2026 CAWPILE

DCC

08.00

titleDungeon Crawler Carl
authorMatt Dinniman
character7
atmosphere10
writing8
plot7
intrigue7
logic8
enjoyment9
review
ISOOMG

09.00

titlein search of our mothers gardens
authorAlice Walker
character9
atmosphere9
writing9
plot9
intrigue9
logic9
enjoyment9
review
WTT

08.57

titlewhen trees testify
authorberonda l. montgomery
character9
atmosphere9
writing8
plot9
intrigue8
logic9
enjoyment8
review
TGWGB

08.43

titlethe girls who grew big
authorleila mottley
character8
atmosphere9
writing9
plot8
intrigue8
logic8
enjoyment9
review
TFF

09.21

titlethe first family
authorgranger
character10
atmosphere10
writing9
plot9
intrigue10
logic8.5
enjoyment10
review
JAZZ

08.50

titlejazz
authortoni morrison
character9
atmosphere10
writing8.5
plot10
intrigue7
logic8
enjoyment7
review
TTB

07.57

titlewhen a wolf loves the moon
authorgranger
character9
atmosphere8
writing8
plot7
intrigue7
logic7
enjoyment7
review
MD

07.64

titlemama day
authorgloria naylor
character8
atmosphere8
writing8
plot7
intrigue7
logic7.5
enjoyment8
review
TTIGDAYALPAAW

07.86

titlethat time i got drunk and yeeted a love potion at a werewolf
authorkimberly lemming
character8
atmosphere8
writing8
plot7
intrigue8
logic8
enjoyment8
review
NKTTIS

DID NOT FINISH

titlenobody knows the trouble i've seen
authoringer burnett zeigler
review
TME

08.00

titlethe medici effect
authorfrans johanssan
character7.5
atmosphere8
writing8
plot8
intrigue8
logic8
enjoyment8
review
FYONS

DID NOT FINISH

titlefinding your own north star
authormartha beck
review
UNTETH

DID NOT FINISH

titleuntethered
authorangela jackson-brown
review
TCOM

05.14

titlethe children of men
authorP.D. James
character5
atmosphere6
writing6
plot5
intrigue6
logic5
enjoyment3
review
TOS

DID NOT FINISH

titlethe teller of secrets
authorbisi adjapon
review
GR

08.79

titlegiovanni's room
authorjames baldwin
character9
atmosphere8.5
writing9
plot9
intrigue9
logic8
enjoyment9
review
TBONW

07.14

titlethe book of night women
authormarlon james
character8
atmosphere9
writing9
plot7
intrigue8
logic7
enjoyment2
review

CAWPILE: how to

adapted from book roast

this is a structured and standardized way to rate/review books

FICTION/NON-FICTION
CRITERIA

Characters/Credibility
Atomosphere/Authenticity
Writing
Plot/Personal Impact
Intrigue
Logic
Enjoyment

RANK SYSTEM

the 7 categories(CAWPILE) are rated 1-10 & averaged together to get the overall score

10/10- a fav. forever.
9/10- excellent. 1-2 lil. issues.
8/10- great. a few of problems, nothing major.
7/10- good. nothing groundbreaking, but enjoyable.
6/10- ok. split ~60% good/40% bad.
5/10- mediocre. equal part good things, equal part bad.
4/10- poor. lots of good things, but moreso bad.
3/10- bad. a few good things but overall bad.
2/10- horrible. irredeemable but here.
1/10- trash. shouldn't have been published yet, if at all.

RANK --> STAR SYSTEM

the scores can be converted to a star system

9 - 10 ☆☆☆☆☆
7 - 8.9 ☆☆☆☆
4.6 - 6.9 ☆☆☆
2.3 - 4.5 ☆☆
1.1 - 2.2 ☆

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