As a reader, do you prefer an honest, "warts and all" review
The problem with this is that what you (generic you that is) think is a wart, I as a reader might think is great or not a problem at all. I mean sure, problems with the basics - things like grammar, not being able to spell the names of the main characters correctly or really, really out of character behavior (without there being a good reason for said behavior) then yeah - those are problems. But if the problems are that big, then I would wonder why you were reccing the story in the first place.
I agree with the person who talked about one of the differences between a public reccing list and a private journal is I have slightly better insight into the people on my friends list then I do the general public. For example having read your fics Friendshipper I have a pretty good idea of your view of the characters so I would be better able to judge a comment like "interesting plot but I found Rodney to a bit out of character" from you then I would from someone who I didn't know as well and had no idea what his/her view of Rodney was. Does s/he see him as 1)a poot woobie who needs to be protected form his mean teammates, 2) total SOB who doesn't deserve the friends he does have, or 3)a guy with the hard outer shell, mushy insides who most the the time gives as good as he gets in his relationship with his closest friends. I might not know these things from someone on of the public reccing lists as well as I would from someone on my f-list.
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As a reader, do you prefer an honest, "warts and all" review
The problem with this is that what you (generic you that is) think is a wart, I as a reader might think is great or not a problem at all. I mean sure, problems with the basics - things like grammar, not being able to spell the names of the main characters correctly or really, really out of character behavior (without there being a good reason for said behavior) then yeah - those are problems. But if the problems are that big, then I would wonder why you were reccing the story in the first place.
I agree with the person who talked about one of the differences between a public reccing list and a private journal is I have slightly better insight into the people on my friends list then I do the general public. For example having read your fics Friendshipper I have a pretty good idea of your view of the characters so I would be better able to judge a comment like "interesting plot but I found Rodney to a bit out of character" from you then I would from someone who I didn't know as well and had no idea what his/her view of Rodney was. Does s/he see him as 1)a poot woobie who needs to be protected form his mean teammates, 2) total SOB who doesn't deserve the friends he does have, or 3)a guy with the hard outer shell, mushy insides who most the the time gives as good as he gets in his relationship with his closest friends. I might not know these things from someone on of the public reccing lists as well as I would from someone on my f-list.
I hope that makes some sense...