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Originally Posted by rhadin
I, too, don't rate a book that I don't finish although I am sorely tempted to do so (giving it 1 or 2 stars based on my criteria which I elucidated in an earlier post in this thread). My primary reason for not giving such a book any rating is that I want to be certain of why I am not finishing the book. Occasionally it is because I'm just not in the mood to read a book in the particular genre at the moment, thus I might (although highly doubtful) retry the book at a future date.
Sadly, the usual reason for not finishing a book I've started is that it is a 1- or 2-star book (according to my rating criteria) and thus the author should be pummeled with rotten tomatoes for pressing the Send (or Print) button on their computer. In fact, they should have their computers taken away to save readers from further torment.
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I don't read books with vampires, zombies, wizards, magic, erotica or any supernatural elements. Sometimes an author will sneak one in without my knowledge and I'll discontinue reading. I try to prevent this as it's a waste of my time but if the summary or sample is "clean" then I'll grab the book. Therefore, I won't rate the book as it's not the authors fault I dropped the book. Reading a short sample usually keeps me from the one or two star books.
However, I have started to post a short message as to why I abandoned these books. Goodreads allows you to do so without giving it a rating. Despite my best efforts, I still abandon more books than I finish.