Sometimes reviews are helpful. Of course, the good ones are encouraging, often discerning and/or insightful, usually uplifting, and clearly enjoyable. The mediocre reviews can be an indication that the reader might not be the correct audience for your type of story or the way you've told it. The bad reviews are generally not helpful but do definitely state that the particular reader that just trashed your book is not your preferred or suggested audience. The only good part about that is they won't be reading and reviewing any more of your novels.
The "catch-22" in an author's world is that we need reviews, but we don't want bad ones.
I'm a firm believer that if you read a novel and you don't like it but feel compelled to review it, be fair enough to simply state the book isn't your type or style and leave it at that.
Father, thank you for readers of novels. May each one find the books that fit their styles of reading. May my novels glorify you. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
Into the Fire 
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