Reviews have never swayed me from any sort of entertainment media one way or the other.
What one critic or review calls an abomination, ends up being my holy grail.
Everyone has a different perspective, a different taste, a different understanding…but mostly, a bias.
Reviews, from the point of view of finding an actual good read, are useless. Reviews only help sell books. Which is great for the author, but greater for the publishing house, and rarely impactful on someone like me in my choices.
The blurb/synopsis should be what sells the book, not what everyone and anyone else thinks.
Reviews have never swayed me from any sort of entertainment media one way or the other.
What one critic or review calls an abomination, ends up being my holy grail.
Everyone has a different perspective, a different taste, a different understanding…but mostly, a bias.
Reviews, from the point of view of finding an actual good read, are useless. Reviews only help sell books. Which is great for the author, but greater for the publishing house, and rarely impactful on someone like me in my choices.
The blurb/synopsis should be what sells the book, not what everyone and anyone else thinks.