Chat Between Chapters: Reviewing a book you loved

For this discussion post, we joining the Tell Me Something Tuesday challenge run by Jen at That’s What I’m Talking About. Here’s the topic for this week. Is it easier or harder to write a review for a book you loved?? 

 

 Julie:

Bottom line up front: It is easier to gush about a book than be carefully positive when you really don’t care for it. If I liked a book quite a bit, it’s easy to say what I liked and why. If I’m not doing a review as part of a tour where you must be professional and careful, I can also bash a terrible book quite easily. It can be quite fun to say this book was terrible, and here’s why. Maybe a book I loved doesn’t feel like a thorough review because it will just be this aspect was great, these characters rocked, this was awesome. Overall, a review with pros and cons is a better review and more interesting to read.

 

Lynn:

Agreed 100% with Julie. It’s a lot easier to praise a book I love than to carefully criticize a book I kind of liked but need to write a review for. My biggest challenge for reviewing books I love is not spoiling it for everyone. I’m shouting from the rooftops about this book. But also don’t want to give out too many details!

 

What about you?

 

 

We are also linking up our discussion posts with the 2024 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight!