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Uh, absolutely! I mean, if I’ve been wanting to read the book for awhile, anyway–I’ll probably ignore the ratings. But, I’m not going to “waste” money on a book that has mostly negative reviews. Likewise, if I was on the fence before and the book as a solid 4 stars or more, I’ll be more likely to buy it.
It does and it doesn’t. I’ll pay attention to star ratings to an extent, but I have to read the actual reviews too. Because someone might hate something I love, and vice versa.
-Lauren
Yes!! That’s true! Sometimes reviews are negative based solely on personal taste! 🙂
I use ratings plus reviews to help me decide if it’s a book I am on the fence about. I can’t just look at stars and I can’t just look at reviews. It’s the two together that paint that full picture for me. I need to know why the rating was high or low. Maybe they liked or didn’t like things, which wouldn’t affect me the same way
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No, you’re absolutely right! I hadn’t even thought about that–that’s two of you who brought up this excellent point! Sometimes reviewers don’t like books for reasons that I may LOVE them! 🙂