How to Write a Book Review. How to Write a Book Review by Bill Asenjo Return to Successful Freelancing · Print/Mobile-Friendly Version A book review describes, analyzes and evaluates.
The review conveys an opinion, supporting it with evidence from the book. Do you know how to write a book review? I didn't. Writing with Writers: Writing a Book Review Home. How to Write a Book Review. A book review is a description, critical analysis, and an evaluation on the quality, meaning, and significance of a book, not a retelling.
It should focus on the book's purpose, content, and authority. A critical book review is not a book report or a summary. It is a reaction paper in which strengths and weaknesses of the material are analyzed.