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JingleHelen11 OP t1_j9mo48x wrote

Reply to comment by WhyAreSurgeonsAllMDs in What do you generally expect of published books? by JingleHelen11

Ig what I meant to say is I don't feel like I can tell whether or not I enjoyed those stories, bc they weren't finished so I can't know. I did in fact review the two traditionally published ones, and I transcribed parts of those reviews in this comment https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/119gk8k/what_do_you_generally_expect_of_published_books/j9mbjuu?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

I just wish that they'd actually been fully edited and finished projects, so I could judge whether or not I actually enjoyed them

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assignaname t1_j9n3yxg wrote

Sounds like they were finished, albeit poorly. They got published which is typically the end of the line for creating books. Maybe you can reform your thinking to reflect that. Their finished product didn't live up to your standards and that's what the review should be.

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JingleHelen11 OP t1_j9ohrc1 wrote

> sounds like they were finished, albeit poorly. They got published which is typically the end of the line for creating books.

If I were at a restaurant and was served undercooked food—everything I ordered is on the plate and I was served, therefore the food must have been done cooking before it reached me, by that logic. But it wasn't and I can tell that. That's what I'm saying. These books were served before they were ready. Just because they were served doesn't mean they were done. I said so in both of my reviews.

ETA I was going to add a link from my comment down thread to the comment where I transcribed parts of my reviews, but it is already linked above.

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