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Originally Posted by issybird
Rather patronizing, don't you think? Where did we say "require" as opposed to finding them useful? And you misunderstood or chose to ignore where I mentioned "discovery" and books outside the mainstream, even though you quoted it. Aside from seeing if people with similar tastes to mine have liked or disliked a book and why, I find out titles of interest from what they're reading that I had not heard of and might never hear of otherwise.
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Reading goodreads reviews apparently is a topic that hits the odd exposed nerve, and I can appreciate that people who write reviews consider that others will read it. I guess some goodreads reviewers are quite considered in their reviewing approach, and that writing a review can also assist in their further appreciation of the book.
Yes, agreed being exposed to new authors and books is one reason to seek out others for some, and one of your choices is to read reviews.
What apparent manufactured dramas goodreads engages in, reviews for books that don't exist, surely that degrades the honesty of the whole site. Yeah, I know another topic entirely.