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Do you normally read books with less than 4 stars? (programming.dev)
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I struggle with this a bit. Even if the book is 3.98 stars, i view that as not passing lowest bar. I consider most 4 stars books to not be there time, but rather the number of stars is how i filter out bad books

Also, how do you use your stars? Do you change your rating often?

For me, it generally goes like this:

  • 1 Star -Either its so bad that its offense or i dnf it
  • 2 Stars - Either bad or mediocre, not really work any time
  • 3 Stars - An okay book with a couple of redeeming points
  • 4 Stars - A great book with some flaws that bother me
  • 5 Stars - An excellent book, i am jumping in my sits.
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[–] FishFace@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

4 stars is too high a bar. There are plenty of books that receive 4.5 stars that I rate as 3, and occasionally 2. Of course there is a correlation, but it's weak. A lot of the old Reddit darlings (probably now also Lemmy darlings) are a bit meh for me, and so conversely, a lot of less popular books are good for me.

I think I wouldn't go below 3 stars on rating sites like Goodreads/storygraph. That's where the correlation seems to make it make sense. The current book i haven't read for several days because it sucks is rated 3.6...