Book Reviews
Every Free Chance bases book reviews on whether the reviewer enjoyed the book and would recommend it. We rate books on a star scale of 0-5, with 5 being the best. (We give 1/2 stars if we feel the book doesn’t quite make it to the higher rating or doesn’t quite fall to the lower rating.) The reviews and ratings reflect each individual reviewer’s personal opinion. Here is the general breakdown that we use as our guide:
★★★★★
I loved it!!!
★★★★
I really liked it! I recommend it.
★★★
I liked it. I may recommend it.
★★
I didn’t like it so much. I probably won’t recommend it.
★
I really didn’t like it. I won’t recommend it.
DNF
I did not finish this book because I didn’t like it, I couldn’t get into it, I couldn’t understand it, or I thought there were too many grammatical errors. If I didn’t like the book or couldn’t get into it, I may still recommend it to someone who might like it better. If I couldn’t understand it or thought there were too many errors, I might read it again once it undergoes more editing.
*** All of our reviews are cross-posted on the following sites when applicable: Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and NetGalley. As you are probably aware, those sites do not offer a 1/2-star option. In the event that a 1/2-star rating is given, the book will be rated at the full-star rating and the full rating will be written in the title of the review (for Amazon) or at the top of the review (for Goodreads and Barnes & Noble). For example, if a book is given 3 1/2 stars, it will be posted at 3 stars with “3.5 stars” written either in the title or at the top of the review.
Product Reviews
Every Free Chance will provide an unbiased, fair, and honest review of a product that we purchase or are given to review.