Everybody’s a Critic

Ok, I have a few reviews under my belt now – most of them so far have been positive, and, of course, a couple of them have been (at least in part) negative.  I’m not really here to talk about the positive or negative here, though.  I’m here to talk about something else entirely, and hopefully help potential reviewers moving forward.

If there’s one pattern I can see emerging, it is that it is fun to play with the name of the thing you are reviewing in the review itself (Example: referring to ‘Days of Thunder’ as ‘Days of Blunder’).  If you can make this the actual title of your review, even better.

To assist reviewers in achieving that goal, I have assembled a handy chart of possibilities based on your opinion of the book.  If you are a reviewer, feel free to pick one from the list!

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State of A-OK: For those who loved it
State of Blasse: For those who hated it
State of Okay: For those who didn’t love it but didn’t hate it
State of O-tay: For those who are Buckwheat, and who found it agreeable
State of Hooray: For those who loved it a little too much
State of Display: For those who want an internal HUD like the main character has
State of Ashtray: For those who wondered why no one in the story smoked
State of Today: For those who want to draw parallels between the story and our present
State of Cosplay: For those who are dressing as a revivor next Comic Con
State of Replay: For those who read it twice
State of Ash Grey: For those who thought the weather in the story was too dismal
State of Delay: For those who didn’t find out it was a series until the end
State of Dismay: For those who were expecting something different
State of Ass Play: For those who were expecting something *really* different
State of No Way: For those who didn’t see the ending coming
State of Cliche: For those who thought the characters/plot were too derivative
State of Copay: For those who were wondering if reanimation was covered by HMOs.
State of Cafe: For those who can’t stop wondering about the fallout from the restaurant scene
State of Jefe: For those who wondered what happened to incidental character ‘Jefe’
State of Christmas Day: For those wondering why it takes place in winter but there are no decorations
State of Risque : For those who wondered why there was no sex scene

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