The book review is a form of literary criticism carried out in periodicals, as school work, and now online. It may be in length from a single paragraph, up to a substantial essay. Book reviews are generally supposed to be evaluations of the book, if only on the basis of personal taste. Reviewers, in literary periodicals, often use the occasion of a book review for a display of learning or to promulgate their own ideas on the topic of a non-fiction work. At the other end of the spectrum, some book reviews resemble simple plot summaries.
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