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So you've read a book. A fantastic book. You immersed yourself in the characters and in the various scenes and allowed yourself to be pulled into the intricacies of the plot. The words in the book joined together like a movie unfolding in your mind - word for word, paragraph for paragraph, page by page. What I like to call a word movie.
Finally, you flip the last page and then sit back slowly in satisfied awe.
Now what?
Well, if you really-truly-completely want to share your satisfaction and acknowledge the author's way with words, a 'thank you' in the form of an online book review is your next step.
But somehow, the book review is a step that most people skip.
It's not because they don't want to say 'thank you' for the wonderful piece of work, or 'thank you' for bringing them totally and completely into the playground of the author's mind, it's because... well, it's because it's not encouraged enough. Not stressed enough. The importance of writing a positive review makes a huge impact on a writer's audience and fan-base. Think about it. How often do you search specifically for a particular author, or for books that are 4- or 5-star reviews? All the time? Most of the time? Probably.
Some websites make it easy to write a review. Others, not so easy. It's the resolve of the reader that determines which website(s) they place their opinion and name. Mind you, not all sites require the inclusion of your real name - so some form of anonymity is allowed. I know that the anonymous review is often the crutch used by negative trolls, but I'm only speaking to the readers who truly enjoy jumping in and out of the author's page-by-page creative playground.
If readers understood how important it is to share a positive reading experience with others around the globe, there would be more 'famous' writers. Yeah, I really think so. Then, 'unknown' writers would have their works lifted for others to 'see' the word movie that each book brings to the screen of your mind.
It doesn't take a big stick to write a review. All it takes is some good words.
That's the 'thank you' a good author deserves.
J.C. Kavanagh
The Twisted Climb - Darkness Descends
(Book 2)
AND
The Twisted Climb,
voted BEST Young Adult Book 2016,
P&E Readers' Poll
Novels for teens, young adults and adults young at
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