Satu Rämö's popular novel Hildur gets bad reviews from readers in the UK – delivered to wrong e-book buyers – Culture – svenska.yle.fi

The crime novel Hildur was recently published in Great Britain. The author soon found himself in rating hell on Amazon. But fans have come to Ramo's defense.

First part Satu Ramos The hit series about police chief Hildur Runarstóttir was recently published in English for the first time in Great Britain, the seventeenth country where the book has been published.

The reception was warm, and For example The Guardian He praised the first book in an article in early October.

But a few days ago, Ramo discovered the first book with an English title Traces in the fjordAmazon's digital bookstore had almost exclusively bad reviews.

I almost had a heart attack when I found the one star reviews!

Satu Ramo

One star out of a possible five. Ramo examined what she thought were unintelligible figures and found that she was right to wonder.

– I almost had a heart attack when I found out the one-star reviews and people urging others not to buy the book, Ramo says in a video on his TikTok account.

– Ramo says that when I started reading the comments, I realized that although the cover was perfect, the content sold on Amazon was a completely different book.

Those who read the e-book expecting a detective story set in Iceland got an English author instead Carol Ann Lees Newly published book about 17th century witch hunts.

No wonder so many readers gave it one star.

Five star ratings take the fight

According to Rämö, human error was behind the incorrect text file uploaded under Hilder's title and cover. The error was soon corrected by his British publisher.

However, as per the rules of tech companies, Ramo is not exempt from one-star reviews on Amazon. That's why he's now asking for help from his fans on TikTok.

– Amazon reviews are incredibly important, especially for authors like me who are publishing a book in English for the first time in the UK, says Rämö in his TikTok video.

And fans have come to his rescue. At the time of writing, three-, four-, and five-star reviews outnumber one-star reviews. However, many one-star reviews still appear at the top of the page.