The five-star rating system is a terrible. There are many books I read which ok, but not bad or unenjoyable. Maybe they don't do anything special, or they didn't grip me, or they are too messy. I don't want to give this sort of book a 2 star rating, as that is, to me, a negative rating, and these aren't bad books. Then there are many books which are good and/or enjoyable. Maybe they are well-made slop. Maybe they are objectively good, but simply don't particularly appeal to me. However I can't justify 4 stars (which is for great books) or 5 stars (which is for Great, perfect, or personally important books). There is a huge gap between these two qualities of books to me as a reader, but there is no way to distinguish between them on Goodreads (or similar platforms with five-star-no-half-star rating systems).For me, a six- or seven-star system would be the best. It doesn't matter how natural fives and tens are when they don't align with our needs. Ten is too many (this applies also to five-star-half-star systems). My ideal system:>1: Personal grudge, complete hatred, or abject amateurism>2: All-around bad, but not egregiously so>3: Bad but with moments; ok but not personally appealing; [fine but derivative; perfectly average]*>4: Good but messy; enjoyable slop; objectively good but not particularly personally interesting>5: Great, but not perfect>6: Perfect*bracketed items would be a 4, and higher rankings each raised by one in a seven-star system
>>24958113Just give the book a 5 stars, goy
Anon in this world there is hot or cold, good or bad, 1s or 0s.If you need people to know what you think about the book write a review, either people will read it or they won't.
it's real simple>5 stars: loved it>4 stars: liked it>3 stars: ambivalent/indifferent>2 stars: disliked it>1 star: hated it >no stars: didn't finish
The problem isn't the rating system, it's that 90% of the raters are women
You could only use the 4.5 half star no?1 2 3 4 4.5 5
