"Critique" or "Review"? - Page 2

jordanisonfire · 06-29-2008, 02:42 PM

...Seriously?

Andy · 06-29-2008, 02:45 PM

The part about your first experience with critiques, yes.

jordanisonfire · 06-29-2008, 02:46 PM

...Thanks? Heh.

Carraka · 06-30-2008, 10:38 AM

Aww ... if I had known that Reviews would be so lonely, I would've voted for them to make them happier. Otherwise they'd become depressed and commit suicide, and I'm very anti-suicide. We should all be anti-suicide.

I don't think I have any great, unique experience to add when it comes to critiques. I think I did my first one for kelseyak90 --> aSaaS, but only because he requested one. I was terribly afraid I had messed up on it somehow, but I guess not, because he made me crit the rest of his novel. Sometimes my fingers still hurt. xP

List of Reasons

- All of us here seem to refer to them as critiques.
- Review is a gentler term, at least to me.
- It makes me think of book reviews, actually, which makes me think of Shaun's blog.
- Happy blog.
- And although book reviews are great, it seems more like they're written for a reader.
- Whether you should read this book, not whether you should edit this section and move that comma.
- So although we could use Review,
- Let's just use Critique instead,
- Because no one gives Review Tickets,
- because Crit Ticket rhymes.
- Hooray.

dragonheart · 12-02-2010, 02:26 AM

I like critique because it can be "crit" and I think the people who have been here al ong time will have trouble converting.

I can't wait till I can claim to be one.

ManyIdeas · 12-02-2010, 06:26 AM

I'd say keep with critique, it's more in-dept and more colder than a review, and if anyone gets published, these 'reviewers' will find something to hate about your work, so critique works better, since it can be colder and strengthen people for writing careers.

lango · 12-02-2010, 11:08 AM

I'd say I'd review a simple, perfectly written story, and critique a good story but with some flaws.
Think of the Book reviews we do, we don't do them so much in-depth as critiques (although we should... I know my reviews suck, for one).
Plus, for some reason, critique sounds more professional. Sure, when I joined the site, I knew what a review was, and only had a vague idea of what a critique was. If I was asked to review someone's story, I'd think I knew what reviewing was about, and I'd make a poor job of it. But the word 'critique' sounds much more serious and professional, so like the coward I am, I read about 10 critiques before posting my first critique, and I was hoping I had nailed it.

Review is much 'nicer', but just too light for me, they're somewhat synonyms but they mean entirely different things for me.

MetallicGryffon · 12-05-2010, 01:49 PM

I really do not know why, but review sounds better, but critique sounds more official. Anyways, I went with review because on my other site (who's name I cannot mention on other forums, sorry) we review, and I guess I am use to saying review

Majyk · 03-04-2011, 03:04 PM

I'm going to close this thread so people stop voting because it's from 2008 and doesn't need to get dragged up every time someone votes.

View Poll Results: What should we use to refer to comments in Literature?
"Critiques"	19	47.50%
"Reviews"	6	15.00%
I'm fine with either	15	37.50%
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06-29-2008, 02:45 PM	View Post #12 (Link)
Andy Administrator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: At home Posts: 2,478 Points: 32 Times Thanked: 99	The part about your first experience with critiques, yes. __________________

12-02-2010, 02:26 AM	View Post #15 (Link)
dragonheart Idea Scribe Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Mexico Posts: 46 Points: 30 Times Thanked: 2	I like critique because it can be "crit" and I think the people who have been here al ong time will have trouble converting. I can't wait till I can claim to be one. __________________ Books are entertainment for the unimaginitive, but they are a refuge for the imaginative. I'm the latter and I spend hours in my refuge. LONG LIVE DRAGONS!

12-02-2010, 06:26 AM	View Post #16 (Link)
ManyIdeas Scholarly Apprentice Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: England Posts: 115 Points: 20 Times Thanked: 8	I'd say keep with critique, it's more in-dept and more colder than a review, and if anyone gets published, these 'reviewers' will find something to hate about your work, so critique works better, since it can be colder and strengthen people for writing careers. __________________ "Something here doesn't make sense. Let's go and poke it with a stick."- The Doctor "Yes, before you ask, I like Matt Smith!"

12-02-2010, 11:08 AM	View Post #17 (Link)
lango Literary Artist Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Home Posts: 383 Points: 20 Times Thanked: 28	I'd say I'd review a simple, perfectly written story, and critique a good story but with some flaws. Think of the Book reviews we do, we don't do them so much in-depth as critiques (although we should... I know my reviews suck, for one). Plus, for some reason, critique sounds more professional. Sure, when I joined the site, I knew what a review was, and only had a vague idea of what a critique was. If I was asked to review someone's story, I'd think I knew what reviewing was about, and I'd make a poor job of it. But the word 'critique' sounds much more serious and professional, so like the coward I am, I read about 10 critiques before posting my first critique, and I was hoping I had nailed it. Review is much 'nicer', but just too light for me, they're somewhat synonyms but they mean entirely different things for me. __________________ PM me for fantasy critiques and short stories. Then pm me again to remind me of it. 2013 is the end of you idiots saying 2012 is the end.

06-29-2008, 02:42 PM	View Post #11 (Link)
jordanisonfire Master of English Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: England Posts: 3,962 Points: 30 Times Thanked: 97	...Seriously?

06-29-2008, 02:46 PM	View Post #13 (Link)
jordanisonfire Master of English Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: England Posts: 3,962 Points: 30 Times Thanked: 97	...Thanks? Heh.

12-05-2010, 01:49 PM	View Post #18 (Link)
MetallicGryffon Scholarly Apprentice Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: The place I live, duh Posts: 107 Points: 8.96 Times Thanked: 2	I really do not know why, but review sounds better, but critique sounds more official. Anyways, I went with review because on my other site (who's name I cannot mention on other forums, sorry) we review, and I guess I am use to saying review __________________ "Der iz uh reezin peeple get paid tu seeng, and yuu don't, so get awf mah lauwn, yuh stoopid caruhlers?-My Hill Billy Side --------------Stories ShadowSeekers: www.youngwritersonline.net/showthread.php?t=6089 Tales of a Magical Elf- Coming Soon

03-04-2011, 03:04 PM	View Post #19 (Link)
Majyk Freelance Writer Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,463 Points: 30 Times Thanked: 356	I'm going to close this thread so people stop voting because it's from 2008 and doesn't need to get dragged up every time someone votes. __________________ . “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” — Albert Einstein .