I have been looking at some of the books recommended on the Christmas Book List, and some other recommended books on subjects that I am interested in.
I tend to look the book up on Amazon and read the reviews, then buy elsewhere if these look favourable.
I have come to the conclusion that this is now pointless, since so many of the reviews are obviously AI written. This article on spotting fake reviews is worth a read.
The challenge now is to find review sites that aren’t full of AI slop