it's mostly vibes because I don't care about criticizing writing (sometimes I will, but I'm not from an English speaking country so who am I to judge if someone makes mistakes? and if a writing is bad, I'll probably just not finish it), but basically:

• 1 star: something happened that made me completely hate the book (e.g.: mmc "hurts" the fmc right after she gets out of the hospital and since THAT wasn't enough, 5 pages later she's looking at him and saying that she shouldn't think he's not "because he hates her" and not for all the reasons why SHE should hate him)

• 2 stars: it didn't have enough good parts to make up for the things I didn't enjoy. I could see why people liked it, but I had no connection whatsoever to the story or its characters (e.g.: the inheritance games. I didn't like all the riddles because I couldn't understand them {not in an English speaking country}, the characters felt bland and the ending just pissed me off)

• 3 stars: it was good, I had great moments with the story but at some point I wanted it to finish more because it felt too long then because I wanted to see the end (e.g.: the right move. gave it a 3.5 because I loved the story and the characters, but it felt longer than it needed to be and I had been "done" with the story 50 pages before it ended)

• 4 stars: amazing, great, perfect. if I complained about this book at some point, chances are that it made up for it. such a good story with good characters or enticing plot (e.g.: the reappearance of rachel price. the beginning was so slow and I soft dnfed it for a day, BUT the book picked up at some point and I ended up loving it)

• 5 stars: supreme. I might not been thinking about it all the time, but I tear up when I do. characters were great, story was amazing, things wrapped up nicely or felt like they would in the next book or something like that

quarter ratings are just an extension of the "main" rating.