This tutorial is suitable for those of you writing
papers where one needs to review and comment a publication of some
sort. As usual, the guide should be seen as a general framework with
great potentials of personal improvement/enhancements.
Step 1: Front page
The same format as research
papers.
Step 2: The Contents
Like usual you should try to have the same size in your headers,
sub-titles and the like. Be sure to always keep it simple &
professional! In the introduction page you could start by describing
what drove you into reading this book, what is so special about it? Did
you read it because of the public controversy about it, or the positive
reviews you read about the book or just the fact that you liked its
cover.
Neither the less, try to point the incitement that drove you to reading
it, it is a good way to catch the readers interest. Make sure to keep
this page brief. Then follow this page with a short resume about the
story it self. Once again, remember to keep this section brief as well
and try not to get into details.
The main point in writing this page is to give the reader a summary of
the book which enables him/her to easier follow your thoughts later on.
Step 3: The Contents
It is a good idea to include a small paragraph of some sort in the
beginning of the text introducing the author and his/her previous
works. Enough about small issues. The most important page in your
review is the page where your views and commentary is uplifted and
discussed in detail, here this page is called Reflections.
Make sure to write as much as possible here; include a discussion
concerning the message of the book, what makes it good/bad and of
course some general reflections your impression of the book
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