I haven't run into the "clean romance" comments..as of yet. But I did read one that blasted "Wicked Intentions" - then I did a book comparison, and realized we didn't share the same taste at all. That reader loved the asshat domineering control freak and the kittenish heroine. (a la Whitney, My Love and most of the New Adult). There's a huge group of Good Reads readers who adore that trope, apparently.
A good bet with reviews is to determine if the reviewer shares your tastes, and if they don't - you might read a book or see a movie they hate. (Actually I used to do that with a lot of movies and tv shows.) Of course if the reviewer is someone like myself who is weirdly moody and whose tastes can change on a whim...this isn't really all that easy.
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Date: 2014-03-04 11:12 pm (UTC)A good bet with reviews is to determine if the reviewer shares your tastes, and if they don't - you might read a book or see a movie they hate. (Actually I used to do that with a lot of movies and tv shows.) Of course if the reviewer is someone like myself who is weirdly moody and whose tastes can change on a whim...this isn't really all that easy.