How Long Or Short Should A Review Be?

I know that on my previous attempts to write on similar matters, my own views have been met with some varying degrees of reception by different members. But undeterred by this, I am now going to attempt to answer the question that is - how long should a review really be? I, when writing a review, always try and include as much as I possibly can on the area or subject matter that I am writing about. Whilst planning (or even writing) my review, I always try and think about what it is that I personally would want to know if I am looking for some information on that particular matter. Therefore ... more

I think a lot of people have been wondering about this for a while. Most of us have our own ideas on the maximum word limit and we all know that a Ciao review must be longer than 120 words unless it's a quick review, but I think a lot of us have different ideas on if there should be a maximum word count. The minimum 120 word count is quite deceiving to the new members in my opinion, because I think they'll assume that 120 words is all they need to write and they wonder why they only get somewhat helpful or someone say why there needs to be a bit more information. It's hard to write an ... more