The Reading Vent & Rant Thread

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by Yapyap

...heck, on GoodReads, that means “I liked it”; most of my books are 3* reads!

It's the same for me, with my personal ratings in calibre. The majority of my read books are 3 stars, and that means I did get some enjoyment out of it. 4 stars is rare and means an exceptional read for me. 5 stars is extremely rare. And 5 stars doesn't necessarily mean the book was perfect or a literary masterpiece, it just means I enjoyed it to an extraordinary degree. I've given 5 stars to books that objectively are not particularly well written.

On a public site I'd probably use 4 stars instead of 3, but I never post my ratings in public.

If I didn't like the book, but the experience was subjective and not because it was poorly written, then it'll usually be 2 stars. 1 star is for something I disliked extremely or was just really badly written.