Oh yeah, absolutely. There are reviews out there for visual novels on this site essentially saying, "1/5, it's just words"; my brother in christ, you're reading a book!
And yeah, a 1/5 rating, the worst rating you can give to anything on this site, which IMO should be reserved for broken messes, exploitative or poor developer practices, or genuinely abysmal/offensive games, can just be thrown around like a statement more than an actual measure of quality.
All I can hope is that others leave better reviews, such as liebunny's recent review, to balance it out.