So many readers so few reviews

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In addition, it’s not only the author who will read your review. Sometimes I enjoy reading other people’s reviews quite a bit. You get to their review lists by clicking on their name on a review page. If someone else liked what I liked, I tend to browse their lists, looking for recommendations.

I’d like to point again, as posted earlier in this thread, to the Library’s FAQ where you can find the useful suggestions Ruby wrote on ‘How to write a review?’:
http://www.bdsmlibrary.com/faq.html#8

And if you post a few you’ll make it to temporary fickle fame on the top reviewers page:
http://www.bdsmlibrary.com/topusers.php

I only write reviews of stories I read that interest me in one way or another. If a story is not my cup of tea or if it just makes me stare blankly into space and think ‘Well... maybe someone likes this...?’, I simply move on. Sometimes I also review a story which hasn't got any content that tickles my personal erotic interests, because I simply like the plot, the style, the storytelling.

Anyone who enjoys fiction can review stories. Real life experiences with BDSM may occasionally give a different outlook on some of the content, but the point of a review is really appreciation of well-written fiction.

ahh i so agree with you and thank you for helping me to find out how to place a review. i will only write reviews of stories that i find well written with a plot other than inflicting pain, humiliation or the like. its not that i dont like reading about those, but i find stories with a plot within the main story to be much more my cup of tea. i think of myself as rather a bookworm. meaning i not only read a story or book once, but over and over. i consider myself a pretty good judge of what is well written or not. if i dont like a story i will also just pass it by, i would never ever think of critiquing a story that i dont like or criticize it in any shape or form at least not without some suggestions, and since i havent written anything myself, i dont feel i would be the best judge of that.

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