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An academic book review provides the main ideas, and since published book reviews typically have a limited word count, the summary should remain brief. Analysis and Significance. Compare the book and its argument with the other literature on the topic. Discuss its contribution to past and current research and literature.
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Reviews can consider books, articles, entire genres or fields of literature, architecture, art, fashion, restaurants, policies, exhibitions, performances, and many other forms. This handout will focus on book reviews. Above all, a review makes an argument. The most important element of a review is that it is a commentary, not merely a summary.
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A book review is more than a book report or summary of a book’s contents. A review is a critical essay evaluating the merits of an academic work. Its purpose is not to prove that you read the book—which is understood as a given—but to show that you can think critically about what you’ve read. You can see examples of reviews in virtually ...
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Examples Any of the below publications will give you a good idea of what a book review for a general audience should look like. For academic audiences, research relevant journals in the field. The New Yorker The New York Review of Books The New York Times Book Review
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Book Review Format and Sample LearningAlly.org Introduction Here you want to provide basic information about the book, and a sense of what your report will be about. You should include: 1. Title (underlined)/Author 2. Publication Information: Publisher, year, number of pages 3. Genre 4. A brief (1-2 sentences) introduction to the book and the ...
How to Write a Book Review This is the most important step in writing a book review. As you read, keep a pencil in hand and mark key passages that you might quote or paraphrase later. Record your thoughts or impressions of particular points, examples, scenes, and dialogues. Note relationships between concepts and identify the main ideas or plot.
A good critical book review is focused around your opinion of the book—that opinion is your thesis. Make a preliminary outline. Consult notes made while reading the book. Assemble these notes around the main point to be made in the review. Decide on the best order of presenting the criticism for clarity and emphasis.
