My Star Ratings

If you go to my bookshelf, movies, TV, or video game pages, you'll notice I'll use a five star rating system. I thought I'd share what I generally mean when I use each rating to make it a little more understandable.

Like with any form of media, how good something is is subjective and aligns with one's personal taste. I could think a book or movie is amazing, and someone else could think it's crap. It doesn't mean I'm right and they're wrong. We all like what we like, and I don't want to yuck anyone's yum. I'm thinking explaining my ratings might help those who read them better understand what I saw in each movie, book, TV show or video game.

1 STAR ⭐️

This should be pretty self-explanatory. I didn't like it, at all. nor would I recommend it. I don't give out zero stars...at least not yet...so this is the lowest something can receive.

2 STARS ⭐️⭐️

I generally didn't like this. Sometimes it's just that I didn't get it, maybe it just wasn't what I was looking for. It might still have some redeeming qualities, but on the whole I found it more unfavorable than good. I wouldn't necessarily say don't consume it, but I wouldn't really recommend it either.

3 STARS ⭐️⭐️⭐️

It was fine. I'm generally glad I watched, read or played it, but it wasn't by any means my favorite. I'd still recommend it though.

4 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I liked it. I thought it was really good and would recommend it to anyone. While it might not have absolutely knocked my socks off, it was better than most.

5 STARS ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I loved it. I sometimes worry that I'm too liberal in using this rating, but at the same time, if I love a book, movie or whatnot, share it. Obviously if everything is rated 5 stars, it becomes meaningless, but I fail to see why it shouldn't be used when appropriate. Needless to say, if I rate something five stars...I would highly recommend checking it out as soon as you can.

Again, please take all the ratings I give to pieces of media with a grain of salt knowing that it's what I thought. For most pieces of media, I'll also add some short notes that might provide better context to my thoughts on the piece rather than some silly, arbitrary number.