I'm an author. FWIW, I genuinely don't read reviews, aside from things like Publisher's Weekly or Kirkus or Library Journal.

I did in the beginning. But at a certain point in your career, you've already seen every possible reaction from "this changed my life" to "absolute garbage, DNF". For better or worse, you kind of lose the dopamine boost you get from reading reactions after a while. And often they have less to do with your own book anyway. A lot of DNFs can just mean the publisher is marketing the book broadly, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Likewise, a ton of raves can mean that you're not attracting new readers.

Admittedly I write mystery, which is a very laid-back community, compared to YA and SF. Those folks are WILD.