Anyway, I’m guilty of this when it comes to books, when customers at the bookstore at which I work ask me how a book is and I tend to not think especially highly of it, I usually say something like “oh, well, it’s very well regarded,” or “Yeah, that’s been very popular.” I feel guilty about being evasive, but politeness always wins the day. It’s so personal, isn’t it? It’s one thing to say you had a nice night at the theater, but it’s another to reveal that you were choking back sobs and feeling all these strange inexplicable things, and even being changed. That’s putting a lot of yourself out there. It’s easier just to say “It got four stars.”