Anyone ever have to do a bad book review before?

lay it down and go on to another one if ya have one to reveiw then go back to it. and if its still boring guess ya just have to put not your kind of book as it dont hold your interest.

I have never had to write a bad review, but I have written some negative reviews of books before. In most cases they really do want your honest review and while they might not like getting negative feedback it is possible you are not even the targeted audience and the author knows they are not going to appeal to everyone's likes. I always try to still find at least one thing to praise about the book even if I give it an overall negative review.

I've never had to do that, but it is something us writers worry about a lot lol. (meaning: a bad book review) I think I would probably have to stick to honesty. If you say you found it boring, figure out WHY you found it boring. The story line is slow, it has a strong beginning but loses it's flow. The writing seems flat because the characters aren't presented in a way that makes you care about 'what's going to happen next?' While it's hard to be non-judgemental, it's something that editors do every day. Tell why you found it hard to read, and what made you lose interest as a reader, and I'd also temper it with something I DID like about the book (good plot, good characters, whatever.)

Ah yes, I have done bad book reviews before. Think I did one for Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki before. I pointed out why I thought it was bad ( it's just repeating the same ideas over and over again and most of the facts, if you call them that, are just wrong and inaccurate) and recommended another book in the same genre for people to read (Think and Grow Rich)I don't think I managed it without putting down the author though :P