Jude’s review of A Twist in Fate (Sylva Series Book 1) > Likes and Comments
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there are so many ways you could have worded this to be kind and constructive. what an embarrassing review.
She is 17, most likely in college or doing a-levels, being able to take the time and have the sheer confidence to finish and publish a book is astonishing. Well done her!! ❤️❤️
I'm so glad people spoke up, I couldn't believe what I was reading. Felt really bad for the poor girl and believe me, from an eighteen year old writer myself, I can only wish her the best and lots of success and not to pay ANY attention to haters!!
??? Why are you being so harsh? I understand that not every book will resonate with every reader, and that’s completely fair… taste is subjective. But the way this review comes across feels unnecessarily harsh.
There’s always room for growth, and thoughtful feedback can help an author improve. But when the review is framed in such a negative and dismissive tone, it doesn’t encourage growth… it just feels discouraging
wow. i never judge people’s reviews because it’s a terrible thing to do, as everyone’s entitled to their own expressions and opinions BUT HOLYYYY if you use chatgpt, at least give it some credit because it’s poor interface must be on fire. ‘extremely offensive to authorship’ but YOU chose to read and review. are you an author? no? didn’t think so. ‘the doodles are bizarre and bewildering’ heaven forbid a girl wants to make HER book HER own. ‘i could tell it was an asinine and substandard book, simply by the cover’ so why the fuck would you even read it in the first place? just to tell everyone how ‘utterly, utterly boring and mediocre’ it was? how ‘it’s insulting the literary canon’? you claim you never read ‘romance or teen fiction book, simply due to the fact that it’s far from profound or captivating’. if you didn’t have a stick shoved up so far your ass it’s practically coming out of your mouth, you’d take the time to appreciate even the most ‘second-rate and shoddy’ books that NEW authors write.
if you don’t like a book, that is 100% totally perfectly okay BECAUSE READING IS SUBJECTIVE! but this is the most disgraceful, degrading, hateful, pathetic and vile review for a debut novel i’ve ever had the displeasure of reading in my life. this review is what YOU would call ‘insulting and miserable.’ this girl, who is 17, did something not even YOU have the balls to do. how dare you be so full of hate towards something you won’t ever do. check yourself before you decide to shove your ‘knowledge of the fine art of literature’ stick up someone else. embarrassing.
why are you a reader? I checked your updates and out of the available reviews you average about a 2.6/5 stars per book. you say that you don’t read romance because it is “far from profound” but it seems as though most of the books you DO read (which all happen to be the books most commonly read by people with a superiority complex) are also not profound enough. it is one thing to not enjoy a book. it’s one thing to say that the book felt underdeveloped and lazy. it is one think to say the author should have taken more time on the grammar/spelling of the book. it is another thing to sit here and rip apart a teenage girl for doing something that she loves. she doesn’t owe you anything. you chose the read it despite having negative expectations from the very start. don’t blame the author for disliking it when you dislike more books than you like, and knew you hated the genre. in all of your bad reviews you blame the author. some of these books are some of the biggest classics in the world. maybe, just maybe, you lack the media literacy to comprehend what is special about a story. it is very clear that this review is rooted in misogyny and ageist.
Hey so looking at ur profile I can see the type of books you read and this is clearly not your cup of tea so I’m just wondering why you would read this book?
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there are so many ways you could have worded this to be kind and constructive. what an embarrassing review.
She is 17, most likely in college or doing a-levels, being able to take the time and have the sheer confidence to finish and publish a book is astonishing. Well done her!! ❤️❤️
I'm so glad people spoke up, I couldn't believe what I was reading. Felt really bad for the poor girl and believe me, from an eighteen year old writer myself, I can only wish her the best and lots of success and not to pay ANY attention to haters!!
??? Why are you being so harsh? I understand that not every book will resonate with every reader, and that’s completely fair… taste is subjective. But the way this review comes across feels unnecessarily harsh.There’s always room for growth, and thoughtful feedback can help an author improve. But when the review is framed in such a negative and dismissive tone, it doesn’t encourage growth… it just feels discouraging
wow. i never judge people’s reviews because it’s a terrible thing to do, as everyone’s entitled to their own expressions and opinions BUT HOLYYYY if you use chatgpt, at least give it some credit because it’s poor interface must be on fire. ‘extremely offensive to authorship’ but YOU chose to read and review. are you an author? no? didn’t think so. ‘the doodles are bizarre and bewildering’ heaven forbid a girl wants to make HER book HER own. ‘i could tell it was an asinine and substandard book, simply by the cover’ so why the fuck would you even read it in the first place? just to tell everyone how ‘utterly, utterly boring and mediocre’ it was? how ‘it’s insulting the literary canon’? you claim you never read ‘romance or teen fiction book, simply due to the fact that it’s far from profound or captivating’. if you didn’t have a stick shoved up so far your ass it’s practically coming out of your mouth, you’d take the time to appreciate even the most ‘second-rate and shoddy’ books that NEW authors write. if you don’t like a book, that is 100% totally perfectly okay BECAUSE READING IS SUBJECTIVE! but this is the most disgraceful, degrading, hateful, pathetic and vile review for a debut novel i’ve ever had the displeasure of reading in my life. this review is what YOU would call ‘insulting and miserable.’ this girl, who is 17, did something not even YOU have the balls to do. how dare you be so full of hate towards something you won’t ever do. check yourself before you decide to shove your ‘knowledge of the fine art of literature’ stick up someone else. embarrassing.
why are you a reader? I checked your updates and out of the available reviews you average about a 2.6/5 stars per book. you say that you don’t read romance because it is “far from profound” but it seems as though most of the books you DO read (which all happen to be the books most commonly read by people with a superiority complex) are also not profound enough. it is one thing to not enjoy a book. it’s one thing to say that the book felt underdeveloped and lazy. it is one think to say the author should have taken more time on the grammar/spelling of the book. it is another thing to sit here and rip apart a teenage girl for doing something that she loves. she doesn’t owe you anything. you chose the read it despite having negative expectations from the very start. don’t blame the author for disliking it when you dislike more books than you like, and knew you hated the genre. in all of your bad reviews you blame the author. some of these books are some of the biggest classics in the world. maybe, just maybe, you lack the media literacy to comprehend what is special about a story. it is very clear that this review is rooted in misogyny and ageist.
Hey so looking at ur profile I can see the type of books you read and this is clearly not your cup of tea so I’m just wondering why you would read this book?
You’re entitled to your opinion but don’t dress up a personal vendetta as literary analysis. You chose to read a genre you openly disrespect, just to ridicule a 17-year-old’s debut. That says more about your character than it ever could about hers.
This young author did something many only fantasize about: she finished and published a book. That act alone imperfect or not is far more courageous and meaningful than crafting a sneering review masquerading as academic insight. If you really respected “authorship,” you’d know that growth, especially in art, begins with grace not gatekeeping.