A bodice ripping yarn (How To Write A Good Book Review)

Member Name: sympatic

Product:	How To Write A Good Book Review
Date:	31/10/08 (214 review reads)
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Advantages: Entertaining writing

Disadvantages: No plot endings to be revealed

I guess the most important bit about writing a good book review is to be aware of what to leave out rather than what to include, by that I mean the most important thing not to do in a book review ( assuming here we are talking about fiction books for the moment ) is to include too much of the plot and under no circumstances should you reveal the ending or give away any of the plot twists, now naturally if the book you are reviewing is Spot Goes to the Park then this is not quite as relevant as if you are reviewing the latest Richard Patterson thriller, in fact in this case when reviewing a fictional book only a minimal amount of plot should be revealed, just enough to wet the readers appetite and leave them wanting to read more, the sort of limited information that you find on the back cover.

What I do want to read is why you have a particular opinion about the book, what the writing style is like and whether this book is a real page turner or a hard slog to the end. The depth of the characters and how believable the plot is are also important factors.

For non fiction writing style is also relevant as well as the degree of information or entertainment value to be found in the book and for some non fiction and also childrens book the quality of the illustrations are also relevant.

It also helps to mention if a book is part of a series featuring the main character and if so where in the series it comes and whether it can exist as a stand alone book of if you should start from the beginning first.

Cover all of thesepoints in an engaging way without waffling off topic and you should get good ratings from members, what I do not want to read about is how you bough it or any rants about the theme or person being written about. Sometimes it is good to just follow the KISS principle.

Summary: Good book reviews.