Many people these days write book reviews to tell you what they thought of the book. But as a reader that's not what we want. What we want is to know if we will enjoy the book. I think reviews should be written to tell the reader enough information to catch their interest without giving anything important away from the book. The difference is that if you provide us with your thoughts on a book and you give it a terrible review, you will discourage people from reading it, while it may only be that that particular novel didn't appeal to you. Whereas if you only provide enough information to make the book sound interesting, you give the reader the chance to make up their own mind without biasing their opinion.
What do you think?
What do you think?
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