Do you pay attention to the star average for books? What influences it?
I will sometimes see if a book has a decent average of
ratings, but the size of the sample will also influence how seriously I take
those ratings. A five star or one star review
with two ratings means little to me.
However, as numbers increase, does a pattern emerge?
Schism has a 4.3 star average on Amazon and a 4.22 star
average on Goodreads. It also has
several reviews that, while not approaching something like The Shining or WorldWar Z, has still managed to maintain consistency. Although there have been a few folks who have
rated it poorly, most reviews are either four or five stars, which is positive
to me.
How many reviews create a baseline for you to take the
average seriously? And what do you look
for in those reviews?
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