Do you read other people's reviews before writing your own?
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Do you read other people's reviews before writing your own?
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I do the same thing! That's my favorite part, actually - submitting my review and then making a mad dash to the forums to finally read what everyone else wrote.Cotwani wrote: ↑22 Jan 2018, 06:50 I prefer not to look at other people's reviews before writing mine so that my opinion is not swayed by their observations. However, after posting my review, I like to look at what others say about the same book. It is amazing how much insight I then gain from these reviews.
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After I write my review, I often go and read others because I am genuinely interested in what other people thought of the same material. So it gives me a little motivation to write my review and get it out of the way.
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That's my fear as well. Sometimes I'll read a review that completely changes my opinion of a book, and I think it's kind of disingenuous to write a review after that. After all, it's supposed to be about my honest first impression, right?
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I agree.BookishCreature wrote: ↑22 Jan 2018, 14:08That's my fear as well. Sometimes I'll read a review that completely changes my opinion of a book, and I think it's kind of disingenuous to write a review after that. After all, it's supposed to be about my honest first impression, right?
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That's a really good point. Sometimes I'll finish a book and know I loved or hated it, but I can't quite put my finger on why.Carmel Bachelor wrote: ↑04 Feb 2018, 14:44 I sometimes do this if it was a really long book that had a lot of sub-plots (for example; Game of Thrones), or if I just found it a really difficult read and wasn't sure how I initially felt about it. Reading others reviews provides a bit of clarity to what I actually thought about the book.
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