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Jul 04, 2017 01:21AM
Uh oh. I really don't know how I'd feel about that. Great that it's 5* but if I was writing that... well first I wouldn't give the perp away cos I just wouldn't. But also if I had to give something away I'd type *spoiler alert* before I did.
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Unfortunately, disclosures can happen in reviews. From my perspective, I'm grateful for my reviews--ecstatic over the 5-Stars! I understand where you're coming from.
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And don't forget to say that you found Carole's reviews helpful (if you did!) because that helps Carole!
OK everyone - off you go.
I've been through the same thing where a reviewer or two did that, but I griped silently to myself about it and then let it go and was happy I got another review.
Hmm... as Alex says. That's not fair. Does Amazon help in these cases? I often think that the words 'spoiler alert' draw more readers to find out what it is that's being kept secret, without buying the book.
That's true. I have recently successfully avoided a spoiler alert to do with a TV programme recently. Unless I'm really determined, they do tend to pull me in.
Talk about good and bad news, Alex. Wow! Hugs
Alex wrote: "Amy wrote: "Uh oh. I really don't know how I'd feel about that. Great that it's 5* but if I was writing that... well first I wouldn't give the perp away cos I just wouldn't. But also if I had to gi..."I feel happy yet annoyed for you, Alex. It's wonderful you've got five stars, but it's a shame the reader felt the need to give away the plot. I review every book I read and not once have I given the summary of the story. I don't see the point when a potential reader can read that for themselves in the blurb. I'd rather talk about how I felt about the characters and their interaction with one another; why I liked or disliked the story. But five stars are still five stars and you can't get better than that.
I'm very basic if and when I review. "I liked this book because..." is about as much as I can come up with.
I don't read 5* reviews, so it wouldn't hurt me. (I focus on the 3 and 2* reviews when deciding if I want to read a book.) Bask in the glow of the 5*. Hope your readers don't read it too closely! ;)
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It's not just books. On Amazon it can be a 1* for any product and if you look at why it's a 1* it can be for the most irrelevant reason.I bought a book because it was 1*. Alas it had that rating for a reason...
Nat wrote: "I don't read 5* reviews, so it wouldn't hurt me. (I focus on the 3 and 2* reviews when deciding if I want to read a book.) Bask in the glow of the 5*. Hope your readers don't read it too closely! ;)"I actually don't read the reviews before I read a book, as I feel I might be too influenced by them and I like to make up my own mind. However, after I've posted mine, I then read all the one and two star reviews. The five-star ones are full of praise, which is lovely, but the low stars can be interesting and I like to agree or disagree with them.
When it comes to the reviews for my own books, I don't read the reviews any more. I just log them for monitoring purposes and leave it at that. The reason? I got fed up of feeling like you, Nat. I decided I could do without it. If you want to feel better about your five stars then pop into The Wild Poppy (UK Amazon) and read the one-star review I got for that. That's when I decided to leave my own reviews well alone.
