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My stars:
***** A classic, read it immediately.
**** Very good, you might even buy it in hardback.
*** Good, well worth your time.
** Readable, but I'd wait for a cheap copy.
* A book with at least one redeeming value, even if it's nice cover art.
Not rated - noted, but not rated because it's an anthology, or I couldn't finish it, or it's obviously good but not to my taste.
No stars (zero, zip, zilch, nada, none, goose-egg) - don't read this book.
This does not agree exactly with Amazon's stated star ratings: I loved it, I like it, It's OK, I don't like it, I hate it. I give mostly 3 star ratings, with a few 2's and 4's. Ones or fives are rare. The hardback/cheap-copy thing kind of dates the system, but the ebook equivalent is, I think, fairly obvious.
I publish my reviews monthly on rec.arts.sf.written ("Recently Read"). I've tried it on here, but never got any feedback, so I abandoned it.
Regards,
Jack Tingle
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