> are meant to Maybe review scores ought to be an aggregate of the opinions of people who read the book, but that's not what they actually are. They're an ag

> are meant to Maybe review scores ought to be an aggregate of the opinions of people who read the book, but that's not what they actually are. They're an aggregate of how people feel towards a book (for any reason). Such reviews might even be against the rules and guidelines set out for reviews; reviews ought to follow the rules but that doesn't mean they will. The utility of review scores derives wholly from how they actually work, not from how they're meant to work. So devalue them accordingly.