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Old 06-26-2014, 02:07 AM   #27
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Originally Posted by GeoffR View Post
The average rating for a book with a large number of ratings would only be useful to me if I had average tastes. I think a rating from just one person with tastes similar to mine would be much more useful.
We all have average taste, don't put yourself on a high pedestal.
The only question is average taste in what genre? That's the big thing.
A book can have great ratings by many, many people in say....romance genre and I wouldn't touch it with a stick, let alone read it. I wouldn't enjoy it.
But if a book has 1.000.000 ratings with 4.8 average and it's a sci-fi...well then, you got a deal. There's a big, big chance I will love that book, same as 1.000.000 sci-fi aficionados before me.
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