Before I decided to become a blogger I visited many blogs. My favorite quickly became those that have reviews that had certain characteristic that I tried to emulate in my own reviews. Here are some of them:
Grading System - Cupcakes, stars, A-F, 1-10, whatever the method I want to know at a quick glance what the overall rating is.
Good Sense of Humor - I like unique posts with a great sense of humor (I don't particularly like a lot of moving pictures as I become distracted), a few jokes or a funny picture are always welcome.
No Cursing - A few words once in a while are fine, BUT when I imagine a *beep* every few words, it's time for me to stop reading.
No Spoilers - I want to know what your impression of the book is. How was the writing? Was it interesting? How is the plot? Did you like the characters and the setting? If I want to know what happens in the story, I'll read the book; thank you very much.
Picture of the Cover - I like to see a picture of the book's cover in all it's glory.
Meaningful and well written - I want to perceive that the author gave the review some thought and edit it before posting.
What type of review do your write or like to read? Do you like a lot of pictures? Do you like spoilers?
I find the reviews with gifs generally make me laugh (they're usually pretty snarky), but their meaningful content can definitely get lost in all the fluff.
ReplyDeleteI don't like reviews that summarize the plot - isn't that what the book summary is for?
And I need to see some sort of rating system - like you, I like to know from a glance how they felt overall about a book.
I love spoilers! hahaha I personally read reviews to see if I don't want to read the book. So I look for reviews that reveal a little extra that way I can see if a pet peeve is present. Like if there's a love triangle does the author kill off the undesired? I despise that.
ReplyDeleteI also like semi short reviews. But in my reviews I get wordy too. lol
Really? I have to confess that I only like spoilers when I don't intent to read a book or if I started a book that I don't think I will finish.
DeleteFor some reason I hate reading reviews that don't have ratings either. And I don't like too short reviews but not too long either. 4-5 paragraphs is a good length. I hate spoilers, especially when they are not marked. I do love adding a couple of my favorite quotes, not sure how people feel about that but I get good comments on them.
ReplyDeleteI want to hear the likes and/or dislikes, but in a non-spoilery way. And definitely a cove and some sort of rating so I can see quickly what the reader thought of the book.
ReplyDeleteI don't really like any particular type of review, but I do like them to be passionate. I guess I just like to see that the review isn't telling me what I want to hear. If that makes any sense?
ReplyDeleteI like to see a rating, and I know a lot of people put them at the bottom but I prefer them at the top because I like to see the rating before I read the review. I don't like spoilers in reviews but if its a book I can't finish, I sometimes look for spoilery reviews in I'm interested enough in how it ended. I don't like reviews to be too long but long enough to give a decent feel for the book. I do like to read quotes in reviews, sometimes I put them in mine, sometimes I don't. But I love to read quotes anywhere :)
ReplyDelete