Alternative title: review sections from traditional medias are dying

Also, unfamiliar with those mentioned in the article, but with most people online, and in case they didn't do it already, wouldn't it be wise to transition the reviews sections to digital?

All art is subjective. Criticism has a part to play in how its received but once publishers learned the big money was in getting critics to say nice things, trust is gone. And that applies just as much to booktok and bookstagram where influencers are very clearly getting some form of kickback for raving about a particular book.

I would much rather read what people thought of a book here, or via friends and family or via my friends on the podcast we do than some random no-mark in a newspaper or 30sec video.

Honestly feel like the end of syndicated book reviews is not that bad. I have often thought that there is a selection process about the type of reviewer who gets the big press, and usually I am diametrically opposed to them in so many ways.

I was always an outsider to that sort of institutional and emotionally stunted world

I don't like book reviews by professionals. The only reviews I trust are by two friends on Goodreads who I know have very similar tastes to mine.