I am in a group that reads and writes reviews for new books, called Hidden Gems. Recently I wrote a review for a book called "Entitled" ; a sweet story about the inner thoughts of a book while she travels, searching for her Reader and her Forever home. Apparently, the algorithms on Amazon do NOT approve of the word "sucked" in a review, even though it was used in a positive way ( I wrote that I got "sucked into the story) Amazon dinged me and refused to print my review without a re-write. I rewrote this:
"I received and e-copy of this book to review and I must admit I thought that a book about a book would be too weird. I found myself taken in by "Serendipity of Snow" or "Serendipity" as she travels from hand to hand in search of her Reader and her forever home. She has a few adventures, meets interesting people and Books along the journey.
I'm gonna have a hard time tossing worn out paperbacks in the recycling bin now."
Still Amazon is picking over ever letter and not publishing my review. Maybe the word "weird" will also induce pearl-clutching in some book loving circles and I will be cast into the pit of remainders. Seriously. I got a long finger wagging e-mail from Amazon with their "policy. It was a head scratcher and I could only surmise that since "sucked" has both negative and sexual connotations, the Thought Police at Amazon freaked out. Last night when I tried to post THIS rant on Facebook, it too freaked out and ate my wonderful scathing rant. I smell a conspiracy here.
In any case, I am hopeful the new review gets posted. The book is a first time author and it was sweet. Based on the book I think she is working on another one- probably not about a book, while it was clever, I don't see a series in this vein.
