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Category: Book Review

book review
May 19, 2023

How To Write A Book Review

There are two approaches to a book review:   Descriptive reviews give the essential information about a book. This is done with description and exposition, by stating the perceived aims and purposes of the author, and by quoting striking passages

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non-fiction review tips for critics
February 17, 2023

Critiquing Non-Fiction: 6 Points to Note

What is the best way to critique a literary non-fiction? It is easy for one to criticize people, processes, governments, etc. without necessarily adding value. Sometimes, such criticisms are done in bad faith. In a work of art, however,

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October 28, 2021

How Well-Read Are You?

How well-read are you, really? It is no longer news that writers must be readers. This is because the depth of your writing is determined by the wealth of other writings you have consumed. What if you were to

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The Best Way to Write a Book Review
September 23, 2020

The Best Way to Write a Book Review

A book review is a critical appraisal of a book. It contains a summary of the content and assesses the importance of the book. It also goes beyond assessment and summary, it's an opportunity for the reviewer to assess

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9 Novels That Changed The World-readywriters.net
April 17, 2019

9 Novels That Changed The World

Reading is not just about pleasure: books have the power to touch us profoundly, to open our eyes to injustices – and sometimes even act as a catalyst for social change. To mark World Book Day, we take a

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Nsibidi-A Fresh Look at Writings from Africa-readywriters.net
April 15, 2019

A Fresh Look at Writings from Africa

In her book The Doctor and the Saint, Arundhati Roy discusses at some length how Gandhi’s impressions of the Africans during his two-decade-long stay as an expatriate attorney in South Africa were full of superstitions. Naturally, such an attitude was

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