Goodreads has temporarily disabled rating and reviewingHillbilly Elegy, the memoir of republican Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance.
Asfirst reported by 404 Media, users who try are met with a popup letting them know they cant.
This book has temporary limitations on submitting ratings and reviews, the popup says.
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This may be because weve detected unusual behavior that doesnt follow our review guidelines.
A junior Senator from Ohio, Vances list of bizarre and awful takes is long.
But before all that he was selling out his hillbilly family in Appalachia in a bestselling 2016 memoir.
The book was a smash hit.
People in Appalachiahated it.
Netflix turned it into a movie starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams that critics hated.
People often express their displeasure at artists and writers on online review platforms.
Its called review bombing, and it happens all the time.
Goodreads has been at the center of many review bombing controversies over the years.
No one is more vicious to each other online thanyoung adult book fans.
Goodreadsannounced the new systemin a blog post last year.Hillbilly Elegyis not the first time its been deployed.
In December, ithad limited reviewson the bookIsraelby Noa Tishby.
In March, itdid the samefor the bookTo Gaze Upon Wick Godsby Molly X Chang.
Users on Amazon, which owns Goodreads, are not facing a similar restriction.
The recent reviews ofHillbilly Elegyon Amazon are full of 1 and 5-star reviews.
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