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Why You Can’t Trust Negative Reviews (New York Times Article)

Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
? ONE-STAR REVIEWS—CAN YOU TRUST THEM? The New York Times recently published the following article (click the link below to read it) entitled, Why You Can’t Really Trust Negative Online Reviews The article is fascinating—and not what I was expecting. From the headline, I was expecting to see research into ulterior…

More literary insults…and this time it’s personal

By The Owl Lady February 2, 2015 2 Comments

Originally posted on BRIDGET WHELAN writer:
A harsh review got an equally harsh retort this week, not from the author (authors are always told to keep quiet about bad reviews), but a clearly angry man who had helped to propel the novel into the international limelight . The book is Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road…