For context, I started to really read end of last year. The first book I’ve read in YEARS, I rated it 5-star because I simply thought it was quite fun. Then, throughout this year, I stumbled across more books that I found fascinating and couldn’t possibly share the same rating as that very 1st book. What I thought was a 5-star read back then is now a 3-star at best, in my opinion.
Have you ever up-rate or down-rate a book as time goes by? A book that when you first read you thought it was SO good but in time, you realized it was just an okay read, and vice versa?
by fanafangs
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Yes, I did it quite a few times. I think my experience is similar to yours. The more I read, the more I understand the difference between good and great books. So, sometimes I can go back and change the rating from 5 to 4 stars, for example, after I’ve digested the book properly or read another book in that genre that is just head above it. The difference in rating systems on Goodreads and StoryGraph made me rethink some of the ratings as well. I don’t think I’ve ever increased the rating though.
I was assigned Fahrenheit 451 in highschool and never finished it cause I hated it. BUT, this October I read Something Wicked This Way Comes and fell in love with Bradburry’s writing style. Some people have said it’s over flowery and juvenile, but it really resonated with me. And now I’m thinking I need to give Fahrenheit 451 another chance because I don’t remember anything from that book (other than the general premise) and I know it’s his most famous work.