Does anybody look at book reviews before reading? I might write some.

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   Autumn Reneeposted 10 years ago

   Does anybody look at book reviews before reading? I might write some.

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   lburmasterposted 10 years ago

   No. Just judging the book by myself is enough. What is the story line? Do the characters draw me in? Is the way the book written interesting? Etc.

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      Autumn Reneeposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I think that a lot of people view it the same way as you.

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   duffsmomposted 10 years ago

   Yes, I like to read reviews before reading a book.

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      Autumn Reneeposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for your answer

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   WalterPoonposted 10 years ago

   I don't intentionally seek book reviews. If I hear that some books are good, I go to the bookshop and browse the book to see for myself. If I like it, I buy and if I don't, I give it a miss. Personally, I think that "Who Moved My Cheese" is much ado about nothing, not to mention the cut-throat price for such a thin book, thanks (or rather "no thanks") to its expensive marketing campaign.

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      Autumn Reneeposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      "Who Moved My Cheese" didn't appeal to me.  I guess it goes to show the power of a good title and cover.  (Something I have learned when trying to help people select books.)

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   zanaworldposted 10 years ago

   These days people don't have much time.  Hence if a book review influence them, then, they go ahead read the complete book.
   
   In fact, there are some agencies engage in summarizing books into small version for busy business people to read so that they can quote the books in social gathering as if they have read the book.

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      Autumn Reneeposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I would love to be able to read a book and summarize for my day job.

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   chef-de-jourposted 10 years ago

   I like to write the occasional review - of older, classic books - and get some response. Hubpages is a good platform for getting 'out there'.
   I guess if you concentrated on more popular novels and such you'd get a worth while following after a time. It's worth a try I'd say. Much good reviewing if you do decide to go for it.

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      Autumn Reneeposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks, Most likely I would focus on the books I have missed while in school for the last seven years.  I could write plenty of classic reviews after all that...

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   sheilamyersposted 10 years ago

   I usually don't bother reading the reviews. If the synopsis of the book catches my attention and sounds like something I want to read. That said, I'll write reviews of books I've read because I know there are people who make their decisions based on the over-all rating and what other people have to say.

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      Autumn Reneeposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      That's good to note, that some people do base their decision on others.  Otherwise, why would Amazon have a comment section?

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   KL Kleinposted 10 years ago

   I do read book reviews, but I usually go to Goodreads or Amazon to look for them.

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      Autumn Reneeposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I like both of those.  I tend to read the synopsis on Wikipedia as well.

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