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In October of 2018, the Panther Eye launched a unified rating system for it’s review articles to use to quickly communicate the quality of works of art, specifically books, movies and music. Here’s the first version of the chart.
+++ | Excellent | The best rating that can be given. Exceptionally great. |
++ | Worth the time | Great, but not exceptional. |
+ | Above average | Good, but not great. |
~ | Mediocre | Just about average. Not bad but not good. |
– | Sub-par, below average | Bad, but not very bad. |
— | Not worth the time | Very bad, but not exceptionally so. |
— | Atrocious | An embarrassment to the arts. Should never have been made. |