How to review a book
Books can be tricky things to review and many people seem to find it hard, so we have written a basic instruction sheet.
Fill in the blanks and delete as appropriate.
Use will result in the normal charges for breach of copyright, but beyond that we have no objection to usage and, indeed, would almost encourage it.
Book review by _______________
This book is called ________________, was written by, _______________ and was published by ______________.
(Example: This book is called "How to eat wombats", was written by W.J. Womeat, and was published by Unknown Foods Corp.)
It appears to have grown out of a desire to see more on this specialist subject in print/ teach people about wombats/ create a volume which will encourage re-cycling/ waste other people's money/ augment the author's income.
(Example: It appears to have grown out of a desire to waste other people's money.)
To briefly summarise, this book is about __________________.
(Example: To briefly summarise, this book is about how to eat wombats, including the many recipes in which they can be included, and the likelihood of the wombat eating you first.)
This book is intended for wombat lovers/ idiots/ cooks/ vegetarians/ football fans/ car racing drivers/ historians/ Americans/ comedians/ vegetables/ wombats/ donkeys/ clever people/ the bin.
(Example: This book is intended for idiots, cooks, and the bin.)
This book is great/ long/ tedious/ written by an idiot/ written by an eccentric/ written by a cook/ awful/ amusing/ dreadful except for the title/ wonderful except for the title/ short/ overbrief/ overpriced/ overrated/ sick/ about wombats/ about food/ unusual/ bad/ made of paper/ designed to fit in the average household bin.
(Example: This book is long, written by an eccentric, sick, about wombats, and unusual.)
I think that, having read this book, I am much better for it/ exhausted/ broke/ bewildered/ fed up with wombats/ disappointed/ liable to commit murder/ liable to commit suicide/ stupid/ unable to eat again/ bored/ happy/ in need of more books on wombats.
(Example: I think that, having read this book, I am bewildered, fed up with wombats, and stupid.)
Since reading __________________ I have given it to charity/ eaten it/ followed the advice included within/ taken it back to the shop/ sold it on eBay/ gone to the doctor's/ gone on holiday/ decided to commit suicide/ murdered the author.
(Example: Since reading "How to eat wombats" I have given it to charity and gone to the doctor's.)
_________________ is of course available from all good/ bad/ quality/ appalling/ stupid/ unusual/ second hand high-street retailers/ unavailable for a fair/ alarming/ excellent/ cheap/ ridiculous/ specialist/ normal for buying large continents price of £4.99/ £9.99/ £19.99/ £25.99/ £39.99/ £79.99/ £149.99 or your local charity shop/ eBay.
(Example: How to eat wombats is of course available from all stupid high street retailers for a ridiculous price of £79.99 or your local charity shop.)