Tired of review threads where bright and budding authors trade 5* wishy-washy Kumbaya nonsense instead of genuine constructive criticism and an honest review of their work? Well, so am I. My pride will not allow me to participate in such games, and so here I am, making this thread.

If you are like me, and actually take pride in your work, then post here and we can give each other brutally honest reviews. I want to improve as an author, a fake 5* sucking me off is not going to do that. If you think Keepers of Every Universe is terrible, then 1* it, if you think it is, in fact very good, then 4* or 5* it. I will try to objectively evaluate your work in turn, and if I think it is terrible, then, I too, will give it a 1*.

Let's improve as authors together.

    Kana_Haisha Objective criticism? What kind of madness is that? But joking aside, I can get behind this. I agree about your views here; if you are going to review someone else work, you should be honest about it; lying about it will never make the person improve, so you should be honest about the review, and the person should accept the criticism and improve on it no matter how harsh it may sound.

    Here is my link- https://www.webnovel.com/book/emerald-desire-the-evil-desire-of-a-better-tomorrow_24627991505232905

        Galatea1o1 I read through the first 5 chapters and published my review based upon them. Hopefully you find my criticism to be well-founded and comprehensive.

            Kana_Haisha reviewed and commented on what I liked and what not. Wish you all the best.
            Here is my link
            [https://m.webnovel.com/book/snow-n'-starlight_24482881305635405](https://)
            However, as I have read all your available chapters I hope you will at least read 20 chapters of my book before forming any sort of opinion.
            Waiting to hear your thoughts and appreciate the initiative.

                Kana_Haisha a real review can only be made after at least 20 chapters. The first 5 chapters will only tell you how the grammar and writing in the very beginning is, and that won't help the author cause he knows already that he have to improve on those 2. What matters is a review about the story, world background, character emotions and mc character development etc etc.

                    Sakura_Charmash Thanks! It'll take a bit of time, but I'll make sure to review yours after 20 chs.

                    Choka Respectfully, I disagree. If the first chapters put the reader of entirely, then there's nobody left to get to the good stuff. Sure, the story, world development, character, emotions, developments, etc. are important, but the medium being used to tell the story is only thing that remains prevalent throughout the entirety of the work. As such, if the writing is filled with grammatical errors and the story is interrupted with copious exposition, then the rest of the work becomes inhibited. But hey, that's why there isn't just one reviewer or critic to rule them all, we all value things differently, that's kind of the point of this thread. If I liked it more, I would've read more.

                          Kana_Haisha I agree with your take. The first four chapters makes or breaks it, you either decides to move on, or drop the book entirely.
                          But again, it's not just good writing of those 4 chapters that matter. Even with best grammatical writing and beautiful use of language if there is no take away or conflict a story won't hold a reader.
                          Again agree with you, my opinion is my own and another is entirely entitled to hold a different opinion. Hold a very different yardstick to measure what constitute a good book.

                              Kana_Haisha that's what I said lol. The author already knows that there are grammatical mistakes and his writing isn't that good, so the review won't help him at all.

                                  Choka if he knows, then fix it? If every criticism is met with "I know that's bad, but how about you judge the stuff over here that I REALLY think is good" then it isn't really criticism, is it? works are judged in their entirety, not solely by their good, nor solely by their bad. I pointed out the things I genuinely liked about his writing in my review, but they were overshadowed by the bad, at least in those 5 chapters that I read, to such an extent that I simply didn't want to read more. I make sure to preface my review with that too, as not to mislead anyone.

                                      @Kana_Haisha finally someone who shares my frustration with the mindless 5* praise culture! I would love some actually honest feedback on either of these works (you can choose). I would prefer some feedback on the first one, but I’m aware that GL is not everyone’s cup of tea.

                                      https://m.webnovel.com/book/three-cigarettes-in-an-ashtray-(gl)_22283531906595005

                                      https://m.webnovel.com/book/and-then-dawn-broke-over-the-hills_19333533206174705

                                      @Galatea1o1 Sakura_Charmash Choka If anyone else is interested, please let me know. I’d be very happy to exchange some actual honest feedback.

                                            RomanceFanatic028 To be honest, I’d rather not. Forgive me for not being all too eager since we already did a swap a couple of months ago, my review got deleted, and I never received anything in return.

                                                Sigheti Really? I don’t remember swapping with you. Otherwise I always review back.

                                                PS:- Anyway, it’s up to you who you should swap with.

                                                    Kana_Haisha I'm in! I don't have much chapters because I've been at a writer's block. I'll review your book once I'm done reading it(by the time I'm done posting this comment, I'm off to your book). An honest review, yes. Please 🙏 read and review mine. @A CEOs Love Story. Here's the link: https://dynamic.webnovel.com/book/24855973605013505?utm_source=writerShare&utm_campaign=4319793355

                                                        Hi! For those of you who are interested in reading my book and writing a review.
                                                        Name: Miss Troublemaker
                                                        Here is the link https://www.webnovel.com/book/miss-troublemaker_24900493706466205
                                                        It is a romance novel enriched with the thrills of laughter.
                                                        Well i am pretty sure that the novel will glue itself to you on its own but just in case!
                                                        I would really appreciate it if you read at least the first 5 chapters before jumping to the conclusion (they are small so it won't take much time)

                                                        Also

                                                        Those who are reviewing kindly drop the links of your novels so that i can add them to my library and give you a review and comments as well.

                                                        Let me know, I am waiting!!!!

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