what does this sentence mean"found myself reading less than shining reviews?"
it's from "You gave me confidence when I accidentally found myself reading less than shining reviews"
thank you in advance for your kindly explain

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This is an example of the art of understatement from the Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd.

'A shining review' is a very positive review, and  'a less than shining review' means an extremely bad review. Understatement is a very British way of describing situations.

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