CorvoReads
30+ ♤ he/him - they/them ♤ 🇮🇹🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ♤ Book hoarder and failed wannabe writer ♤ too many books, too little time 📚
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No matter what anyone says to you that makes you feel broken, you are an amazing person as you are.
This was discussed on My Wife Likes Books podcast and it’s made me so curious about other people’s because there’s was so varied. Here’s my system:
⭐️ - inherently flawed in style, plot, politics, etc. likely didn’t finish
⭐️⭐️ - I finished it but it was actively difficult and I enjoyable. Glad it’s over.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ - enjoyed it while reading but ask me in a month and I’ll remember nothing about it
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - a good book, both in terms of quality and enjoyment. I might recommend it to some people.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - like that crush I had in high school, I find myself looking for excuses to bring it up in conversation. Takes over my life, becomes my personality.
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CorvoReads commented...
I never thought about writing down my criteria for the star rating lmao! Lemme try...
1☆ I hated it, finished out of spite or DNF'd 2☆ Mediocre, had to push myself to keep focused and finish it. Might otherwise be okay but not for me. 3☆ It's good. It may have some flaws, but I enjoyed it anyway. Good chance that I will recommend it. 4☆ I enjoyed it, and I would recommend it to others and reread it. 5☆ Peak. Exactly what I like and what I expected from it.
The 3 star for me is an abyss of nuance bc it could go from "3 star - good" to "i had higher expectations", or to "mid but i read worse so i guess it's okay" 😅
Probs my reasoning could work better on a 1-10 base, but going with 5 and half (or quarter) points help me keep some sort of "consistency" in how I rate books... so, I decided to add a little blurb with a comment on my rating (example from one of my reviews "2.75 out of 5" - "I liked the concept but it didn’t work for me") to explain my star rating. 🤷🏻♂️