As a reccer, I'll just quote isiscolo said, because I think she hit the nail on the head: When I rec, I am aware that I'm asking people to trust my judgment on these stories. Therefore, if I have caveats, I give them, because I don't want them to think, e.g., "this story had a lot of comma splices, therefore, Isis doesn't notice comma splices."
I don't rec stories unless I thought they were good, unless I liked them or they provoked a strong emotional reaction in me, but sometimes that happens in stories I have some issues with, and reccing really is all about asking people to trust your judgment. To me it's the sam thing as saying, "Hey, you should really see this movie" -- if you have reservations, of course you're going to mention them, both because you don't want the person to whom you gave the recommendation to go in expecting something different than they're getting, and because you don't want the person to think you can't recognize bad acting/writing/directing/whatever.
As a reader, I prefer these kind of recs as well. I may not always agree, but it gives me more thing to look at when I consider whether or not to read a story, which I always appreciate.
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I don't rec stories unless I thought they were good, unless I liked them or they provoked a strong emotional reaction in me, but sometimes that happens in stories I have some issues with, and reccing really is all about asking people to trust your judgment. To me it's the sam thing as saying, "Hey, you should really see this movie" -- if you have reservations, of course you're going to mention them, both because you don't want the person to whom you gave the recommendation to go in expecting something different than they're getting, and because you don't want the person to think you can't recognize bad acting/writing/directing/whatever.
As a reader, I prefer these kind of recs as well. I may not always agree, but it gives me more thing to look at when I consider whether or not to read a story, which I always appreciate.