Yes. They were so bad that I could not finish them. That's a statement of quality. Ratings are a statement of quality. That's the whole point. Why would you give someone a free pass if it was so bad you wanted to throw it in the trash? That's like saying if a movie is so bad you walked out on it, you can't call it bad. That's idiotic.

If I realize I stopped reading because I wasn't in the mood for that book, that's different, and I won't. I'll just go back later and read it.

Really, isn't this just people scared to give 1 star ratings? No one is going to chase you down for anything under 3 stars. Scales have a beginning and end for a reason. Use the whole thing. It helps others with their purchases. Not rating something clearly 1 star just helps dupe people into buying more bad books and wasting their time as well.