Reviews/Comments on Goodreads
Nov. 16th, 2015 04:49 pmOkay, I've been feeling a few pangs of guilt because every so often I post on Goodreads a not-complimentary review for published books that I've read. Sometimes I just give them one star but if something is truly awful I've said as much. This is NOT something I would ever do on a fanfiction story. And TBH I never really thought about it until an author 'liked' one of my complimentary reviews of their books - and I had an immediate flash of guilt as I realized it was likely that the other authors whom's books I've panned are likely seeing them.
Should that they are professional published authors change the courtesy that is shown to 'amateur' fanficiton writers?
For the record these are two sample 'bad comments - not horrible but not supportive concrit comments:
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I know on Goodreads you can mark your reviews as just viewable to friends, and maybe I should do that, but I like reading other people's comments and so kind of don't want to do it - but I also cringe at the thought of authors reading what I write about their books. Is there a -not viewable by Goodreads authors- setting?
Should that they are professional published authors change the courtesy that is shown to 'amateur' fanficiton writers?
For the record these are two sample 'bad comments - not horrible but not supportive concrit comments:
( Read more... )
I know on Goodreads you can mark your reviews as just viewable to friends, and maybe I should do that, but I like reading other people's comments and so kind of don't want to do it - but I also cringe at the thought of authors reading what I write about their books. Is there a -not viewable by Goodreads authors- setting?