Book Review Examples

The Veil and the Male Elite by Fatima Mernissi, Book Review Example

The Islamic religion has often been coined to be one that is traditional and strict especially when it comes to distinguishing gender roles among its members. Considerably, this religion has [...]

Pages: 5

Words: 1244

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The Tale of the Wife of Bath, Book Review Example

A widely held view by literary pundits and critics is that Geoffrey Chaucer’s writing entitled the “The Canterbury Tales” is by every indication a literary masterpiece, albeit with striking amazement [...]

Pages: 2

Words: 558

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Andrew Jackson by Robert V. Remini, Book Review Example

Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the US and remained in the history of the United States as a very controversial and extraordinary person who did much for the [...]

Pages: 5

Words: 1447

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Sammy, the Protagonist in John Updike’s A&P: Selling False Hopes and Promises, Book Review Example

John Updike’s A&P is a short story which was first published in 1961 in the New Yorker. “Forty years later this story remains Updike’s most favored treasure.” (A&P, 2010). Sammy [...]

Pages: 3

Words: 740

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Araby: Instances of Religious Symbolism, Book Review Example

This assignment is based on the fiction story “Araby” which was written by James Joyce. The story has many themes and its rich areas of study hence it has been [...]

Pages: 3

Words: 727

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The Extended Phenotype, Book Review Example

This review[1] is based upon a critique of Richard Dawkins “The extended phenotype”.  The point is made that Dawkins is not intending to set down new theories that make a [...]

Pages: 4

Words: 1007

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