Posted by: Roland Buresund 16 years, 11 months ago

(0 comments)

This is based on and borrowed from Slashdot Book Review Guidelines, which utilise a similar 10 star rating system. If it works for Slashdot, it probably works for me ;-).

If there are any purists out there, feel free to suggest different wording.

Any book with a rating of 0 stars (aka no stars) indicate a book that hasn't been officially rated yet, even if there exists a review text.

1. Execrable. Possibly fit for lining cages or usage as landfill material in East-African housing projects. Only a truly bad book should ever get a 1, and the review should justify this well.
2. A thoroughly bad book, but not perhaps quite so bad as to deserve a 1.
3. A 3 book might have flashes of good, but is one you're disappointed with in most respects
4. Mediocre; it may have some redeeming qualities, but they're overshadowed by the flaws, or is simply mis-aimed. A book might rank a 4 but still be worthwhile for particular readers.
5. Neither terrible nor terribly good, but with enough good points to make it useful for a fair number of readers.
6. Decent and useful (or enjoyable), but difficult to strongly recommend for reasons outlined in the review; run of the mill.
7. A good book; better than merely adequate, though not outstanding.
8. Very good.
9. Outstanding, but with enough shortcomings that a perfect score would be stretching things.
10. Excellent; unsurpassed in its niche, a classic work. A review which makes a book sound merely Good should not be paired with a 10 rating.

• ← The roles of different parts of the organization
• My First Entry in CoreBlog2 →

Comments

There are currently no comments

New Comment

Name

required

Email

required (not published)

Website

optional

Comment

required

If you enter anything in this field your comment will be treated as spam

Captcha

required