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What I've found as a better metric of 'good' (at least for fiction) is the number of ratings, especially combined with star rating. If something has a high num
by Brybry 3y ago
What I've found as a better metric of 'good' (at least for fiction) is the number of ratings, especially combined with star rating.
If something has a high number of ratings it's popular enough that it's probably decent (at least if you're into that genre).
Like a 4.38 rating w/ 2.7 million ratings (The Fellowship of the Ring) is a better bet compared to a 4.98 star with 150 ratings (random new book by unknown author).
Also, Goodreads doesn't have a 10 point system like IMDB, right? I believe all the ratings are 0 to 5.
- me_me_me 3y agoI present you: Ready Player One Ernest Cline 4.23 1,099,069 ratings 99,154 reviews It joined club of handful of books that I just stopped reading and threw into trash. Yet its 4.23 as of writing! There are different tastes and likes, but that book is so poorly written and has such barebones plot... I don't know how it is popular