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Title: Friends of the Author
Review: I noticed that most of the reviews thus far were written by people who have not written any other reviews for Amazon. One reviewer has written just two reviews - both for books by this author. A couple reviewers were anonymous. These reviews contain only praise and no critical comments at all. Clearly the vast majority of reviews for The Heretic were composed by friends of the author. I have not read the book myself. It seems like a book I might enjoy but without objective reviews to guide my purchase decision, I won't buy it.UPDATE: Lew provided the response below and I will now buy the book and rewrite my review once I've finished reading it:"You might want to go to my author blog at http://novelwriting.wordpress.com/, click on "reviews and comments." Then judge for yourself if people like Elie Wiesel, Alan Dershowitz, Faye Kellerman, and many print reviewers are sufficiently independent. LEW WEINSTEIN, author, THE HERETIC."
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