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Brian Yatman asked this question about No One Else Can Have You (No One Else Can Have You, #1):
The comments seem a mite unbalanced. Have you guys actually read the Guardian article? Did the behaviour of the reviewer not strike you as a little "off"? Sure, Kathleen Hale shouldn't have let all this get to her like she did, but there's a real Salem witch-trial vibe to all this that I find disturbing. I found her article thought-provoking and not without self-awareness and a sense of compassion towards her subject.
Emma I did read the Guardian article. I thought it was at best misguided, at worst criminal, for an author to show up on a persons doorstep after admitting…moreI did read the Guardian article. I thought it was at best misguided, at worst criminal, for an author to show up on a persons doorstep after admitting to stalking them online because that person left an un-favourable review of her work.

Reviews are subjective, everyone who reads and writes them should know that. They are a persons interpretation and opinion of your work. Kathleen Hale looks unbalanced for stalking someone and smug and entitled for writing an article about it. She has used her position of greater influence and authority to attempt to humiliate the reviewer. There is a word for that, bullying. (less)
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