This document provides guidance on how to write a book review in 3-4 paragraphs. It begins by noting some key considerations like length and audience. It then outlines the typical structure of a review, including an introduction, description of external and internal book features, and conclusion. Reviews are meant to both report on and evaluate a book, distinguishing them from mere summaries. The document provides suggestions on identifying the book, author, and reviewer themselves. It also presents example paragraphs that could be included in a book review.

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How To Write a Book Review

2. Before You Begin
• Remember, there is no right way to write a book
review. Book reviews are highly personal and reflect
the opinions of the reviewer.
• A review may be as short as 50-100 words, or as
long as 1500 words, depending on the purpose of the
review.
• Before writing the review, be sure that you
understand what type of review is required for you.
• Keep your audience in mind! This will help define the
emphasis you put on various parts of the review.

3. The Function of a Review
• Your review should do 4 things:
• - Introduction
• - External Features of the Book
• - Internal Features of the Book
• - Conclusion

4. Summary or Review?
• A book review is distinct from a
summary in that it demands an analysis
of and reaction to content that a
summary does not.
• Whereas a summary is a report of what
is written, a review both reports on and
evaluates a book.

5. What to Do in A Book
Review
• Identify your book.
• Identify the author.
• Identify yourself.

6. Identifying the Book
• Be sure to give your readers this
information:
– the author
– the full title
– the publisher
– the place and date of publication
– the edition

7. Identifying the Author
• Where appropriate, identify the author's
qualifications, and any other personal
information that is relevant to your
discussion of the book. This may apply
more to non-fiction works.
• If you have read other works by the
same author, try to place the book with
reference to the author's other writings.

8. Identifying Yourself
• People’s reactions to and opinions of a book
will vary according to what they bring to the
book. Let your audience know anything about
yourself which may color your experience of
the book. This may help your readers to
determine how to evaluate your opinions of
the material.

9. Ways to Approach the Review
• Outline the contents of the book
• Evaluate and make critical comments on the book
• Use quotations or references to the new ideas in the
book to illustrate your theme
• Compare the book with a similar work by a
contemporary
• Point out the author's intentions, including the
audience for which the book is intended
• Relate the work to a social or literary trend

10. Example Of Book Review
“Ten Much”

11. Cover Page(Ex. Contd.)

12. External Features Of The
Book(Ex. Contd.)
• Title : Ten much
• Author: A.G.Krishna Murthy
• ISBN: 978-0070680241
• Publication: Tata Mc Graw Hill Education Pvt.Ltd
• Copyright: 2010
• Price: RS. 195/-
• No. of pages: 162
• Cover and Book designer: Sajit Surendram
• Binding Of The Book: Is Done With Glue
• Durability: Yes, The Book Is Durable
• Size: Medium

13. External Features Of
The Book(Ex. Contd.)
• Pages & Printing:
Pages are white in color
Pages are smooth
Pages are thick than any other book
Fonts of the book is readable
Size of the title is large compared to other
pages

14. • Type of book: It is a general reading book which helps in providing
inspiration and personality development
Subject matter: Tells the stories of fifty people mostly Indian and
some remarkable international achievers
• Special features: covers the broad range of achievers belonging to
multiple fields
• Describes the way from which people rose from the level of failure
to succeder.
• Small figures related to the field are placed
• Few lines are quoted in bold
• References are given
• Authors purpose in writing the book: To inspire and ignite the
hidden talent in the Indian youth.

15. Genre(Ex. Contd.)
• What is the general field or genre and how does the book fit into
it?
It is a general reading book for all dreamers who want to make
their dreams real
• Who is the intended audience?
All the enthusiastic youth who like to excel in their own fields and
to all the steppers into management field.
• Authors style :
Informal way with narration of life stories of successful people.

16. Table of contents(Ex. Contd.)
• How did the book affect me?
• After reading the book, I came to know about famous personalities
and the hard work done, to achieve their goal. These 10 processes
boosted my confidence levels. When someone else is good at doing
something even lacking few amenities, having those why cant I do
it?. GOD GAVE US ONE SINGLE LIFE, LETS BRUSH UP OUR
LACKS AND WORK ON OUR GOAL. This book gave me a
confidence that I can recognize the change in me and RIDE THE
CHANGE.

17. • Ideas in mind that got changed:
• Yes. Even I was disappointed by instances. so., this book boosted my
confidence and gave me a note.
• SUFFERINGS ARE PART OF LIFE & SUCCESS IS THE ESSENCE OF
FAILURE.
• How well did the book achieve its goal?
• The book totally reached its viewpoint as it motivates the young minds
because ,it quoted life stories of fellow Indians who now became the story
of India itself.
• Would you recommend the book?
• Yes, I recommend the book.
• It surely provokes all the losers and non starters to reach their destiny to
certain levels and all
• the challenging youth to catch their goal.

18. • DESCRIPTION:
• The book is written by famous MUDRA advertising agency
director. He describes the life instances of notable
personalities over the world
• NARRATION:
• The narration is in formal way and excellent as it takes into
account the personal stories of people who started
dreaming, worked hard to chase dreams and turned them
into reality

19. • ARGUEMENT:
• The author raised the point to dream, regardless of one’s own
position and convinces the reader to reach them by quoting true
examples
• EVALUATION:
• The book is interesting and meets the expectations of the reader
and accurate in every possible way for which the reader took up
the book and very useful to its intended audience.
• I agree with the opinions of the author because what ever was
presented in the book is also what I believe and follow in life.

20. What I liked in the
book:(Ex. Contd.)
• Title of the book --“ ten much”
• Dhirubhai and his theme
– - once he set his mind on something he
would do it.
– -I like to be the first one in
– everything
• Henry ford’s achievement

21. Lines I liked from book(Ex.
Contd.)
Line1: Throw all your weight behind that skill, Polish it, refine it and perfect
it.
Line2: Your mind can perform miracles. But your faith needs to be 100%. Even
if the faith is 99.99%,it will cut down and let you down.
Line3: “my life is my message” by Mahatma Gandhi.
Line4: Success has many fathers and failure has none.
Line5: leaders need to be felt and touched not visualization.
Line6: failing to plan is planning to fail

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