“ We sometimes reveal how ignorant or bored we were when we read a book by giving it 5-stars. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ I am not afraid of giving bad reviews. If I don't like a book, I don't like it. Period. I don't do promotion Bookvergent
“ Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the ki… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ An elegantly crafted novel, "The Reluctant First Lady" clearly documents author Venita Ellick as an exceptionally accomplished writer able to skillfully weave memorable characters into a riveting stor… Midwest Book Review August 2013
“ The only time I've ever learned anything from a review was when wrote a piece in the Guardian about my second novel, . He said that, together with the previous novel, it represented a diptych about t… Colm Toibin
“ Actually, writers have no business writing about their own works. They either wax conceited, saying things like: 'My brilliance is possibly most apparent in my dazzling short story, The Cookiepants Hy… Connie Willis
“ 1. Everyone is entitled to their opinion about the things they read (or watch, or listen to, or taste, or whatever). They’re also entitled to express them online.2. Sometimes those opinions will be on… John Scalzi
“ There is something essentially ridiculous about critics, anyway: what is good is good without our saying so, and beneath all our majesty we know this. Randall Jarrell
