the rating system explained
Dear traveler, come closer!
I am going to tell you a little secret - I am not only going to talk about the books here in the Refugium... I am also going to rate them, so that you know what to expect when picking up these stories yourself.
But take everything I say with a grain of salt, friend, because the rating only conveys my opinion about a book. You will find I am not a strict critic - I read mainly for my enjoyment.
Alas, let me walk you through the rating system that I use.
There are five categories that are most important to me: worldbuilding, plot, characters, writing style and overall vibes. Each of these - except overall vibes - can score a minimum of one and a maximum of five stars. After giving points for each category, I add all the points and divide them by 4. That is going to be the average rating of a book.
Overall vibes is a special category that can give up either 0, 0.5 or 1 bonus point depending on how much I enjoyed reading the book.
What it takes for one, two or five stars, you ask? There should be at least some mysterious powers at work, friend (aka I do not want to bore you with a very subjective and very boring matrix).
