Have you ever wanted to write a review for a book you’ve enjoyed but didn’t know where to begin? Check out fellow blogger Rosie Amber’s guide to writing a review.
Authors WANT Reviews
Simple! How many times have you read pleas on social media for readers to write reviews? – Probably Loads.
Does the thought of writing a book review send you racing to the hills? – I can see plenty of you nodding in agreement.
WHAT holds you back?
6 common replies:
I can’t write.
I can’t write paragraphs about a book.
I don’t know what to write.
I’m afraid of what people will think of my review.
I’m an author and don’t want a backlash on my own books.
I don’t have the time.
Let’s turn this around
I can’t write – I bet if you can read, you can write.
I can’t write paragraphs about a book – Good News, Amazon accepts one sentence reviews now as do many other sites.
I don’t know what to write – Ah! Quick Question – Why did you like or Dislike…
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Thanks for sharing this, Michelle. It’s good to revise the basics even for book reviewing 🙂
Hope you’re having a great day!
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Thanks, Heena! Yes, I felt the same way. My day is going well.
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Ah, reviews are a challenge sometimes, I find books I dislike a lot more challenging but there is always a constructive way to approach even the bad books, except for Fifty Shades and The Da Vinci Code of course.
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Exactly. However, if I don’t like a book, I don’t review it.
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I don’t have that tolerance, if I dislike a book I need to share why…I can’t help myself, I suppose the fear of other people losing money and reading time on a book is something I don’t want for others. I am just too nice.
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You have a point. However, I always feel everyone has different tastes. I gently tell an author that I will not be reviewing their book and why, but that doesn’t mean every reader will agree with me.
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True, I think it is different for me as I usually do whatever I get from shops as opposed to real people, as it were, which I get far less of but I usually find the more testing.
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One of my problems is the disparity between Goodreads and Amazon star ratings. I often rate 3 star, meaning “I Liked it / it was a good read / a decent investment of my time”, as opposed to my 5 star interpretation “It was so great I’ll still be affected in years to come”, and the 4 star slightly lower version of that. But I hear the reading community interpret 3 stars as a negative and turn away from choosing that book?
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I agree. I consider a three as still a good read. I don’t do reviews if I can’t give at least a three.
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Me neither. But I have decided to be one of those authors who does not expand with additional commentary.
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