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Excellent thread so far. I am horrible at writing reviews. My instinct is to write about the story itself, but I don't want to add spoilers, so it all gets boiled down to: "The story was really good" or "I didn't enjoy that at all". Those are not the types of reviews I want to read, so I'm really not happy that they are the kind that I write.
As one who often browses reviews (especially of authors I do not know), I tend to take a sampling of the best (5-stars) and the worst (1-star), starting with the worst first. One of the things that drives me crazy is when a reviewer doesn't know the value of the stars. Just yesterday I read a glowing 1-star review. Why do people do that? Even a glowing 3-star review gives me pause; its almost as if the person is saying "I don't want people to think I liked this book as much as I really did".
I do like when reviewers refine their rating in the post (3.5, 4.5) it tells me that something about the book adds a little edge, and should be given an extra chance.
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