- they don't get it
- they get it, but they don't want to (bad mood)
- your characters are too realistic
- they don't understand why your characters are stylized
- they missed your point
- you killed a character they liked (and they will never ever forgive you)
- they're immature (they think "the only people who would like this book are 12-year-old girls" is actually some sort of serious review/response)
- your characters remind them of people they know (and dislike)
- they've never met anyone like your characters and think such people don't exist
- your book causes them to make conclusions they don't like
- they may not have read the same book (seriously, sometimes I wonder about this)
- they have issues (and are trying to make their issues your issues)
- your book challenges them to think in ways that make them uncomfortable
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Something I learned while reading a lot of reviews for the same book
Sometimes people don't like your book because
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