hi all!! i was just making a forum post for the book Hunger by Roxane Gay, and i was struggling with if i should mark it as a spoiler or not. since there is not a set “plot” or anything, i was tempted to mark it as not a spoiler, but i didn’t want to ruin the book for anyone who may have seen it. does anyone have some insight on what counts as a spoiler? for example, in the post i made (i marked it as spoiler just in case) i discussed a specific part of the author’s life, a specific moment that she had and how it related to the rest of the book. to me, it didn’t seem like a spoiler since it really just related to everything she had already stated, but i would love to know what everyone else thinks!! sorry if this seems like a silly question or anything 😅

I’m just genuinely curious about readers reading reviews. So I have a three part question.

1. Do you read reviews? Do you read before the book or after the book?
2. When you read the reviews, what are you going into them expecting to see?
3. What is something (beside unmarked spoilers) do you hate to see in reviews?

Hi! Recently while scrolling on here I saw a discussion about average star reviews and people trying to read more intentionally to boost their average star reviews and it just got me thinking. My average star review has pretty much always been 4+ because I know what I like to read and very rarely read anything below a 3 star and if I do, I usually DNF anyways. I am most definitely very liberal with my star ratings and a book doesn’t have to be life changing in my eyes to get a high review but I still don’t give a high review to just anything.

I guess my question is how do people end up with such low average ratings? What are your requirements for each star tier on a review? If you are very strict with your reviews, what makes you want to keep reading a ”bad” book?

Hi ladies,

Im at chapter IV and it's a good book but the tiny words and thickness of the book is so intimidating, I am struggling to read it. I want to finish it though so I can reward myself with a different on my tbr, but I can't imagine how long this will take me to finish.

I'd just like to know from other people who work full-time how long it took you to finish the book while not giving up all your free time.

Just want to have a rough estimate of when I can start my next book yk?