Book reviews revisited part three
Mar. 4th, 2014 03:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lanalucyGot another email, from a different author this time, with basically the same wording.
I get free books, but only if I will read them and give them all five-star reviews, or email the author privately to tell him/her why I didn't like it.
Why even bother reading the books if all they want is a five-star review? I could make one up by scanning a random page here and there and reading the last couple of pages to see how it ends.
I didn't get as angry about this one as I did the first one, but I still think it's offensive for the author to ask for only five-star reviews from the "special" review crew. Completely defeats the purpose of book reviews, if you ask me.
I get free books, but only if I will read them and give them all five-star reviews, or email the author privately to tell him/her why I didn't like it.
Why even bother reading the books if all they want is a five-star review? I could make one up by scanning a random page here and there and reading the last couple of pages to see how it ends.
I didn't get as angry about this one as I did the first one, but I still think it's offensive for the author to ask for only five-star reviews from the "special" review crew. Completely defeats the purpose of book reviews, if you ask me.
