: Re: What are the ingredients for a good book review? I've recently started writing book reviews. I am doing this for numerous reasons, most importantly perhaps is to be able to express in a clear

You're reviewing fiction, which I rarely touch. IMO, more subjective; in addition, I prefer to keep my tastes in recreational reading private.

+1 here: someone I can identify with in terms of likes and dislikes

Tell me why it is that you responded / reacted the way you did. "The book wasn't about the parrot in the title, but the dysfunctional family that never figured out how to take care of the parrot they thought they needed to have." "I found it strange that the author insists on systems, yet punishes wait staff for not living up to his uncommunicated expectations by leaving a tiny or no tip." "This book exclusively addresses 'breed-standard' photography, and every dog in the pictures has a string of letters in front of its formal name. No mutts allowed."

Readers can chose to agree or disagree with the # of my stars, but it's clear why I selected the # I did.

Most of all? Keep at it. I almost always disregard the reviews of people who have written fewer than one page of reviews in Amazon. I'll pay much more attention to someone who has > 100.

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