Rating System

Why are you here? Pure curiosity? Browsing? Lost? Rating systems are fairly straightforward, and you will find no surprises here. If you must know, however, here is how I will rate books on this site:

x/5

x = a number between 0 and 5, including decimals

So, possibly, two differences. Fine, I sort of lied. Let's move on. Most rating systems do not dip all the way to zero, but considering some of the books I have read, I feel the need to include it. The decimals allow for a little more nuance. What if a book is surely better than one I rated as three but not good enough for a four? Easy, use a decimal, as I do here. 

0/5

Never will I support burning, censoring, or otherwise abolishing a book; even a bad one can inform writers what not to do. Yet, if I had to doom one, this would be it

1/5

Excruciating agony

2/5

Neither terrible nor good 

3/5

I liked it, but not enough to reread the book or finish the series unless I have the extra time

4/5

An impressive, enjoyable book, probably reread or finish the series 

5/5

Love; come over and we can discuss hypotheses through the night