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Book review

Book review

Book review

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A book review is a form of literary criticism in which a book is described, and usually further analyzed based on content, style, and merit. A book review may be a primary source, an opinion piece, a summary review, or a scholarly view. Books can be reviewed for printed periodicals, magazines, and newspapers, as school work, or for book websites on the Internet. A book review's length may vary fro

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"The book review is a specific and applied form of , and is distinguished in several ways from criticism in general. In the first place, whereas criticism in general may be concerned with an authors entire work, or with that of a group of writers or of a period, the review usually is limited to a single book. While, of course, it may compare the book with others by the same author or by other writers, its interest is centered in the single work. Another difference is this: while criticism in general often takes for granted that the reader is more or less familiar with the authors and books being discussed, the review takes less for granted. One reason for this that readers of book reviews—especially reviews that appear in newspapers—are likely to be less informed and less sophisticated than readers of criticism in general."
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