In your epic pursuit of great books to read, you’ve probably run across hundreds thousands of book reviews, and occasionally you stumble across a real gem. . . of a book review, that is. Maybe it glows with the kind of genuine adoration that touches your book-loving heart, or is so sizzlingly snarky it burns a hole in your computer screen. Maybe the review is so clever and insightful you wish you’d written it yourself.
If you HAD to choose. . .
Eve Messenger 
I always prefer clever and thoughtful reviews. For me, book reviews are serious business. Although I enjoy fun and funny reviews with lots of exclamation marks, emojis, and gifs, I tend to take those reviews less seriously.
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Haha, you described adoring reviews perfectly. Thanks for weighing in. Do you post many book reviews on sites other than your blog?
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I haven’t had a chance to do many yet, as my blog is still fairly new. But next week, I will be a guest blogger for the first time, so that’s exciting! My review for God Help the Child by Toni Morrison will be on emilyreadseverything.com. I’m a little nervous, but look forward to more guest blogging. :]
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You are a very good writer. Congratulations!!
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Aw, you’re too kind! But thank you, I really appreciate it.
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Clever reviews are helpful when I’m actually considering reading the book, but snarky reviews are so much fun to read!
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I’m glad you said it, Elena, because I was afraid to admit it, ha! Oh, and what’s this I read on your Twitter about you being published soon? I want to hear more!
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I am published! https://elenajohansenwriting.wordpress.com/2015/12/07/what-we-need-to-survive-is-here/
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Warmest congratulations. . .to you for publishing a book (!) and to me for now owning it on Kindle. 🙂
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Awww! (hugs) I hope you enjoy it!
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My approach when it comes to writing a review is to write it as if the author will actually read it. I try and take the author’s feelings into consideration. Author’s pour their hearts and souls into their work, their books are their “babies.” I would never tell someone that their baby was ugly, so why would I tear someone’s work down? This does not mean I am not honest, I just try to be constructive with my criticisms, and try to build people up.
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That´s what I do, too. I don´t want to destroy an artist of any kind. If I feel a book deserves less than four stars, I won´t even rate it. I know that skews the ratings, but I just can´t.
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I know what you mean. The “bad reviews” are so hard to write. I hate doing it, but like you said if no one wrote “bad reviews” it would skew the numbers and every book would have 4+ stars… Then how would I filter my to read list?
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Authors* not Author’s
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I always seek out clever and thoughtful reviews, but reading snarky book and movie reviews is a guilty pleasure for me. 🙂
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Yessss, a kindred spirit. I hate to jinx myself because I’d be mortified to read reviews like that about my own work, but I have to agree–snarky reviews ARE a guilty pleasure.
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