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Reviews about historical, literary, classic, and other fiction. Miscellaneous book things.
Do We Really Need Negative Reviews?
From The New York Times, a written debate between Francine Prose and Zoë Heller about whether (professional) book reviewers should write negative reviews.
Having only positive book reviews seems rather silly to me. I think a negative review, written constructively, can be a good thing, both for writers and readers. Just because a book was actually published doesn't guarantee that it's well-written or even worth reading.
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