This is a brilliant post by Lynne LeGrow at Fictionophile on book reviews and blogger bashing. A poignant question raised is: Can you write a book review that’s totally devoid of personal preference? I don’t think anyone can write a completely objective book review that doesn’t sound as if they’re dissecting the author’s writing skills. If you’re incensed by blogger bashing, this is a must-read.
These past few weeks I have read some rather unpleasant comments about book reviewers. Blogger ‘bashing’ seems popular just now.
An example of this blogger bashing:
https://prettymessreading.wordpress.com/…/dear-book-blogge…/
When someone – anyone – calls me or my fellow book bloggers dishonest – then steam starts to come out of my ears.
When I give a book 5 stars it is because I love it. I’ve recently given a book 2 stars because it wasn’t to my taste. Everyone’s taste is different. I get most of my books from NetGalley, Edelweiss or directly from publishers. They do not cost me anything, yet I still rate them ALL as according to my enjoyment of them. Why would anyone post anything this hurtful. I do not lie when reviewing books! I do try to be kind, as I know authors invest a lot of emotion, time, and hard work writing. Just because I don’t care for it, there…
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TINA FRISCO 
There is a big difference between an honest review and an ugly review. This is a great post and I always try to be honest with all of my reviews!
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Thank you, Jan. You nailed it ❤
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Nice share, Tina. I agree that the objective of a book review is to give your own opinion – not to shred a book because it didn’t appeal to you.
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Thank you, Robbie ❤
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Valid points here Nice share T. ❤
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Thanks, Deb ❤
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