Comments on: How to Write a Review of a Book, Movie, or Play

By: potrish78

potrish78 — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:19:23 +0000

More often than not, a review would always be subjective rather than objective for the mere fact that most reviews are based on the author’s opinion. The most important thing to remember when writing a review is that you state your opinion honestly with a fair judgment. With that said, a review must consist of positive and negative comments as well.

A review helps consumers decide whether they should or should not purchase a book or watch a play/movie.

Professional critics, normally compares the author’s past written books or the director’s past movies. They also write any resemblances to other books or movies. But an informal review, like that of a consumer’s review usually just includes opinions and personal feelings about a book read, a movie watched or a play attended.

The ultimate mistake that a reviewer could do is to indicate spoilers. So in order to create an effective review, it should not contain important details that would reveal the highlight of the story.

By: crysh

crysh — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:37:58 +0000

How can I write a perfect review without sounding biased? It is extremely important to write the pros and cons of the Book, Movie, or Play you will be reviewing. Write specific points that you feel you have to address on a separate piece of paper. It will save you time and effort because you do not have to reread and categorize what you have written. Start with the good points first in your review. Make sure that you have put a lot of thinking on your transition statement from the good points to the bad points.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:07:11 +0000

Writing a review of a subject pertaining to movies,books or play is one way of a constructive criticism.By reviewing about the certain subjects,the writers of the movie,book or play gets feedback about their work and then learns if what they created was indeed one of their finest works or if they need to further improve upon their works.How to write a review must come directly from the mind and heart of the individual and also must point out certain aspects that must not be biased so as to get a good grasp of the works.

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:47:16 +0000

Insights, such as the comments posted in this blog are invaluable source of information. They could very well be the deciding factor in which would determine whether a movie, book or play would gain success or go down the drain along with the other rejects. As a reviewer, it is a given that you must be fair and concise with your words, never write with bias nor prejudice, always put into mind that the future of the author or cast could very well lie within your fingertips. It doesn’t matter if the review is on a blog you think “no one reads”. Every review online has influence.

By: Josephine

Josephine — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:29:35 +0000

Writing a review is helpful to other buyers/readers/audience. But it must be remembered that a helpful review is something that is fair, honest and full of incites. Fair because the review of the person towards the book/movie/etc is absent of influences from other reviewer therefore giving the readers a real criticism be it good or negative. Honest because the reviewer must state his opinions based on how he really feels about the certain book/movie/etc. Lastly, a helpful review should be full of incites. It should be substantial, should give a clear message to the readers and assist the readers to promulgate their very own judgment about the thing in review.

By: Evesdrop

Evesdrop — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:43:18 +0000

To write a good review, whether it is for a book, movie or a play you have seen, it is very important to put your biases aside. Most of the time, well written books gets bad reviews because of comparison. Either the previous book was better or it did not surpass the heightened expectation from the second book. Sometimes it just doesn’t seem fair. But then again that is all part of a review. Authors or Filmmakers or Playwrights hold reviews in very high regard, so it is the Critiques responsibility to play it nice and fair. Constructive criticism plays major a role in encouraging a person to work better. Although getting a very negative review does keep a playwright’s blood rising especially if one takes pride in his own work, it does create a positive effect in creating a much better written, much improved execution from the playwright in his next play.

By: whimsical1207

whimsical1207 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:33:11 +0000

What are the parts of a book review?

The first part of the book review is usually the introduction wherein the you give a backgrounf about the author or maybe your impression about the book. The second part is where you can give the plot of the book. However, it is important that the ending of the book is not given away.Third part is your opinion about the book. Maybe you can give insights that you were able to get from reading and last part is your recommendation whether the book is a good read or not.

By: chien

chien — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:07:53 +0000

What is the essence of a review? Reviews are important to help consumers. They are made to criticize or appreciate services or products for the consumer convenience. Usually, a reviewer can be classified either as happy or unsatisfied customer. Is a product review effective? Yes. Reviews help strengthening a customer’s belief and trust in a product. A review can be so influential so a product or a service that has negative reviews has a lot of problems to handle.

However, it is still up to the consumers decision whether to buy the goods whether the reviews are good or bad.