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Originally Posted by NickyWithNook
My sister told me she only reviews if she likes the books, and I told her to reconsider that because if people does that it could skew the reviews. I hope people review books they like and books they don't like. I'm not good at reviewing at B&N or Amazon, but I do review just about everything on Goodreads.
I am more interested in what people say in their reviews than how many stars they give. A 5 star review saying it's just the kind of book I hate makes me move on. A 1 star review saying someone hated it because of something I like in a book makes me curious about it.
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Don't get me wrong; I prefer some short words about the book in review, but there have been books I've just given a star rating for my own reference. They are usually 3 stars and for me that means I just didn't have anything particularly noteworthy to say. The book did its job and I'm done and moving on. So I get why people leave the stars and respect that. Doing reviews can become a lot of work, especially if you are typing in two or three paragraphs. I used to religiously do reviews for everything I read; I don't anymore. I simply don't have the time or energy.