Book ratings

Katya · Post by **Katya** » Sun May 03, 2009 4:44 pm

Hey, remember when we were talking about getting some sort of book rating site going? Man, those were the days.

Anyway, some friends on another forum have brought up the idea again, and so I've been trying to think of what categories of content LDS readers would want to be warned about. Thus far I have: language/swearing, sex scenes, scenes of violence, and a somewhat nebulous category I'm calling pro- / anti- Mormon bias. Anything else?

Nanti-SARRMM · Post by **Nanti-SARRMM** » Sun May 03, 2009 7:17 pm

A good thing to put on is genre as well. Unless all you are talking about is content advisory stuff.

Katya · Post by **Katya** » Sun May 03, 2009 7:27 pm

I was thinking specifically in terms of content advisory, but you're right that genre shouldn't be ignored.

NerdGirl · Post by **NerdGirl** » Sun May 03, 2009 7:55 pm

Maybe something about sacrilegious-ness or anti-religion (not just anti-Mormon) bias? I'm thinking about things like The Davinci Code or The Golden Compass (I know several people who found those highly offensive). Those might even be two separate things.

Whistler · Post by **Whistler** » Sun May 03, 2009 8:05 pm

would talking about sex and violence be included in their respective categories? What about descriptive nudity?

Katya · Post by **Katya** » Mon May 04, 2009 6:15 am

NerdGirl wrote:Maybe something about sacrilegious-ness or anti-religion (not just anti-Mormon) bias? I'm thinking about things like The Davinci Code or The Golden Compass (I know several people who found those highly offensive). Those might even be two separate things.

For the pro- / anti-Mormon bias, it would also include books that are anti-religion or anti- other areas of Mormon doctrine.

Katya · Post by **Katya** » Mon May 04, 2009 6:17 am

Whistler wrote:would talking about sex and violence be included in their respective categories? What about descriptive nudity?

Yes, I think so. (Mind you, I'm envisioning a graded scale, so a mere mention of sex or violence would be in a different category from more explicit material.)

OptimusPrime · Post by **OptimusPrime** » Mon May 04, 2009 11:44 am

Katya, check out the reviews at http://www.kids-in-mind.com if you haven't seen them. They provide categorized, in-depth descriptions of questionable content for movies with their own rating system. You might be able to borrow some ideas from them.

Katya · Post by **Katya** » Mon May 04, 2009 1:00 pm

OptimusPrime wrote:Katya, check out the reviews at http://www.kids-in-mind.com if you haven't seen them. They provide categorized, in-depth descriptions of questionable content for movies with their own rating system. You might be able to borrow some ideas from them.

Thanks! I'm more familiar with Screen-It, but I should check out that site, too.

Werf_Must · Post by **Werf_Must** » Mon May 04, 2009 3:47 pm

If you decide to include genre that works too, but I was just thinking that context really effects my perception of a lot of material--especially in autobiographies