I haven't read the book, the review, or her post, but I know I've whined on my LJ about reviews, and even about the Amazon review that says "This is the worst book I've ever read."
So yes, I too sympathise with the impulse, even while seeing hos foolish it is.
Your form of whining about a bad review is the acceptable, professional one -- it leaves the rest of us the room to say "that person is an utter idiot; was he writing in English"? (I apologize for the gender assumption <g>). Which is how these things are most properly done.
Somehow, saying those things about your own work just never goes over well. Demonstrably <wry g>.
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Date: 2004-09-22 07:20 am (UTC)So yes, I too sympathise with the impulse, even while seeing hos foolish it is.
Your form of whining about a bad review is the acceptable, professional one -- it leaves the rest of us the room to say "that person is an utter idiot; was he writing in English"? (I apologize for the gender assumption <g>). Which is how these things are most properly done.
Somehow, saying those things about your own work just never goes over well. Demonstrably <wry g>.