Last week, I read a book that I loved and I swear, the review took forever to write. I mean, what am I supposed to say?
Let's face it: there are only so many ways I can think of to tell you just how much I adored a certain book. At some point, my brain runs out of ideas and I can't thin of enough synonyms for awesome and earth shattering.
But then when it comes to books I disliked . . . just try and shut me up.
So if my rave reviews seem a little on the short side to you, please don't take it as a sign that I didn't enjoy the book enough. You should actually take shorter reviews as a sign to READ THE BOOK IMMEDIATELY!
Does anyone else have this problem? Do you find it easier to review books you disliked than books you loved?
*raises hand* Sometimes, if I know the specific things I adored about a book, I can rave about them in a sort of list and then I have stuff to write. Actually, my reviews are like that now so that it's easier. It's still tough when I just LOVED the book, as a whole, or just every freaking individual part of it, but I try. Now, books we hated, man do we go armed with gifs to express our rage XD You're so right about this.
ReplyDeletePamela, I really need to start making lists for my reviews. I love lists so I feel like that would be so much better, whether I am loving it or hating it. Great idea!
DeleteYeah it's so much easier to explain why you hated a book as opposed to why you liked a book. For like reviews it's basically just a verbose version of "JUST BECAUSE". For dislikes it's basically an evisceration of the book followed by a scathing and sarcastic closing comment. :)
ReplyDeleteRachel @ A Perfection Called Books
Rachel, yeah when I love a book the only thing I can say is: READ THIS BOOK!! That's all I got. :)
DeleteYES. Like you said, it is so hard to say "GO READ THIS BOOK" in so many ways. And when I'm reading a book I really like, I don't really pay attention to WHAT I like. I just like...everything. And then I can't write my review. Whoops.
ReplyDeleteIt's also so much fun to write about books I hate. It's so easy to pinpoint what went wrong... :)
Valerie, so incredibly hard. I am so glad you feel my pain on that one! When I love a book, I just want to say "characters - great; plot - great; dialogue - great; JUST READ THIS BOOK DAMMIT!!" Hahahaha.
DeleteI'm ok with writing a review if I felt strongly about it, so loved or hated are fine. Those books where I'm middle of the road though, that's so much harder for me to write about.
ReplyDeleteTrish, oh you are so right about that one. I have had issues with those as well. If there is a book that I just feel blah about, how do I express that? So very true.
DeleteSO MUCH YES. I could write about the shit I hate twenty different ways. I think because what I hate usually varies? But what I LOVE doesn't as much maybe? And also, I think a lot of times when we LOVE a book, part of it is a feeling that you can't even explain, whereas since we don't *try* to hate a book, it's much more logical and analytical. And now I have to check Goodreads to see which book we hated 😂
ReplyDeleteShannon, we are so alike again! Blogging twins! Hahahaha. I swear, when I love a book, the only thing I feel like saying is: READ THIS BOOK NOW DAMMIT!! Hahahaha And I'm 99% sure that we agree on the dislike of most books.
DeleteI totally agree with you! Some of my longest reviews are my ranty 'here is everything I hated about this book' reviews, whilst the ones for books I loved are pretty much 'er...yeah, it was good. You should read it.' :)
ReplyDeleteLaura C, EXACTLY! How many ways can I tell someone I love it?? :)
DeleteI really struggle to write positive reviews because I WANT everyone to read the book and am afraid that I won't be able to convince them. When I write a negative review, I don't care whether the person agrees with me or not and I'm fine if they choose to read it anyway.
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Got My Book, you are so right. I just want to push all the books on the people and it can be hard to find the words to explain that. :)
DeleteI even feel like this within reviews sometimes. I always list things I liked and things I didn't like, and I SO often find that my explanations of the negatives are way longer than the positives, even if I really liked the book overall. So, then I have this need to go back and TRY to think of more positives to say to balance it all out!
ReplyDeleteNicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
Nicole, that is true too. I can write a paragraph about the stuff I liked and the stuff I disliked can take up practically a page. Crazy.
DeleteTotally agree!! When I love a book I probably sound like a moron saying how I love everything without as much explanation as I should give. When I don't like a book I could go on and give in detail reasons why lol. So I get you on this one!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Grace! So glad we are on the same page with this one. :)
DeleteIt's easier for me to write about the negative things in a review, so that's why I write them first; though, in the actual review, I save them for the end. However, when I really love a book, it's just as easy to write a review as when I really hate a book.
ReplyDeleteJess, I really wish that I could find as many words in a rave review as a bad one. So glad you don't have that issue. :)
DeleteReviewing a book I disliked or hated is 100X easier to review a book I loved. I have no idea how to review The Star Touched Queen, but I was able to review All the Feels in just a matter of minutes. Why is the world so unfair??
ReplyDeleteLyn, there just aren't enough words to describe how much I love certain books! So unfair.
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