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Originally Posted by pwalker8
That is, of course, the issue with crowd sourcing such things. You are going to have a percentage of ratings that are bogus. Plus you get a lot of people who use the anonymous nature of the internet to vent their spleen. Generally, I try reading some of the reviews and see what people actually say.
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Goodreads is useful for me largely because I've friended a number of people whose taste (at least in some things) I share. Overall star ratings are the least useful feature of Goodreads. Reviews and responses from friends are the most useful, and my major source of book info/recs.