Negative review of my book? RELEASE THE HOUNDS!

[james_davis_nicoll]

I was so distressed about this injustice that I looked up the list of Amazon’s board of directors. Great good luck, I happened to know two of them

Comments

Re: Really?

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

The "reviewer" in question wasn't so much a book reviewer as a bully. It's slightly different.

Re: Really?

[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

Still does not merit stalking. Two wrongs do not make a right.

Re: Really?

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

And frankly, if the incident had happened in say, Florida, there would been a good chance that instead of a self-serving article in the Guardian, we'd be hearing of in terms of "Judge rules self defense in stalking case", and maybe a Happier article "From Debut to Dead- a strange fatal case of obsession."

Re: Really?

[sean o'hara (from livejournal.com)]

What exactly did the reviewer do that was bullying? And please provide primary sources, not claims from the Stop the Goodreads Bullies site, which has a tenuous grasp of truth and a long history of encouraging exactly the sort of stalking behavior Hale's bragging about.

You might also want to read this essay by Hale, which suggests she has a skewed perception of what "bullying" is and a history of inappropriate and disproportionate responses to slights against her:

http://thoughtcatalog.com/kathleen-hale/2013/02/169836/