Your Thoughts: Negative Reactions to Book Reviews (Part II)
(Photo from Zazzle ) This was posted by Creative Chronicler at CC Chronicles : I just got my first negative feedback from an author. A book I reviewed last month and didn’t give a good rating because the book misrepresented what it was about and was just not a good book. The author mailed me a letter, telling me I was unprofessional, he only gets 4 and 5 star reviews and he wanted me to remove the review from my site. I have not responded nor removed the review and don’t intend to. I’m sorry he doesn’t agree with my take but I gave an honest review and don’t feel like I should have to retract it because he doesn’t like it. I also don’t feel like I owe him a reply, as that would just open the door to more pointless back and forth. While I understand his discomfort with the review, if what he states in his letter is true then he has plenty of others willing to write what he wants. Which makes me ask the question… do reviewers who are being sent free books feel more obligated to write a higher rated review than they normally would?
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