I keep looking at my old reviews or ratings on GoodReads and thinking "I should change that rating, I don't think it is a 5* book anymore when I compare it to this book." or "Why did I only give that book 4*s? It is obviously a 5*er."
Since starting this blog in particular, I feel like I am starting to get marginally better at deciding whether I thought a book was just really good or blow-your-socks-off amazing.
I think I would probably change a few of my reviews/ratings in retrospect. I'm not going to because I think what I gave a book at the time was what I thought of the book at that particular moment.
My opinion of a book definitely morphs and adapts over time, that sometimes a review written the day or a few days after finishing can't capture.
I'm not sure where I'm going with this. This is a bit of a stream of consciousness, I suppose. But I'd really like to hear what other book bloggers think about looking back at old reviews. Do they match up to what you think of the book now? Do you wait a little while before writing your review? Would you change any review looking back on them?
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by Chris Colfer
So imaginative! I loved seeing what happened to all the classic fairy-tale characters after the "Happily Ever After". Some really did live happily ever after, while some really didn't. There were some giggles as I had expected and some g...
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Long, detailed, complicated but a great read. Really interesting characters and great plot development. And the world building was extensive and immersive. I'm looking forward to reading on, and also to watching the series.
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Great read. Likeable female protagonist. The first two thirds of the book could be seen as slow if you like to get right to the action, but the underlying tension keeps you reading til the climatic final act.
Full review here: http://thi...
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by Mary Roach
With hilarious commentary that takes what could become - despite the subject - just a dry reeling off of sex studies and makes it into an amusing, interesting look at where science has gone to work out what makes humans tick when it come...
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It took me far too long but I've finally finished it.
I'm not going to lie, I really enjoyed it but it didn't have the same compulsive reading-ness of AatFK for me. However, I did love Cricket Bell pretty much as much as I loved Étienne...
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