Review of Melusine at Fresh Fiction

[truepenny]

Sue Burke reviews Mélusine at Fresh Fiction, and is not entirely impressed.

Comments

[graygirl.livejournal.com]

Recently received a review copy of your book for purplepens.com; I'll let you know when the review goes up. :)

[aranel.livejournal.com]

There's nothing wrong with negative reviews, but I do think ones that say things like "I really wanted to like this book, but I just didn't" are obnoxious. I mean, I understand that sometimes one actually does want to like a book that turns out to be unsatisfying, but I don't think it's a very useful piece of information for the review-reader to have. It comes out sounding whiny and defensive, like, "I tried, okay? I gave this book a more than fair chance, okay?"