kmh_librarian commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
TL;DR: Do you prefer reviews to disclose if it's an Advanced Readers Copy (ARC) at the start of the review, the end, or no preference? (Asking for non-ARC reviewers and ARC reviewers thoughts!)
I'm working on a megathread style post of everything I have learned in the last 6ish months as a new ARC reviewer through NetGalley, but there is something I haven't been able to find here or on Reddit - why do some ARC reviewers start their reviews with the ARC disclosure while others close with it?
I'm not going to pretend that I know anything about international laws, but I'm sure there are countries that don't have laws similar to the US's Federal Trade Commission (FTC) laws that states you must disclose if it's an ARC (and technically also if it's a giveaway copy). Personally, I think disclosures are good no matter what for transparency, but I want to be clear on my question - I'm not asking if they should be disclosed, but where in the review they should be disclosed?
Also - as I'm working on creating this megathread - if you have questions for ARC reviewers (whether you want to pick other ARC reviewers brains, are curious about getting started as an ARC reviewer, etc.) or have thoughts on ARC reviews feel free to add your thoughts/questions in the thread here! I'll add the questions/answer/thoughts to the megathread too.
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Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
kmh_librarian commented on Moorani's review of Midlife: A Philosophical Guide
I maintain that my 30’s were awesome, in spite of all the gnarly bits, bookended as they were by an unexpected, irreversible and life changing health crisis on one end and a paradigm-shifting pandemic on the other. Stepping into my 40’s felt like ‘the coming of rage’. Yes, climate change and genocide and blah blah blah but I felt (and continue to feel) so disproportionately angry. Which lefy me to pick up this book to seek clarity. Setiya puts his own midlife crisis under a microscope and turns to philosophy for a diagnosis and prescription. Although he deals with fairly lofty concepts, he has made it accessible to readers like myself who don’t have a critical theory background. Having said that, I did feel that this isn’t a one-size-fits-all examination. In spite of his token references to Simone Beauvoir, I don’t think the author grasps the nuances of the impact of midlife on women; similarly -and this is something he admits- his readings are heavily reliant on Western philosophy and so, misses out on a lot of Eastern wisdom. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the mental stretch and now I can dare, I can dare descend the stairs and go into the rooms where men and women talk of Mills, Schopenhauer and ‘telic’ vs ‘atelic’ mindsets.
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I very nearly DNF'd this at around 15%, but I reminded myself that McEwan always takes his sweet time getting around to the point. I started getting invested around 45%. It's a very Ian McEwany book.
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What We Can Know
Ian McEwan
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A great audiobook production, but only OK as a book.
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Gone Before Goodbye
Reese Witherspoon
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NO NOTES
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Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2)
Matt Dinniman
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