This document provides information and guidelines for writing an academic book review. It defines a book review as a critical analysis of a book's significance, structure, and arguments for readers. The essential elements of a book review are analyzing and commenting on the book's academic writing structure and defining its key topics. Some main characteristics of an effective book review are that it provides a good summary, a critical evaluation, and commentary on the book rather than just a summary. The document also outlines the typical structure for writing a book review, including an introduction, summary of content, evaluation through paragraphs on aspects of the book's arguments, and a conclusion with an overall judgment.

1. Academic Writing Book Review
Edson Bolaños
Codigo:1085269998
Universidad Nacional abierta y a distancia (UNAD)
Septiembre 2016

2. Book Review Definition
 The book review is a critical
research of significance
arguments of a book for the
readers, the structure is
relevant and clearly in the
understanding process of this.
The writes for investigation has
been the main target for the
profesional writing
investigators.
 The essential of a book review
is the analysis and commentary
of academic writing structure
defining the types of lectures.

3. Main Characteristics
 Is the good analysis of a
summary of a book.
 Is the critical evaluation of a
text, event, subject etc.
 Also the review is consider in
Books, articles, literature, news
papers, essays and many other
forms of lecture.
 The most important element is
not just the summary but the
comentary is a fundamental
point in the process.

4. Writing reviews
 In the process of the lecture
reviewing to take notes about the
impressions and statements of
the lecture is an important part
into the description and support of
the thesis.
 The main topics of the writing
review are:
INTRODUCTION: The begin of the
review
SUMMARY OF CONTENT: The
analisys priorite.
EVALUATION: the organization of
paragraphs with single aspects of the
argument.
CONCLUSION: The final judgement
regard of the book.

5. Example.
Behind close doors
 N gaire Thomas 2004
 http://owll.massey.ac.nz/pdf/sa
mple-book-review.pdf.
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6. References
 Essays:
http://www.esc.edu/online-
writing-
center/resources/academic-
writing/typs/book-review/.
 Types of review:
 http://www.esc.edu/online-
writing-
center/resources/academic-
writing/types/