Thread: Is it ever okay to condemn a book without even attempting to read it?
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Old 08-11-2017, 09:35 PM   #87
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
I wasn't thinking of fake reviews by the author, but of the situation where "fans" of an author will give a book 5-star reviews as soon as it appears on Amazon (or whatever site we're talking about), even before it's released, on the grounds of "any book X writes is going to be great!".
Or the reviews and ratings that appear before even ARC copies are available. Goodreads is the site I notice this the most on -- Harbinger (book 5 in the Elfhome series) for example has 3 5 star and 1 4 star ratings -- one from 2015. The latest from Wen Spencer is that the expected release is sometime in 2018 (August 33rd? ) and the title is still just a working title.
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