How Goodreads Reviews Can Tank a Book Before It’s Published

The website Goodreads has become an essential avenue for building readership, but the same features that help generate excitement can also backfire.

The New York Times
@flargh I’ve seen people review my wife’s books while she’s still working on them and nothing has been published except a one paragraph description and a cover.
I wish there was a way to get Goodreads to remove them and ban the reviewer if they do it again…but they don’t seem to care.