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The Literary Ecosystem Is Dying (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] 0 points 9 months ago (1 child)

If reviews from people paid to review is what you crave, you are part of the niche group. I do read reviews, but I only care about reviews from people who share my taste in books. Every other review is worthless to me. I don't see why different thoughts would be helpful. Oh, they didn't/did like it for reasons. Cool. That's all fine, but why should I read that?

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago*

    I'm not saying you should read them; and I already provided the reasons for reading them above. You can find those reasons compelling or not.

    I never mentioned the reviewer being paid. There's many interesting blogs and Goodreads profiles that are worth following too. My impression is, you're drawing an overly sharp boundary between your style of reading and something you imagine is "professional" reading of those who care about reviews.

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