I have a question about what type is likely to do this (or IM's is responsible):
I sometimes see reviews where people are not actually reviewing something, but judging the source. For example, there is this author (Cassandra Clare) and I don't know exactly what happened, but from what I had gathered from what I did see, she was a Harry Potter fan fiction writer before she started writing books (Mortal Instruments). Evidently she was accused of using other people's stories as her own (plagiarism) from her fan fiction. Some people have pretty strong negative reactions against her for this. So some popular bloggers that I follow didn't even READ her books before giving her a one star on some widely used sites. Some rated her books one star before her books were even released.
I was pretty disappointed in these bloggers for rating something before they even READ it because of ill feelings towards the author for things she has done in the past. I think they really should at least read the book first or not review the book at all. To me it seems unprofessional and childish. It really made me think about unfollowing them because I really don't want to support people doing this.
Another complaint they had against Clare was that her Mortal Instruments characters were too similar to Harry Potter ones. Jace like Draco and Clary like Ginny. Obviously Clare is an HP enthusiastic since she wrote HP fan fiction. There are fairytale retellings all the time, so I don't see how it's much different. I don't feel like there are any actually new stories at all, personally, and that it's like it's all bits of a puzzle that are rearranged. I think Mortal Instruments is different enough from HP that it's not a problem and they are just using this as an opportunity to rag on her some more. If people are willing to want to read this kind of stuff, and it's different enough, what's the problem?
I see the same things happen with books like Mein Kampf. People that haven't even read it will just give it one star. Like some will write, 'I will never read this.', with a one star attached. It just really gets under my skin when people review things in this way. I personally own it and plan on reading it, but that doesn't mean I agree with it. I mainly want to read it for curiosities sake. I will pretty much read anything, and this perspective is a bit foreign to me..and frustrating.
So what type would be the most likely to do this, or what information elements do you think are involved here? Are there certain books you won't read? Will you read about anything? And why?
I sometimes see reviews where people are not actually reviewing something, but judging the source. For example, there is this author (Cassandra Clare) and I don't know exactly what happened, but from what I had gathered from what I did see, she was a Harry Potter fan fiction writer before she started writing books (Mortal Instruments). Evidently she was accused of using other people's stories as her own (plagiarism) from her fan fiction. Some people have pretty strong negative reactions against her for this. So some popular bloggers that I follow didn't even READ her books before giving her a one star on some widely used sites. Some rated her books one star before her books were even released.
I was pretty disappointed in these bloggers for rating something before they even READ it because of ill feelings towards the author for things she has done in the past. I think they really should at least read the book first or not review the book at all. To me it seems unprofessional and childish. It really made me think about unfollowing them because I really don't want to support people doing this.
Another complaint they had against Clare was that her Mortal Instruments characters were too similar to Harry Potter ones. Jace like Draco and Clary like Ginny. Obviously Clare is an HP enthusiastic since she wrote HP fan fiction. There are fairytale retellings all the time, so I don't see how it's much different. I don't feel like there are any actually new stories at all, personally, and that it's like it's all bits of a puzzle that are rearranged. I think Mortal Instruments is different enough from HP that it's not a problem and they are just using this as an opportunity to rag on her some more. If people are willing to want to read this kind of stuff, and it's different enough, what's the problem?
I see the same things happen with books like Mein Kampf. People that haven't even read it will just give it one star. Like some will write, 'I will never read this.', with a one star attached. It just really gets under my skin when people review things in this way. I personally own it and plan on reading it, but that doesn't mean I agree with it. I mainly want to read it for curiosities sake. I will pretty much read anything, and this perspective is a bit foreign to me..and frustrating.
So what type would be the most likely to do this, or what information elements do you think are involved here? Are there certain books you won't read? Will you read about anything? And why?