Wriging

Writing a book review can be quite tricky, for one simple reason: the author of the book should, normally, be a better writer than yourself (not only you, just any general reviewer).

The best advice I can give you when writing a book review if to "be yourself" and answer these questions in a honest way:

-- Was the book interesting for you? Why?
-- Was it easy to read? Why?
-- Did you like the author's style?
-- Would you have written some parts of the book in a different way yourself?
-- Which were the most boring/difficult part of the book?
-- Was it too long or too short?

Try to examine the book from different angles, try to imagine what other people may think when reading the book. What effect would it have on them?

Read other reviews about similar books by good reviewers, and note down why you like them or you don't like them. Pay particular attention to the way they describe the book.

I'm starting to write book reviews for my site as well, feel free to have a look at this one, for example:

Book Review: Humble Little Ruby Book

What do you think? Is there something you liked or didn't like about it?

Also remember the aim of a book review: make people read (or not read) the book... If it's a good book, do your very best to convey your positive impressions to the reader. If you didn't like it, do your best to convince people that they shouldn't waste their time.

Hope it helps...

Thank you for the useful tips and the link, h3raild. I will go through as many reviews as I can before coming up with the one(s) of my own. It is always a good thing to learn from others.