Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

Wondering how you rate a book that you Do Not Finish?
Do you leave 1 star (that's what I do and feel terrible) or do you not leave a star rating at all?.

I don't leave a star at all

I don't leave any stars either.

I've only left a star once (and it was only one star) and that was because I felt like I got a good enough feel for the book before I gave up on it. I would leave a review though - on that particular book I felt like there should have been trigger-warnings and I thought other readers might appreciate a warning.

I don't rate or review dnf's because i didn't share enough of the author's vision to see past the reason's i dnf'ed it

Thanks everyone, you all make some valid points. Looks like I will be changing how I rate those DNFs. :)

I have DNF shelf and WTF did I just read shelf. I just put it there and dont rate it.

I don't rate them either

I have a DNF or not rating shelf and I put them there, no stars

those are placed on my 'life is too short' shelf with no rating because I didn't share enough of the author's vision to get past the reason i kept screaming life's too short, life's too short. OMG life's too short!

I don't rate them. They go on the DNF shelf and that says it all.

For me it depends on how far I get into the book before DNFing. If I get through at least 50% I'll usually rate it and do a review. I just try to stick with a basic summary and why it didn't work for me. I try to stay nice in my review, but I think it helps to point out what didn't work for me in case others have the same reading tastes.

I delete them