I found a rather interesting article on reviews today, and it struck me as a useful tool for any reviewer out there. Check out this link for details.
I’d like to know people’s thoughts on this, personally. What criteria do you use to judge a work? Do you consider yourself a critic? What kind of reviews do you like?
I personally like funny reviews from time to time. Oh, sure, I want to know if it’s good or not, but I also don’t want to read a dry treatise on a novel/film/whatever. I’m a fan of the Popbitch/Pop Justice school of comment, and that means I like you to take the piss every now and again. If something’s rubbish, say so. If something is so trashy you love it, say that too.
Then again, there’s having fun and being cruel. Critics don’t have to be objective, because any critic who pretends to be is lying, but that doesn’t mean a critic should forget a creative work has been made by an individual. Vitriol just tarnishes the reviewer rather than the reviewed.
Anyway, thought on the matter are appreciated . . .
