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Originally Posted by issybird
Depends on whether or not your review is intended as a reference for yourself or if it’s also supposed to be input into the community. Without a star rating, a review is most likely not to be seen by anyone except those who follow you.
I always rate my DNFs, not books I toss within a page or two, but those where I read enough to form a reasoned opinion. One star for the objectively awful and two stars for those where “not to my taste” is an element. Combined with a review, it’s findable for those who want to know what’s wrong with a book before giving it a go. I always search on two-star reviews.
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Since friends and I usually follow each other on there, I'm mainly leaving some thoughts/comments on disliking the book and having to DNF with a note on there I'll leave the rating off. This can help those same followers know what to avoid. But yes, general browsing won't pull mine up.
I think I have left a few ratings with DNF's I've finished most of, but for the most part I don't.
But our differences with this are another example of individual users just using the features differently for their own purposes, which is why I don't mind Goodreads is so non-restrictive with their rules for this.