. This book review will emphasize student’s impression of strengths, weaknesses, importance to the discussion and recommendations for future classes. The book review must be written using APA formatting and be a minimum of 5 pages in length, not counting cover page or works cited page. It will be submitted via Safe Assign and any plagiarism will result in a “Zero” for the paper.
The book review is not a chapter by chapter synopsis. The book review is done to inform a neophyte about a subject, and about the worthiness of applying their time to actually reading the book. It should not tell them everything, but give them enough information to discern if this is worth their time and will give them knowledge or perspective they did not have previously. Simply put: if done correctly, I will read, or not read a book, based on a good review. To do that, the review will have four (4) sections: Strengths, Weaknesses, Importance and Recommendations.
Strengths should do what it says, highlight the strengths of the book (in your opinion). Three should be sufficient.
Weaknesses are just as simple. What did you not like about the book? Again, three examples should be enough.
Importance will explain if you believe that the content is “important” to the subject matter you are currently studying. Does the book create a better understanding of the subject?
Recommendation is simply your opinion about the book, as to whether you either believe or don’t believe that future students should read this book. Think of this as your “Conclusion” paragraph.