I like reading others reviews of cigars, but I tend to focus on how they describe the flavor. Flavor is more important to me then construction or appearance since I'm smoking it for the taste, and not to simply watch the appearance change into near white ash. I take the reviews with a grain of salt as I do with any review. Like so many said, I will ultimately decide for my own if I like or dislike a certain cigar. However to complicate that, I may hate a cigar, and decide never to smoke it again, only to smoke it again under different circumstances and enjoy it. That kind sucks cuz now I'm at a toss up about how I feel about it, and at this point it gets viciously complicated and so begins the downward spiral only to be fueled by the Devil site.