tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post4190815683395018028..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: ROTTEN AMAZON REVIEWS OF RENOWNED AMAZING WRITERS by VALERIE LAWSKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-63096014155873213362016-02-02T13:18:34.895+00:002016-02-02T13:18:34.895+00:00Good fun, Valerie. The one-star I remember was fro...Good fun, Valerie. The one-star I remember was from a reviewer who'd downloaded two of the Boss MacTavin mysteries--and read them both, it seemed, it a single day--commenting on the 'cheesy writing'...but offering, of course, no examples. glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-89470630964651980722016-02-02T07:38:51.209+00:002016-02-02T07:38:51.209+00:00Ah, Valerie, thank you for brightening up my Monda...Ah, Valerie, thank you for brightening up my Monday. When will your "Game of Trolls" be made into a series? You give us all cover from them. I'll hunt down some further examples, and think of your post if and when I take a hit. Of course, great books have encountered nasty, vapid notices throughout literary history, Amazon just makes them more visible. The trouble is the troll entries stay on Amazon forever. One's only hope is that the informed notices push them downward into oblivion where they belong. Don't get me started on even more horrible trolls that inhabit YouTube, harassing legitimate views, particularly of classics. Trolls away!Umberto Tosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939504157464234443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-46091026943962046982016-02-01T19:58:30.580+00:002016-02-01T19:58:30.580+00:00Yes Shakespeare does have too many quotations in a...Yes Shakespeare does have too many quotations in and he doesn't even acknowledge them ;) Linda, I'd probably use that as a cover quote for the next book! Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-50937346396376967602016-02-01T19:49:09.155+00:002016-02-01T19:49:09.155+00:00One of mine is headed "FILTH". I think t...One of mine is headed "FILTH". I think that might have boosted sales, but unfortunately readers will be disappointed if that's what they want to read. I'm anticipating the one-star review that will complain this book wasn't nearly as filthy as reviews suggested.Linda Gillardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335035994393050845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-29643628008351486412016-02-01T17:24:34.464+00:002016-02-01T17:24:34.464+00:00I like the review of 'The Complete Poems and P...I like the review of 'The Complete Poems and Plays of William Shakespeare':- 'Unoriginal and stuffed full of cliches.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-5711442868441838362016-02-01T17:13:26.454+00:002016-02-01T17:13:26.454+00:00Thank you all for all the kind comments, glad I ma...Thank you all for all the kind comments, glad I made you laugh! And thanks for the other examples. I'm quite fond of the amazon book reviews like 'this arrived on time and seems to be what I ordered. I hope to read it some time'. Bill, that's a humdinger! Susan, thank you so much for your lovely words on my books and the link to your very generous review of my books on EE. Jo, what an ageist, sexist review, who cares if a grandmother wrote a book anyway! Nobody would take any notice of them I hope. Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-3056991963784532622016-02-01T16:48:09.385+00:002016-02-01T16:48:09.385+00:00This rings a bell, Valerie. When I got my first st...This rings a bell, Valerie. When I got my first stinker of a review I consoled myself by looking at the bad reviews some of the classics got. One for <i>Heart of Darkness</i> stays with me - a reviewer compared it to drinking spoiled milk while listening to someone rake their nails down a blackboard. I'd actually be kind of chuffed if someone gave me a review like that! You can't please all of the people, as they say...Mari Biellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221256993468150226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-16881624689274130912016-02-01T13:47:24.306+00:002016-02-01T13:47:24.306+00:00It happens on other sites too. Somewhere on TripAd...It happens on other sites too. Somewhere on TripAdvisor is a one star review of Ben Nevis complaining that it's 'very steep and too high.' He goes on to say that 'the climb basically went on for far too long and the last part was particularly steep and difficult'!Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-71195072771272851762016-02-01T12:23:28.573+00:002016-02-01T12:23:28.573+00:00No Bill, she'd wrong - I've read and enjoy...No Bill, she'd wrong - I've read and enjoyed them.<br /><br />I'm back here to make up for Valerie's one-stars by offering her these three potted reviews - http://authorselectricreviews.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/review-of-all-that-lives-poetry-of-sex.html<br />Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-9279171828970949062016-02-01T12:18:35.479+00:002016-02-01T12:18:35.479+00:00Great piece Valerie. I'd never seen the bic re...Great piece Valerie. I'd never seen the bic reviews - brilliant. And what a great opportunity for me to herald the republication of my 2nd Jack Carston novel by offering up the only review it has on Amazon UK, by AnnieR:<br /><br />If I could give this no stars, I would. Kirton breaks every basic rule of writing - he tells and he tells and he tells. I was so punch drunk by the poor writing, I lost track of whether or not the story was any good. By then I had lost the will to live. Sorry, Mr K.<br /><br />And I couldn't take any comfort from the fact that the late Susanna Yager, in the Sunday Telegraph, found it 'thoughtful; and thought-provoking' and said it 'ought to bring Bill Kirton the attention he deserves'. because it didn't. So AnnieR was right. Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-33570228426681014542016-02-01T12:11:01.661+00:002016-02-01T12:11:01.661+00:00Thanks Valerie - the 'reviews' for the lad...Thanks Valerie - the 'reviews' for the ladylike bic pens were some of the funniest stuff I've read for a while. I'd love to know what, if anything, they make of them at Bic.<br /><br />I don't think you need to worry about your one-stars - Amazon has given us real readers plenty of practice in weighing up reviews. And Lydia Bennett's slang was bound to date - over 40 years ago a publisher warned me to avoid slang because it dates so fast. But how else could Lydia speak at the moment when you wrote it?<br /><br />Your ingenious de-construction of Austen, and your wit won't date. I love that book: it's as intelligent as it is funny.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-91823317432731395852016-02-01T12:04:56.591+00:002016-02-01T12:04:56.591+00:00I had a review for my first ebook about Nepal sugg...I had a review for my first ebook about Nepal suggesting I was a granny who spent a lot of time shopping. He/she had plainly not read the book as I didnt go shopping, and had been caught in a cyclone and been unreasonably close to a tiger! JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-2985150213474634942016-02-01T11:47:21.904+00:002016-02-01T11:47:21.904+00:00I loved this post, made me laugh. It also set me o...I loved this post, made me laugh. It also set me on the hunt for my own 1-star reviews, and I could only find 3 of them. I'm either very lucky or the trolls haven't found me yet! But my favourite of the 3 x 1-star reviews was this one for Night Watcher "Great read was totally taken in by the story and was unable to stop reading, best book yet going to read all the others from the author Chris Longmuir". I wish all 1 star reviews were as nice, although I see I'll have to up my game to get 5-stars from this reviewer! And I'm not going to quote the other 2 x 1-star reviews but you're welcome to look them up.Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-42270554105093793662016-02-01T10:07:02.373+00:002016-02-01T10:07:02.373+00:00Thank-you for a Monday morning laugh! Lovely post!...Thank-you for a Monday morning laugh! Lovely post! I know, I know, WH is all of those things, but I do love it so much. I've had some horrible one star reviews myself but always take comfort from those I've read on novels I've loved. Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-29291310137205180522016-02-01T05:50:20.345+00:002016-02-01T05:50:20.345+00:00I loved this. What a great way to start the day., ...I loved this. What a great way to start the day., with a good laugh. It is good to know you are in exalted company. Wendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.com