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Writing a Book Review

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A critical book review is a thoughtful discussion of a text’s contents, strengths, and limitations. A book review should reflect your capacity to read critically and to evaluate an author’s arguments and evidence. Compose your review as you would any essay, with an argument supported by evidence, and a clear, logical structure.  

Initial Steps

• Read the book carefully, taking notes on material that you think may be relevant or quotable and on your impressions of the author's ideas and arguments.
• Determine the author’s principal argument, the chief themes of the text, the kinds of evidence used, and the way in which the author uses them.

Organizing the Review

• All reviews begin with bibliographic information: the author’s name, the book’s full title, place of publication, publisher, edition, date, pagination, and cost, if known.
• In no more than two paragraphs, introduce the book. Give your initial appraisal of the work, including your key observation on the text. This key observation will be your thesis. Try not to begin with a flat statement such as “This book is interesting.” Begin with an anecdote, a challenging quotation, or a key observation.
• clearly set out the author’s purpose in writing the book, and whether or not you think the author has succeeded.
• describe the author’s arguments and the themes of the book, and give your appraisal of their validity and effectiveness.
• describe the sources and evidence the author uses to prove his case, and evaluate their appropriateness and sufficiency. What are the author's sources? Should the author have used more, or different, sources?
• Comment on the author's organization and writing style.
• Conclude. Here you may make more general remarks about the text and the ideas presented in it. If you have not already done so, indicate whether you feel the book is worthwhile, and for what audience. Is the book outstanding? Will it make a lasting contribution to its field, or is it less satisfactory?  

Questions to Consider

Although you should not use the following questions as some sort of laundry list of “things to include” (dull for us all), you may wish to consider them as you prepare and write your review.  

Analysis of Content

• What is the author’s principal argument? What are her/his conclusions?
• What does the author choose to emphasize?
• Does the author’s presentation contradict or refute alternative interpretations?
• What methods of analysis does the author employ?
• What sorts of evidence does the author employ?
• Who is the author? Is he/she qualified to write this work?
• When was the work written? How relevant is it today?  

Evaluation of Content

• Is the book convincing in style and substance? Why or why not?
• Does the author accomplish her/his purpose?
• Is the author fair to his/her subjects, or is the author overly biased? Is the book accurate or misleading?
• Does the author describe but not analyze?
• Does the author treat all available data equally well?
• Are all arguments in the book equally well supported? Is the book marred by generalizations or speculations?
• Is the author's use of evidence adequate and convincing?
• Does the author omit possible alternative interpretations? Is the author's approach flexible, or is it dogmatic?
• Is the book well-organized? Are all parts of the book equally well reasoned and developed?
• Is the book well written, or is it in some way repetitive, obscure, or confusing?
• To whom would the book appeal? What audience did the author intend?

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This handout will help you write a book review, a report or essay that offers a critical perspective on a text. It offers a process and suggests some strategies for writing book reviews.

What is a review?

A review is a critical evaluation of a text, event, object, or phenomenon. 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. For a similar assignment, see our handout on literature 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. It allows you to enter into dialogue and discussion with the work’s creator and with other audiences. You can offer agreement or disagreement and identify where you find the work exemplary or deficient in its knowledge, judgments, or organization. You should clearly state your opinion of the work in question, and that statement will probably resemble other types of academic writing, with a thesis statement, supporting body paragraphs, and a conclusion.

Typically, reviews are brief. In newspapers and academic journals, they rarely exceed 1000 words, although you may encounter lengthier assignments and extended commentaries. In either case, reviews need to be succinct. While they vary in tone, subject, and style, they share some common features:

• First, a review gives the reader a concise summary of the content. This includes a relevant description of the topic as well as its overall perspective, argument, or purpose.
• Second, and more importantly, a review offers a critical assessment of the content. This involves your reactions to the work under review: what strikes you as noteworthy, whether or not it was effective or persuasive, and how it enhanced your understanding of the issues at hand.
• Finally, in addition to analyzing the work, a review often suggests whether or not the audience would appreciate it.

Becoming an expert reviewer: three short examples

Reviewing can be a daunting task. Someone has asked for your opinion about something that you may feel unqualified to evaluate. Who are you to criticize Toni Morrison’s new book if you’ve never written a novel yourself, much less won a Nobel Prize? The point is that someone—a professor, a journal editor, peers in a study group—wants to know what you think about a particular work. You may not be (or feel like) an expert, but you need to pretend to be one for your particular audience. Nobody expects you to be the intellectual equal of the work’s creator, but your careful observations can provide you with the raw material to make reasoned judgments. Tactfully voicing agreement and disagreement, praise and criticism, is a valuable, challenging skill, and like many forms of writing, reviews require you to provide concrete evidence for your assertions.

Consider the following brief book review written for a history course on medieval Europe by a student who is fascinated with beer:

Judith Bennett’s Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England: Women’s Work in a Changing World, 1300-1600, investigates how women used to brew and sell the majority of ale drunk in England. Historically, ale and beer (not milk, wine, or water) were important elements of the English diet. Ale brewing was low-skill and low status labor that was complimentary to women’s domestic responsibilities. In the early fifteenth century, brewers began to make ale with hops, and they called this new drink “beer.” This technique allowed brewers to produce their beverages at a lower cost and to sell it more easily, although women generally stopped brewing once the business became more profitable.

The student describes the subject of the book and provides an accurate summary of its contents. But the reader does not learn some key information expected from a review: the author’s argument, the student’s appraisal of the book and its argument, and whether or not the student would recommend the book. As a critical assessment, a book review should focus on opinions, not facts and details. Summary should be kept to a minimum, and specific details should serve to illustrate arguments.

Now consider a review of the same book written by a slightly more opinionated student:

Judith Bennett’s Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England: Women’s Work in a Changing World, 1300-1600 was a colossal disappointment. I wanted to know about the rituals surrounding drinking in medieval England: the songs, the games, the parties. Bennett provided none of that information. I liked how the book showed ale and beer brewing as an economic activity, but the reader gets lost in the details of prices and wages. I was more interested in the private lives of the women brewsters. The book was divided into eight long chapters, and I can’t imagine why anyone would ever want to read it.

There’s no shortage of judgments in this review! But the student does not display a working knowledge of the book’s argument. The reader has a sense of what the student expected of the book, but no sense of what the author herself set out to prove. Although the student gives several reasons for the negative review, those examples do not clearly relate to each other as part of an overall evaluation—in other words, in support of a specific thesis. This review is indeed an assessment, but not a critical one.

Here is one final review of the same book:

One of feminism’s paradoxes—one that challenges many of its optimistic histories—is how patriarchy remains persistent over time. While Judith Bennett’s Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England: Women’s Work in a Changing World, 1300-1600 recognizes medieval women as historical actors through their ale brewing, it also shows that female agency had its limits with the advent of beer. I had assumed that those limits were religious and political, but Bennett shows how a “patriarchal equilibrium” shut women out of economic life as well. Her analysis of women’s wages in ale and beer production proves that a change in women’s work does not equate to a change in working women’s status. Contemporary feminists and historians alike should read Bennett’s book and think twice when they crack open their next brewsky.

This student’s review avoids the problems of the previous two examples. It combines balanced opinion and concrete example, a critical assessment based on an explicitly stated rationale, and a recommendation to a potential audience. The reader gets a sense of what the book’s author intended to demonstrate. Moreover, the student refers to an argument about feminist history in general that places the book in a specific genre and that reaches out to a general audience. The example of analyzing wages illustrates an argument, the analysis engages significant intellectual debates, and the reasons for the overall positive review are plainly visible. The review offers criteria, opinions, and support with which the reader can agree or disagree.

Developing an assessment: before you write

There is no definitive method to writing a review, although some critical thinking about the work at hand is necessary before you actually begin writing. Thus, writing a review is a two-step process: developing an argument about the work under consideration, and making that argument as you write an organized and well-supported draft. See our handout on argument .

What follows is a series of questions to focus your thinking as you dig into the work at hand. While the questions specifically consider book reviews, you can easily transpose them to an analysis of performances, exhibitions, and other review subjects. Don’t feel obligated to address each of the questions; some will be more relevant than others to the book in question.

• What is the thesis—or main argument—of the book? If the author wanted you to get one idea from the book, what would it be? How does it compare or contrast to the world you know? What has the book accomplished?
• What exactly is the subject or topic of the book? Does the author cover the subject adequately? Does the author cover all aspects of the subject in a balanced fashion? What is the approach to the subject (topical, analytical, chronological, descriptive)?
• How does the author support their argument? What evidence do they use to prove their point? Do you find that evidence convincing? Why or why not? Does any of the author’s information (or conclusions) conflict with other books you’ve read, courses you’ve taken or just previous assumptions you had of the subject?
• How does the author structure their argument? What are the parts that make up the whole? Does the argument make sense? Does it persuade you? Why or why not?
• How has this book helped you understand the subject? Would you recommend the book to your reader?

Beyond the internal workings of the book, you may also consider some information about the author and the circumstances of the text’s production:

• Who is the author? Nationality, political persuasion, training, intellectual interests, personal history, and historical context may provide crucial details about how a work takes shape. Does it matter, for example, that the biographer was the subject’s best friend? What difference would it make if the author participated in the events they write about?
• What is the book’s genre? Out of what field does it emerge? Does it conform to or depart from the conventions of its genre? These questions can provide a historical or literary standard on which to base your evaluations. If you are reviewing the first book ever written on the subject, it will be important for your readers to know. Keep in mind, though, that naming “firsts”—alongside naming “bests” and “onlys”—can be a risky business unless you’re absolutely certain.

Writing the review

Once you have made your observations and assessments of the work under review, carefully survey your notes and attempt to unify your impressions into a statement that will describe the purpose or thesis of your review. Check out our handout on thesis statements . Then, outline the arguments that support your thesis.

Your arguments should develop the thesis in a logical manner. That logic, unlike more standard academic writing, may initially emphasize the author’s argument while you develop your own in the course of the review. The relative emphasis depends on the nature of the review: if readers may be more interested in the work itself, you may want to make the work and the author more prominent; if you want the review to be about your perspective and opinions, then you may structure the review to privilege your observations over (but never separate from) those of the work under review. What follows is just one of many ways to organize a review.

Introduction

Since most reviews are brief, many writers begin with a catchy quip or anecdote that succinctly delivers their argument. But you can introduce your review differently depending on the argument and audience. The Writing Center’s handout on introductions can help you find an approach that works. In general, you should include:

• The name of the author and the book title and the main theme.
• Relevant details about who the author is and where they stand in the genre or field of inquiry. You could also link the title to the subject to show how the title explains the subject matter.
• The context of the book and/or your review. Placing your review in a framework that makes sense to your audience alerts readers to your “take” on the book. Perhaps you want to situate a book about the Cuban revolution in the context of Cold War rivalries between the United States and the Soviet Union. Another reviewer might want to consider the book in the framework of Latin American social movements. Your choice of context informs your argument.
• The thesis of the book. If you are reviewing fiction, this may be difficult since novels, plays, and short stories rarely have explicit arguments. But identifying the book’s particular novelty, angle, or originality allows you to show what specific contribution the piece is trying to make.
• Your thesis about the book.

Summary of content

This should be brief, as analysis takes priority. In the course of making your assessment, you’ll hopefully be backing up your assertions with concrete evidence from the book, so some summary will be dispersed throughout other parts of the review.

The necessary amount of summary also depends on your audience. Graduate students, beware! If you are writing book reviews for colleagues—to prepare for comprehensive exams, for example—you may want to devote more attention to summarizing the book’s contents. If, on the other hand, your audience has already read the book—such as a class assignment on the same work—you may have more liberty to explore more subtle points and to emphasize your own argument. See our handout on summary for more tips.

Analysis and evaluation of the book

Your analysis and evaluation should be organized into paragraphs that deal with single aspects of your argument. This arrangement can be challenging when your purpose is to consider the book as a whole, but it can help you differentiate elements of your criticism and pair assertions with evidence more clearly. You do not necessarily need to work chronologically through the book as you discuss it. Given the argument you want to make, you can organize your paragraphs more usefully by themes, methods, or other elements of the book. If you find it useful to include comparisons to other books, keep them brief so that the book under review remains in the spotlight. Avoid excessive quotation and give a specific page reference in parentheses when you do quote. Remember that you can state many of the author’s points in your own words.

Sum up or restate your thesis or make the final judgment regarding the book. You should not introduce new evidence for your argument in the conclusion. You can, however, introduce new ideas that go beyond the book if they extend the logic of your own thesis. This paragraph needs to balance the book’s strengths and weaknesses in order to unify your evaluation. Did the body of your review have three negative paragraphs and one favorable one? What do they all add up to? The Writing Center’s handout on conclusions can help you make a final assessment.

Finally, a few general considerations:

• Review the book in front of you, not the book you wish the author had written. You can and should point out shortcomings or failures, but don’t criticize the book for not being something it was never intended to be.
• With any luck, the author of the book worked hard to find the right words to express her ideas. You should attempt to do the same. Precise language allows you to control the tone of your review.
• Never hesitate to challenge an assumption, approach, or argument. Be sure, however, to cite specific examples to back up your assertions carefully.
• Try to present a balanced argument about the value of the book for its audience. You’re entitled—and sometimes obligated—to voice strong agreement or disagreement. But keep in mind that a bad book takes as long to write as a good one, and every author deserves fair treatment. Harsh judgments are difficult to prove and can give readers the sense that you were unfair in your assessment.
• A great place to learn about book reviews is to look at examples. The New York Times Sunday Book Review and The New York Review of Books can show you how professional writers review books.

Works consulted

We consulted these works while writing this handout. This is not a comprehensive list of resources on the handout’s topic, and we encourage you to do your own research to find additional publications. Please do not use this list as a model for the format of your own reference list, as it may not match the citation style you are using. For guidance on formatting citations, please see the UNC Libraries citation tutorial . We revise these tips periodically and welcome feedback.

Drewry, John. 1974. Writing Book Reviews. Boston: Greenwood Press.

Hoge, James. 1987. Literary Reviewing. Charlottesville: University Virginia of Press.

Sova, Dawn, and Harry Teitelbaum. 2002. How to Write Book Reports , 4th ed. Lawrenceville, NY: Thomson/Arco.

Walford, A.J. 1986. Reviews and Reviewing: A Guide. Phoenix: Oryx Press.

You may reproduce it for non-commercial use if you use the entire handout and attribute the source: The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Academic Book Reviews Follow a General Format

Academic Book Reviews are written for two main readers, the academic scholars and specialized readers.  Every book review will be different depending on assignment or the audience of review.  Generally speaking a review should have the following four sections.

Introduction

• Middle or Body
• Critical Book Review Tip Sheet from University of Alberta Libraries This PDF Tip Sheet has several elements to keep in mind when writing a Academic Book Review.
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Standardized citation (MLA, APA, Chicago etc.) also include ISBN, number of pages in book, format (hard cover, online, etc.), and price (check cover or publishers web site for cost)  

Should generally cover three basic areas

• how this material fits into existing writings
• authors qualifications and standing in field
• history of topic
• state what the authors thesis is
• evaluate how this thesis compares with the field
• DO NOT just summarize, make sure to add your opinion as reader and expert (even if you don’t feel like one)
• give an overall value added commentary

Middle or Body – Method of Critique

• Author’s main argument
• Individual chapters and arguments
• Author’s methodology
• Accessibility / Readability
• Factual errors
• Appropriateness for intended audience
• Relationship to other research in field
• Originality
• Implications for future study
• Back up opinion with quotes from text
• Follow the Chapters : evaluate and group chapters together following the order of the book.
• Topic / Ideas : organize by the general topics covered in the book and evaluate each grouping as appropriate
• Criticism based : Each paragraph will address your critical points about the book. This can lead to a choppy review offering examples that jump around the text.
• End on a positive note but don’t lie or embellish
• Who should read and why
• Be Detailed but succinct
• Back up criticism with examples from the text. 
• Stay away from minor points such as spelling/grammar mistakes, cover art, visual appeal and gossip.
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Since you are sure to remember its results, repeat in 1 or 2 weeks, during which time you can take another test in the Cambridge IELTS series 1-16.

Time to ensure you finish the tests in the allotted time

The best thing about preparing for a test is to put pressure on yourself; don’t wait until the test is over; use the watch to time it precisely like the real test to speed things up.

How to Practice with IELTS Cambridge 17 Academic Book

There are several errors to avoid when using IELTS Cambridge practice books. You shouldn’t just conduct exam after test after test. This has more to do with your worry than your English proficiency.

The sole purpose of taking practice exams is to become familiar with the test format and practice exam tactics like crafting subject sentences. You must utilize the IELTS Cambridge books differently to increase your English proficiency. Start with a timed exam to determine your skill level. Then, select the areas in which you need the most improvement.

IELTS Cambridge 17 Listening

• Study some IELTS Listening Tips before you listen.
• Create a realistic testing environment: silence, headphones, practice paper, pencil, etc.
• After you’re finished, check your answers.
• More importantly, reread the tapescript.
• Underline it.
• Determine the cause of your incorrect answers: Is it the vocabulary? How is the pronunciation?
• Now that you know what to improve, you may practice it more before the next exam.
• Use the tests in the book to assess your progress.

IELTS Cambridge 17 Reading

• Similar to listening, first read some IELTS Listening tips.
• Simulate the setting for testing.
• Time yourself and complete the exam.
• Examine your replies.
• Highlight the incorrect answers.
• Write in your notes the causes of your errors.
• You must improve in these areas before retaking an exam to determine your progress.

IELTS Cambridge 17 Writing

• Time yourself and write a full test.
• Find a skilled instructor to edit your work, provide comments, or edit it yourself.
• Examine some sample responses about the same issue.
• Repeatedly practice focusing on your weak areas: vocabulary, grammar, structure, concepts, etc.
• This is typically the lowest score for most IELTS candidates; practice it above anything else!

IELTS Cambridge 17 Speaking

• Respond to the speaking questions and record your responses.
• Listen to it again, or have an expert grade it.
• Determine your deficiencies, such as vocabulary, pronunciation, and speed.
• Find techniques to enhance your speaking skills before the upcoming exam.
• You can improve your pronunciation with a Google Voice search.

Download Cambridge IELTS Academic 17 with Answers [PDF + Audio]

You can choose a version of the Cambridge IELTS 17 Academic or General Training courses that contain four tests. Each book includes an overview of these various modules and an explanation of the scoring methodology employed by Cambridge Assessment English, the company that created the IELTS test.

The volumes are ideal for independent study since they contain answers and further explanations, audio for the Listening exams, tapescripts, sample answers for the Writing test, and a sample video for the Speaking test.

Obtain a sample video for the Speaking test, answer keys with further explanations, and audio for the Listening tests. Write your answers down (instructions on the inside front cover) or use the QR codes in the book to quickly access your audio and video material.

Each test in the book has a QR code that will direct you to the audio file, so please scan it.

For those who don’t want to scan, below are the Cambridge IELTS Academic 17 audio files:

Cambridge IELTS 17 Listening Test 01 Part 1 Audio

Cambridge IELTS 17 Listening Test 01 Part 2 Audio

Cambridge IELTS 17 Listening Test 01 Part 3 Audio

Cambridge IELTS 17 Listening Test 01 Part 4 Audio

Cambridge IELTS 17 Listening Test 02 Part 1 Audio

Cambridge IELTS 17 Listening Test 02 Part 2 Audio

Cambridge IELTS 17 Listening Test 02 Part 3 Audio

Cambridge IELTS 17 Listening Test 02 Part 4 Audio

Cambridge IELTS 17 Listening Test 03 Part 1 Audio

Cambridge IELTS 17 Listening Test 03 Part 2 Audio

Cambridge IELTS 17 Listening Test 03 Part 3 Audio

Cambridge IELTS 17 Listening Test 03 Part 4 Audio

Cambridge IELTS 17 Listening Test 04 Part 1 Audio

Cambridge IELTS 17 Listening Test 04 Part 2 Audio

Cambridge IELTS 17 Listening Test 04 Part 3 Audio

Cambridge IELTS 17 Listening Test 04 Part 4 Audio

Study Activities for Cambridge IELTS 17

When practising, combine diverse abilities, so your brain links the language, greatly accelerating your advancement.

Listening Activities in Cambridge IELTS 17

Over and over: Repetition is the most critical stage in improving your listening skills. Continue listening and attempt to learn new words, sounds, etc. The audio script may then be utilized to identify your weaknesses.

Test environment: Determine how the test is administered in your nation and practice in that environment. Sound system or headphones? Working at a desk? Is this a chilly room? This can minimize anxiety on the day of the exam.

After you listen: This is a crucial phase for personal development. Fill in the spaces, but also consider jotting down other options – keep your exercise short and straightforward. You should enjoy yourself while honing your listening abilities. Instead of reading a book, watch a YouTube video or listen to a podcast.

Writing Activities in Cambridge IELTS 17

Focus Activity: Students may have difficulties focusing on many subjects simultaneously, such as vocabulary, grammar, concepts, etc. Make life simpler for yourself. Compose one paragraph for each subject while focusing on your vocabulary. Then, rewrite the same paragraph with an emphasis on grammar. Then, one thinks. Reverse the order in the next paragraph. Continue to develop your talents, and then strive to produce an essay that simultaneously focuses on them.

Sample answers: Utilize model responses to help you improve. Compare your essays to the sample answers. Can you utilize some of the advanced words, phrases, and collocations? Continue revising your essays using what you’ve learned from my examples. Then, while practising alone, attempt to recollect some of what you have learned.

Speaking Activities in Cambridge IELTS 17

Combination: After reading, follow up with some related speaking questions. Make notes on your answers. Then write something. Focus on your replies and return to them. Are there alternative terms that may have been used? Re-record your voice. Continue practising the same subject. Review your replies the next day. Use a different word and create a new video. Repeat this method until you can hear your improvement and realize you are not wasting your time!

Different Answers: Some pupils rehearse by answering the same questions again. This makes you sound pretty mechanical. Instead, repeatedly respond to the same inquiry with slightly different information. This will help you sound more natural and fluent and will allow you to utilize a more extensive vocabulary.

Test Simulation: View a YouTube demonstration to see how it operates. Simulate a genuine test for yourself with a computer or a companion. This can make you feel less stressed throughout the actual exam.

Reading Activities for Cambridge IELTS 17

Listen and stop: Begin listening to an exam, but stop listening periodically. What sentence did you last hear? The final word? Can you guess the following word? The following phrase? Modify your practice methods so that your progress is more constant and rapid.

Paraphrases/Synonyms: Using paraphrases and synonyms is crucial for the IELTS. After completing a test, underline the questions’ essential terms. Emphasize how these words alter during the reading. Create a list of the distinctions in your notebook. This will increase your awareness of the distinctions and improve your exam comprehension.

Summaries: Summarizing is both simple and quite challenging. After reading, attempt to compose a summary of the material. But switch things up. Sometimes, you can write a single sentence and then a whole paragraph. Sometimes, merely summarize a single paragraph or paraphrase one statement. Always vary your method of practice to keep yourself challenged!

Cambridge IELTS 17 General Training with Answers

Cambridge IELTS 17 General Training Student’s Book with Answers and Resource Bank  allows IELTS learners to enhance their English language skills and prepare for the authentic IELTS test. Students can familiarize themselves with the IELTS exam and practice the test content.

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