Writing a book review
A book review looks at the quality, meaning and significance of a work of literature. It´s a reaction paper which focuses on purpose content and authority in which strenghts and weaknesses of the material are analyzed. You have to look at what the author tried to do and you have to evaluate it and provide evidence to support it. You have to read the book actively and critically. The book review has to parts: Summary and analysis. In the summary you have to write in your own words what the book was about. It restates the author´s main point purpose intent and supporting details; it is the shortest part, you have to look at the book as a whole. On the other hand, the analysis is a detailed evaluation of the thesis presented by the author; you have to look at objective strenghts and weaknesses. The analysis has to be balanced and it requieres a lot of critical thinking; you have to interact with the text and ask questions of it such as: "Who is the audience?" "Is the auth...
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