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Old 04-13-2011, 05:09 PM   #172
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Originally Posted by bhartman36 View Post
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.
thats a case when I would especially want to see. Why the polarized reviews? Usually reviews clump at one part of the scale, not at both ends.
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