How to rate books

Sometimes, when you finish a book you immediately know where it lands on your rating scale. Sometimes, you have no clue, or maybe you are struggling to figure out where you feel it fits best. Something important to remember about ratings and reviews is that they are totally dependent on the reader. All readers and…

From Goodreads to personal blogs, book reviews are essential for readers to consider the merits of a book before they read. But with almost anything, reviews are subjective. Especially in the book community, everyone reviews books based on their own system. And since I read and rate so many books, I thought I would give a breakdown of my personal rating system: what I look for when I rate books, my scale, and examples from each.