This author's behavior is unacceptable. A lot of my GR friend's reviews were taken down because she reported the negative reviews, even though their reviews were honest and fair. Apparently she also contacted a reviewer and called her a bitch. Now, I understand authors feeling protective of their work and being defensive, but inhibiting others freedom of speech and trying to alter public opinion is against the main objective of this website. I was also shocked to discover this book's overall rating had risen almost an entire star since the last time I checked, which was approximately twenty minutes ago. Clearly there's something wrong here. To authors, if you are going to get ultra butthurt about negative reviews, why don't you just not read them? If you cannot handle dissenting opinion, you might not want to release your work into the world. Nobody is shoving our opinions down your throats. 
 That being said, I will not be reading this or anything by this author. Please respect reviewers and we will respect you. 
 P.S. Also you may notice that this gif can have the octopus walking forwards or backwards if you trick your eyes. How cool is that?!