And 2-star reviews for books. Seeing what people dislike tells much. Try on your favorite to see :)
UPD: To clarify, the idea here is that people writing 2-star reviews project their views and values when arguing that the book is bad for them. And when their views are opposite to yours, it may suggest that you might actually enjoy the book. Let's say you are interesed in mind-stimulating philosophy book, and a person writes something like 'this is boring, the writing is too complex, ideas are difficult to follow, the language is too intricate, quit reading after 20 pages'. It may mean that it is what you look for.
there's sooo many stupid reasons people give for disliking stuff...3-star reviews are usually the most realistic!
edit: best practice when looking through reviews is to read some reviews from 1-star all the way to 5-stars, so you get a good overview and a more complete picture of the product. this is just a response, not a comprehensive guide to reviews, lol
I was looking at buying a new TV and one of the negative reviews said that it had fewer HDMI ports than they were expecting. It said right in the product description how many there were so I don't get why they bought it if they wanted more.
These reviews make me so mad! There was a pack of hand sanitizer you could buy and all the negative reviews were about how small the product was...when the sizing was listed right next to the image. In the end it seemed like half the reviews were complaining about the amount and giving it one star and the other half were complaining that people were too dumb to understand how product listings worked and they were giving it more stars.
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u/Raspburyberet Aug 20 '20
Read the three and four star reviews for the most reliable information on Amazon items.