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Why should authors read your bad reviews?

Jul 02 2019

After Angie Thomas requested that she not be tagged into negative reviews of her books on social media, she has received a torrent of abuse.

History has yet to find the book that is universally adored – or the author who enjoys reading bad reviews. While Angie Thomas has topped the charts and scooped up armloads of awards for her two young adult novels, The Hate U Give and On the Come Up, her recent request that book bloggers stop sending her their negative reviews saw her on the receiving end of a wave of vitriol....

Source: The Guardian

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