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Barville: Behind every good book there’s at least one bored critic

Here's a flyer from the North Spokane Library alerting patrons to a chance to meet Cindy Hval, author of
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
Here's a flyer from the North Spokane Library alerting patrons to a chance to meet Cindy Hval, author of
Here's a flyer from the North Spokane Library alerting patrons to a chance to meet Cindy Hval, author of "War Bonds: Love Stories from the Greatest Generation." Cindy has sinced been panned by some woman named Frances Fuller in Good Reads. Cindy's friend, Jill Barville, responds to that dissing.

Today, my friend Cindy Hval blogged about the first bad review she’s received for her book, War Bonds: Love Stories From the Greatest Generation . In one scathing sentence on Goodreads a woman named Frances Fuller claimed that the book bored her so much she didn’t finish it. This made me ponder the nature of book reviews and the people who write them. I wondered what kind of women decides to read a book filled with World War II love stories then puts it down. Love isn’t boring. War isn’t boring. This book is far from boring/ Jill Barville , SR correspondent. More here.

Question: Have you ever received a bad review re: something you’ve written?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog