News and Notices from the Writing Trenches #12…

#74:  If you're a patient consumer, you've probably read reviews of products when visiting your favorite online retailer.  If you're a smart consumer, you'll ignore those one-liners which state "this product is (no) good" and give the product five stars (respectively one star).  Book reviews on Amazon are no different.  A well-written review goes beyond the one line and explains what the reviewer found good and what she found bad about the product (book).

A similar criticism can be applied to ...