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					Originally Posted by  Bookworm_Girl
					 
				 
				Me too. I look at the overall distribution graph of the stars first. Are the reviews mostly positive? Mostly negative? Evenly distributed? That's enough to get an overall impression, and then I don't pay so much attention to a single review's star rating. I focus on the text instead. 
			
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 That's how I do it, too.
Also, if there are one-star reviews, I'm more likely to read them than the 5-stars.  They tend to be far more informative (although not necessarily dissauding).