Do you read other people's reviews before writing your own?
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Re: Do you read other people's reviews before writing your own?
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But after that, I realized I'm someone who gets influenced quite easily by other reviews. I either feel bad because I start thinking my review won't be any better or I stop being genuine and that is because my mind is on everything but myself, so I unconsciously choose to copy what others have already said. Fortunately, I could avoid all that and my "need" to read other reviews before writing mine finally ceased. Now I write my reviews, submit them and that's it. Why read other reviews when you may end up putting them on a pedestal by thinking they are better than your own?
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I'm curious whether the other reviewers here read everyone else's take on a book before writing their own review. Personally, I try to let the book stand on its own, so I only read other reviews after I've finished mine. What do you guys do?
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Nah, I like my own original for I would also want to rate myself.
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