Why would 4 stars be any more reasonable than 5? If you think the quality is bad no matter what, shouldn’t it always be a 1? I think most people can look at the grumpy billionaire’s babysitter and think, “hmmm even though people seem to like it a lot, I probably won’t get Anna Karenina-like societal commentary from this.”
That’s what I was going to say as well. A “trashy” romance can be 5 stars in a totally different way than a “real” book would be. Does it perform its function perfectly, giving me a little happy moment and some butterflies in my stomach? Great! 5 stars!
Although to be fair, if a date asked me for a 5 star book I probably wouldn’t mention a romance or ya book.
Yesss I was coming to say this. The second half of the book is very similar to Lolita, except I’m not sure this author knew she was writing someone as awful and scary as Humbert Humbert. She seems to think it’s actually romantic somehow.
They “fall in love.” It’s “the story of an ordinary man who commits an unforgiveable act in the name of love.” Ew.