Reviews by Allison Symes
Image Credit: All images created in Book Brush using Pixabay photos. I like reviews. I write them reasonably regularly (mainly on books) and I use them as an indicator of whether I’m likely to enjoy a “product” or not for everything from groceries to books I’ve been recommended to read. It doesn’t mean reviews are always right of course but I find them a useful general guide. If everybody loathes something, there is usually a good reason for it. Now with my writing hat on, I find obtaining reviews difficult as most authors do and I refuse to go down the paid-for review route. Not very ethical to my mind. I want a review to be honest and not to be “bought”. (Also smacks of desperation to me but that’s another matter. I would far rather have fewer reviews honestly obtained). I recently received a one star review for my second flash fiction collection, Tripping the Flash Fantastic . Now ironically part of me is pleased about this. Every author gets these. It kind of shows you have p...