About reviews.....Of course they can be bad or harsh. If the reviewer thinks so he should say so. A good review should point out both strong and weak points in a book be it plot, character, motivation, style, longivity, ending or whatever but without spoilers. That is, in my experience. a rarity. Much too often it seems as if the reviewer has just glanced through the book, written down an acceptable amount of words and collected his or her check. Any Artist, whatever you do must expect harsh reviews. You cant take it personally. Another problem in the reviewer business i experienced is the tendency to be nice to friends and colleuges in the writerbusiness. Which makes the review very uninteresting to read. Some reviews i've read i have even questioned if they have read the book and not just the blurb on the backside.