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Originally Posted by kcmay
Oh man! I love four-star reviews! I rate *most* books I like with 4 stars. The 5-star reviews are for books that truly stand apart as exceptional -- like Mistborn and Elantris, which elevated Brandon Sanderson to near the top of my Favorite Writers list. To me, 5 stars means I loved it so much, I'd read it again. Four stars is a book I really enjoyed and would recommend to others, so it's a great rating!
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Exactly - if you give good books 5 stars, what do you give great ones?
I'd rather have an honest assessment than an over-inflated rating. The stars are there for the *readers*, not to give the writers an ego-boo.