I have little to no experience with asking for feedback from a reader, and the comments here have all been incredibly helpful.
I have to ask for a bit of clarification, however, on one point. If a reader feels that the story starts in the wrong place, would you want them to tell you? Or do you think that, if it's a fellow writer making the criticism, the comment is coming from a different place? Or, do you think that sort of comment rightly belongs to an editor?