> Ahh. OK. So what if a book is really popular. e.g., I was invited to
> read Maureen Dowd's, Are Men Necessary?. It's really awful. I can't
> even find good writing to admire and the existence of a thesis or
> claim? Hard to find. I have only forced myself to read it b/c of the
> request.
That's the sort of book (I liked the excerpt I read, but then, I would) about which I'd consider writing a bad review. Especially if I were getting paid for it.
> The other is Levy's book, which isn't ripe for a total trashing, but
> has so many problems with it that, as a book that is substantially
> shaping the way people think about so-called "slut feminists" and
> whether the women's movement caused them or not, I feel compelled to
> give a decent review.
If you really believe it is shaping those thoughts, then yes, again, I'd consider writing a bad review.