The Impact of Three-Star Reviews: Lessons from Chocolate

Are three stars really so bad?

A recent post by an author on Threads read

Does anyone else find 3-star Goodreads reviews really dispiriting? You give your book your very life, your soul, for however long, and a reader goes “yeah, it was okay. Didn’t hate it.” I know you can’t please everyone but you also can’t stop those emotions.

Another author replied, “I know not everyone will like my writing, but the throwaway comments without any real explanation or substance are really dish...