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Seven Deadly Words of Book Reviewing

There are some words that have just been beaten right to death by book reviewers. Here are Bob Harris’ top seven. What do you think; are these the worst offenders? Which overused descriptors most get on your nerves?

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Normal people want to Ban voice Doubles of Wanted Criminals on Cable and in Book Reviews

Get a glass of alka-seltzer and hold your breath while you read these book reviews of gut renching ex wanna be Nazis playing up to the save the Brazilians from extradition. Don't get it? Neither do I and I taught English for tweny one years.

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"I weep for the souls of the trees that died to make this book. "- SFX magazine

I have heard this famous line before,
I just found this under "When Book Reviews Go Bad"

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The Publishing Contrarian

Maybe it’s the lack of cigarettes, but I’m into rants today. This blog is outstanding for them. The author of these “tendentious comments and cranky critiques” is on vacation right now, but her latest entry, Let’s Kill All the Book Reviewers is a read and a half, especially on a bad word day.

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