While EF gives a basic description of what it means to be Not useful, Worth reading but not useful, Somewhat useful, useful and extremely useful. Everyone looks for different things when they read reviews. For myself I like it when the reviewer does any additional leg work for me. Pictures are great and videos with detailed explanations of the toy are golden. I was wondering what all of you look for when you are reading reviews. What does a review have to have in your opinion for it to go above and beyond. As I work to better my reviews and make them appealing to wider audiences I want to know what people are thinking, because what I want in a review is likely different from what you want.


Thanks in advance to all of the EF community members.


Peace less

You hit the nail on the head > "what I want in a review is likely different from what you want"

Even if every contributor were to post to this thread, I don't believe there would be a clear consensus on what defines great or above and beyond. I actually laughed at the mention of video, because I often go out of my way to ignore videos (with the exception of a few contributors who I think make great ones), and bad pictures can influence my vote negatively.

On the flip side, a wonderful writer's voice or comedic content or just the ability to make most of the important points (not necessarily all of them) in less than three paragraphs, will positively influence my vote.

My advice would be to write the best review you can that makes you happy. In the words of Ben Franklin:

“Write to Please Yourself.
When You write to Please Others
You end up Pleasing No one.” less

You hit the nail on the head > "what I want in a review is likely different from what you want"

Even if every contributor were to post to this thread, I don't believe there would be a clear consensus on what defines great or above and beyond. I actually laughed at the mention of video, because I often go out of my way to ignore videos (with the exception of a few contributors who I think make great ones), and bad pictures can influence my vote negatively.

On the flip side, a wonderful writer's voice or comedic content or just the ability to make most of the important points (not necessarily all of them) in less than three paragraphs, will positively influence my vote.

My advice would be to write the best review you can that makes you happy. In the words of Ben Franklin:

“Write to Please Yourself.
When You write to Please Others
You end up Pleasing No one.” less