Review: Please Don't Kill Me!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 25, 2013
"Thomas turned away from browsing the shelves of the Goodreads user, wanting to put his fist through the screen. These bitter nobodies, sprinkling their one stars around like bitter confetti...How was it even possible to get so enraged and disgusted by something that had been made up? For God's sake it wasn't real, it hadn't happened, and you're spewing vitriol because it's not to your taste?"Hmm...Which is worse? Authors behaving badly or reviewers who read four pages and assign one-star?Well, I have no clue, but I think we can all agree, it makes for some great entertainment.Thomas, a self-published author, has given up. He's sick of pouring his heart onto the pages only to have it mocked by reviewers on Goodreads. Then one day, he comes face-to-face with a somewhat sinister "pro-artist" organization.He is offered sympathy, and counseling."Criticism has always been part and parcel of an artist's life. Artists are not born perfect and they make mistakes like anyone else, although I've always believed that a life spent making mistakes has more honour than one of doing nothing. Criticism can allow an artist to understand errors, avoid repeating them and to hone their work...But, of course, this is an ideal scenario. The fact remains that some people want to teach you to swim while others...ah, others just want to hold your head under the water until you drown."The group also offers Thomas a solution to his reviewer problem.The moral of this story is that it's probably NOT a good idea to have a "pigs-write-better-than-this" shelf.So there you go, Dave. Interesting concept, good, involving plot, believable characters. Four solid stars.Please don't kill me.