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Title: Reviews - appropriate or not?
Review: I believe that everyone is entitled to his/her opinions, but I've noticed more and more reviews that aren't only insulting to the authors and other reviewers, but don't even address aspects of the book in the first place, i.e. its plot or character development. The reviewer that wrote "this book and others like it so insult the intelligence of anyone with half a brain...", is plainly criticizing all romance novels in general. And by his/her rude statement insults not only the author but those people that enjoys a romance novel. Was that really appropriate? I may not prefer romance novels myself, but I think that we should respect that everyone has different preference. Romance novels may not be "substantial" to some, but I think for a lot of people it offers a short enjoyable break from their everyday life and that's definitely of great "substance"!
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