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This all strikes the eitodrs of New York Journal of Books as unseemly. We do not have any inclination to track Sam Millar on Amazon. It is a well-known fact that reader reviews on Amazon are suspect, often with positive and negative reviews inserted by those with an agenda, not to mention the many paid positive reviews. However, we would consider New York Journal of Books to be a much larger forum. One could pick either of the two crime books in Which Mr. Neville was sole author or one of a number of crime writers in an anthology and find positive reviews in the extreme -- not mixed in the least as clearly indicated by Mr. Neville. Quite to the contrary of Neville's accusations, our experience has been that Millar takes pleasure in writing a positive review about a crime book that he judges to warrant one. Rather than the sort of bitter dialog that has recently reared its head, we far more often find authors writing to us about the quality of Mr. Millar's reviews and in some cases that he was the one reviewer who "got it."As noted, the only review of one of Mr. Neville's novels in New York Journal of Books and reviewed by Mr. Millar opens as follows: I want him brought to me alive. He's no good to me if he's not breathing, you understand? And that one chilling sentence from man-without-mercy Bull O'Kane to his hired hitman, The Traveller, sets the pace for this engrossing and page-turning book from Irish author, Stuart Neville.It ends with:"Corruption, official cover-ups, and bloody murder make Collusion a fast-paced, neck-snapping thriller with a gritty style that makes it impossible to put down. A great read to be snuggling down to in the coming winter nights."In between these paragraphs there is nothing negative whatsoever. Indeed, Millar even makes mention of Neville's award-winning credentials.As journalists, we have a real issue with inaccuracy. Given how fundamentally the review of Collusion at New York Journal of Books is misrepresented makes his other claims suspect.We hope that Mr. Neville will see fit to post this.We invite readers of his blog to explore the review of Mr. Neville's Collusion as well any number of the more than 80 reviews contributed by Mr. Millar that make clear that NYJB is anything but a forum to malign other crime writers.
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(VISITOR) AUTHOR'S NAME
Vikram
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17 december 2014, 20:46:39
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