I do read the reviews, however I do not really let them get to me, everyone is different, we can't all like the same things, so if someone gives me one star then it is their choice, another might give me 5 stars and like the one star, it is just a confirmation someone read my book and had an opinion.
I started to write in 2013, my first book was a story I had in my head, it was thanks for my late dad I started, he always told me, "If you want to do something good with your vivid imagination, write a book." it was 8 years to the day he died I started to write, that book started my writing.