I thought I'd post this graceful review from the very graceful and well-mannered Andrew A for everyone to see.

I think the point of reviews is to help and build up not to destroy. In any event I would suggest Andrew read two books: BEAUTY QUEENS by New York Times bestselling author Libba Bray and PIECES OF MY SISTER'S LIFE by Elizabeth Joy Arnold. Particularly in the first you will find the author spending time and pages telling the reader what to expect. This book is one of the ten best books for YA for 2011.

Incidentally Andrew, I did try to correct the words before they were uploaded however the site froze and after spending forever to get nowhere I went ahead and uploaded them. And Andrew, dialogue is how people speak, which is not always gramatically correct. I like to think the dialogue is authentic and however poorly rated, should remain that way. Language exists outside of Standard British English.

I did not know that YWO belongs to you so that you decide who goes and who stays. We have been told good manners and grace cost nothing. Is it rather too costly for you to exercise? If so I'm terribly sorry and I apologize on your behalf.

Review By: Andrew A

No Justice in this

Not a good start – ‘exerpt’ – excerpt. ‘significane’ – significance. Also, when have you ever purchased a book where the author has to explain their work before you can make sense of the story? Why should anyone reading this extract take it seriously? The entire opening of this posting is complete twaddle. The author destroys any chance of receiving a decent review by this unfathomable preamble. Worse still, they followed it with a song and then a prologue! Worse than that, the author could not even be bothered to check their spelling, grammar and punctuation.

Having read this piece, I can find no redeemable features. The dialogue is so steeped in the vernacular, it is unreadable. The only advice I can give the author is to stop wasting our time and remove this rubbish from the site!

Ouch!

He's already been reported to Ted twice this week. 'He who learns from one who is learning, drinks from a flowing river.' Proverb.

Dear Andrew,
I will not criticize,
Even when you have a dead man
Who'd see - except for missing eyes
I do think
you took author's "license"
when you chose so to write,
And many will think that's fine
though bye the bye, Andrew
I do think a dead man
loses his sight when he dies
And it matters little
Whether he has his eyes
And to conclude this little poem of mine
May your reviews reap high fives
May you become a bestseller
because many persons gave their time
Since you joined in 2006
To give your writing that very necessary fix
And since you are now at number twenty
I think they gave you plenty!

Please, Lord,
He wants to get to number one
May his reviewers be generous and fair
So in two shakes of a lamb's tail,
Their reviews get him there.

I've not seen Million Dollar Baby, but The Color Purple would be another famous one.......