It's time for Follow Friday!!! :D
Okay so this week's question is:
Question: Have you ever bought a book BECAUSE of a bad review?
Answer: I can honestly say I haven't. I feel like if I were to read one or two bad reviews it wouldn't sway my opinion that much as to whether or not I read it (unless a bunch of my friends were telling me not to read it, since they pretty much know my taste); if a book sounds interesting, then I'm willing to give it a chance. However, if the majority of the reviews the book gets are bad ones (and by majority, I mean a lot of people have read it and said how they feel about it), then chances are a book's not going to be at the tippy-top of my list of books to read.
To put it simply, I think reading bad reviews for a book will definitely get my attention and make me more aware as I choose my next book to read, but at the end of the day I still like to make my own judgements about it.
To put it even simpler: No. :)
That's all for this Friday (*cough, Thursday) folks!!! I'd love for you all to come back for the What's the Word? Weekend post I'll make either Saturday or Sunday!!! :D
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ReplyDeleteI can honestly say that I have and continue to read books that get negative reviews. I guess I'm a glutton for punishment!
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I agree! There has to be a majority of people either liking or disliking a book to have any sway over my decision to read it.
ReplyDeleteI agree! Like a lot of people are gonna say, there's too many books I wanna read, that usually have good reviews. I don't want to spend time on a book with poor reviews.
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Have a GREAT weekend!
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Yeah, I guess you have to keep room for teh book yu really want to read, right? Old follower hopping through!
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I'm always drawn to the badly reviewed books, and that is actually how I have found some of my favs!
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I have never purposely bought a book due to a bad review. Old follower! Here is my FF: Mom Reads My Books
ReplyDeleteI have definitely read a book because of a bad review... I read a bad review on Wither by Lauren DeStefano and I was interested in reading it so I did and loved it!
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Hi there :) just hopping through... I completely agree! Quite a few bad reviews and coming from friends will definitely make you wary of spending your money on a book.
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I feel like even if I see a book that has a bad review, I have to read it for myself, because everyone has their own opinions.
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I agree with you, I prefer to read books that have great reviews because I know there will be a possibility I enjoy it than these ones.
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I try not to read reviews, just because I don't want to get an opinion of them that might not mirror my own.
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I'm a new follower!
Hopping through. :) I'd like to follow you, but haven't found a LinkyFollower widget. If you add one, let me know? :)
ReplyDeletePatricia // My FF
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Always nice to have friends with similar taste! Bad reviews often makes me wonder about the book, so I end up trying it..
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Heeeey, I've seen you around AW! Ha, awesome to bump blogs this way on a Friday :D
ReplyDeleteHah, I do fall for the bad reviews as much as for the raving ones. Something about extremes, I guess, they just speak to me, lol.
New follower. Have a fab weekend!
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Have a great holiday week-end.
ReplyDeletehere's mine:
http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/04/feature-follow.html
Definitely agree. I think reading reviews can help, but only if they say WHY they gave it the rating they did, so I can judge for myself. Some people hate things I like, and vice versa.
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Here's my FF: http://meganm922.blogspot.com/2012/04/feature-and-follow-fridaybad-reviews.html
New follower here =)
ReplyDeleteReviews matter a lot to me. Not unless the book became controversial that I would really feel the need to read that book.
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new follower and I must say that I adore your layout! Besides that, wonderful answer you gave! Have a wonderful weekend :)
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I never bought a book because of a bad review either!
ReplyDeleteI am your newest follower from the hop..pls follow back if you can.
I've never bought a book because of a bad review! old follower!! here's my ff http://bookfanatic89.blogspot.com/2012/04/feature-follow-8.html
ReplyDeleteNew follower hopping through! Great post! I followed you through GCF - you can return the favour over at http://www.bethebooks.blogspot.com :) Happy Friday!
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Thanks for the comments everyone!!!! :D
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New follower from FF. I agree with the majority on here, love your blog design.
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