RANT: Why are people reviewing novels using judgement for another Genre

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  1. Childish dreams

    Childish dreams Well-Known Member

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    Sometimes i see bad review on novels and they turn out to be true.
    Other time is see people rating an action story one star and saying that its not good BECAUSE THERE ISNT ENOUGH ROMANCE. WHAT IN THE WORLD DID YOU EXPECT FROM AN ACTION NOVEL! SO WHAT IF THERE IS TOO LITTLE ROMANCE, THERE ISNT SUPPOSED TO BE A LOT OF IT, ITS A G*D DAMN ACTION NOVEL.
    PLUS OTHER TIMES I GO READ REVIEWS FOR COMEDY OR FLUFF NOVELS AND PEOPLE ARE GIVING BAD REVIEWS BECAUSE NOTHING IS HAPPENING. THERE ISNT SUPPOSED TO BE ALOT OF THINGS HAPPENING, ITS A COMEDY NOVEL YOU CANT ACCUSE IT OF NOT HAVING A LOT OF PLOT WHEN ITS MAIN FOCUS IS COMEDY!!!????
    IF YOU WANT TO READ ACTION PACKED NOVELS THAT ARE FULL OF PLOT PROGRESSION, GO READ NOVELS THAT BELONG TO THAT GENRE. DONT GO READ A COMEDY/FLUFF/ISEKAI POWERTRIP NOVEL AND EXPECT IT TO HAVE WHAT YOU WANT! BECAUSE ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT!
    THE WORST PART IS THAT THE BAD REVIEWS MIGHT PUT OFF OTHER UNKNOWING READERS, CAUSING THE NOVELS POPULARITY TO DECREASE YOU KNOW??? BECAUSE OF A FAULTY REVIEW?
    TL;DR DONT ADOPT A DOG THEN RETURN IT BECAUSE IT 'DOESNT ACT LIKE A CAT' ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO ACT LIKE A CAT, ITS A DOG!



    anyway the rant is over, i hope those that read this block of words would review novels more carefully.
     
  2. Childish dreams

    Childish dreams Well-Known Member

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    Also i may have put this in the wrong place, i'm not sure.
     
  3. XenoRaku

    XenoRaku 「Punished Lolicon」「Ugly Bastard」「Haunted」「NEET」

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    Preach brother
     
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  4. KTL

    KTL Down horrendous

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    Yeah same, like when i visit ntr novels and ppl down it for being ntr

    Omitted
     
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  5. raysha18

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    Sometimes common sense is not that common.
     
  6. Childish dreams

    Childish dreams Well-Known Member

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    An ugly dog is still a dog...
     
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  7. Asf

    Asf 《《The aria of souls》》

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    I can imagine you yelling out loudly with naked anger when I redt your post. Lol
     
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  8. awake1122

    awake1122 Well-Known Member

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    I love how calm your second comment is compared to the first. I also agree with the statement.
     
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  9. Childish dreams

    Childish dreams Well-Known Member

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    its boiling over inside of me
     
  10. zhainan2157

    zhainan2157 『Villager No.2157』『Kawaii Connoisseur』

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    Take ratings and reviews with a grain of salt. Read multiple reviews and only reviews with people who have read a good amount of the book. 30-50 chapter reviews dont make the cut, depending on how many releases are out already. I prefer reviews of those who have read a couple hundred in. I also read both 5 star reviews and 1 star reviews, and not those short, “it’s good because it suits me” kind of reviews. Generally novels rated under 3.5 on average rarely end up pleasing me since there’s got to be a reason for the low rating. But sometimes you’ll find a hidden gem.
     
  11. TooEarly

    TooEarly Well-Known Member

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    Well I think it's worse when people give bad reviews just because they read one chapter and some "know it all" said the story sucked in the spoiler forum and the "know it all" just doesn't like those kind of stories. Like if you like bl then why are you smearing a straight romance chinese novel? And why would you leave 1 star after reading the prologue and saying everyone sucks when you openly admit only reading the prologue? Hello? Character development doesn't happen with perfect characters.
    Then they mislead a bunch of people to leave the same shallow review. And nobody knows that those reviewers only read the prologue. Until you actually read the novel itself and find out the truth.
    At least in reviewers who expect different genre from novels that don't have those genre, people know that they're ignorant. You can tell by their reviews. If they expect plot in gag comedy then you know they have no idea what theyre talking about and you can take with a grain of salt but with these reviewers who act like prologue=the whole story then no one knows until they read the novel itself but they're deterred from reading it due to the 1 star reviews so they never realize what a gem they've missed.
     
  12. zhainan2157

    zhainan2157 『Villager No.2157』『Kawaii Connoisseur』

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    Also it may have to do with recommendations. Because someone or some website said that so and so will like this novel if you also liked this novel, then the people who were recommended it go in with the mentality that it should be exactly like the novel they read before and really liked. Then they get disappointed and so forth.
     
  13. Einzwalker

    Einzwalker Cook-Protagonist Hater

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    Yeah it's a BAD CIVILIZATION lol.
     
  14. Childish dreams

    Childish dreams Well-Known Member

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    Honestly this kind of thing pisses me off too. If there is an imperfect character, they complain about him and ignore his character development, but if the character is already a very perfect and nice person, they call him/her a mary sue.
     
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    because people are dumb and like to criticize shit when they had a shit day
     
  16. Miaka_Mei

    Miaka_Mei Researcher

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    Yeah well those are just some fcked up opinions with screwed basis. Basically they dont really read much and doesnt properly understand the novel before writing a review.

    Pretty hasty. And lacking conscience.
     
  17. tahzib1451

    tahzib1451 Title?is it food?

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    ppl dissing slice of life novels for being slow....
     
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  18. Eternal Emperor

    Eternal Emperor SelfAware-PieceOfShit

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    This might be totally outside your point, but.....
    It’s because I keep this in mind that I don’t review a novel unless I really enjoy it~~:blobokhand::blobokhand::blobokhand:



    PS:I’ve rated 37 novels so far~? And all have been given 5 stars for a rating~~?:blobwhistle::blobsweat_2:
     
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    kuroganez Well-Known Member

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    My favorites are when they bash a novel saying how it should be one way then explains how it should be compared to another novel... If they prefer said novel over the one they are bashing, then read it. Do these people not realize that these books are supposed to be different?
     
  20. lehur

    lehur ぼく愛エリス

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    IT HAPPENS A LOT, Underrated harem novel because harem, the hell