‘A pretty sublime mix of WTF and OMG’. Four explorations into the practice of evaluation on online book reviewing platforms

The article uses a corpus workbench (Sketch Engine) to investigate practices of evaluation in online book reviews. reviews were taken from Goodreads, Amazon, bol.com and number Dutch discussion platforms. We look at tools that have been used study Then we our own collection Findings suggest (1) are not just centred on the reviewers’ experiences but include solid merits books; (2) reviewers suspense prefer plot character while literary books style story; (3) literal metaphorical phrases referring body often describing positive reading experiences; (4) recount parts story, negative try explain why was disappointment.