Comments on: On Human Cynicism https://booksquare.com/on-human-cynicism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&%23038;utm_campaign=on-human-cynicism Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:10:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Karen Scott https://booksquare.com/on-human-cynicism/#comment-112394 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:10:56 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/11/16/1665/#comment-112394 I probably agree that gushing reviews don’t increase sales, because I for one am very cynical when it comes to books that people hyperventilate over. Too much hype tends to destroy a book’s credibility in my opinion, and more often than not, the reality rarely lives up to the heightened expectations.

Needless to say, I wont be buying Elizabeth Kostova’s, The Historian, for this very reason.

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