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I sometimes struggle with how to rate a book when the writing is spectacular but I’m disappointed with the intentional direction the author took a character or the plot. How do you rate when you are dissatisfied with the author’s “ideas” but not the execution of the story.
— Dec 10, 2020 07:50AM
I sometimes struggle with how to rate a book when the writing is spectacular but I’m disappointed with the intentional direction the author took a character or the plot. How do you rate when you are dissatisfied with the author’s “ideas” but not the execution of the story.
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Dec 10, 2020 10:25AM
I have to like the story to give it at least 4*. Sooo in your case I would give 3* or even 2* if it was really annoying or irritating... that´s my rating "system"... I have on the other side problem with rating books where the story is heart wrenching or extraordinary funny, but the writing self isn´t so great...
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Mia.Mi.Jou wrote: "I have to like the story to give it at least 4*. Sooo in your case I would give 3* or even 2* if it was really annoying or irritating... that´s my rating "system"... I have on the other side proble..."I have rated some books pretty low just because I didn't like the artistic direction an author took a story. But then I feel bad and start thinking just because their vision wasn't my vision should I really be rating it lower if the writing was good?
Yeah, I had the same dilemma when I started to rate books on GR. But then, I´m not a book critic, I just express my honest opinion on the book as a reader, and reading is a subjective experience....
