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Originally Posted by 4691mls
Sometimes I come across a book by an unfamiliar author and look at Goodreads reviews for more info before deciding whether to read it. If the reviews are full of GIFs (or photos of actors that the reviewer thinks represent the characters) I assume I am not the book's target audience and move on!
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I have a similar reaction.
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I can understand that feeling. But then one of the books I linked to was Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and another was the very good Ring Shout.
Those 'reviews' are irritating and make me think less of Goodreads overall (the popularity of such things makes me feel that GR is a social media site that happens to be based on books, rather than a book site with a social media aspect). But the book may not have done anything to deserve your scorn.
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No, but sometimes we resort to coarse filters and nothing wrong with that; also, someone’s probably heard of
OM&M or certainly Steinbeck. For an unknown, I think it’s a reasonable response.