What creates your book taste?

I started thinking about this ever since I read two completely different reviews about the same book. One person said they hate read The invisible life of Addie LaRue and another person said they loved it. Im not here to argue which person is correct. To each their own, if you didn't like it, you didn't like it. And if you loved it you loved it. And ofc you have people who are kinda in the middle.
I wondered why people disliked something that someone else enjoyed? What affected which books were enjoyable.

I dont think book taste is just what you like reading. I think it is caused by a lot of things. For example, what books you read as a child/ beginner reader. Specifically the ones you enjoyed. The ones that caught your attention immediately. You might gravitate towards that genre.

As we read more and come across more books I think our book taste change based on what's important to us. Do you enjoy the plot more than the characters? And therefore will like books that have more emphasis on the plot. Because you enjoy the plot more you will have more focus on it and have more criticism to a book that is lacking in it. Or maybe you enjoy reading about the characters more? And crave complex characters that are flawed. Then you will have more criticism towards books whose characters are not developed enough.

If you enjoy both plot and characters you might have higher standards because a book has to be well written to have a good written plot and well developed characters. You might have more criticism towards books that lack those.

We all gain something from reading, i think that can shape the books we enjoy. If we want escapism or have an author put words to our feelings. If you enjoy a book that makes you forget about real life, then you might ignore the plot holes or underdeveloped characters in a story because you still got something out of the book. It made you live inside it. If you enjoy diving into emotions and reflecting on them then you might critique a book that is lacking in explaining those emotions.

I believe there are so many reasons to why we enjoy the books we do. Much more than what i have mentioned. I think talking about it can help us pick books that we will give 5 stars. Because we will know exactly what we like and why.

But also just pick books that sound interesting to you, which im sure many of you already do.

What do you think changed or created the book taste you have now?