The Daylight Readers discussion

Do You Guys Have Any Advice On Writing Your Reviews?
Some Tip's That Could Help Others?

in my note app, I like to just put my thoughts down as I read then I'd form a review from that in the app instead of just doing it when you finished reading on goodreads

Ooh that is a great idea

yeah I'm just like you Nina while reading I write the points

I start writing bits of my reviews as I read, usually from about 20% into the book. Taking notes of all the things you like or dislike (be it a character, writing style,etc) is helpful when you‘ve finished reading and I’ve found it’s less overwhelming that way.

My review are usually long (except my old one's which are terrible, and short :) ) I try writing with a format, so just some thing's I know I want to add to my review, and then as I do that, I add some extra things, I want to add.

I haven’t written a review in ages 😂 I need to write one

yess

same

I need to write one too! 😭

•JMCDC• wrote: "*me who hasn’t even finished a single book for days: 👀 *"

*me who's on a book hiatus* 👀

•JMCDC• wrote: "*me who hasn’t even finished a single book for days: 👀 *"

Same kinda

I agree with everything that all of you said! The only thing I have to add is it's good to start off your review with content warnings and trigger warnings if a book needs them

a good thing to do is to structure it. if you struggle to make your reviews long enough, then try this.

a cool quote from the book

open with a paragraph about your overall opinion. did you like the book? if it’s in a series how did it compare to the other books in the series? would you recommend it? here’s also where you might want to put the books trigger warnings, and a spoiler warning if the review contains spoilers.

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write about the plot here! do a summary of the book, then a paragraph or two about your opinion of the PLOT. did you think it lacked structure? was it paced well? did you want to put it down? were you invested in the plot? we’re there any shocking twists?


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now write about the prose. this will be a pretty short section. did you like the style it was written in? did the author use too many adjectives? did it feel like a poem? don’t worry if this section is one or two sentences.

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now you should write about the characters. try to do a few sentences for each one. what did you think of them? we’re you invested in their lives? did you empathise with them? did they annoy you at any point?

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and lastly, you can write about the romance here (if there was any.) if not you could write about the world building or any representation of marginalised groups. did you like the romance? was it cute? did it feel rushed and not very well thought out? was it toxic or healthy?

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time for a conclusion! give another overall judgement then say something like “see you next time” et cetera. hope this helps!

that’s a great structure!

some of my reviews are a mess

•JMCDC• wrote: "Dustorm wrote: "some of my reviews are a mess"

S a m e"

i add too much crazy

Yayy I wrote a review for the first time in ages today!

yessss!

Bonnie wrote: "Yayy I wrote a review for the first time in ages today!"

Yayy

I haven’t write a review in agesss 😭😭

NOTE TAKEN

YES TAKEN

Bonnie wrote: "I haven’t write a review in agesss 😭😭"

Me either 🥺

Sameee 😭😭😭

Though I’m trying to write my review for twilight

Ooh nice

samee