Stuart

Not Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Dec 16, 2025

Genre Preferences

All, Novels, and Novellas

Does not accept: Christian Fiction and Young Adult

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Own Blog, Amazon, Goodreads, Facebook, and Twitter

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, Paperback, Hardcover, and PDF

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

Stuart Aken

Last Post: Nov 20, 2025

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

29,578 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

Stuart

Not Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Dec 16, 2025

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

All, Novels, and Novellas

Does not accept: Christian Fiction and Young Adult

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Own Blog, Amazon, Goodreads, Facebook, and Twitter

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, Paperback, Hardcover, and PDF

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

Stuart Aken

Last Post: Nov 20, 2025

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

29,578 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

ReaderRank

1,510

Books Rated

590

Reviews Written

Nov 13

Last Goodreads Review

3.6

Avg. Rating

792

Readers Helped

Top 1% in books from small presses

Top 5% in readers helped

Trends

Overview

Stuart has rated / reviewed 1510 books and over 390k pages with an average rating of 3.6. 5 of these books were rated / reviewed in the last 3 months.

Stuart wrote a review for 590 of these books. 792 people have found Stuart's written reviews to be helpful on Goodreads.

Stuart is in the top 1% of reviewers on BookSirens, based on review volume.

Strict vs. Lenient

Stuart vs. Goodreads

Stuart tends to be a strict reviewer compared to other readers. However, Stuart can definitely be impressed because Stuart has given 160 five star ratings to date.

Following chart plots the difference between Stuart's rating and the book's average rating. Green means Stuart's rating was higher, red means Stuart's rating was lower.

According to Stuart:

84K by Claire North is highly underrated
القرآن الكريم by Anonymous is highly overrated
Torc of Moonlight by Linda Acaster is a hidden gem

Stuart's most popular review is for the book, Miss Julie by August Strindberg.

Stuart vs. BookSirens

Stuart's review ratings have a lower average and a smaller spread compared with other book reviewers on BookSirens.

Publishers

Publishers Read

Stuart reviews books from large presses, top 5 presses, small presses, and self publishers. In fact, Stuart is in the top 1% of reviewers who review books from small presses, based on review volume.

Stuart tends to rate self published books the highest, on average, with an average rating of 3.7.

Early vs. Late Adopter

Most Read Decades

Stuart tends to review books published in the 2010s and 2000s.

Checkout this heatmap based on the publication year of the books Stuart has reviewed.

Other Patterns

Book Length Impact

Stuart has reviewed books 31 pages to 32k pages long. The book's page length does not seem to impact Stuart's ratings.

Book Popularity Impact

The book's popularity does not seem to impact Stuart's ratings.

This profile was built using Stuart's Goodreads data with Stuart's permission.