Monday, June 25, 2007 | By: Patrick

The Literary Universe is Bigger in the Blogosphere

Thanks to SF Signal, I came across this interesting post on The Guardian Book Blog. Once again, it's about whether or not one can trust online book reviews.

Here's an excerpt:

"But why should we believe the blogger?" comes the cry. "Who are they and how are they qualified to tell us what to read?" The answer is: you should believe them and trust them in exactly the same way you would a critic in a newspaper or literary journal. There will be some you admire and some you think are stupid. Some bloggers write well and some badly and so do some literary critics.

6 commentaires:

Ed S. said...

Alas, everything is relative, and if George Bush can become President of the United States, then on a relative scale, in fairness, we should hardly be complaining about the qualifications of book reviewer bloggers.

12:22 AM
SQT said...

Succinct and absolutely correct. There are a lot of bloggers who rave about everything they post; I know not to trust their reviews. The rest, who actually try to write something of value, I respect and continue to read.

3:55 AM
Sahakuen said...

Is it just me, or is that qoute a very wordy way to state the obvious?

5:41 AM
Remy said...

sahakuen you are absolutely correct. They could have gotten across the same idea with about half the words. I always felt that the point of writing reviews is to try and bring express your opinion on a book.

1:02 PM
SQT said...

Jeez, rudeness in the blogoshpere abounds. I know who's blogs I don't feel the need to visit.

5:44 PM
remy said...

sqt, your point is also valid about reviewers who praise everything they review. With so many different authors and styles there is bound to be something a reviewer likes more than the other. Looking for people who try and be objective is the way to go.

8:19 PM

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