How I Review Books

 I'm very excited to announce I have come up with a new rating system! All future reviews will be rated according to this system, and I've updated all past reviews. Here's to more reading!

⭐/5 

• This book is really below basic expectations 

• Bad writing, problematic characters, boring/no plot etc.

•  No motivation to finish, or a DNF

•  I can write a rant review because I had so many issues 

• Would not recommend

⭐⭐/5

• Barely met basic expectations

• Decent writing, mediocre pacing and characters, and a relatively unproblematic plot 

• A book that I did not enjoy or feel any attachment to

• Not so bad that I couldn’t finish it 

• A book that I would not recommend

⭐⭐⭐/5

• This is a book that was enjoyable, but didn’t stand out 

• The writing, plot and characters were good, but not a stand-out in the genre 

• Basic tropes or concepts

• This is a book that I likely wouldn’t remember to recommend, or if I did, I would say it had some issues that stopped me from being invested

⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

• This is a book that was a lot of fun to read. A book that I would want to stay up late reading

• What stops this book from being five stars is minor issues with writing or characters, but the plot and pacing makes the books extremely enjoyable 

• Might be missing an extra umph factor 

• Above average in the genre

• This is a book that I would recommend 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

• This is a book that I loved and wanted to immediately reread

• If I read this book as a library book, I would immediately buy it

• A book that has a wow factor and stands out of its genre 

• Lots of nuance and original 

• A book I would recommend to anyone that will listen