Book rating

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Created: July 24, 2021 / Updated: November 2, 2024 / Status: draft / 1 min read (~124 words)
General Processes

In this article I define a 1-5 rating scale for books in order to be consistent across my evaluations. Given that rating books is somewhat subjective, introducing some amount of standardization on how I rate them should help with managing my reading.

Format of presentation:

Score (from 1 to 5) Representative emoji

  • Satisfaction
  • Words expressing the level of satisfaction
  • Strength of recommendation

1 🤮

  • unsatisfactory
  • very bad, horrible, boring, repetitive, disagreeable to read, waste of time, can't force myself to read
  • strongly not recommended

2 ☚ī¸

  • unsatisfactory
  • bad
  • not recommended

3 😐

  • satisfactory
  • neutral
  • might want to read

4 â˜ēī¸

  • satisfactory
  • good
  • recommended

5 😍

  • satisfactory
  • very good, great, amazing, exciting, intriguing, fascinating, full of new knowledge, can't stop reading
  • strongly recommended