Writing a Book Review

• Book Review


  A formal paper that works to describe, analyze, and evaluate a particular source as well as to provide detailed evidence to support this analysis and evaluation.
• Book Review


  It is a sneak peek at a book, not a summary.
• Book Report


  Focuses on summarization
• Book Report


  Relies on personal opinion
• Book Review 


  Analyzes the book
• Book Review


  Move beyond personal opinion
• Parts of a Book Review

  • Title
  • Introduction
  • Body
  • Summary of key arguments
  • Analysis and Evaluation
  • Conclusion
• Introduction

  • Author and Book
  • Thesis statement
  • Book type
  • Theme and background
• Genres

  • Non-fiction
  • Fiction
• Non-fiction

  add direct quotations
• Fiction


  provide short summary without spoiling