How do YOU rate books when reviewing? Your personal thoughts
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Re: How do YOU rate books when reviewing? Your personal thou
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Like you, I have discovered that self-published books are often riddled with grammatical errors. I find this disappointing, particularly when I have paid for the book. I think a published work should contain no errors, at least a minimum of errors.Lushlala wrote:I'm yet to review books on this site, but I have been doing it for a very long time on Amazon and Scribd. I also prefer a rating scale of 1-5. I usually go off how much I enjoyed the book, how likeable the characters were, how the book flows, how well written it is (in terms of syntax, grammar and punctuation). Sometimes even the cover matters to me. Sadly, a lot of the books I enjoy reading are by self-published authors, and they can be littered with a catalogue of errors.
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Oh man, I'm so glad to be reading this post! I was second guessing myself on my first review (and only review, thus far). I wasn't sure if I was being too critical. And since it was my first review, I really wanted to do a good job. Since reading everyone's posts, I feel a little better about the rating I gave.Scott wrote: 1 star - recommend against reading it, discourage others from reading it
2 stars - neither recommend/encourage one way or the other
3 stars - recommend reading it, encourage others to read it
4 stars - the same as 3 stars but you like it extra, extra
Scott, I like the simplicity of your rating system.
ALynnPowers - I loved what you said about starting out with a "4 star" expectation - very positive!
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I also start out with a "4 star" explanation. Before selecting a book to read/review, I first read the summary and almost always read the sample on Amazon. I select books that I am interested in, so I start out thinking that I will love the book.HoneyB wrote:Oh man, I'm so glad to be reading this post! I was second guessing myself on my first review (and only review, thus far). I wasn't sure if I was being too critical. And since it was my first review, I really wanted to do a good job. Since reading everyone's posts, I feel a little better about the rating I gave.Scott wrote: 1 star - recommend against reading it, discourage others from reading it
2 stars - neither recommend/encourage one way or the other
3 stars - recommend reading it, encourage others to read it
4 stars - the same as 3 stars but you like it extra, extra
Scott, I like the simplicity of your rating system.
ALynnPowers - I loved what you said about starting out with a "4 star" expectation - very positive!
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Trying to rate books between 0 and 5 has the same effect on me as trying to separate fly poop from pepper - too tedious to deal with. Same goes for movies. I'm pretty sure this is what killed Roger Ebert.
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I am new on this site, so am unsure how I will go about rating books. I assume that many will fall into the 3 rating for me. I love books and most books have something about them that I really enjoyed. It is hard for me to rate lower unless there are a lot of problems or the story just couldn't keep me reading. I rarely rate a one because I feel that most books are worth at least a two because someone out there will like the ones I don't.
OK. That was a little bit rambling and I am not sure I answered well at all.
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I use this same approach. I go in with high standards, and then adjust accordingly. And like you, I've yet to give a book a one star rating because I can usually find something that I respect or appreciate.ALynnPowers wrote:As I am reading, I always start off thinking that it is going to be a four star book (our of four stars, if reading for this site). I start out thinking the best and expecting the best. Then the level is adjusted as I find things I don't particularly care for. Honestly, it would be hard for me to give a book 1 star, because I am always able to find something about the book that I appreciate. I have only give a lowest star rating ONCE since I began reviewing books (and that wasn't for this site; just a random Amazon review).
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