![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
What are reviews for?
Feb. 7th, 2023 03:18 pmI just read that
....What? How is me posting a review in my own social media, which no one reads unless they chose to, anything like striding to within 6 inches of a stranger's face?
Honest reviews are good no matter what they say. Good for the reviewer, good for the prospective reader, good for the reader who wants to compare their own reaction to others', even good for sales of the book.
Probably I am just oversensitive to being told by a man to shut up.
Edited to add: The writer clarified that he was talking about professional reviews whose subtext is, "[I am The Norm and this book is by/for/about marginalized people; therefore,] This wasn't for me."
Thank you all for helping me to think about this.
Leaving a "This wasn't for me" review is like striding to within 6 inches of a stranger's face, telling them, "I don't like kale," and then walking away. Nothing is given, nothing is gained. Silence is preferable.
https://wandering.shop/@zzclaybourne/109824883554244963
....What? How is me posting a review in my own social media, which no one reads unless they chose to, anything like striding to within 6 inches of a stranger's face?
Honest reviews are good no matter what they say. Good for the reviewer, good for the prospective reader, good for the reader who wants to compare their own reaction to others', even good for sales of the book.
Probably I am just oversensitive to being told by a man to shut up.
Edited to add: The writer clarified that he was talking about professional reviews whose subtext is, "[I am The Norm and this book is by/for/about marginalized people; therefore,] This wasn't for me."
Thank you all for helping me to think about this.