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6381561 No.6381561 [Reply] [Original]

Hey /lit/

Basically, I'm job shadowing a journalist for the culture section of a newspaper and she gave me the assignment of writing a book review.

Any tips? Things I should and/or shouldn't do?

>tl;dr how do you write professional book reviews.

>> No.6381565

>>6381561
use a lot of "ground breaking, tour de force, pynchonesque"

>> No.6381567

>>6381561
Have you tried reading professional book reviews?

>> No.6381579

>>6381567
Yeah. That's what I'm doing as well, just looking for other things to look out for that I might miss.

>> No.6381637

>>6381579
just keep in mind the people reading the reviews in the newspaper will be on the lower spectrum of intelligence (most people) and rather than doing an analysis you'll want to include emotional appeals and state why the book breaks ground or doesn't