Childhood's End

My rating system for this website (I have done reviews for over 85 "books" (including short stories, novelettes and novellas, as well as novels).

Their system is out of 5 stars, and allows you to use half-stars, so highest rating is 5 full stars, next-highest 4 ½ stars, etc. -- and lowest is ½ star. I did NOT want to space these ratings equally, giving just as much precedence to low-quality mush as to really good works. For that reason, I laid out my system as follows:

My rating system: I begin with one star being equivalent to a rating of “C  -”. Progressing upwards, I add ½ star for each step, up to the maximum 5 stars, which is equivalent to a rating of “A”+.  I reserve ½ star for BOMBS, there being no option of zero or negative stars. As a result, I maximize my rating space for good books, and don’t squander half or more of that rating space on books that are of marginal quality.

Since I rated this novel C+, it is a perfect 2 stars score.

I was looking to find a sub-genre tag for psychic abilities, or psi-powers, or mental powers - but there was nothing.  I suppose you could use mutants, but that could also cover wolverine claws, angel wings, super-speed, etc. etc.