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Some reviewers make their reviews more about themselves than the work being reviewed, and there's nothing you can really do about that. Others are pretty generic, a la "it sucks" and there's nothing to glean from that at all.
As to what you can use, best to go with your instincts. If you see a critique that rings true, address it going forward. If it doesn't ring true, even if it's a potentially good critique, I recommend leaving it behind. I wouldn't write or even modify my stories based on a stranger's instincts, lest they cease to be my stories.
There's also nothing wrong with writing something that not everyone will love -- which means that some methods and mechanisms and occurrences will turn off some of your audience, and you just have to be willing to let them go. Lots of people gush over authors I have no interest in. I doubt it would be in those author's best interests to cater to their non-fans.
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