According to lots of tweets I've seen recently, many authors are advised by their publishers not to respond to book reviews.
To that I say: wuuuuuuuuuut?
I 100% agree that authors shouldn't respond to negative reviews. You only need to Google 'book reviewer hit with wine bottle' and 'book reviewer stalked by author' to know that it can get messy. And even if the author replies in a polite way, it's really awkward to find out that they know you didn't like what they put so much blood, sweat and tears into. Better than being stalked for it, but still.
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