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Book Review Format Guide

The document provides guidance on how to write a book review, including introducing the book, establishing relationships between the reviewer and author's theses, providing an overview of the book's premises and issues, evaluating various aspects of the book such as writing clarity and achieving goals, and concluding with a recommendation. The review should summarize the author's main ideas in the first half to two-thirds and evaluate the book in the remainder. Reviews are limited to two pages of analysis and one page for a vocabulary list.

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Book Review Format Guide

The document provides guidance on how to write a book review, including introducing the book, establishing relationships between the reviewer and author's theses, providing an overview of the book's premises and issues, evaluating various aspects of the book such as writing clarity and achieving goals, and concluding with a recommendation. The review should summarize the author's main ideas in the first half to two-thirds and evaluate the book in the remainder. Reviews are limited to two pages of analysis and one page for a vocabulary list.

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Book Review Format

Book Title
by author
Publisher, Year
Reviewed by Manny Manunuri
CRITICAL WRITING, (section)
1st Semester, SY !1"#!1$
I. Introduction%
A. Introduce your review appropriately. I&enti'( the author, the title, the main to)ic or issue
)resente& in the boo*, an& the author+s )ur)ose in ,ritin- the boo*.

B. Explain Relationships. /stablish (our )osition as the re0ie,er ((our thesis about the author+s
thesis). As (ou ,rite, consi&er the 'ollo,in- 1uestions%
What t()e o' boo* is this2 (Is the boo* a memoir, a treatise, a collection o' 'acts, an e3ten&e&
ar-ument, etc.2 Is the article a &ocumentar(, a ,rite#u) o' )rimar( research, a )osition )a)er, etc.)2
Who is the author2 What &oes the )re'ace or 'ore,or& tell (ou about the author+s )ur)ose,
bac*-roun&, an& cre&entials2 What is the author+s a))roach to the to)ic (as a 4ournalist2 a historian2
a researcher2)2
What is the main to)ic or )roblem a&&resse&2 5o, &oes the ,or* relate to a &isci)line, to a
)ro'ession, to a )articular au&ience, or to other ,or*s on the to)ic2 Who6s the au&ience 'or this
boo*2
What is (our critical e0aluation o' the ,or* ((our thesis or stance)2 Wh( ha0e (ou ta*en that
)osition2 What criteria are (ou basin- (our )osition on2
. !rovide an "verview. What are the author6s basic )remises 'or ,ritin- this boo*2 What issues
are raise&, or ,hat themes emer-e2 What situation(s) )ro0i&e a basis 'or the author+s assertions2 List
an( bac*-roun& in'ormation that is rele0ant to the entire boo* an& shoul& be )lace& here rather than in a
bo&( )ara-ra)h.
II. Evaluate the book. This is the heart o' (our boo* re0ie,. You shoul& &iscuss a 0ariet( o' issues here%
5o, clearl( is the boo* ,ritten2
7i& the author achie0e his -oal2 5o, &i& he &o this or 'all short2
What are the author+s most im)ortant )oints2 List at least t,o e3am)les o' ho, the author )ro0e& or
&i& not )ro0e )oints he ,as tr(in- to ma*e.
What )ossibilities &oes the boo* su--est 'or the rea&er2
What &i& the boo* lea0e out2
5o, the boo* com)ares to others on the sub4ect2
What )ersonal e3)eriences &o (ou ha0e relatin- to the sub4ect2
What &i& (ou li*e best about the boo*2 What &i& (ou li*e least about the boo*2
8a*e sure that (ou &istin-uish (our )ersonal 0ie,s 'rom that o' the author.

III. onclusion. Tie to-ether an( issues raise& in the re0ie, an& )ro0i&e a concise comment on the boo*
an& ,hether or not (ou ,oul& recommen& this boo* to someone else.
#ote$ 1. General rule o' thumb is that the 'irst one#hal' to t,o#thir&s o' the re0ie, shoul& summari9e the
author+s main i&eas ,hile the remain&er o' the re)ort shoul& e0aluate the boo*. . T,o () ,ill be the
ma3imum number o' )a-es 'or anal(sis, 1 )a-e 'or 0ocabular( list. :. 8ar-ins% le't#1.$, ri-ht, to), bottom#
1.!.; &ouble s)ace, Arial 'ont, si9e 11)ts. Ans,er the -ui&e 1uestions in three )arts )ara-ra)h 'orm. No nee&
to ,rite the hea&in-s 'or each )ara-ra)h. 7ea&line is on Au-ust ", !1", Tues&a(.
<78=CAS Source: How to Get Started Reading a Book to Review it,> an&
8ass Comm ?How to Write Critical Reviews of Nonfiction Works.>
CRITICAL WRITING
Pro'. N. Santos

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