How readers and reviewers rewrite novels

How readers and reviewers rewrite novels

It’s been fascinating to see how readers and reviewers bring out elements of a novel you don’t see yourself – facets that, even as the author, you hadn’t fully appreciated or understood. In fact, it got to the point where I rewrite some of my cover blurb and marketing material for my first novel Beat The Rain based on reviews.

I now understand that reviews aren’t only a tool for readers to understand whether a book is for them – although of course, thi...