Although he says he deliberately avoids reading reviews "because it's depressing," they have occasionally found their way to him ("Every once in a while, some friend would think it was funny to send me these bad reviews, stuff with soul killing comments in them"), and his answer was to parody the critics on his website.
Usually, Jack avoids reading reviews beforehand, so as not to ruin any surprises, but there aren't any surprises in "Open Range," unless its degree of sentimentality qualifies.
She also avoids reading newspapers these days, she said, because she can't sleep if she really thinks about what is happening there.
In a statement released to Gawker and other Web sites, Eggers wrote that he had never heard of Losse's book, and that he purposely avoided reading any books about Web companies while writing his book, which comes out on October 8th and was excerpted in the New York Times Magazine last week.
His other works include Talking it Over and Love etc, but for the last seven years he has avoided reading all reviews.
Arianna Huffington reported that Colbert told her he had specifically avoided reading any reviews of his performance, and remained unaware of the public's reaction.
He makes a conscious effort to avoid reading news stories about his homeland, because he already knows it is more bad news.
He thinks it's impossible to avoid reading the comments and that, in their frequently negative tone, they tend to give a misleading picture of readers.
Hall, the student at Osborn Evergreen Academy, said he has witnessed classmates act out to avoid reading in class, if a teacher calls on them.
