Mindful Reading
Caution Advisory for Content
| Subcategories (0-5 rating) |
|---|
| Profanity |
| Violence (suicide and sexual harassment included) |
| Sexual content/Nudity (sexual innuendo included) |
| Mature Themes (pre-marital relations, LGBTQ+) |
After rating these sub-categories, we arrive at a categorical content rating as a caution advisory. Our updated content rating now has four, instead of three, categories.These reflect the level of caution advised when considering reading a book based on the degree of clean content or lack thereof.
After rating these sub-categories, we arrive at a categorical rating for the clean content as explained here:
None
A book receives this rating if there is no swearing, no gory violence, no premarital relations and no sexual references. In other words, as halal as a story can be.
Medium
A book which has light swearing, minimal violence, pre-marital relations but no explicit sexual descriptions is categorized as medium level.
High
A book with High caution advisory contains some swearing, violence, pre-marital relations and indirect sexual descriptions (some innuendo, closed door relations).
Extreme
If there is lots of swearing/profane language, sexually explicit descriptions ( open-door relations), LGBTQ+ content in a book, it receives an Extreme rating.
Recommendations
Book Review Ratings
| Category rating | Point rating (out of five) |
|---|---|
| Recommended | 4-5 |
| Feel Good | 3-3.9 |
| Okayish | 1.6-2.9 |
| Pass this one | 0-1.5 |