SO. In my Kiki's Delivery Service review (which you have hopefully read), I mentioned that I needed to give my rating system its own post. And ta-da! Here is a post for my book rating system.
One Star.
Short description: Terrible.
Long description: For some reason, I really hated this book and may not even have finished it. That may be because the author just doesn't know what they're talking about, it's badly written, or I just plain hated the story (or ending). Or the characters constantly acted stupid. OR there could have been things in it that I won't mention here, because younger people might read this blog. If I DNF'd it, it's probably rated this.
Examples: Time Cat, Dungeon Academy: No Humans Allowed.
Two Star.
Short description: Bad.
Long description: This book wasn't good. The characters might have been bad, it might have been about something I don't like, or WHATEVER. I just didn't like it.
Examples: The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy book 3).
Three Star.
Short description: Okay.
Long description: Either the book was boring, or it was just disappointing. Or I'm just biased because it's not what I thought.
Examples: Everything on a Waffle, The Curse of Ravenscourt.
Four Star.
Short description: Good.
Long description: I liked the book. Pretty sure the majority of books I read will fall into this category. It had none of the problems of the above star counts.
Really, as I said in my The Green Ember review, a four-star rating just means "I liked it despite its faults".
Examples: The Green Ember, Minecraft: The Island.
Five Star.
Short description: Amazing.
Long description: I really loved the book. Not many books get this rating, and getting a "5-star" tag is nothing short of a book recommendation.
Examples: Kiki's Delivery Service, The Adventurer's Guide to Successful Escapes.
Important note: Only posts from 2021+ have been rated with this new system, and I'm not going to go back and rate the earlier ones.
Seems very sensible!
ReplyDeleteMy own rating system tends to be something like this:
5 Stars: I will absolutely read this again because I entirely loved it.
4 Stars: I will probably read this again because I loved most of it.
3 Stars: I liked it but wouldn't read it again without a good reason.
2 Stars: I didn't like it and wouldn't reread it, but I didn't hate it.
1 Star: I hated it, it was terrible, and I don't ever recommend it to anyone under any circumstances.
Honestly, the only things that would get 1 star for me are going to be like Pinkalicious (though why would I even read that, much less review it) or Winter Morgan. Yours also seems very sensible.
DeleteVery clearly defined rating system. There should be few, if any, questions about how you rated a book.
ReplyDeleteSometimes things will blur the line between four and five, and I just put them into four. Speaking of which, there's another book review coming out soon (hopefully!)
DeleteBy the way, this thing I keep doing (:3 is a smiley mouse.
A very interesting way of commenting on an Author's efforts
ReplyDeleteThanks! I needed a way to keep track of whether or not I liked the book, so why not use the 5-star system?
DeleteI know that other people have different ways of rating things, so I clarified it with this post.