What kind of reviews do you like?

I don't mind humor, especially in the experience section. What I do mind is people who ramble on and on about their personal experiences and don't give me ANY of the general specs, like how it smelt, how strong the vibrations were...because while I'm glad YOU liked it, I want to know the more general stuff so I can figure out if I'LL like it. Epiphora and Dame Demi, for example, both write reviews that I think are general as well as personal.

I'm also a sucker for a very thorough review, a la Bulma's stuff. She pulls out all the stops!

Errrr - I'm guilty! I tend to add erotica and weave it through. Good to know that's not what you like. I do add humour where I've found I can.

I tend to like to read something entertaining. I want the information but not like a blasted list or boring manual. I guess that's what I think the difference is between a review and what the description and long list of instructions/product information is.

Don't worry, Sienna! Erotica is hot! I enjoy it in reviews as long as there is info about the toy as well.

That's a difficult and interesting question. What I like... Something that is not purely factual, dry and boring. That's hard sometimes. It's not always humor that matters, and none of the reviews have enough space to actually write erotica, but some sort of personal touch. Otherwise it's just too damn boring. Facts. The facts that aren't part of the properties or that bear repeating. If it was easy to use, intuitive, some words of advice. All the information that you "should" know before you actually spend money on something and most of the time don't.

Keep it simple on cleaning instructions and safety. A lot of the reviews are actually starting to sound the same on this.

If it's a book. I sure as hell want more than "Lot of pretty pictures or the stories were hot!" Umm, you were supposed to read it. Tell me what type of pictures. Was it well written etc.

Do I meet my own standards? Hell if I know. I've written a lot of reviews, and at a lot of different times and moods. I'm in the process of going back and editing them because I'm annoyed at how Eden added links to the older reviews. I'm improving the style or many. Initially I felt as if Eden really wanted primarily factual reviews.

The only reviews I don't like are badly-written ones, or ones that are made up of statements like "it felt soooo good!" I do enjoy humor in reviews, and I like when reviewers tell me something I could not have inferred from looking at the product page.

I am fine with any personal touch, erotic or humorous or otherwise...it's a part of a person's voice, after all.

I do prefer that reviews give you enough info to work with (that isn't mentioned in the product page, as Epiphora has already said), so that you can more easily visualize the toy's actual presence and decide for yourself if you're going to like it or not. After all, I've loved and purchased toys that others have given bad reviews of, on the basis of the fact that there are reviews of the product which mentioned how the toy actually *was*, without being 100% personal opinion.

A bad review for me, is just a long string of personal statements. 500 words of "It sucked!" in various degrees just doesn't help me out. :|

I love all types. It gives me ideas on where I can improve. It's sometimes nice to read really personal ones, especially if the toy has 14 other reviews.

I agree with everyone else though. If you can't at least attempt an actual sentence, can't be bothered to capitalize, and just say "OOOhhhAHhhh it felt fucking good", I don't care for it.

I like to laugh while I'm learning about products. I also like the personal touch that makes one reviewer's work unique and memorable. I like to read about their experience with the toy and especially, I worship SPECIFICITY. Generalities like it smelled bad(like what?), it was too loud(like a car engine?), it was too big(like a venti latte?), it felt good(your best orgasm ever? like a real tongue? like straddling a jackhammer?)leave me frustrated.

I love funny reviews! LOVE them. Sex should be funny so when a writer is gifted enough to clearly transfer that into their writing I'm hooked. I love the erotica as well, sex sells so why not make a toy sound as steamy as possible? Chris is incredibly gifted in that aspect, I worship a lot of her reviews because of her ability to weave in incredibly sensual visuals with functional aspects of the toys as well.