Friday, January 8, 2010
And Still We Rise [#2]
Reading the book review, I knew that I was going to be affected by the lives of these students I read about. The reviewer states his opinions so convincingly that I knew I was going to be very interested by the book. However, this is going against my own beliefs in books. I do not normally listen to the opinions of reviewers and critics when it comes to books. After all, people enjoy different things. So why should we conform to the opinions of people who are paid to review books or films? We shouldn't judge a book by a cover. But more importantly, we shouldn't judge a film or book based on the judgement of others. The latter is more wrong. Though it helps me decide at times which films to watch, I normally do not care about the critic's opinions, especially when it comes to books.
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Jhay~
ReplyDeleteYou don't really go into depth about the book review. I kind of want to know what you thought about it because I thought Welch gave good examples and made me think that more things are coming up that will shock us. I don't base what I read on book reviews either but on the word of mouth. But it doesn't hurt to see what they have to say.
I agree with what you wrote about how covincingly the Welch guy wrote his review. I was hoping to hear more about what you expect from continuing on with reading the book, how you think the story will be like as the book progresses.
ReplyDeleteAs for the influence of book reviews, I'm just like you, I don't usually read them and don't decide on whether or not to read a book based on someone else's judgement of the story. I'd rather go in with a clean mind and make my own opinion of it before listening to what other people have to say :)
Jhay, you needed to discuss the ASWR book review. You answered 1/2 of the question. Do you read customer reviews on Amazon/Borders/etc? They aren't paid to review! They read the book and want to share. Check it out!
ReplyDeleteOhhh customer reviews!! I thought it was an actual critic, like Roger Ebert for films. My bad, haha. Should I re-write or is it too late?
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