Where Are Those Slash And Burn Reviewers Hiding These Days?
Wednesday, March 28, 2007Posted in: where are those biatches at?
OK, so I read this on Alison Kent’s blog earlier:
“And some of you reviewers don’t even explain why you hate a book. You just rant and rave about how it and the author sucks.”
“And often these ‘reviewers’ don’t even give reasons for why they disliked the book. They instead often start taking digs at the author personally and/or the publisher.”
The post was written by Maria Duncan, aka, Shewholovesromance, aka, Mary Durnan, aka.. ahh shit, I forget now! She was looking at the world through rose-coloured galsses talking about how she hates reviews where people are really mean, without explaining why they hate the book.
Time and time again, I hear this refrain, but I have to say, my memory must be shockingly bad because I don’t recall ever reading reviews where the reviewer sliced it to bits, without giving a full explanation as to why. (Really darlings, Amazon just doesn’t count.)
I’m assuming that these kind of bloggers exist, and God knows I don’t have time to find them, so I’m tasking you guys to go out and find me some truly mean reviews, (by reviews, I mean reviews, not just passing comments) that don’t go into any detail about what it was about said book that the reader hated.
Amazon reviews don’t count cuz some of those guys are just crazy, plus Amazon reviews are… well you know… Amazon reviews. I want examples from Romance Blogland.
This should be a good opportunity for the authors out there to give me great examples of these kind of reviews. Name and shame those buggers!
Is your mission clear? Good, now hop to it.
For those who are too polite to be mean in public, you can send me an e-mail. My address is hairylemony @ gmail . com (without the spaces)
Incidentally, this isn’t about me being mean, I genuinely want to know where these dastardly bloggers are. (And no, I certainly don’t count myself as one of them. I hate books for specific reasons, and I’m not shy about airing those reasons.)
I’ll be waiting expectantly.
Please note: The Racism In Publishing Posts will continue tomorrow.
katieM
March 30
2:47 am
People aren’t putting words in your mouth. You are/were very clear in expressing your opinion of reviewers. You want reviewers to censor themselves when it comes to books they don’t like. You insist that there is good in every book and that readers should respect all the hard work that goes into writing a book. Every reader is different and has his or her own opinion. Sometimes the opinion is that there is nothing good about a book.
Now you all just made me think of the American Idol auditions. About how some “singers’ are so bad and overconfident that they just can’t understand when someone (Go Simon!!!!)expresses and opinion different from their cronies.
Maria, Lover of All Things Romance
March 30
2:53 am
Readers do not lack brain power.
I have NEVER said they did.
Are you even reading what I’m writing?
I’m also not instructing anyone to do anything. I merely gave an OPINION (which I have never said anybody doesn’t have the right to have) and asked WHY people are so snarky and bitchy about it.
Dionne Galace
March 30
2:55 am
Bored now.
Karen, my love, can’t we talk about something else now? Like Posh and Becks?
Kristie (J)
March 30
4:27 am
Is it just me *tipping a glass of bourbon over ice* or does Posh look downright scary these days. She seems more waxlike than most people who are wax do. What does that cutey pie Beck see in her?
Dionne Galace
March 30
5:00 am
It’s Tom Cruise’s wacky influence. He’s got a way of uglifying people. Katie Holmes used to be a cutie.
Ha-ha, Karen, KILLED IT!!
Karen Scott
March 30
6:25 am
Hey, she’ll only get worse now that she’ll be in La La Land permanently.
She could do with eating some food methinks.
Kat O+
March 30
7:45 am
This topic must have hit some kind of nerve because no one even commented an aside regarding those butlers that Karen linked to. Sure sheds new meaning to the word “cocktail”. Heh.
And by the way, in some circles, too much nicey-nicey is frowned upon. Real women know how to say shit.
And…I like Posh. I feel sorry for her!
Ciara
March 30
7:58 am
Posh always strikes me as a very unhappy person. She needs some chocolate for the serotonin, the happy hormone.
Nora Roberts
March 30
11:09 am
Oh gosh.
Maria, I think it’s clear you don’t like snarky negative reviews, and more don’t understand why people take the time to write them. I get that, and I expect a lot of people agree with you.
But you’re going to be hard pressed to find many who do posting on any of the sites you mentioned. They just aren’t going to see it that way. And will be as deeply entrenched in their stand on why they review this way, or why they enjoy reviews written this way, as you are in your dislike.
Nora Roberts
March 30
11:14 am
A naked butler might be nice, but he’d still be breathing my air. When we progress to naked butler robots, I’m going to look into it.
And the oompas are too damn noisy.
I don’t do the dishes, BW (husband) does. I cook, he washes up. That’s the deal.
Dionne Galace
March 30
11:50 am
You’d think Roarke would let Eve have naked butler robots.
Nora Roberts
March 30
12:29 pm
~You’d think Roarke would let Eve have naked butler robots.~
But what if they looked like Summerset? Scarred for life.
Jane
March 30
4:31 pm
Okay – I went to the link and while a butler in the buff may go well with wine, I can’t like it with food.
There’s a Seinfeld episode where they talk about good naked and bad naked. Bad naked is where naked people are serving food. Food servers should be fully clothes, wearing gloves if at all possible.
Dionne Galace
March 30
4:48 pm
Yeah… I’m not too keen on someone’s nuts and berries in my cream sauce.
JESUS… I’m british all of a sudden. Karen, is it contagious?
Karen Scott
March 30
4:53 pm
Food servers should be fully clothed, wearing gloves if at all possible.
Jane, I can’t help but to agree. The Penis and KP nuts shouldn’t really appear in the same setting together. I’ve experienced that before, and it was a very uncomfortable moment for me.
Karen Scott
March 30
4:55 pm
JESUS… I’m british all of a sudden. Karen, is it contagious?
It’s definitely catching Bam.
Karen Scott
March 30
4:57 pm
But what if they looked like Summerset? Scarred for life.
One man’s meat, and all that… (grin)
Dylan
March 30
7:56 pm
For those who are too polite to be mean in public, you can send me an e-mail. My address is hairylemony @ gmail . com (without the spaces)
LMAO! You do crack me up Karen, never a dull moment around these parts, hehe…
Interesting reading today, that’s for sure, thanks for the Friday reading material Karen, I can always count on you and the crew (Bam, Jane, Sybil) to make me laugh…
Keep on keepin’ on and don’t forget May 2nd (I believe the date is) OTH comes back and we’ll finally get to see Dirty Derek back in stalking action with Peyton…and Lucas better get a damn haircut dammit! Nathan too!
Karen Scott
March 30
8:37 pm
and don’t forget May 2nd (I believe the date is) OTH comes back and we’ll finally get to see Dirty Derek back in stalking action with Peyton…and Lucas better get a damn haircut dammit! Nathan too!
May the freaking 2nd? What the hell’s up with that! If it isn’t bad enough that I’ve had to wait this long for the next episode, now I have to wait ’til effing May? Godammit!
As for Nathan’s hair, it’s starting to get right on my tits. He looked so yummy in Season 3 when he had it shaved close to his head, that look really worked for him.
Out of two, I’d have sure given him one. *g*
Anne
March 31
4:11 am
I go away for three days, and look what happens. *shaking head* Karen, Karen, Karen, you evil mean-and-snarky-reviewing bitch you! I have to take my husband to the hospital for angioplasty and you start all this shit while I can’t enjoy it as it’s unfolding. WTF? It’s not right, seriously. LOL!
Some people just don’t know when to call it quits, do they, hun? Instead they talk in circles. Oye.
HUGS!
Kate R
April 3
12:35 am
damn.
I always miss the good stuff.
Dylan
April 3
9:53 pm
Yeah, that’s what I’m screamin’…I mean, when it was coming back on March 28th I thought it was a long wait but now it’s frickin’ May 2nd? Oh hell to the nah…
I’d take Lucas to bed myself and shave his head when he was asleep, haha…you can have Nathan, as long as Lucas is all mine, since Jake is long gone on October Road.