CorvoReads
30+ ♤ he/him - they/them ♤ 🇮🇹🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ♤ Book hoarder and failed wannabe writer ♤ too many books, too little time 📚
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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. 🤷🏻♂️
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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