How I rate books, or attempt to

Stars, numbers, lists. There's so many different ways to rate a book. Here's how I do it, or try to. I always have a ton of respect to anyone who is able to finish a novel and have it published, so even if the book was not on the great side, I will always try my very very best to find something good about it.  I never like being told something I did was horrendous, so I want to pass along that thought by trying to do critical positive reviews. Hopefully that's possible! :)

I use a five star system

5 stars- means the books was perfect, everything was good. Recommend it to everyone.
4 stars - A must read. Books should be read because it's one you won't want to miss.
3 stars- Not bad, not good. Right amount of push to keep reading.
2 stars-Ok, nothing special about it.
1 star- Poorly written, not good, something that you have to force yourself to finish.

For some books they'll be given 1/2 . It isn't usual but some are given it because they're in the middle of 2 stars.