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Old 07-23-2022, 10:49 AM   #186
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Originally Posted by 4691mls View Post
If the book has a high overall star rating (4+) I don't pay much attention either - many books have high ratings and may just be fanboys/girls I may not agree with.

But I've found that books with lower overall ratings do usually turn out not to be good.
I don't know if GR has a similar feature, but one handy feature of reviews at TheStoryGraph is the ability to choose to see only those reviews which include written comments. 5/5 "Best.Book.EVAH (my 1000% honest ARC review)" comments aside, this does tend to leave the reviews where the reader put some thought into expressing what they liked/disliked. It has saved me from quite a few books.
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