Poll

It's very hard for me,it depends,if I rate a book 4.5 stars but its more like a 4 star I give it 4 stars and if its more like a 5 star I rate it 5 stars...does that even make sense?😂😂😂

It depends on the book and whether I feel more comfortable with rounding it up or down in that case

It depends on the book! I do both. For example, when I give a 3.5 stars rating but I feel like I enjoyed the book more than other books I gave 3 stars to, I round up. And viceversa.
I hope this makes sense 😂

It depends on the book but I mostly prefer to round it up.

It depends on the fun I had while reading it and my overall impression of the book.

Taniksha wrote: "It depends on the book but I mostly prefer to round it up."

Mari wrote: "It depends on the book! I do both. For example, when I give a 3.5 stars rating but I feel like I enjoyed the book more than other books I gave 3 stars to, I round up. And viceversa.
I hope this mak..."

Julia wrote: "It depends on the book and whether I feel more comfortable with rounding it up or down in that case"

Eldi wrote: "It's very hard for me,it depends,if I rate a book 4.5 stars but its more like a 4 star I give it 4 stars and if its more like a 5 star I rate it 5 stars...does that even make sense?😂😂😂"

Oh of course! I definitely should've added that as an option, I didn't even think about that.

Laura wrote: "It honestly depends on the book, and why I'm choosing to give it a half star rating. If I rate a book 3.5 stars, for example, it's usually either because it felt like a four star book but I had too..."

Added another choice! Totally forgot about that :)

I have my own ratings from 0-10, and I put the stars between certain thresholds.
It looks sorta like this:
8.50 - 5 stars - 10
7.10 - 4 stars - 8.49
5.10 - 3 stars - 7.09
2.50 - 2 stars - 5.09
0.00 - 1 star - 2.49 (trust me I've encountered books that were so bad I couldn't even give a full point rating/half a star)
This rating is based on a number of different categories I rate distinctly such as setting, plot, main and secondary characters, antagonists, writing (optional: magic system, pacing, audiobook) and finally enjoyability.

I don't really find the star rating all that reliable, because I don't consider a book that I rated an 8, to be a 5 star rating (if 5 star is between 8 and 10). If I give something an 8, it's a 4 star rating for me. I give 5 stars for anything above 8.50. And I never go for + or ++, because nothing is perfect and the closest a book has reached a 10 for me is Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderon, which I gave a 9.91.

Also I dunno what to answer for your poll, because it does not take into count the idea that people have their own rating, that subjectively means something else to them. Goodreads rating is just a means to a establish a threshold for my own ratings for me.

Depends on the book....

sometimes i round up or down depending on the average rating. I read something recently that i gave 3.5 rounded up to 4 because the average rating was something like 2.75, and i thought it was worth more than that at least. or if something has over 4 stars and i think that's exaggerating, i'll go down to 3

9 times out of 10 I round up.

There must be a reason why I'm not giving it 5 stars, but I'd much rather go up with a book whose average is underrated in my opinion, or an Indie author who makes a living from them.

Nicko wrote: "I have my own ratings from 0-10, and I put the stars between certain thresholds.
It looks sorta like this:
8.50 - 5 stars - 10
7.10 - 4 stars - 8.49
5.10 - 3 stars - 7.09
2.50 - 2 stars - 5.09
0.0..."


That's totally understandable! Didn't want to make the poll too complicated, that's why I didn't include anything else :)

Mort wrote: "There must be a reason why I'm not giving it 5 stars, but I'd much rather go up with a book whose average is underrated in my opinion, or an Indie author who makes a living from them."

Kristina Reads - wrote: "sometimes i round up or down depending on the average rating. I read something recently that i gave 3.5 rounded up to 4 because the average rating was something like 2.75, and i thought it was wort..."

Oh interesting! I'll probably start to do that as well :) Didn't think about it before.

I round it up, because there is this rule to round up whenever the next number would be 5 or more, duh...
If I do not want to do that, I won't give x.5 stars, but only x or x.4 stars. (:
Easy.

Kristen wrote: "9 times out of 10 I round up."

I do also.

Depends... if it's a good 3.5, then I'd round up to 4. But if it's only just 3.5, then I guess I'd round it down!

I rarely give 5 stars. But if I'm trying to decide between a lower or higher rating, I will often go with the lower unless the book has impressed me somehow.

It depends on the book and what I read just before it. If I rate a book 4.5 stars but the book I read before it was an amazing 5 stars, then I'm more likely to round down just because I can't help comparing them. But I'm more lenient on debut authors and tend to round up.

For me, the easiest one to decide round up or down is for 2.5 stars, because for anything you rate 3 Stars and above Goodreads makes suggested reads based on that.

Honestly depends. If it's something that I really enjoyed but I know was not the best book in the world, then I round up for enjoyment. If it's something I really hated but it was well-written etc., then I typically round down.

However, if it's a 4.5 rating - I round down to a 4.

There is no "None of the above" option. I use my own rating system.