Description
Write down the book’s bibliographical data;
Write down relevant details about who the author is, their intellectual interests, stated theoretical preferences, and the methodology they draw on;
What is the main argument of the book?;
What exactly is the book about? Give a concise summary of the book’s content;
How does the author support their arguments?;
Offer a critical assessment of the book’s content: what strikes you as noteworthy, are the author’s arguments effective or persuasive, how did the book enhance your understanding of the issues at hand, and what might the author have done differently?;
Indicate whether or not you would recommend the work to others and why;
Concluding paragraph in which you make a final judgement;
Short bibliography with the works you consulted, including other works on the book’s topic and published reviews of the book
Take both a historical approach and looked at contemporary examples
Refer to specific page numbers and chapters
