Reviews don't show up in Community Reviews

[M.A.]

Today I noticed a review had been added to my book, but when I went to the book's page, the review did not appear with the others. I found it only by clicking the ratings tab and then on "four stars" as that appeared to be the rating. When I did that, the review appeared under Community Reviews. So how come it doesn't appear in the general list among the others who have either added, reviewed, or rated my book?

Seems odd.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Because the book page is cached, and reviews take 1-2 days (on average) to show up there.

[M.A.]

Thanks, Rivka.

[Terry]

I am having the same problem. I posted my reviews several days ago...how long does it take for the cache to refresh?

[Gerd]

They do appear but you can't see your own reviews in the list, they are shown on the top of the page for you.

[Terry]

Yes, I can see that, but if I log out and then check the book again as a guest I can't see my review...shouldn't it be visible to me as a normal community review if I am not logged in as myself?

[Vicky]

Dulac3,

I'm assuming you're talking about your review for Fever Dream?

If so, I was able to see your reviews by filtering by text-only and sorting by newest. It's there, just not sorting to the top of the "default" sort... I'm not sure how "default" sorts...

[Shay]

The default sort:
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The default sorting algorithm on Goodreads uses a variety of factors to determine the most interesting reviews. The recipe for our special sauce is a closely guarded trade secret, but the ingredients are: length of the review, number of people who liked it, recency of the review, popularity of the reviewer (i.e. number of people who have liked reviews by that person across all books).
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[Tom]

Hi - I have a review not showing up for my book The Translucent Boy and the Cat Who Ran Out of Time. It's been about a week. I've refreshed the ratings but still nothing. Suggestions?

[lethe]

Tom wrote: "Hi - I have a review not showing up for my book The Translucent Boy and the Cat Who Ran Out of Time. It's been about a week. I've refreshed the ratings but still nothing. Suggestions?"

Please do not revive 8-year old threads.

I don't know which review you are missing. The latest I'm seeing is dated 6 July.

If there should be another, please contact staff: https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta...

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Goodreads Librarians are not employees of Goodreads, but volunteers. They cannot assist you with issues regarding individual reviews. You'll need to use the Contact Us link on the Help page, or flag the item(s) of concern. Closing thread.