Rick:
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I want the reviewer to give me his or her experience.
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Eh?
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And what reviewer can presume to tell another reader "objectively" what they are likely to like
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The reviewer who studies the target audience. The reviewer who follows what else has worked with the target audience. The reviewer who understands the craft. Who analyzes technique. Who recognizes quality. Who knows that the difference between Williams, Shakespeare and McGonagall, is hardly "subjective". In short, any competent critic.
We're not talking about taking a poll here. The number of reviewers is too small a sample size.
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We are all reading the same poem,
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Not yet. The reviewer has, the reader hasn't. Depending on how convincing the review is, that might not change.
This is why examples and analyses are so much more helpful to a perspective reader than blurbs or catcalls from a stranger.
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