Recently I read “Yellowface” by R.F. Kuang and I’m part way through “Caging Skies” by Christine Leunens. Obviously in these books the characters are meant to be unlikable since they are racist/anti-Semitic and it would be problematic if they were written in a better light. So is it wrong to give the book a lower rating if you didn’t like a protagonist who was supposed to be unlikable?
Ultimately rate books however you want as long as you’re not a professional critic/reviewer/influencer…
But I think if a character is intentionally unlikeable then you shouldn’t be taking the book down for that. The author did their job well.