But what about the worst of all possible worlds ... an mpreg story with no commas!
... sorry. :D (oh god, I bet they're out there, though...)
Interesting way to break it down. I think grammar/spelling warnings are one of the big areas where I do feel compelled to warn, where necessary, because that's a big turnoff for me. (Actually, what prompted me to post this was that I recently recced a story that had a few problems in that area ... I opted not to mention them, and then felt guilty and maybe slightly deceptive about it.) When it comes to squishier issues of characterization, etc, I might say "I really loved John in this" but would probably be reluctant to add "... but Rodney's voice wasn't quite right" because that's such a tremendously subjective thing. It's something that I might mention in a review but probably not in a rec, if that makes any sense.
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... sorry. :D (oh god, I bet they're out there, though...)
Interesting way to break it down. I think grammar/spelling warnings are one of the big areas where I do feel compelled to warn, where necessary, because that's a big turnoff for me. (Actually, what prompted me to post this was that I recently recced a story that had a few problems in that area ... I opted not to mention them, and then felt guilty and maybe slightly deceptive about it.) When it comes to squishier issues of characterization, etc, I might say "I really loved John in this" but would probably be reluctant to add "... but Rodney's voice wasn't quite right" because that's such a tremendously subjective thing. It's something that I might mention in a review but probably not in a rec, if that makes any sense.