What is it with the sudden number of people turning up out of the blue, just to start random arguments about the most trivial of topics and then disappearing again when it turns out no one agrees with them?
Smuuve, you thought that the book should have shown more of Rake. Great. It didn't, though, and that's just your opinion anyway. What the hell is there to argue about?!
On the topic of popularity / sales, what defiance is trying to say is that just because it sells well doesn't necessarily mean that it's a quality piece of work. Take McDonalds, for example—very popular and most people go there but let's not make any mistake here, the food itself is shite.
Book reviews give an indication of why the reviewer thought that the book was good / bad and therefore you can read them and make an informed decision about whether you might enjoy it. Sales figures just say that a lot of people bought it...fantastic. How useful.
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My point was that aruguing who likes it better is superflous, as I can say I like it or I don't like it or I can even say both. But if you bought and liked the book enough to keep it, there is a sale listed, period.
So...if 11 people bought a book that 1 person liked and 10 people hated, you'd buy it anyway because it had 11 sales? That's what you're telling us.
This post has been edited by Jade-Green Pig-Hog Swine-Beast: 20 October 2012 - 09:42 PM