Resentment A Force That Shapes Lit Bloggers’ Views

As newspapers decrease their quantity of book reviews, book bloggers grow ever more vocal. “In one sense, the democratization of discourse about books is a good thing, and should lead to a widening of our intellectual horizons. The more people there are out there reading, making discoveries, and advocating for their favorite books, the better. But book bloggers have also brought another, less salutary influence to bear on literary culture: a powerful resentment. … As anyone who reads literary blogs can attest, hell hath no fury like a blogger scorned.”