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How to write a book review

Updated: Dec 1, 2022

How to write an effective book review:

· First off all, you going to want a title that will interest the reader, this could be the title of the book, or something else that you come up with.

· Next, you’re going to want to talk about the main theme of the book, this could be saying what genre it is (fiction/non-fiction etc.) or just giving the reader a general insight on the book.

· For the next part, you need to be careful, you want to interest the reader, so give them something to be interested by. This could be an event that happens in the book, or something as simple as a character description. But what you don’t want to do is give away the whole plot of the story. Another way you could do this is impart a piece of information directly from the text, enough information to interest the reader, but not enough to give the whole plot away.

· You should then talk about what interested you as the reader, whether it is vivid description or an action-packed plot, you choose.

· Finally, you might want to detail who the book is aimed at, for example, y/a (young adult) or under five years olds.




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