Booking Through Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Booking Through Thursday and a different question is posted every week.
If there was one book you could make sure nobody ever read again … what would it be? And why?
This is a really difficult one because I can't honestly say I would say to someone 'Don't read this book' because I realise that liking or hating a book is subjective. There have been books I've disliked that others have hated and vice versa. On this blog, when it comes to reviewing books I haven't liked I always try to include something I liked, because at the end of the day, an author put hard work into producing it.
If I didn't like it, I say so, but I also try to balance it out by giving my opinion of who might like, 'if you like, you might like this' kind of thing.
You are right but I think no one ought to waste his/her time reading a book which does nothing for them....
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True. But I don't think I have the right to point blank tell someone not to read something. It's up to them to decide if it's not for them.
Deleteas for me, i may have disliked some books but never to hated them.
ReplyDeletefor the review purpose, agree with you, i try my best to tell the good and bad.
I agree. I certainly say so if I didn't like a book, but I try to give spoiler free reasons why it didn't work for me - and then let then decide if it sounds like something they'd have problems with. My post can be found here
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I only warn people against a book when I know their tastes are similar to mine, because I know they won't enjoy it. But even then I don't explicitly tell them not to :) Here's my BBT post, hope you have a good end to the week!
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