When does review become one long SPOILER ALERT?
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When does review become one long SPOILER ALERT?
I have read many great reviews on this site. Thanks! But sometimes the review ruins my reading fun by telling me too much about the book. I struggle with this as a reviewer myself. How do you know when you've crossed the line from summary to too many details?
Any tips or advice? Thanks in advance.
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I’m new here, so I don’t have any book review posted yet, but I’ve done a lot of book review at school for our library period.
Personally, I think those long reviews that give out more spoils than necessary are hard to control. Sometimes, when I write a review for a book, movie or game, I tend to write a very long one especially if I’m really into what I’ve read or watched. And limiting a review to only a few lines in order not to be a spoiler is really a hard task for me.
Advice? I think that every reviewer should have control and limit. Control over yourself–your mind and your hands, and limit what you give out. Although I believed it’s not entirely the reviewer’s fault if there’s a reader who read his/her review first before reading the actual book.
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Thankfully this site has the same stance on spoilers and details that reviewers shouldn't give any.
However, I also get annoyed by reviews which say about a twist at the end, well now I'm expecting a twist so it's kind of ruined the surprise for me! It's definitely a fine line.
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Oh no! I was nodding along with you in complete agreement because I know exactly what you mean about those annoying people and their spoiler-y reviews. And then I stopped short when you mentioned twist spoilers, because I just did my first review... I was so, so careful not to give any spoilers. And I didn't. But I also didn't even consider that mentioning there would be a twist was a spoiler in itself. God, I never thought I'd be one of those annoying spoiler-y people...Northernbird84 wrote: ↑20 Jul 2018, 09:55 I agree with you here. I do my absolute best to not include any spoilers in my reviews at all, and will make a point of saying so on my post.
Thankfully this site has the same stance on spoilers and details that reviewers shouldn't give any.
However, I also get annoyed by reviews which say about a twist at the end, well now I'm expecting a twist so it's kind of ruined the surprise for me! It's definitely a fine line.
I'll never do it again.