Sometimes A Book Is So Good That It's Hard to Review

[AishaTBN]

I don't know if this happens with anyone else but it happened with me a few times. I read a few books that I loved and enjoyed so much that it was difficult to explain them in words. Like anytime a friend would see me reading that book and if they would ask what is it about, I really wouldn't know what to say.

Has this happened with anyone else?

[MsMartha]

I have had this happen, but it was a long time ago . What worked for me was to say that I loved so much about the book that I wasn't sure what to tell my friend--and then I would suggest that we discussed the book once the friend started reading it. Sometimes the friend would ask specific questions that I could answer--"Is it a really long book?"--and that would help them decide if they wanted to read it.

[AishaTBN]

I have had this happen, but it was a long time ago . What worked for me was to say that I loved so much about the book that I wasn't sure what to tell my friend--and then I would suggest that we discussed the book once the friend started reading it. Sometimes the friend would ask specific questions that I could answer--"Is it a really long book?"--and that would help them decide if they wanted to read it.

Yes that seems like a good idea

[LivreAmour217]

Sometimes a book has so many good points that it's hard to sum them up. I have had this problem before, and it usually takes a lot of thought before I can put my opinions into words.

[Booky_BettyC]

I have problems with books I dislike. I really find it hard to specifically write down points that I hated without giving spoilers or seeming rude.

[barb429]

I have had this problem before. Sometimes I like a book so much, I just don't know how to describe it without giving too much away. This is especially true when a book is really well put together- when everything clicks it is so hard to pick just a few things to say about it.

[AishaTBN]

Sometimes a book has so many good points that it's hard to sum them up. I have had this problem before, and it usually takes a lot of thought before I can put my opinions into words.

Exactly my feelings

-- 22 Jun 2016, 15:37 --

I have problems with books I dislike. I really find it hard to specifically write down points that I hated without giving spoilers or seeming rude.

Yes I have faced that too. Especially when an author sends you their book. I feel more bound to not be rude but then I also want to be honest to my readers so there comes this big confusion.

-- 22 Jun 2016, 15:39 --

I have had this problem before. Sometimes I like a book so much, I just don't know how to describe it without giving too much away. This is especially true when a book is really well put together- when everything clicks it is so hard to pick just a few things to say about it.

Yes, once I liked a book so much and it was sent to me by a publishing company and by mistake I had given out some parts which were supposed to be kept a mystery. When that mistake was pointed out I had to quickly edit my work.

[Sakuko]

Yeah, I can relate. If I really like a book completely I find it hard to put in words. I've always been better at pointing out the flaws.

And a favorite book isn't so much about why it's good, it just clicks right with you, and I find it hard to filter the objective merits out of that feeling.

[AishaTBN]

Yeah, I can relate. If I really like a book completely I find it hard to put in words. I've always been better at pointing out the flaws.

And a favorite book isn't so much about why it's good, it just clicks right with you, and I find it hard to filter the objective merits out of that feeling.

True

[Ama Idim]

Yes...I agree with this, it happens a lot, I just end up telling the person to read it first and we can discuss based on what the person has read.

[AliceofX]

Tell me about it. When a book is bad it's much easier for me to just go, "X, Y and Z really sucked about it." But when there's nothing to really complain about I go, "Umm ... it was good," and I can't figure out how to stretch that into a full-fledged review. I feel that once you say, "There were no flaws," there's nothing else left to say.

[jwalker73]

I just had this problem. I finished the book and all I could say at the end was 'Wow'. I could have written a book myself just to express all the different emotions I felt reading the book. To then have to condense all these feelings, in addition to outlining the themes and giving a critique, into a length suitable for a review was extremely challenging.

[Elle Howard]

It happens all the time with me. I get so excited about the novel that it gets hard to talk about it. You want to share as much as you can. But you also do not want to ruin the book for other people.