Since when did it become a bad thing to say "that was a really bad book?"
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Since when did it become a bad thing to say "that was a really bad book?"
I've seen multiple people apologize for not liking or finishing a novel. This makes no sense to me. You don't become an author expecting everyone to enjoy your writing.
Now, if you're saying horrible things about the writer, that's bad. But if you don't like a book, it's damn okay to say so. You can also tell people why. If, as an author, you're so afraid of people not liking your work, then don't be an author.
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Since when did it become a bad thing to say "that was a really bad book?"
I've seen multiple people apologize for not liking or finishing a novel. This makes no sense to me. You don't become an author expecting everyone to enjoy your writing.
Now, if you're saying horrible things about the writer, that's bad. But if you don't like a book, it's damn okay to say so. You can also tell people why. If, as an author, you're so afraid of people not liking your work, then don't be an author.
I may write a blog post about this. It's insane how afraid we've gotten of offering criticism in fear of hurting someone's feelings.
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Since when did it become a bad thing to say "that was a really bad book?"
I've seen multiple people apologize for not liking or finishing a novel. This makes no sense to me. You don't become an author expecting everyone to enjoy your writing.
Now, if you're saying horrible things about the writer, that's bad. But if you don't like a book, it's damn okay to say so. You can also tell people why. If, as an author, you're so afraid of people not liking your work, then don't be an author.
Damn straight.
See also: there's no such thing as bad music. There's just "music" and one either likes or not.
(Except for Country & Western...
... which is an abomination.)
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I may write a blog post about this. It's insane how afraid we've gotten of offering criticism in fear of hurting someone's feelings.
@thelinuxcast Absolutely, people dodge telling the truth nowadays in favor of being politically correct which at the end hurts more than it helps. We have created a modern society that is not willing to face the truth by instantly turning it into "aggression".
Not that one has to go around giving their opinion if not called for it but at least stay truthful, especially if some kind of feedback is expected.
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I may write a blog post about this. It's insane how afraid we've gotten of offering criticism in fear of hurting someone's feelings.
@thelinuxcast I think we're now brought up to feel it's best to say nothing at all if it's negative, and in some cases that's a good mantra. However, constructive feedback is often useful if written corectly. We need to remember that not everyone will like everything.
Saying "I hate this book, it was awful" does nothing useful. Whereas I might offer "I really struggled to get into this book as there were too many characters".
Of course you got the complete twats who take fun in criticising.
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Since when did it become a bad thing to say "that was a really bad book?"
I've seen multiple people apologize for not liking or finishing a novel. This makes no sense to me. You don't become an author expecting everyone to enjoy your writing.
Now, if you're saying horrible things about the writer, that's bad. But if you don't like a book, it's damn okay to say so. You can also tell people why. If, as an author, you're so afraid of people not liking your work, then don't be an author.
@thelinuxcast Yeah, there are the two contrary worlds that I can never completely fit in my head.
If someone makes an excellent stout, but you're not really into stouts at all (or even not just in the mood for it today), does it make the stout terrible? Definitely not. Does it make you personally enjoy drinking it? Also not. That's both clear. But most other questions are subtly difficult to answer if at all possible. Can you distinguish a good stout but I'm not in the mood from a bad stout in the first place? And how do you refer to it? Is it useful to share your view with the world then you're simply not a stout enjoyer?
I feel like it's similar with books. You feel somehow while reading it and you want to quantify the effect of the book itself vs. other factors (personal taste, stress from your job etc.). That's when you start questioning your right to simply state _I didn't like this book_ -
I may write a blog post about this. It's insane how afraid we've gotten of offering criticism in fear of hurting someone's feelings.
@thelinuxcast I wonder also how much of it is people just not wanting to deal with the negative comments that people will lash out with over the negative review.
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