How is a book review structure
Book Review Part 3/7 How to Structure a Book Review.
welcome back now we continue with the
structure of the book review
first of all please do not use any
subheadings you are so welcome to have a
nice fine title but no subheadings in
short essays like this one first of all
you stop with the introduction and as I
mentioned earlier you should present the
title the author did John roux and a
couple of sentences about the actual
plot the seam then you come to the body
here is where you present information
about the contents of the novel that you
have read not much just a little bit and
you also present your opinions about the
book then you have the analysis and the
evaluation here you can go into details
about the setting as I mentioned or the
characters or the plot and finally you
end up with the conclusion let's go into
detail of this one if you look at the
introduction here as I mentioned once
again the basic information only and
second secondly the body there are two
main sections for this pot the first is
an explanation of the what the book is
about and the second is your opinion
about the book in how successful it is
of course there is a slight difference
between fiction and books that are
nonfiction some of you choose to read
biographies and it is possible to write
book reviews of them as well but of
course you cannot discuss them the
setting when when he is talking about it
but it is is it realistic so for a
fiction or other creative writing you
should think about priests providing a
brief description of the setting the
point of view who tells the story the
protagonists are the major characters
the distinct mode of tone but you don't
need to go into depths because that is
what you will do in the next section and
you give a very very concise plot
summary not
much it's not supposed to be a summary
of the whole story just a concise short
one of the major events and if it's a
nonfiction for instance some of you read
Roald Dahl's life then you present a
general overview of the author's topic
the main points and arguments
you need not summarize every chapter
every angle or anything just what you
found interesting yourself and if you
found this man realistic now we come to
the most interesting part where you
really can show that you can analyze and
evaluate where you can criticize a book
if you would like that and you have all
the chances of presenting your personal
opinions but you need to support them
with examples not saying just like I I
like it or I don't like it so some
questions that you might want to
consider did the author achieve his or
her purpose do you find the writing
effective powerful difficult beautiful
what are the strengths and weaknesses of
the book and if it's a none fiction is
he qualified enough to write about it do
you agree with what he's saying and what
is your overall response to the book did
you find it interesting moving dull
remember to present why or why not
would you recommend it to others why why
not
so remember to always motivate your
comments the conclusion here you pull
your thoughts together here you present
the impression the back left you with
you really stress what you would like
your reader to know about it
like for instance The Fault in Our Stars
many of you have read that book one
person says the story blasts away the
veil of secrecy and hooks you from the
very beginning that is a fantastic
summary of a book of
course you want to read it when you see
something like that so to write a book
review you need formal language how to
present opinions in academic writing but
that is something that I will present in
another film further on but it is
important when you write but you learn
to vary your language and use linking
words one example for instance is that
many of you can write I think that
Frankel presents weak arguments when he
tries to prove his point if we would
turn this into formal language we would
say a second weakness in Franco's
writing is in the assumptions he
sometimes makes to prove his point you
see both of these sentences are totally
correct but the second one proves that
you know English a little bit more on
depth so this is how you can improve
during the course even if you know
English fluently and you can listen and
talk and you have no problems with it
but then I really suggest you really
focus on varying your language and using
linking words and in the next little
film that you will see you will learn
from good examples or good book reviews
that I really really would like you to
take some time to read because they will
help you so much when it's time for you
to read your and write your own book
reviews so see you soon
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