Comments on: Book Descriptions: Love Them or Hate Them?

By: Jessica B

Jessica B — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 02:43:00 +0000

I only read book reviews for books that I’ve already read, too LOL. That’s too funny that your friend thought Katniss was a boy. When I was reading Monument 14, I couldn’t tell if it was a boy or girl and it didn’t even say in the book description! I like looking up the genre on Goodreads and Amazon. Synopsis’s for series are the worst! If I accidentally come across one on a book blog it can spoil the whole first book.

By: Kathryn @ Clean Teen Fiction

Kathryn @ Clean Teen Fiction — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:22:00 +0000

The reviews I read are books that I’ve already heard of and have an interest in so it doesn’t matter to me if you have a book synopsis on your reviews.

I LOVE book synopsis though. I actually can’t read a book without reading it first. Sometimes if it’s been awhile since I read it when I finally start the book I have to go back and read the synopsis again. I think for me it gives me a guideline to where this book is going so I can focus. I like to know if it’s a boy or girl talking from the beginning too (I had some friends that thought Katniss was a boy for the first few chapters.). I also read them to know if it’s a book I’m interested in at all. It’s hard to tell the genre from a book’s cover.

I think it’s cool you don’t read them because some do give more information then they should, but there haven’t been that many that bothered me. Oh wait, I NEVER read the synopsis of the 2nd book in a series if I haven’t read book 1 because just the character names will give away if someone is still alive or if they got together.

By: Jessica B

Jessica B — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:19:00 +0000

That’s a good idea to just read the first part of the description. Thanks for the comment!

By: Jessica B

Jessica B — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:18:00 +0000

Very true. Thanks for the comment.

By: Hannah Spainhour

Hannah Spainhour — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 03:29:00 +0000

I try not to read the descriptions because they do tend to giveaway a lot of the plot. If it is a book I haven’t seen or heard about I will read the first part of the description to get a feel if I will like it or not.

By: Jessica B

Jessica B — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:15:00 +0000

THIS! I totally agree

By: Jessica B

Jessica B — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:14:00 +0000

Ha ha that was a nice visual of yelling at the bad book description I really struggle with the balance of telling what the book is about with out giving it all away. I think a brief intro in the review is the way to go. Thanks for the comment!

By: Jessica B

Jessica B — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:12:00 +0000

I would read them if they were shorter and more careful about revealing too much plot! I’m a control freak, too. I try to kill the control freak in so many ways like buying different editions for the same series and jumping right in a book with no idea what will happen. Stuff like that

By: Leah

Leah — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 22:12:00 +0000

I do describe the book in my review, but I don’t like to give away spoilers, especially the ending. I have to give readers a want to read the book.

I do read book descriptions. I want to know if I think I’ll enjoy the book. I can’t really know that if I don’t know what it’s about.

By: Inky

Inky — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 22:01:00 +0000

You make a good point. I see how that could work. That’s true as well. Love finding gems in gems.