Book Discussion : Why Reviews are Important

Hello, everyone! Today I’m here to chat with you all on a very serious matter (at least for me) – why reviews are important and why we shouldn’t ignore them!!!

First of all, I enjoy writing reviews quite a lot (especially if they are rants or on books I adored), so this post might be a bit biased, that’s why I’ll wait for all your opinions on this subject in the comments.

I really love reading reviews from other bloggers as well because of the following reasons :

 

#1 :

I discover new books.

 

I think this one is pretty obvious, but I’ve discovered some of my most favourite books from other people’s reviews. It happens all the time, you might meet your next favourite read while reading other people’s reviews.

 

#2 :

I get to see what other people are into.

 

I don’t know about you, but I’m really interested in my fellow followers’ tastes. I’m always looking to expand my reading to other genres & authors and it’s absolutely amazing when you have a sense of what everyone likes because you can ask them for recommendations if you get the urge to explore a new genre… Think on it!

 

#3 :

I genuinely think reviews are very interesting.

 

Now I know this might be an unpopular opinion, but I really think they are really interesting. You get to see other people fangirl about books (which is my favourite activity and also makes things so much more relatable) or rant about them (which is delicious, don’t say you don’t love rants). You get to be excited with them in the comments, there’s just so much excitement to reviews.

 

#4 :

Negative Reviews help me avoid books I’d hate.

 

This one is so huge for me because sometimes reviews raise very important points about bad representation or about awful characters or lack of plot or just things that you know you won’t like. Therefore, reviews help you not waste your time on books you’d absolutely despise. For example, I still haven’t read Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth because of how many people called it racist. I’ve read their reviews and I’ve got to agree with them. Not having read those reviews and directly reading this book would have probably resulted in a one star rating and a very annoyed me. So, go reviews!!!

 

#5 :

People put a lot of work and time into writing them.

 

You might think ‘Marty, that’s not a reason for us to read them. if they’re not fun, it doesn’t matter how much work the reviewer put into writing them’, buuut if nobody reads reviews because they aren’t as fun as tags or discussions, will people keep on writing them? Will we find out new books as easily as we do right now? You might say ‘yes’ because we have Goodreads or there’re other posts on people’s blogs from where we can get recommendations. But 1) some people don’t use Goodreads; 2) yes, you can, but usually when people talk about books on tags or other fun posts, the descriptions are short and you might not get a very clear idea on the book.

So, let’s show more love to the book reviews our fellow favourites blogger post, what do you say?

What do you think about reviews? Do you find them less enjoyable than other posts? Also, do you love writing them?

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