…a bit of perspective about negative reviewing from m’Lady, Susan Toy… sometimes a negative review says more about the reviewer than the reviewee….
Mother’s advice has always been, If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all. After reading Martin Levin’s article in The Globe & Mail‘s book section on Saturday, You suck, and so does your writing, I considered that, really, a bad or vindictive review of an author or their work speaks so much more about the reviewer than the reviewed – volumes, in fact. Why would someone jump to review a book, or its author, that they knowingly do not like? For the chance to destroy someone’s career, get even, envy of success? It’s certainly not for the free review copy, because if their review shows they hate the book that much, they wouldn’t want to keep it on their shelf for long. And, actually, since there is no such thing as bad publicity, what they’re ultimately doing, even with a scathing review, is drawing attention…
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Thanks for reblogging, Seumas!
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..all good stuff, m’Lady 🙂
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I can’t add much to what Susan said, Seumas, except the old saying, “If you can’t help, don’t hurt.”
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…agreed , m’Lady, Suzanne…:)
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`i miss seeing you……..that’s all. When are you in town next?
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…hi, Jody… hope to be in town for a couple of days around Feb 23..will give you a call …miss you too… mwwaaah 🙂
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