews, please take no offence. I am not claiming to be a great reviewer or that I know what makes a good review.What I don't like:
1. When the reviewer takes the first paragraph, give or take, to tell us of why he/she is rating the book in question how he/she is rating it--all the ambivalent feelings towards the book. It was 5 stars for this but only 1 star for that, yada yada. We want a review of the book not a tutorial on how you rate books.
2. When the review is too slick with pictures every few paragraphs, as if we need illustrations for your review. I know, you just learned the formatting rules on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, or you finally have them down pat. As soon as I see a picture-strewn review I move on.
3. When the reviewer seems to equate the narrator of the novel, or even worse a character in the novel, with how the author feels about a given topic. Do I really need to go into this? Have you ever read a book before?
4. When it is obvious the reviewer has read one too many "real" book reviews of the book. No, we don't believe that you happen to feel the same way as all the paid critics. Thanks for providing no unique insight whatever.
Ok. Maybe we can make this a poll somehow. I don't really know how groups work.
J wrote: "This may not be the place, but I'd like to mention some of the qualities of the reviews I don't like. If this describes some of your reviews, please take no offence. I am not claiming to be a great..."I agree with most of your points, except the gif one.
Personally, I love reviews with gifs as it’s more spaced out and easier to read.
I add gifs in my review as it helps me be more expensive regarding my feelings, and it makes it more convenient for a person to scroll through and read it. Most people also prefer it when I put gifs in my reviews (at least from the feedback I got)
But this is just my opinion. Totally respect yours! :)
J wrote: "This may not be the place, but I'd like to mention some of the qualities of the reviews I don't like. If this describes some of your reviews, please take no offence. I am not claiming to be a great..."totally agree!
My VERY HUGE rant for The Betrothed, that didn’t fit so I had to write it in the comments.I wrote a summary of it at the top.
Summary review-/review/show...
Detailed review in comments- (on pg 2, scroll at the bottom)
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Rule of Wolves just released, but I haven't read it yet, so I thought I'd share my review on the first book, King of Scars :)
great reviews, everyone!verona comics: /review/show...
simon vs the homo-sapiens agenda: /review/show...
My review for 597 Business Ideas You can Start from Home - doing what you LOVE!/review/show...
(My first non-fiction of the year)
My review for Fable where I slightly changed my format so let me know which you'll like more. :)/review/show...
Six of crows-/review/show...This is where I don’t like the book as much in my reread, and also where I’ve drawn fanart 😳
My very, very short reviews for-Pride and Prejudice-
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The Railway Children-
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