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by frizlab 821 days ago
This is nice! The design is cool, the site is fast, it’s refreshing.

I only have one question: why choose 4.09 for the rating value? (I do not use Goodreads, maybe my question is irrelevant.)

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Thanks a lot for your message! I really appreciate it, especially since it's my first time designing something myself like that (I know it's not perfect, but I'm happy with the V1, haha).

That may be unclear, and I may have to update the small banner on the homepage. As mentioned, it's "an average of 4.09/5 on Goodreads". The calculation works as follows: sum of all unique books rating / number of books = average.

I wanted to highlight that the website has books rated below 4/5 and above 4/5, but overall, the average rating on Goodreads is relatively high (= books recommended by the community).

Is there anything I can improve to make it more clear? :)

I'm also interested in this. I just clicked on "nostalgic", and it gave me Catcher in the Rye, which is listen on this website as being a 3.80/5, so I'm especially confused now. I then got The Great Gatsby, which has a 3.93/5.