Amazon should routinely delete comments from people who haven’t read the book that’s being reviewed. Not just in this case but in all cases. I hate reading one-star reviews by people complaining that Prime delivery took three days or that the Kindle price is too high. It’s unfair to authors and deters potential readers.
> Amazon should routinely delete comments from people who haven’t read the book that’s being reviewed. <
I actually think that’s what is going on here. I went to Hillary’s “What Happened” book site the other day, and there were many negative reviews. But the book wasn’t even out yet.
I have no problem with Amazon deleting those phony negative reviews - as long as they deleted the phony positive ones as well.
Are the thousands of reviews about explosive diarreha from sugar free gummy bears genuine?
Should Amazonglobal be politically selective in determining which reviews to purge?
Agreed. I also hate reading a Blu-ray movie review that's titled "glad this classic is finally available on VHS".
Agreed.
And books with any political slant are routinely skewered with one star reviews by people who haven’t read the book.
I hope Amazon will be as diligent removing fake “reviews” posted for conservative books as they apparently are for Hillary’s.
That’s probably what they are doing. But it’s too bad, because these fake bad reviews are hilarious.
On the other hand, Those reviews are oftentimes very entertaining.
I agree.
I have written many one star reviews, and they all stand. Some were for PC crap, but I did read it.
“Amazon should routinely delete comments from people who haven’t read the book that’s being reviewed.”
But buying a book doesn’t mean you read it.
Additionally, in the case of politically partisan books, most buyers are biased in favor of the topic to start with.
I’m sure 90% of the people that bought this book are still trying to get over Hildabeast’s defeat and still adore her. So don’t expect to read any unbiased review from the people that bought the book.
By the way the same goes for books written by conservatives. We ain’t any more holier than they are.
The important question is, does Amazon use same policy across the board?
Agreed. Regardless of author/content, reviews should be by people who actually read the book. Flame bait like “What Happened” gets inundated with 1-star “reviews” by people who just plain hate her, spewing nothing relevant; such hearsay-driven vitriol doesn’t help our cause.
I’m looking for honest reviews, like this Twitter thread by a staunch Leftist - who absolutely hated & eviscerated the book: https://twitter.com/katereadsbks/status/907630099519881219
Same here, we need more censorship..