I don't intentionally read 4 or 5 star books exclusively but everything that gets recommended and most of the stuff I find is publicly praised or almost 5 star. I almost always disagree whether it's due to a personal preference on writing style or plot, or some plot hole that I cannot look past, or pacing issue or lack of development/time for a certain character or event. I can't name any books off the top of my head however a lot of books that have changed my life or intrigued me from start to finish were books that ended up being 2 or 3 star or not having much online interest. There have been a couple that I agreed were terrible but I still enjoyed and I'm looking for anything that's not popular to give it a try.
By not popular, I don't mean controversial or avoided. Just the fan base is small with this one.
by TUD-13BarryAllen