How to Write a Killer Book Review in 5 Easy Steps | YaashaMoriah.com
Summary
TLDRDiscover a straightforward guide to crafting compelling book reviews. The video script outlines five essential steps, including an optional book summary with key points like main character, conflict, and a central question. It advises starting with an overview of your opinion, followed by cons and pros to avoid deterring potential readers. Tips on discussing offensive content objectively and highlighting the book's merits without spoilers are provided. The script also encourages including an excerpt to make reviews stand out. Finally, it invites viewers to apply these tips and share their reviews.
Takeaways
- 📚 **Optional Summary**: Start with a summary of the book if there isn't one, including the main character, conflict, and a question or statement that arouses curiosity.
- 💭 **Reader's Overview**: Provide an initial impression of the book to set the stage for the detailed pros and cons that follow.
- 🔍 **Cons First**: List the negative aspects of the book first to balance the review and not deter potential readers immediately.
- 👍 **Pros After**: Discuss the positive aspects of the book after the cons to end on a positive note and highlight the book's merits.
- 🚫 **Avoid Spoilers**: When discussing the book's content, avoid revealing spoilers to preserve the experience for future readers.
- 🎯 **Be Objective**: Keep the review as objective as possible when discussing the book's weaknesses and strengths.
- 🌟 **Highlight Merits**: Discuss what the book did well, focusing on aspects like character development or plot without giving away too much.
- ✂️ **Include Excerpts**: Add a short excerpt from the book to give readers a taste of the writing style and story, preferably with dialogue or action.
- 🔗 **Link to Resources**: Provide a link in the description for a one-page summary of the review steps to help others write their own reviews.
- 📖 **Encourage Engagement**: Invite viewers to share their own book reviews in the comments, fostering a community of readers and reviewers.
Q & A
What is the main purpose of the video script?
-The main purpose of the video script is to provide a guide on how to write an effective book review.
What is the first step mentioned in the script for writing a book review?
-The first step mentioned is writing an optional summary of the book, which includes introducing the main character, the main conflict, and a question or statement that arouses curiosity.
Why is the summary considered optional in the script?
-The summary is considered optional because many platforms like Goodreads, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble already provide a description of the book.
What is the example given for a book summary in the script?
-The example given is for 'The Lord of the Rings', where it introduces Frodo Baggins, the conflict with the dark lord Sauron, and the question of whether Frodo can destroy the ring without succumbing to its power.
What is the significance of providing an overview of the book before listing pros and cons?
-The overview is provided to give potential readers an initial impression of the reviewer's overall opinion, which helps them understand the context behind the listed pros and cons.
Why does the script suggest starting the review with cons (negative points) before pros (positive points)?
-Starting with cons is suggested to avoid potential readers being immediately deterred by a long list of negative points, allowing them to understand the reviewer's overall positive opinion after considering the cons.
What are some opening sentences suggested for discussing the cons in a book review?
-Some suggested opening sentences include 'The book would have been more enjoyable for me if...', 'I would have enjoyed the book more if...', and 'I feel like this book was particularly weak in the area of...'
What aspects of a book's content should be considered when discussing its merits?
-When discussing the merits of a book, aspects such as the quality of writing, strength of characters, and content should be considered.
Why is it important to include an excerpt in a book review according to the script?
-Including an excerpt is important because it gives readers a flavor of the book without spoilers and can make the review stand out, as it provides a direct sample of the book's style and content.
What type of excerpt is recommended in the script?
-The script recommends taking a portion with dialogue or an action sequence for the excerpt, as it shows interaction and excitement, respectively.
How can viewers access a one-page summary of the steps for writing a book review as mentioned in the script?
-Viewers can access the one-page summary by clicking on the link provided in the video's description.
What is the final call-to-action for viewers after watching the video?
-The final call-to-action is for viewers to write their own book review, share a link to it in the comment section, and potentially introduce the video creator to a new book to read.
Outlines
📚 How to Write a Book Review
This paragraph introduces a five-step method for writing an effective book review. It also suggests an optional initial step of summarizing the book, which should include the main character, conflict, and a central question or statement that arouses curiosity. The importance of the summary is emphasized as it sets the stage for the rest of the review, ensuring that potential readers understand the reviewer's overall opinion before diving into specific pros and cons.
🔍 Discussing the Book's Merits
The second paragraph focuses on discussing the positive aspects of a book, or its merits. It advises starting sentences with phrases like 'I enjoyed this book because...' or 'I felt this book was particularly strong in the area of...'. The paragraph also encourages including an excerpt from the book to give readers a taste of the story without spoiling it. The goal is to highlight what was appreciated about the book, such as character development or content, in a way that is memorable and engaging.
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Keywords
💡Book Review
💡Summary
💡Main Character
💡Main Conflict
💡Pros and Cons
💡Content
💡Spoilers
💡Excerpt
💡Merits
💡Objective
💡Teaser
Highlights
Five simple steps for writing a killer book review
Optional step: Writing a summary of the book
A good summary includes the main character, main conflict, and a question
Example summary for 'The Lord of the Rings'
The summary can be phrased as a statement to arouse curiosity
Overview of how you felt about the book before listing pros and cons
Reasoning behind discussing cons before pros
Cons discuss things you didn't like or felt were weak
Opening sentences for discussing cons
Being objective when discussing cons
Pros highlight the book's merits or strengths
Ways to start sentences when discussing pros
Avoid spoilers when discussing pros and cons
Including an excerpt from the book in the review
Recommendation to use dialogue or action sequences in excerpts
Link to download a one-page summary of the five steps
Invitation to share written reviews in the comment section
Transcripts
so a lot of people have told me recently
that they don't know how to write a good
book review they don't know what to put
in it they don't know what would be
valuable to other readers they don't
know where to start so here are my five
simple steps for writing a killer book
review and after this you will no longer
have an excuse for not writing a book
review because you will have this
formula to help you so let's get
started before we get started with the
five simple steps I just want want to
add in an optional step that would be at
the beginning if you choose to use it um
and that is the summary of the book now
most things like Goodreads and
amazon.com and Barnes & Noble they'll
have a description already on the page
where the book is um shown but if you
choose to write a summary um or if
there's a place where your review will
be shown where there isn't already a
summary then here's how you would do it
basically a good summary has three key
points in it introduce the main
character introduce the main conflict
and introduce a question so for example
if you were to summarize the Lord of the
Rings say you would say something along
the lines of when froto baggin inherits
his uncle's magic ring he little knows
that it is the most deadly weapon in
Middle Earth nor that the mysterious
dark lord Sauron has sent his nine Black
Riders to recover the ring which was
lost many years ago will Frodo be able
to destroy the ring without succumbing
to the temptation of its power so as you
can see that has all three elements it
has the main character it has the main
conflict and it has the main question
that the story answers now the question
doesn't necessarily have to be a
question it could be phrased like a
statement but in such a way that it kind
of AR arouses a question in the reader's
mind for example you could substitute
the last sentence of the summary that I
just gave with this statement as froto
Journeys to destroy the ring he
struggles not to succumb to the tempt
ation of its power so there's your
optional summary if you choose to use
it so this overview is important because
um in the way that I set up these five
steps the cons come before the pros and
I'll explain why later but basically I
you don't want a potential reader um
reading your review and saying oh wow
they have so many cons well I'm not even
going to bother reading this book
because maybe you really liked the book
and there are a lot of Pros afterward so
you want to give the overview to explain
yeah I really did like this book um here
are my cons first and now here are the
pros and that way they'll be able to um
realize you know the entirety of your
opinion and not just be thrown off by
the specifics of the cons and the pros
that you give later just give an
overview of how you felt about the book
um it could be something along the lines
of I really enjoyed the story because it
was very well written had strong
characters unfortunately some of the um
content was a little bit of offensive to
me and that will at least give people an
overview of your general feelings why
you gave it so many stars or whatever in
the rating and um then the pros and cons
will be discussed more specifically
later in your review so people will be
able to understand what it is that you
picked out specifically that was good or
not so good about the story
why do I do this first well because I
like leaving the more positive things
for the the end because that's what
people tend to remember most is the
thing that they read last so just to be
fair to the author and to kind of be
able to elevate the book's merits above
its faults I just feel like it's most
fair to be able to discuss its faults
first and then its merits second
so that um that so that the merits are
what's going to stick in the reader's
mind so the cons discuss things anything
that you didn't like or that you didn't
feel was particularly well done and here
are some opening sentences that you can
finish um to do that you could do the
book would have been more enjoyable for
me if or I would have enjoyed the book
more if I feel like this book was
particularly weak in the area of I was
concerned or disappointed
bu generally the three that you want to
go for are the violent sex and bad
language because that's what most people
look for um when they're concerned about
offensive content and when you do this
it's best to be as objective as
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these are its merits or the things that
it did particularly well some ways that
you can start your sentences might be I
enjoyed this book because or I felt this
book was particularly strong in the area
of or I especially
appreciated so basically just talk about
the things that you enjoyed and the
aspects that you most appreciated about
the story whether that's characters or
or um content whatever that might
be now make sure that it doesn't have
any spoilers you don't want to spoil
anything for anybody but you do kind of
want to give the flavor of the book and
people love excerpts it can even it
shouldn't be very long it can only it
should only be like maybe a couple
paragraphs maybe even a couple sentences
and it's also a way to make your review
stand out because not a lot of people do
that but people really like seeing an
excerpt of the book and and getting a
feel for the the story itself straight
from the book's pages and not just from
a reviewer I recommend that you'd take a
portion with dialogue because dialogue
shows a lot of interaction um but if you
don't take dialogue then do some other
action type sequence um because that is
kind of like a teaser trailer for the
book it just shows all the most exciting
parts so when you're done watching this
video go down to the video's description
there's a link that I put there and when
you click on that link it'll take you to
a page where you can download a onepage
summary of all of these um five steps
and so that'll just help you write your
next book review and when you write that
book review please put a link in um the
comment section below and show me what
you wrote and maybe it's a book that
I've never read before and I'd love to
read it so thanks for watching have fun
reading and have fun writing your
review
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