“The cover is a very pretty shade of red”

Amazon reviewer’s "positive" note after savaging The Rule of Four, a supposed bestseller which, at Amazon at least, drew three hundred ninety-eight one stars versus one hundred fifty five stars.

I haven’t read the book and certainly don’t plan to now. Since Amazon supposedly is in the business of selling books it seems to have created a monster with this review system. But it’s hard not to take more than twice as many bad reviews as good ones to heart and avoid the item in question.