ALX23z t1_j0zxtyl wrote on December 20, 2022 at 5:41 PM

Reply to comment by SoothingDisarray in Pro-tip: If a well reviewed book has a Goodread's rating of around 3.5 then it's usually interesting by Proper_Cold_6939

It's just that people frequently don't bother reviewing anything, and when people finished reading a book it is usually a 4 or 5 rating. Most people that wouldn't like it will either drop the book based on synopsis/genre/reviewers and never rate or DNF early on and never bother to rate it.

I am not sure what causes people to read 3.5 rated books. Is it only when a lot of people read them just cause its popular? Author mentioned some about "well reviewed books".

ALX23z t1_j0zu6hw wrote on December 20, 2022 at 5:18 PM

Reply to Pro-tip: If a well reviewed book has a Goodread's rating of around 3.5 then it's usually interesting by Proper_Cold_6939

Not sure about Goodreads, but rating below 4 on Amazon Kindle means that the book is most likely shit while above 4 - means nothing beyond that some people liked it. Not that you'll like it, not even conditioned on it being a genre you like. And I doubt it is different for other platforms.