Ebook: Don't Fall in Love With Your Words: Fall in Love With Your Craft and Giving it Away: Spoilers as Both Noun & Accusation

Good authors spend a lot of energy and time on constructing a plot and providing surprises to keep the reader engaged and entertained-- when you come along and tell those twists and turns and outcomes, you have just spoiled it for anyone else--which is why it's called a SPOILER. This is one time when you should be vague.

One thing that makes that challenge more formidable is the free-for-all that is the book review. It's unfortunate that so many book reviewers don't seem to understand what a review's purpose is. In simplistic terms, a book review is meant to inform a potential reader of the merits (and sometimes, demerits) of a book, so that they can make an informed decision about whether or not to read it. A review is NOT a soapbox, a torture-chamber, nor an opportunity to elevate yourself above someone who does something you have never done yourself. Also, if you are not reading in a genre you like to begin with, you have no business doing a review.