Reviewing and me.

Another review, another disgruntled author.  Recently, since I’ve been reviewing relatively regularly on the SiN site, I seem to have been making one enemy after another.  This time, after I drafted and redrafted my review in order to say what I had to say in the most gentle way possible, I’ve been accused of being damned rude.  Previously I’ve been accused of deliberately looking out for things to hate, with the implication that I am a mean spirited harpy who enjoys badmouthing the work of others.

This makes me sad.  In so far as I know myself and my own motives, I can tell you that it isn’t true.  But the perception seems to linger, and as I can’t promise to give only glowing reviews from now on, I thought I’d do a little post about how I approach reviews to explain where I’m coming from and why calling me rude or malicious is not going to change my mind about an author’s book.

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