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Heart/Like Button ❤️
Jan 6, 2024
I'd love to have a heart button to mark books as "liked". Other apps like Letterboxd, Backloggd etc. let users "like" a movie or game in addition to rating. On HC you can currently like reviews, lists, and feed activity so I feel like it'd make sense to be able to like books too. This would also allow for an organized "liked" section the way Letterboxd does. There's many use cases and some people even prefer likes entirely to star ratings. Others like me use both. There's a difference between a 4 star book that you enjoyed and a 4 star book that you loved and might re-read one day.
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I really like how Letterboxd has both a star rating and a "liked" (♥️) option. This captures the complexity of how people relate to art, literature, film, etc. We might love something even though we intellectually understand that it isn't very good. Being able to give something a three star rating and also a like at the same time means I don't have to choose between being honest about how good I thought it was and my emotional reaction to it. Similarly, there are works that I would give five stars to, but which I didn't particularly like.
I’d love this. I don’t rate, I don’t favorite. I either like or I don’t. Letterboxd do this in a great way.
Would this be similar to adding a book to your favorites?
I was thinking that on your profile you could feature some of your favorite books. Wondering how much it would overlap with what you're describing.
Ste Kind of. I think you're talking about a top-4 favs shelf like Letterboxd which I also hope is added one day. But the heart button is more like an marker beyond the star rating to show that I loved the book and it's among my many favs. A "based on books you liked" feature could then be another possibility...