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“How do you go about reviewing 1 or 2 star books or books you didn’t enjoy?“
Answer:
Very carefully. I try to find something good about the book and mention that first. Then I pull out the key points that gave me problems and give my reason for them. I don’t talk too much about the author as I don’t want them to feel I am bashing them. I also will tend not to write a review if I can’t find at least one thing good about it. It’s not easy to give a bad review. I rather read books that get more stars. But if an book insults my intelligence, I will point that out very quickly! It is best to be honest, but what doesn’t work for me may be something someone else will like.
Shari
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great answer! Sometimes it’s really hard to find a thing that I liked when a book get that low of a rating, but I try to be as objective as possible and hope the author doesn’t take the review personally.
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“It is best to be honest” Yep! Exactly!
I guess it’s always hard to write a review of a book you didn’t like all that much, but just because it’ll always be *hard* doesn’t mean it doesn’t get somewhat easier with every review you write.
Starting out with an aspect that was good is probably the best way to handle it.
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