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That is not how goodreads works. Its not just like amazon reviews. Its a place where you can find other like readers and so you see their comments, their ratings, their shelving in the feed. I can't tell you how many times I have seen someone write something about a book that isn't out yet, upcoming, and that is the way I found out about it and I put it then on my upcoming shelf.
The feed is from folks you follow and friend. I don't care if they read a book, if they want to say something about it.
Overall it is still so much more truthful than the amazon reviews at this point. Authors tend to concentrate getting their street teams and friends and family to review on Amazon. So you end up with 100's or rah rah reviews out the gate, but no actual reader reviews.
On goodreads you control what you see. You follow folks you like their reviews and comments. Once you have a certain amount, you really never have to go down the the other reviews again. Although I still do that. I don't really have a huge issue with that kind of stuff. Just use the sort options to drill down a bit better.
Its folks talking about books, any way they want to. Readers mostly.
I like that they aren't trying to turn it into some overly controlled thing. Its what makes the site more real for readers. I can trust those reviews, ratings and comments more.
Also, folks are allowed to use the ratings any way they want. Some use them to not get recommendations based on some books, others use it for who knows what system they have in place. Its like a huge database of books where you get to log books and casually talk about them.
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