Book Reviews Versus Critiques

Alexander M Zoltai:

Today’s re-blog makes very clear a critical distinction of response to books………

Originally posted on Have We Had Help?:

Since sites like Amazon gave the general public the opportunity to review any book they have read, what many still fail to understand, or indeed appreciate, is the difference between writing a review and what amounts to a critique.

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Here is a typical example of a professional newspaper review:

The Secret History of the Blitz by Joshua Levine, review: ‘...