Personally, I would value a well thought out, well-written negative review far more than twenty vapid "OMG, YOU ARE TEH BEST WRITER EVAR!!!" reviews Far more? I don't know. Considering how scarce reviews are, anyone who lets me know that they enjoyed my work does me a big favour. There is one exception: the person who evidently has failed to get it, who sometimes will actually praise the worst stuff, and do so for reasons that mean nothing to you. But otherwise, even if you can't give more than a row of exclamation marks, do it; there's a poor attention-starved writer out there who will be really grateful to you for them. Having said that, I do agree that an intelligent neutral or even negative review is more of a compliment to a writer than just the sound of two hands clapping. But not everyone can deliver one, and even the people who only tell you they loved it at least tell you that you have reached someone.
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Far more? I don't know. Considering how scarce reviews are, anyone who lets me know that they enjoyed my work does me a big favour. There is one exception: the person who evidently has failed to get it, who sometimes will actually praise the worst stuff, and do so for reasons that mean nothing to you. But otherwise, even if you can't give more than a row of exclamation marks, do it; there's a poor attention-starved writer out there who will be really grateful to you for them.
Having said that, I do agree that an intelligent neutral or even negative review is more of a compliment to a writer than just the sound of two hands clapping. But not everyone can deliver one, and even the people who only tell you they loved it at least tell you that you have reached someone.