tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post1297441750827734350..comments2024-03-26T07:06:37.385+00:00Comments on Reviews from a Bookworm: Five Friday Favourites: Not-So-Favourite Contemporaries Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-31274601156262991552014-05-29T12:41:07.822+01:002014-05-29T12:41:07.822+01:00Well some of them are ones people absolutely loved...Well some of them are ones people absolutely loved but none of them worked for me unfortunately. Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-46777162909594780612014-05-29T07:43:31.342+01:002014-05-29T07:43:31.342+01:00Oh man this made me laugh! I haven't read any ...Oh man this made me laugh! I haven't read any of them, but I had a few on my TBR list! At least I know what to avoid now xD Lol. Let me just say my list has been updated :P<br /><br />http://olivia-savannah.blogspot.nl/2014/05/a-thousand-splendid-suns-book-review.htmlOlivia's Catastrophehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12706765857201768908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-15467584757424472982014-05-20T17:35:14.374+01:002014-05-20T17:35:14.374+01:00It does put me off a little too, I feel like you s...It does put me off a little too, I feel like you should expect that some people aren't going to absolutely love your book. Oh well! I sometimes think maybe I'm too old, but I adore so much other YA that I realise it's just that me and the book didn't work together for some reason. Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-59407434877707590022014-05-19T14:00:34.872+01:002014-05-19T14:00:34.872+01:00I know what you mean. Sometimes when I don't f...I know what you mean. Sometimes when I don't feel what everyone else does I start to think that maybe I'm just too old for YA, but then I review the book and I understand even more that it's not that I'm too old or my expectations are too high, its just that for whatever reason I didn't feel the spark that everyone else did.<br /><br />some do take it well, other's just get pissy about it. In all honesty, it probably shouldn't but it puts me off their books in the future because I don't see the need in it.Snapexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05894518924876371938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-41439229378329665042014-05-17T22:01:38.093+01:002014-05-17T22:01:38.093+01:00I think I need to stay far away from reviews too. ...I think I need to stay far away from reviews too. Book hype can be really, really bad because it does raise your expectations. I just expected so much more from that book. I had heard nothing but amazing, gushing things and then I was left feeling nothing for it, it was really disappointing.<br /><br />I actually found it really silly too, I didn't even slate the book though, I gave it 3/5 which I thought was pretty generous. As an author I thought she would take criticism a bit better, it's not possible to write a book that EVERYONE will love. Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-57608829575743030782014-05-16T20:36:09.349+01:002014-05-16T20:36:09.349+01:00Wow, I did not expect to find Fangirl at the top o...Wow, I did not expect to find Fangirl at the top of your list haha, that book was without a doubt my favourite book of last year. Everything you disliked about the book I loved, Levi included haha. I think though, its very healthy for people of the blogging community to disagree from time to time, I also am sorry that you were let down. I've learnt to stay about from reviews of books before I read them, I go solely on the summaries now because I have been let to so much in the past and your right, this book was so hyped up that if you didn't feel what everyone else was feeling I cant begin to imagine how I would feel.<br /><br />I have read of the others, but haven't got around to reading them yet. I cant believe that Huntley Fitzpatrick unfollowed you because you didn't like her book. I think thats a bit silly. I'm not for one second saying that receiving bad reviews is easy for an author, but surely to god you would look at it as something work on next time? not just completely ignore it. It's what I would do anyway. I've seen it happen so many times (not with twitter, but authors getting reviews on goodreads taking down or having a go at others through twitter) I just don't understand it.<br /><br />Great list, and I've started fallowing you :) Snapexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05894518924876371938noreply@blogger.com