What have been the worst comments or hot takes you have received?

[APieceOfRock]

The worst review I got was a guy accusing my novel of being AI generated.
Now, that's a very serious accusation. And the proof he provides.... is that I skipped the climax of an arc that I knew would be a chore to both read a write and would cause a very big burnout.
That's the danger of wiring chapters as they go out. I know that burnout could ruin a novel (my first novel was ruined because I forced myself to write a chapter a day)

Also, he complains that a recent tragic moment feels comedic.
Because the moment isn't supposed to be tragic. The character is mentioned in only one chapter and you see him die in the next. You're not supposed to feel anything for that side character. You're supposed to feel how petty the main character is.

Funniest thing is he said my novel is strangely enjoyable but still gave it 1 star... Just because?
While in his other reviews he gave novels he clearly hates at least 2 stars

 

[Deleted member 113259]

Funniest thing is he said my novel is strangely enjoyable but still gave it 1 star... Just because?
While in his other reviews he gave novels he clearly hates at least 2 stars

You can enjoy trash.

 

[ManwX]

My novels never get comments so bruh.

 

[C_A_D_M_U_S]

I don't think I received any super bad or hate comments/reviews (thankfully) but there's this one review from another platform that kinda stuck to me and made me doubt my writing style. But, I got over it eventually.

 

[dummycake]

You can enjoy trash.

Isekai smartphone is garbage but it's fun to watch, more fun than harem smut novels

 

[APieceOfRock]

You can enjoy trash.

Same way your parents love you

 

[Deleted member 113259]

Same way your parents love you

That was unnecessarily mean.

 

[expentio]

I currently use his spine as a trophy on the wall, next to the letters "do not disturb the cook".




An editor's job is just to correct and maybe add a little bit to something that was lacking development?

I mean, that's why it's different from the Writer's job, because that's the one who is supposed to write the story, not just tell a main idea for the rest to write from there.



The best advice I can give is to write what you want to write, if you like it in the first person, do it.

Advice from a person who added a mermaid to the plot just because he saw Monster Mosume.



My God, I've never seen such a demanding bastard with a free product.

Even if it were monetized, the work already done is the chapters written and published, no "on the page it says 2 chapters a week". fuck you.

Do complementary chapters, what the fuck! seriously!

Nothing says "work as a slave for my personal entertainment and for free" like that!

I would stop posting for a whole month specifically stating the cause to be that comment so that everyone would be waiting because of him.

Thank God I don't have readers who are picky about my schedule, because the truth is my schedule is a lottery. One time I don't publish anything for two months without saying anything, then I'll put out 5 chapters a week the next just because I was excited and didn't say anything either.

Just for clarification. The second was at a later time about a side story I posted instead. He was like "if you post a side story, do it additional". I was also confused about the fact that the first clearly stated he would stop reading, but apparently still continued.

 

[Corty]

This was a 1star review under my sci-fi story:

Status: up to ch 4

There were a few things that ruined my suspension of disbelief right from the get go, first, that the humans were capable of interbreeding with most sentient life from other planets dispite them evolving in completely different planetary environments and ecosystems.

In this story, humans are extinct, gone in a flash, and the whole mystery as to why is the main plot. Now only those "human" species remain, which were from a mix of humans and another alien species.

That the author started to describe Syeen's and omega's appearance in a horny way from the 3rd perspective instead of from a characters perspective or just describing their actual physical attributes attributes. The last thing that really threw me off was that as soon as the human character is introduced, he is all-powerful, amnesiac with no real defining qualities other than being s*xy, nice and completely naive just like the female lead.

For starters, I don't know who Syeen is, as the character's name was Sylen but oh well. The horny description he mentioned was that I described how she looked instead of stating: She was medium height. Brown hair. Dog-like ears and tail. Medium Breasts. But instead, went on a more description-heavy route. Same when the MC (a human) resurfaced, and I mentioned he looked perfect. The reason why is simply...

Spoiler

because it was man-made, genetically modified. Made to be perfect, and also the reason what happened did happen with the humans in the story.

He is a Mary Sue. He is able to really quickly get Miyon - who is trying to kill him - to like him just by saying he is sorry that Miyon lost 'her' like that. This makes no sense,

The context is simple. One of the characters, after picking up a body found floating in space -it's how the story begins- turns out to be perfectly alive and regenerating right before his eyes and wakes up. It freaks him out, and he gets the heavy flamer, but it has no effect as he walks out of the flames unharmed and clearly shows powers beyond normal, alongside catching glimpses of the man's past by tapping into his mind.

if some corpse just flew in the spaceship, came back to life and I had decided to kill it, it telling me how its sorry how my dead (presumably) wife died, I would be more freaked out by the corpse man, not less.

That is the point. He was freaked out but also not stupid. He even tried spacing him by opening the cargo, but it had zero effect.

TLDR: the characters make no sense, the writing does not really mesh well with IRL physical laws (which might be fine for you) and it is clearly a power fantasy.

The physical law he mentions is the fact that the sci-fi flamer melted the metal floor of the ship, turning it into a glass-like surface.

The whole point of the story was the mystery of what happened with the humans, why they disappeared, and what the fuck happened with an empire that almost conquered the galaxy. They went away at their height of power as if they never existed at all. It was in the synopses and clearly a setup from the get-go. Well, I can't explain it in 4 chapters, can I, or why write the book in the first place?

And this is why I think authors should have the chance to comment on reviews (not open up a thread or comment tsunami, just one editable "Author's response" option. But seeing that no features suggested ever get implemented (in recent browsings), I see no point in making a thread about it.

 

[EliseValkyria]

This was a 1star review under my sci-fi story:

In this story, humans are extinct, gone in a flash, and the whole mystery as to why is the main plot. Now only those "human" species remain, which were from a mix of humans and another alien species.

For starters, I don't know who Syeen is, as the character's name was Sylen but oh well. The horny description he mentioned was that I described how she looked instead of stating: She was medium height. Brown hair. Dog-like ears and tail. Medium Breasts. But instead, went on a more description-heavy route. Same when the MC (a human) resurfaced, and I mentioned he looked perfect. The reason why is simply...

Spoiler

because it was man-made, genetically modified. Made to be perfect, and also the reason what happened did happen with the humans in the story.

The context is simple. One of the characters, after picking up a body found floating in space -it's how the story begins- turns out to be perfectly alive and regenerating right before his eyes and wakes up. It freaks him out, and he gets the heavy flamer, but it has no effect as he walks out of the flames unharmed and clearly shows powers beyond normal, alongside catching glimpses of the man's past by tapping into his mind.

That is the point. He was freaked out but also not stupid. He even tried spacing him by opening the cargo, but it had zero effect.

The physical law he mentions is the fact that the sci-fi flamer melted the metal floor of the ship, turning it into a glass-like surface.

The whole point of the story was the mystery of what happened with the humans, why they disappeared, and what the fuck happened with an empire that almost conquered the galaxy. They went away at their height of power as if they never existed at all. It was in the synopses and clearly a setup from the get-go. Well, I can't explain it in 4 chapters, can I, or why write the book in the first place?

And this is why I think authors should have the chance to comment on reviews (not open up a thread or comment tsunami, just one editable "Author's response" option. But seeing that no features suggested ever get implemented (in recent browsings), I see no point in making a thread about it.

Yes, it's the same problem that happens to me regularly, the "I'm in chapter 4 and I don't understand anything" even though clearly that's the idea and from that doubt and curiosity the rest of the novel is based on.

My novel has 236 chapters so far, and of all the reviews received, of all the pages, only 1 got past chapter 19 (the intruduction). All the complaints from the reviews are "they don't give me everything chewed", "I don't know who the villain is from the beginning". "I don't know what the final big reveal is just by reading three words".

I understand more and more why all Isekai Anime are more trashy with simple and bland beginnings.

Because readers now want to know everything from minute 1, they don't want surprises or mysteries in their stories unless they are obvious, like that character that just appeared in this chapter is the traitor in the next one.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

A reader on RR kept whining why my MC is weak. I answered to him brashly but without any insults that this story is not for him and explained why I wanted to make MC weak. I said he can go read something else, and if he wants, he can give me 0.5 rating as I don't care. The next evening he gave me 0.5. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Can't say this is the worst since I don't care about ratings, but it tells a lot about RR readerbase.

 

[J_Chemist]

Oh, I have one that always makes me cackle.

After being told the why, he expressed his opinion further and generalized everyone in the West as if that made his point stronger.

Then this fellah comes in swinging over a year later, and it was just perfection.

There's also a dude who spent about ten chapters trying to act like some kind of professional editor that I ignored. Another person did the same thing but did so with more productive criticism, so that was nice.

 

[C_A_D_M_U_S]

Then this fellah comes in swinging over a year later, and it was just perfection.

I see immot chose violence that day

 

[J_Chemist]

I see immot chose violence that day

A necro post I was not ready for but very much needed at the time. It was so random and so perfect.

 

[Deleted member 68927]

You get comments?

 

[RepresentingWrath]

You get comments?

 

[Deleted member 84247]

You get comments?

"Cake like ass" one person 3 times.

 

[Corty]

Oh, I have one that always makes me cackle.
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After being told the why, he expressed his opinion further and generalized everyone in the West as if that made his point stronger.

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Then this fellah comes in swinging over a year later, and it was just perfection.
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There's also a dude who spent about ten chapters trying to act like some kind of professional editor that I ignored. Another person did the same thing but did so with more productive criticism, so that was nice.

And this is why I deleted myself from RR. I feel your pain and applaud your spirit for keeping up with the people festering their comment sections.

 

[J_Chemist]

And this is why I deleted myself from RR. I feel your pain and applaud your spirit for keeping up with the people festering their comment sections.

It's honestly not as bad as people make it out to be. Most of the commenters over there are pretty chill and point out legitimate mistakes/errors. I've made several improvements thanks to some of my more regular readers and commenters. I've gotten significantly less and worse feedback here on SH comparatively (not counting the requests for reviews when I first came 'round these parts).

However, the random low ratings without feedback is what makes my eyes roll the most. Especially when I see it's on the initial chapters and not at the end of the first novel, or even later in the story. It's very clear that when you make it to the top rankings, or on any of the trending tabs, other authors will 100% rating bomb you to keep themselves at the top. Especially if you aren't in the inner circle of the site.

 

[Iamnotabot]

On this app that used to write, i upload my very first story to and the first comment was
"Your story suck, fuck you"
Not the exact word but it was in vietnamese so it translated to that. After that i drop everything i have about writting for months.