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Simon rich kathleen hale11/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Understandably, book bloggers and Goodreads users are angry over Hale’s piece, and especially angry that the Guardian offered her a prominent platform upon which to detail her illegal activities (which many would describe as harrassment).ĭear Author blogger Jane Litte does a credible job of dissecting Hale’s article – boiling it down to an author crossing boundaries (many of which are illegal) over an unfavourable status update relating to her book. Hale paid for a background check to determine the blogger’s real name and home address, and then turned up unannounced on her doorstep. This obsession culminated in what she terms the ‘light stalking’ of a Goodreads user who gave her book a 1-star rating and, according to Hale, unfairly denounced certain plot points. In an article for the Guardian titled ‘Am I being catfished?’ An author confronts her number one online critic – Hale details her spiralling obsession with Googling herself and tracking online responses to her debut young adult novel, No One Else Can Have You. It invariably does not end well: just ask Anne Rice.īut reading and responding to a bad review is exactly what Hale did – and then some. ![]() Iris Murdoch said, ‘A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.’Īmerican young adult author Kathleen Hale may want to take heed of Murdoch’s wise words, or those of Stacia Kane ( ‘Authors, reviews are not for you!’), or any one of the many authors out there who warn their peers not to read bad reviews, and especially never to respond to them. ![]()
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