u/Brilliant-Phrase-665

I'm wondering how generous other people are. Is it just 5 stars if you liked it? Or does it have to be really really good? How picky are you? Does "quality" matter or would you rate a "trashy" romance high if you had a good time?

I personally usually rate 5 stars if it makes me laugh out loud or cry (as applicable), or if I just have a really good time. So my 5 star list is a mix of classics, fantasy, romance, litrpgs etc. It is literally an eclectic mix of whatever books I really liked. Some are really tropey and not original but I had a good time so don't care, some are objectively important groundbreaking works, and most come somewhere in the middle.

However I was talking to someone who said she didn't rate romance high even if she liked it because she only rated really important books (like Handmaid's tale or to Kill a mockingbird) high- I didn't enjoy handmaid's tale so wouldn't give it 5 stars even though I recognize it is a very important book and I would recommend reading it. It isn't 5 star for me simply because I didn't enjoy it (I would give to kill a mockingbird 5 stars though because I enjoyed it).

I have no intention of changing how I use goodreads but it made me wonder how everyone else decides what is "5 star" worthy.

I am off work next week. I originally took the time off for some works on my house but that's been rescheduled for various reasons and I can't cancel my leave this late so I basically have a free week (not a bad thing) to catch up on some general house chores, and catch up on things I keep wanting to do but not having time for... like danmei.

So I have at least one volume of the following:
Mistakenly saving the villian
Thrice married to the salted fish
Villian's white halo
The husky and his white cat shizun

I doubt I will finish them all in a week but any recommendations? Any favourites?

I'm looking for recs where these two people get together and people are not happy. Its not forbidden tragic love, no one is going to die because of it but the gong and shous "people" are definitely scowling at the wedding.