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I tend to read reviews more now than I used to. I DO NOT read reviews to find out how the reader felt about the story, I actually read them to make sure the blurb is informative to the actual story. If I have time to read a sample, even better. If I don't have the time, I'll check reviews.
I started doing this after grabbing a copy of "Havemercy" which was supposed to be a very interesting steampunk novel with pretty cool steam powered dragons in it. In fact, Havemercy was the name of one of the dragons. The blurb was very informative, or so it seemed. Plenty of intrigue and political wrangling; it looked to be a great steampunk/fantasy novel.
I could not have been more surprised. The book barely mentioned the dragon it was named for and to be completely honest, the entire book revolved around gay romances. I'm not making any kind of statement towards that other than to say it's not my thing and no, I do not want to read about it. My problem was how deceptive the title and blurb were.
On a whim I read reviews after getting rid of it and it was all right there. I totally could have saved myself all of that effort had I read them first.
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