--Loved the book. One that is destined to be a personal favorite.
--Pretty good book.
--It was good.
--It was o.k.
--Didn't like or did not finishFurther explained:
5 stars is reserved for the best of the best. These are the books that make me stay up well in the wee hours of the next morning to finish and the ones that make me want to leave work early so I can pick it up again to start reading. It's hard to say what makes a book great--sometimes its the story, sometimes it the writing or sometimes it's just a really great group of characters.
4 stars is a really good book. There's only a little something that's stopping it getting 5 stars. I also use this rating for books that I really enjoyed but know deep down that they're not that brilliant, just enjoyable at that moment in time to me!
3 stars is where most books fall for me. It means I enjoyed the book--the story was good, the characters were good, the writing was good. The book was good.
2 stars is an OK read but nothing special. Often it's the writing style (or just plain awful writing) that lands a book this rating. Or particularly annoying characters. Generally the books the fall into this category just weren't for me.
1 star is for two kinds of books: either books that I hated or ones that I didn't finish. Very rarely will a book fall into this category but it's happened and will be explained in the review.
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