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If you want reviews on Goodreads, the only thing you can really do is enter a Goodreads Giveaway or ask on the community boards in a relevant discussion (I've seen a lot of authors try this, although I personally haven't, but it probably won't garner that many reviews if I'm being honest). You can use your author page as a blog to interact with readers, create book lists (adding your own book in).
For the Giveaway, you will need to follow their instructions. You don't need to give away too many. Every Goodreads member who enters your giveaway, that information is on their page, which their friends and followers may look at. If you imagine 100 people enter the giveaway, and each has 10 friends or followers each, that's 1000 people who has looked at the cover of your book.
Goodreads is the best social platform for authors, but if you want actual sales, you are better off trying to promote your book on Amazon for the best results. If your book is Amazon-bound, buyers look on Amazon first.
The synopsis for my book is below. Many thanks.
The Gamer
A beachfront hotel in Florida. Five hundred people have been taken hostage. Many of them are world leaders and government officials, including The President of the United States.
A video gamer is working in the hotel. He learnt his skills playing first person shooters. Now he uses them in a situation where bullets kill.
The police are helpless. He is the only one who can alter the hostages’ fate. The terrorists’ hidden agenda is revealed. Harry takes the fight to the terrorists and attempts to bring down the world’s most wanted man.
FIVE HUNDRED HOSTAGES, SIXTY TERRORISTS,
ONE SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD GAMER!