At Kindling Words this year, Nancy Werlin made the point that different readers have an appetite for different sorts of stories, and no one story is going to satisfy every appetite. Which, as you say, we all know on some level, but it was good to hear it again.
The reviews for Bones that have really driven the point home, because often one reader will be irritated the story for the exact same reason another loves it. Both responses are entirely legitimate, and both responses are always going to be there--good things to be reminded of, every so often.
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Date: 2009-04-24 06:37 pm (UTC)The reviews for Bones that have really driven the point home, because often one reader will be irritated the story for the exact same reason another loves it. Both responses are entirely legitimate, and both responses are always going to be there--good things to be reminded of, every so often.