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Our Reviewers won’t judge your book as compared to other self-published titles, but against other books, period. Our ratings are based on the following criteria, although reviewers are able to award partial stars (i.e. a 1.3 or a 4.7), rather than rounding up or down to a whole or half number.
1/5
Really bad
Work on it.
2/5
Mediocre
1-2 bright spots.
3/5
Good
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4/5
Very Good
1-2 spots that need work
5/5
Excellent!
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3.5 / 5.0
Samantha Hart’s memoir BLIND PONY features polished, fluent writing and offers a gripping account of how she overcame a traumatic childhood and difficult young adulthood...
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4.8 / 5.0
THE RING OF MANN is a fast-paced, engaging and well-written historical thriller with an intriguing plot that skillfully intersperses fact and fiction.
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5.0 / 5.0
Inventively structured and impeccably written, THE TRUE ADVENTURES OF GIDON LEV is a must-read book for anyone interested in Holocaust narratives. But it is also...
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4.0 / 5.0
The novel ALL THOSE TEARS WE CAN'T SEE by Gita Audhya takes a brave look at a range of true-to-life multi-cultural injuries from the physical...
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Rating:
4.3 / 5.0
An ensemble cast plus inventive worldbuilding makes Kip Koelsch's PIERCING THE CELESTIAL OCEAN an engaging, memorable start to a sweeping space epic of the struggle...
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4.5 / 5.0
THE ALBATROSS: CONTACT by Connor Mackay balances the large scope of worldbuilding with small details of character to create a science fiction epic that is...
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4.9 / 5.0
THE MAN ON THE RAILS is a powerful work. Rovshan Abdullaoglu writes with passion and grace with an impressive sense of detail and atmosphere in...
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3.8 / 5.0
Overcoming barriers of race, culture, and residue of life's setbacks -- from family abandonment to the perils of war -- THIS CITY IS EMPTY by...
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
A profusion of lessons learned saves SMART LOVE from being a merely unpleasant time immersed in the perspectives of two people who may or may...
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August 27, 2020
REMEMBERING SHANGHAI: A MEMOIR OF SOCIALITES, SCHOLARS AND SCOUNDRELS
By Isabel Sun Chao and Claire ChaoRating:
5.0 / 5.0
REMEMBERING SHANGHAI: A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars and Scoundrels is the fascinating tale of a long gone way of life, as well as an emotional...
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5.0 / 5.0
In response to the oft-repeated question of why navigating towards positive change always seems so difficult, CALLING MY SPIRIT BACK by Elaine Alec provides mythical...
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4.0 / 5.0
THE FLASHFALL SWORD is an action-packed post-apocalyptic tale featuring creative worldbuilding, a cast of well-developed characters, and clever plot twists.