#like if its like 'i hated xyz tropes and so i disliked this book' and ur like wow im missing these tropes in my life id like to read that

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man i hate the 5star rating scale goodreads culture so fucking much SO FUCKING MUCH like this is news to absolutely not a single one of you but oh my god. oh my god i hate it so much love and light

#a star rating is not a review a star rating doesnt do fucking shit like. (said thru gritted teeth) gr has SOME THINGS it brings 2 the table #its nice that its an easy way (or was at the time its no longer like good for shit) and accessible for readers to share their views #and for readers to read reviews bc otherwise it was all down to book blogs and just its a good database to have #BUT #have you ever read a review from before goodreads became mainstream. honey there's not a star rating in sight #you know why ? because it doesnt do shit !!!! it does fuck all !!! #what kind of information dos 'this book was 5 stars for me' actually give you #like okay. you thought that book was good i understand that. but honey WHY #why did you care about that book and hence why should *I* care about it #and honestly again: a review for a book the op thought was good that explains why they thought it was good #and a review for a book they thought was bad and why they didnt like it #are both EQUALLY HELPFUL IN FINDING BOOKS YOU MIGHT LOVE #like if its like 'i hated xyz tropes and so i disliked this book' and ur like wow im missing these tropes in my life id like to read that #LIKE. THATS HELPFUL THAT'S A CYCLE OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN AUTHOR+READERS+FELLOW READERS #VS THIS BOOK WAS 5 STARS GREAT. THAT IS MEANINGLESS. #which is not to even mention the way no one defines a 5 star book the same so like #you'll have ppl being like 'i thoroughly enjoyed this 5 stars' vs ppl like 'this is one of 3 five star books i have ever read' #bc they think a 5 star is so special #and then u have ppl being like actually i gave this 6 stars which isnt even a possibility on goodreads bc its THAT much of a fave to them #LIKE I AM BEGGING... JUST SAY THAT THEN <3 #im less bothered by it when its like booktubers because the 6 star rating is a v specific example and i know WHY she does that #so when she says 6 stars (or any star rating) i know exactly what she means in terms of how she enjoyed it #bc ive been following her for a while #but even still. ppl doing wrap ups just throwing out star ratings like thats meaningless to me it really is