Aye so, it’s not often that one of your books gets a proper, in-depth bit of engagement from a reviewer. But over at The Truth About Lies there is just such an instance where writer Jim Murdoch knocks his pan in delivering a 3,000 word treatise on my second book The Ossians. Cheers for the time and effort, Jim! If only all reviewers would give as much of a fuck, eh?
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You’re very welcome, Doug. If you’ve taken the time to look at some of my other book reviews you’ll see that very few are under 3000 words. I don’t think you can really do justice to a book in under 2000 not if you’re going to incorporate a few decent quotes from the book which so few reviewers do. I can understand that in a newspaper space is at a premium but there’s no excuse online. There is a lot of just criticism at the moment flying about especially concerning paid reviews and Amazon. I wish I had the answer because they obviously matter but in the meantime I keep doing what I keep doing. Of course it’s always easier when you really enjoyed the book. I was genuinely worried here because I’d built myself up for something and expected my expectations to be dashed but thankfully they weren’t.
Thanks again Jim, and wise words all round.
Just started to read The Ossians. Will check the review when I’ve finished the book.