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How to Review a Poorly Written Book

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source You are excited because you have just received your first book to review. You quickly start reading the book with bated breath because you can barely contain your excited. Ten pages into the book you find that you are struggling to move on to the next page. With each page you become more disappointed with the writer's craft. You shake your head at the poorly written plot and the conflict that you are waiting to see develop but seems nonexistent.  Finally, at page 100 you give up. You just cannot keep going. You have 100 pages left and it is too painful to continue reading. Then, you remember that you have a write a review on the book.  What then?  How do you review a book that is poorly written?  That is a dilemma that a number of bloggers face. Today I want to address that issue. Here are some tips on how to review a poorly written book:   Your Audience  Always remember that your loyalty is to your audience; it is not any company, autho