Yuuuup. A lot of people have a very different idea of “good” than I do, and then there’s the tendency to rate anything that wasn’t terrible a 5 (on everything w

Yuuuup. A lot of people have a very different idea of “good” than I do, and then there’s the tendency to rate anything that wasn’t terrible a 5 (on everything with ratings, not just good reads). The ratings distribution gets smashed against the top of the range, making it almost useless. Like… lots of OK books that plenty of people enjoy are a 3, even judged only against their peers. That’s fine. I want the actual 5s, though. I’ve got too much to read as it is, if I’m going to add something to the list I don’t want to factor in the ratings from someone who rated the worst Harry Potter book a 4 or 5.