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Originally Posted by Hellmark
I dunno about you, but I really never go off the rating without reading the reviews. You could have someone hacked off about some stupid issue, and giving it a low rating needlessly. If you don't read the reviews, you'll never know that. You could end up disagreeing with the reviews and still want to get it (I've actually had this happen before).
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I might not necessarily exclude a book based on the average review, if it's an author I'm already familiar with. But if I see in the rating distribution that the book has 25 5-star ratings, 75 1-star ratings, and only a smattering in between, I'm probably going to pass it by. For a relatively unknown author, if the book attracts bad ratings solely on price, the ratings can easily get overwhelmed by people just wanting to pile on.