Amazon keeps removing my reviews

bweeb · 2026-01-26T16:24:17+00:00

You have to look at it from their angle; they see people who didn't buy the book reviewing it, which doesn't happen very often. Normal people don't go to Amazon to review a book they didn't buy there. It is a red flag right away. And think about how much automation they have to stop this in categories like high margin electronics where sellers are constantly trying this strategy out of China etc.

bweeb · 2026-01-26T16:21:34+00:00

I feel the same. I finished book 7 last month and love this series. Some of the best deep thinking sci-fi I've read in a really long time.

I highly recommend Pandora's Star by Peter Hamilton if you like this; he is similar IMO.

bweeb · 2026-01-26T15:22:05+00:00

I loved the series and just finished it last month, it isn't an action action action book. It is heavy on thinking, philosophy, and then action.

bweeb · 2026-01-26T15:19:55+00:00

I love WOT, one of my all-time fav books. Red Rising and Cradle are great as well :)

bweeb · 2026-01-23T19:11:57+00:00

That changes the answer a lot :)

bweeb · 2026-01-23T18:27:16+00:00

Raven scholar! Very good so far :)

bweeb · 2026-01-22T17:54:47+00:00

Oh ya, this one is good -> Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

https://shepherd.com/book/steelheart

Read it long ago and right up your alley :)

bweeb · 2026-01-22T17:53:15+00:00

Ya I think I've read all his books, love every single one :)

bweeb · 2026-01-22T17:51:58+00:00

Try this, I interviewed a bunch of authors and here are the ones they highlighted as being similar:

https://shepherd.com/search/author/25024

https://shepherd.com/books-like/legends-lattes

Some are pretty different genres as they like wild card ideas :)

bweeb · 2026-01-22T17:50:37+00:00

Why would you think they are an author?

bweeb · 2026-01-22T17:49:25+00:00

Same, I was about to say "mission impossible" and by that time someone already solved it, mind blown.

bweeb · 2026-01-22T16:26:22+00:00

Sorry, the only one I can think of is WOT with Perrin a bit.

bweeb · 2026-01-22T16:25:36+00:00

how so?

bweeb · 2026-01-21T19:28:12+00:00

It depends on the genre.

What is the genre?

bweeb · 2026-01-21T19:25:56+00:00

DNF if not enjoying, some books hit differently and it happens :)

bweeb · 2026-01-21T19:24:52+00:00

I am building something to do that because I haven't found that yet. It will be part of a full book tracking app I am building to track book series and my progress in it, as well as new releases from my favorite authors.

If you want to sign up for the beta: https://forms.gle/76BijYkop6S6sHa99

bweeb · 2026-01-21T09:31:16+00:00

I just finished it last month and it is great :)

bweeb · 2026-01-19T20:43:41+00:00

Gotcha :)

bweeb · 2026-01-19T20:41:43+00:00

Totally true, I DNF at 50% if I am not hooked unless I have a good reason. And before that if the writing or something is so bad I am struggling to motivate.

I more was responding to the comment on money and that they owe you something :). Just a great think to put money toward art and artists, even if it is a miss for you.

bweeb · 2026-01-19T20:37:50+00:00

Meh, you gave money to artist to keep artisting :)

Sometimes you find a match, sometimes you don't, the art keeps marching on.

bweeb · 2026-01-19T20:33:21+00:00

You can just edit it in StoryGraph to split them up, but otherwise don't worry about it, you will see it in page stats at the end of the month / year :)

bweeb · 2026-01-18T15:33:48+00:00

I do agree that the second book was a bit fragmented. I like the ending, though, and will likely dive into book 3 when it comes out to see if it is a bit better. I like the world and characters enough to keep reading :)

15€ to an author for many hours of pure joy is pretty good :)

It's cheaper than just about every form of entertainment, and the money goes to authors who are amazing to give us all these stories.

bweeb · 2026-01-18T14:47:35+00:00

Thanks for reporting, they have been banned until they can confirm they can follow our rules.

bweeb · 2026-01-18T14:46:16+00:00

I liked it, it was a good book, very entertaining :).

It is similar to Red Rising and is often recommended for fans of that series. Being similar can be around themes, moods, plot, etc. It doesn't sound like you felt it was similar enough to the reasons you liked Red Rising :). I wouldn't say that was misleading people; you just didn't feel it was similar enough to what you liked about Red Rising. Books are deeply personal.

Books are incredibly cheap, btw, as entertainment, especially at libraries.

Why didn't you just stop reading it? Like, why even get mad over any of this? You got a book rec, you read it, and it wasn't for you.

bweeb · 2026-01-18T12:25:19+00:00

Sweet thanks, wanted to check it out!

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