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Originally Posted by ReadingManiac
Always have to be careful of those. If the reviews don't reference something actually in the book, it could be a personal vendetta. On the other hand if a book really hasn't been properly edited or is written badly, that can get a lot of one star reviews.
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As far as the personal element goes, I'm most suspicious of a disproportionate amount of five-star reviews, which seem most likely to be driven by F&F and generally account for those 4+ averages. I think the most useful reviews are the two-star ones, which tend to focus on the substantive, but for an absolutely terrible book there is no alternative to one star.