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Wow. So this is what an actual book review by someone that knows how to actually write looks like. Yes, Tolkien is a literary mastermind, but set that aside for
by ComputerGuru 3y ago
Wow. So this is what an actual book review by someone that knows how to actually write looks like. Yes, Tolkien is a literary mastermind, but set that aside for a minute: I feel lucky to have read the review itself.
If modern book reviews in mainstream media were still written this well, I think more people would read books!
- wolverine876 3y agoModern book reviews are often written by authors. Try the NY Times Book Review, NY Review of Books, or London Review of Books, to start.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoThe vast majority of authors cannot be great writers by definition, since 'great' usually means a tiny subset of the best.
- ComputerGuru 3y agoIs the “NY Times Book Review” a separate publication or just the books section of NYT? Because NYT and WaPo book reviews are hugely disappointing to me.
- atombender 3y agoI recommend giving The New York Review of Books a try. Their stable of guest writers is legendary, from J. M. Coetzee to Zadie Smith. They established a kind of genre of review where the review isn't so much reviewing the book as it is retelling it in magazine form. In many cases I've had no desire to read the book itself, because the review was so in-depth and comprehensive, not to mention well-written.
- ComputerGuru 3y agoI spent a couple of hours reading through reviews there on your suggestion - thank you! But I feel like I would only read those reviews after finishing the book myself as part of a post-read “imaginary book club session” because, as you say, it seems the reviews really do stand in for reading the books!
- basch 3y agoI recommend reading the book review each day on https://aldaily.com https://aldaily.com