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‘A very interesting book’ – Marina Hyde * The Rest is Entertainment *
‘Wilson paints a vivid and at times unnerving portrait of how we live … a surprising and interesting account … full of interesting titbits … A book that is informative and thoughtful about an element of our existence that feels like it has existed for ever’ * The Times *
‘Brilliant, funny and faintly alarming’ * Emma Kennedy, The Bunker podcast *
’(A) romp through our consumer landscape. Sadly, we refrain from stars in these pages so I cannot rate this fascinating book as its title demands. However, if I was a Michelin inspector I would say that Wilson ‘vaut (justifies) le voyage. Need to make a decision? Look to the stars’ * Mail on Sunday *
‘A very clever and provocative book’ – Mark Ellen * Word in Your Ear *
‘A fun and fascinating look at one of those things we all do, but don’t necessarily know why. I’d always wondered why and how we’d settled on stars – and why just five of them. The answer’s inside. Benji also shares some of the dirty dealings when the impeccable integrity of experts rubs up against the need to keep sponsors and advertisers sweet’ – Jonathan Ross
‘A hilarious love/hate letter to the tyranny of star ratings and the havoc they have played with the world as we knew it. Genuinely fascinating, laugh-out-loud funny and often completely bonkers. I’d give Benji Wilson five stars for wit, five stars for erudition and five stars for giving us the history of modern life we didn’t know we wanted’ – Giles Coren
‘It’s astonishing how much star ratings and likes have taken over our lives – and Benji Wilson’s witty, excellent book explains how and why that happened. Five out of five stars!’ – Maureen Ryan * Vanity Fair *

Benji Wilson is a TV critic for The Telegraph. He gives star ratings to television programmes and reviews books. He has written a column on media and tech in Private Eye for more than a decade.

As well as contributing features and interviews for The Sunday Times Culture magazine, the Sydney Morning Herald, and USA Today, he is a regular TV critic on BBC Radio and a host for BAFTA and the BFI. His Uber rating is currently 4.8.

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