The Top 5 Other Things You Should Never Judge A Book By

They say you should never judge a book by its cover, but they don’t mention the other things you should never judge a book by. You really shouldn’t be judging books to begin with, you either enjoy a book or you don’t, there’s no need for aspersions. If you absolutely must judge a book always make sure to ignore the following criteria:

5. Price

They say some of the best things in life are free, well some of the best books in life are free, at the library. Just because a book has a high price or it’s being sold dirt cheap doesn’t mean it’s any more or less of a book. Sometimes people value new books higher than old books, it has nothing to do with the quality of the book, that’s just how society treats new releases that have a buzz surrounding them.

How does one even value a book?

4. Amazon reviews

A lot of people judge books by their Amazon reviews and that’s not appropriate. Just because a book speaks to a certain person in a way doesn’t mean that’s how it will speak to you. A book being shunned by everyone might still resonate with you and so you can’t be too quick to judge based on the opinion of others.

What if people got reviews? Would you believe those without meeting the person?

3. The blurb

Sometimes you’ll see a book with a nice big fat blurb and you’ll become very interested in learning more. Then you find out the book isn’t actually that interesting beyond the backside. Some books make a living relying on their blurb and use it to sucker people in while their inner contents leaves a lot to be desired.

Like this, most blurbs make no goddamn sense.

2. Title

Judging a book by its name is one of the dumbest things someone can do. What the book’s parent decided to call it really doesn’t affect anything. It may give you an idea of the author’s intellect, but most times a title can be treated as something entirely independent of the actual story.

If you buy this thinking it's about psalmboken you're in for a big surprise.

And the number one thing you should never judge a book by (aside from the cover) is...

1. The color of the author’s skin

Great books have been written by people of all colors, races, and religions. Even if a book is written in a different language, you can always find a translated version and enjoy that. Don’t just ignore books because they come from a strange different type of person, sometimes those are the most intriguing books due to their unique perspective.

Would you believe this person wrote the book "A Sista's Definitive Guide To Pleasing Your Man"?

Dumbass Sayings: “Never Judge A Book By Its Cover”

One of the most frequently used sayings in the English language is “Never judge a book by it’s cover” or “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” This compares people to bound sheets of literature. The idea of this saying is that you shouldn’t make assumptions on the character of a person based on their outward appearance the same way you shouldn’t assume what a book about by merely looking at its cover. That said, you can tell a lot about a book based on its cover. For example, if a book is called “Goodnight Moon” it’s most likely not about sadomasochistic relationships. If a book is yellow and black and says “For Dummies” on it you can assume it’s not aimed toward intellectuals. These are things you can rightfully assume by merely looking at a book’s cover. Sometimes making these assumptions can save you the time you’d waste reading a book from the start only to realize what you initially guessed long before you opened it. The revision I would make to this saying is “Never ONLY judge a book by it’s cover.” Of course you can use someone’s appearance to make judgments about them, it would be stupid not to, but in addition to that you should take a look at their reviews on Amazon as well as the plot summary. Once you take all that in you should be able to make a reasonably informed guess on what they’re about.

If you judge books by their covers you might assume this book is boring.