why are his reviews so bad?
>goodreads
here is your reply
Plebs are forced to read him in college
>>8077279
3 1/2 stars / 5 is pretty good. considering 2 1/2 is average. And Ulysses has like 4. So I wouldnt say they are bad
>>8077290
3 is average.. you cant rate it 0
>>8077290
you need to look at more goodreads reviews my man.
Nearly every book is a little below or a little above 4, the cumulative rating means absolutely nothing. Add some /lit/ people, it makes goodreads so much better.
>>8077328
woah 4 million people. wtf am I doing reading joyce. that many people can't be wrong.
basically don't read anything under a 3.8 I've found
4 is amazing
anything over 4 is the bees knees
3.9 is good but might be difficult
3.8 is good bit probably difficult, verging on not good
anythinf 3.7 and under is trash not worth reading
>>8077286
/thread
why are there no good book review aggregator sites out there, though?
like rotten tomatoes, or metacritic, or allmusic?
>>8077422
Just add people with good taste on Goodreads, you see the average score of your friends.
>>8077431
oh.
nice one, ty
>>8077377
yea this
/thread
>>8077370
Surely the masses must know what they're doing
>>8077422
Because numbered reviews are useless for literature. If you know literature and you know your taste you will never need such a thing. So instead of a vapid "it's good/it's bad" review, you read in depth literary criticism and deepen your understanding of the work. That's something that can't be quantified in a number generator.