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03-21-2013, 10:31 AM | #47 |
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03-21-2013, 11:38 AM | #48 | |
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03-21-2013, 05:27 PM | #49 |
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03-21-2013, 10:19 PM | #50 |
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Thanks! Never noticed that. I've rated 232 books with a 3.76 average. That's seems Pollyannish high, but I rarely read a book that I'm not fairly certain that I'll like. I love to read and don't see the point in suffering through a book and then spreading around the misery.
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03-21-2013, 11:17 PM | #51 | |
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But I can't help but wonder why you even care? You are putting a lot of energy into being annoyed by a stranger on the internet. No? Just had a peek and my average is 3.11. So there are only slightly more 5 stars than 1 stars. Last edited by KindleChickie; 03-21-2013 at 11:25 PM. |
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03-22-2013, 09:21 AM | #52 |
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There is also the fact that we have no idea if the person in question actually read the books that they were trashing. They might be going on hearsay like one poster mentioned about the Twilight series. I haven't read it myself, but I would try to get an informed opinion of a book (or book series) before trying to trash it.
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03-22-2013, 10:38 AM | #53 | |
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I checked my average btw and apparently I don't hate to read since my average is 3.57 stars. |
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03-22-2013, 11:20 AM | #54 |
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Mine is 4.02, but the first thing I did when I joined Goodreads was to put in ratings for all of my favorite books so I'd get some recommendations. I haven't rated nearly as many since I joined as I rated immediately upon joining, so it's skewed way up.
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03-22-2013, 07:15 PM | #55 |
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My books go back to 2000, but I didn't start rating/reviewing until '05 or '06. Even still, with just over 1100 ratings, I'm now convinced that there are just a lot of mediocre books out there.
Not bad books, just humdrum. And it is really hard to find over 100 'really good' books each year. |
03-24-2013, 06:27 AM | #56 | |
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Well, now that I wrote that for 100th time in this thread, I can address your first question. I wasn't assuming anything. What I found baffling is the hateful reviews she trashes all the fantasy she has read (or the ones she decided to log in) and then she continues to read the same fantasy books, and write hateful reviews. Sorry but that is just cuckoo in my view. And she has no 5 star reviews. Sorry but this chick, just hates. It makes no difference whether she logs in all the books or not. What is bloody insane is hating the genre and continuing to read it spewing hateful crap and 1 star ratings. |
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As others have stated, that is the great thing about GR. You can use it how you want to.
Even if it makes no sense [to others] |
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I always appreciate to read a really skillful thrashing of a book, even if I don't share the opinion. A well written negative review is certainly much more informative than 5 star guff like "I loved it!! Best book ever. Fast delivery, too!".
On Amazon I tend to read the 1 star reviews first before I proceed to the 5 star reviews. Sometimes the very type of bad reviews is a recommendation for the book. I am sure that I am not alone in my guilty pleasure of enjoying bad reviews. Germany's best known book critic once remarked that his book with very negative reviews outsold his book(s) with very positive reviews by scores. |
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Excuse me while I check my own TBR pile... Nope, don't have that problem! |
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