Goodreads rating system is useless anyway. It&#x27;s &#x27;out of five&#x27; which means most people will give a good book a 4 or a 5 star - it&#x27;s not like IMDb&#x27;s more nuanced &#x27;out of ten&#x27; rating.<p>They also display a bespoke meaning for the stars (i.e. 3 doesn&#x27;t mean average), so for those that follow that meaning, their ratings will be different.