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Knowing where to buy books can be challenging. So, here are the best book review sites to help you avoid buying books that you'll regret reading.

Nobody likes to spend money on a new book only to face that overwhelming feeling of disappointment when it doesn't live up to your expectations. The solution is to check out a few book review sites before you hit the shops. The greater the diversity of opinions you can gather, the more confidence you can have that you'll enjoy the title.

Which book review and book rating sites are worth considering? Here are the best ones.

1. Goodreads

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Goodreads is arguably the leading online community for book lovers. If you want some inspiration for which novel or biography to read next, this is the book review site to visit.

There's an endless number of user-generated reading lists to explore, and Goodreads itself publishes dozens of "best of" lists across a number of categories. You can do a book search by plot or subject , or join book discussions and reading groups with thousands of members.

You can participate in the community by adding your own rankings to books you've read and leaving reviews for other people to check out. Occasionally, there are even bonus events like question and answer sessions with authors.

2. LibraryThing

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LibraryThing is the self-proclaimed largest book club in the world. It has more than 2.3 million members and is one of the best social networking platforms for book lovers .

With a free account, you can add up to 200 books to your library and share them with other users. But it's in the other areas where LibraryThing can claim to be one of the best book review sites.

Naturally, there are ratings, user reviews, and tags. But be sure to click on the Zeitgeist tab at the top of the page. It contains masses of information, including the top books by rating, by the number of reviews, by authors, and loads more.

3. Book Riot

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Book Riot is a blog. It publishes listicles on dozens of different topics, many of which review the best books in a certain genre. To give you an idea, some recent articles include Keeping Hoping Alive: 11 Thrilling YA Survival Stories and The Best Historical Fiction Books You’ve Never Heard Of .

Of course, there's also plenty of non-reading list content. If you have a general affinity for literature, Book Riot is definitely worth adding to the list of websites you browse every day.

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Bookish is a site that all members of book clubs should know about. It helps you prep for your next meeting with discussion guides, book quizzes, and book games. There are even food and drink suggestions, as well as playlist recommendations.

But the site is more than just book club meetings. It also offers lots of editorial content. That comes in the form of author interviews, opinion essays, book reviews and recommendations, reading challenges, and giveaways.

Be sure to look at the Must-Reads section of the site regularly to get the latest book reviews. Also, it goes without saying that the people behind Bookish are book lovers, too. To get a glimpse of what they’re reading, check out their Staff Reads articles.

5. Booklist

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Booklist is a print magazine that also offers an online portal. Trusted experts from the American Library Association write all the book reviews.

You can see snippets of reviews for different books. However, to read them in full, you will need to subscribe. An annual plan for this book review site costs $184.95 per year.

6. Fantasy Book Review

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Fantasy Book Review should be high on the list for anyone who is a fan of fantasy works. The book review site publishes reviews for both children's books and adults' books.

It has a section on the top fantasy books of all time and a continually updated list of must-read books for each year. You can also search through the recommended books by sub-genres such as Sword and Sorcery, Parallel Worlds, and Epic Fantasy.

7. LoveReading

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LoveReading is one of the most popular book review sites in the UK, but American audiences will find it to be equally useful.

The site is divided into fiction and non-fiction works. In each area, it publishes weekly staff picks, books of the month, debuts of the month, ebooks of the month, audiobooks of the month, and the nationwide bestsellers. Each book on every list has a full review that you can read for free.

Make sure you also check out their Highlights tab to get book reviews for selected titles of the month. In Collections , you'll also find themed reading lists such as World War One Literature and Green Reads .

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And while you're on the site, make sure you click on the Kirkus Prize section. You can look at all the past winners and finalists, complete with the accompanying reviews of their books.

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Although Reddit is a social media site, you can use it to get book reviews of famous books, or almost any other book for that matter! Reddit has a Subreddit, r/books, that is dedicated to book reviews and reading lists.

The subreddit has weekly scheduled threads about a particular topic or genre. Anyone can then chip in with their opinions about which books are recommendable. Several new threads are published every day, with people discussing their latest discovery with an accompanying book rating or review.

You'll also discover a weekly recommendation thread. Recent threads have included subjects such as Favorite Books About Climate Science , Literature of Indigenous Peoples , and Books Set in the Desert . There’s also a weekly What are you Reading? discussion and frequent AMAs.

For more social media-like platforms, check out these must-have apps for book lovers .

10. YouTube

YouTube is not the type of place that immediately springs to mind when you think of the best book review sites online.

Nonetheless, there are several engaging YouTube channels that frequently offer opinions on books they've read. You’ll easily find book reviews of famous books here.

Some of the most notable book review YouTube channels include Better Than Food: Book Reviews , Little Book Owl , PolandBananasBooks , and Rincey Reads .

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Amazon is probably one of your go-to site when you want to buy something. If you don’t mind used copies, it’s also one of the best websites to buy second-hand books .

Now, to get book reviews, just search and click on a title, then scroll down to see the ratings and what others who have bought the book are saying. It’s a quick way to have an overview of the book’s rating. If you spot the words Look Inside above the book cover, it means you get to preview the first few pages of the book, too!

Regardless of the praises or criticisms you have heard from other book review sites, reading a sample is the most direct way to help you gauge the content’s potential and see whether the author’s writing style suits your tastes.

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StoryGraph is another good book review site that's worth checking out. The book rating is determined by the site's large community of readers. Key in the title of a book you're interested in and click on it in StoryGraph's search results to have an overall view of its rating.

Each book review provides information on the moods and pacing of the story. It also indicates whether the tale is plot or character-driven, what readers feel about the extent of character development, how lovable the characters generally are, and the diversity of the cast.

13. London Review of Books

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The London Review of Books is a magazine that covers a range of subjects such as culture, literature, and philosophy. Part of its content includes amazingly detailed book reviews. If you feel that most modern book reviews are too brief for your liking, the London Review of Books should suit you best.

You'll gain insight into the flow and themes of the story, as well as a more thorough picture of the events taking place in the book.

Read Book Reviews Before You Buy

The book review sites we've discussed will appeal to different types of readers. Some people will be more comfortable with the easy-to-interpret book rating systems; others will prefer extensive reviews written by experienced professionals.

Although it’s easy to be tempted by a gorgeous book cover, it’s always best to have a quick look at the book reviews before actually buying a copy. This way, you can save your money and spend it on the books that you’ll be proud to display on your shelves for a long time. And check out recommendations, as well, to help you find what's worth reading.

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Godly trust.

Using her faith as fuel, the author lays bare her soul in this raw and incredibly vulnerable chronicle of hope and fear. Rooted in scripture, the work and the themes presented within it are universal, depicting the human struggle to balance all aspects of their lives without losing themselves. For Ripley, a blessing in the form of baby Bryce is rife with obstacles, such as her child’s congenital heart disease (CHD), spearheaded by a faulty heart valve. The author’s unyielding tenacity, come what may, to ensure that Bryce is able to lead a quality life is something to truly marvel at. ... (read more)

Impressive Assemblage

Within this collection of 950 original proverbs, or aphorisms, Tate has created a remarkably unique and engaging anthology of “truisms,” as varied in subjects as one can imagine. A good many of these make creative use of humor. Others are richly expressive, offering deep insight. Nearly all consist of simply one sentence, while a few “tidbits” are conveyed with a bit more. And all hit the mark in expressing a simple truth with brevity and inventiveness. The diverse range of topics touched upon includes, among other things, life, love, death, relationships, family, marriage, children, society, God, religion, character, good and evil, meaningful existence, growth, truth, respect, freedom, history, morality, success, creativity, and more. There are “tidbits” on justice, unsung heroes, leadership, friendship, the holidays, patriotism, and intellectual curiosity. ... (read more)

New Frontiers

After receiving a message from an unknown entity in outer space, the US government assigns Kevin Brannigan to lead a secretive mission with a small group of ships to meet the message senders. Along with the message are some technologically advanced plans, including those to help build hyperdrives. Although the plans are mysteriously missing key components, engineers and scientists are able to build and equip ships capable of long-range space travel. Brannigan knows he needs to be prepared for anything, so he is sure to bring a complement of diplomatic, scientific, and military professionals. The group is assigned to map and explore as they go, but their primary objective is to contact the aliens, determine their motives, and, if possible, begin diplomatic relations by establishing a trade agreement. ... (read more)

Evocative & Sensual

Lyrical prose, an expert grasp of historical detail, and deftly honed plausible imagination define award-winning author Worth’s passionate seventh novel. A historical romance set from 1448 to 1453 against the dramatic backdrop of the Eastern Roman Empire’s final days, this love story for the ages culminates in tragedy: the prophesied fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire and the demise of Emperor Constantine XI. By the time Constantine XI ascends his throne, the once great empire of eastern Christendom has been reduced to a mere blip on the map—a bit of land surrounding the city of Constantinople, the Queen of Cities. Although much has been written and recorded about the empire, emperor, and era, many facets of this history, including Constantine’s supposed secret third marriage, remain a mystery debated by scholars to this day. ... (read more)

Bedford Township has seen its share of ups and downs as a community, from prosperity to near desertion. In 2012, the announcement of the construction of a new dam has led to rejuvenation. However, a new problem has arisen with new arrivals as crime has begun to skyrocket. Detective Ben Creager and his partner, Ritch, are experiencing this phenomenon firsthand with each new crime scene to explore. The crimes are becoming more brazen, from daylight shootouts between thieves and security guards to the string of murders that appear almost ritualistic in nature. Creager’s skills are put to the test, as is his mental health, since he has never fully recovered from a near-fatal car crash in his youth. As the 911 calls keep coming in, Bedford Township’s future may be in doubt. ... (read more)

Battlegrounds

Writing partners Dan and Ann Pryor cast light on a wide vista of religious issues that are being raised in America, especially controversial subject matter, and display an objective and well-researched exploration for readers who wish to be considered devout members of the Christian faith. The book comprises thought-provoking letters and handouts created mainly by Dan and at times changed and corrected by his spouse and sent to newspaper editors from northeastern cities and a few western venues between January 2017 and the COVID-19 and re-election period of 2020. ... (read more)

Myths & Magic

Prince Khael Stratton is a mystic who seeks to deepen his knowledge of such arts to help those in need. Following a mission, he reports to the city of Cambridge—ruled over by his brother—and has a close encounter with a pickpocket who steals his signet ring. Alongside his bodyguard, Grant, the prince manages to track down the young woman, Vixen, who suffers from a foggy memory while demonstrating a great talent for skills associated with assassins. Prince Khael finds it an odd happenstance in a time when a terrorist group known as the Chelevkori are making active attempts to eliminate the royal family for a perceived wrongdoing by his grandfather, Loren, and it is further compounded by reports that tyrannical rule has seized the city of Skemmelsham over which he rules. Prince Khael forges a contract with Vixen, and with Grant, they go on a journey to liberate the city. ... (read more)

Intriguing Work

Ebifegha, a scholar of science and religion, debunks Darwin’s theory of evolution in this thoughtful comparison of creationism and evolutionism. While sometimes a bit repetitive and dogmatic, the articulate narrative leaves no base uncovered in the historical, theological, and scientific exploration of the ongoing debate between proponents of divine creation as outlined in Judeo-Christian scriptures versus the atheistic viewpoint of natural selection as proposed by Charles Darwin. As such, Ebifegha’s arguments are limited to the standard religious–scientific debate. Not addressed in this discussion are other viewpoints regarding the origin of life in the universe, such as Buddhism, a non-theistic, non-atheistic philosophy with no creator God, or the possibility of a divine creation that includes an evolutionary system. ... (read more)

In the summer of 1956, eleven-year-old (soon to be twelve) Lily Grainger describes her family’s annual summer vacation at their undeveloped property on the shore of a salt pond on Cape Cod. As this coming-of-age novel progresses, it mirrors the Beaufort scale of wind velocities that mark each chapter heading with increasing speeds and potential damages, an apt reminder of the increasing tension in Lily’s parents’ marriage and the marriage of her forceful Uncle George and delicate Aunt Fanny. Lily describes this crescendo of life-changing events in the prologue: “All summer the storm gathered and gathered, took its breath from every direction we thought we knew, and lashed us into spindrift.” Interestingly, the summer of 1956 is meaningful historically as the shipwreck of the Andrea Doria happened nearby on a July evening. ... (read more)

Gods & Mortals

In this newly revised edition (published 11/15/23), Cauzillo, a scholar of astronomy and physics and a carpenter by trade, largely succeeds in the mammoth task of fusing mathematics, mythology, astronomy, history, and spirituality into a credible, complex, and highly creative tale. The story, a nod to Heinlein and Vonnegut—two rather unruly and humorous scribblers of contemporary sci-fi—should delight readers with a taste for challenging narratives with references to mythological and religious figures, references to the folklore of diverse cultures, and engaging but realistic characterizations. Some dialogue in the tale is a bit stiff at times, but the story still has potential as a cult classic and would make a fascinating feature film or TV series. ... (read more)

Interwoven Tale

In 1618-1619, as a civil war between Protestants and Catholics comes to a head across Europe, two formidable sisters, Vanessa and Sarlatova, and their entourage head to Vienna to report atrocities against Catholics that they’ve witnessed. Ferdinand, the archduke and their father, is the leader of Stormsong, a Catholic group defending the throne, but with the emperor dying, Ferdinand assumes control. However, not everyone makes the same assumption about his succession of power. Protestants and others contesting Ferdinand for one reason or another band together, in some cases outnumbering the Catholic stronghold. As the sisters learn more about their father and the political situation during their journey, their goals change. Meanwhile, Ferdinand sends various parties in search of his daughters. But is it for good or ill? ... (read more)

Juhani Murros made an unexpected discovery during his visits to art galleries when he worked for an organization in Ho Chi Minh City in 1990. A small still life in an unobtrusive gallery commanded the Finnish physician’s attention. “It was an unpretentious oil painting, yet its dark, mysterious colors and the emotional tension of its disciplined composition set it apart.” Thus began a long journey of discovering the art and life of Van Den, a frugal and kind Buddhist of mixed Chinese and Vietnamese ancestry who studied in Paris for less than two years during 1950-52, a volatile period during the first French Indochina War. ... (read more)

Mesmerizing

The fourth in the author's Donora series, this historical novel brings boxer Cyris ‘the Cobra’ Mankovic back to his hometown after his mother dies after giving life to her ninth child and first daughter. Feeling the urgency to bring much-needed food and necessities into the household, Cyris takes on odd jobs around Donora. When he takes a job shoveling coal in the furnace of the prominent Hawthornes, he encounters Wrenly Hawthorne crying on the stairs. The two have known each other since childhood, and now, as adults, they are drawn to each other in a way that confuses both of them. Wrenly Hawthorne’s Protestant family is rich, while Cyris comes from a poor Catholic background, a combination that in 1923 is certainly to be the source of rumors. Wrenly’s father is absolutely against the two seeing each other as Cyris is of low birth. But Wrenly is headstrong and determined to lead a life different from her mother, who she sees as catering to a husband who is disrespectful to her. Wrenly begins to bring food and supplies to the Mankovics and falls in love with the boys and their infant sister. Cyris decides to take the place of an injured boxer, whose bout was to be in Donora, to provide much-needed money to the household. As the hometown boxer prepares for the bout, Wrenly becomes even more enamored of the entire Mankovic clan, especially Cyris. But how can a relationship between the two work in the face of her family’s stance against it? ... (read more)

Unconventional Life

Kristina Ahlnäs embarks on a challenging new life when she leaves Finland and Sweden to work as an oceanographer at the University of Alaska in June 1969. She previously studied at the University of Helsinki and on a Fulbright scholarship at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California in San Diego. She then worked at the Finnish Institute of Marine Research, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and at the Royal Fishery Board in her native Sweden. Despite the promise of a five-year contract and a raise in salary in Sweden, the author is lured by her well-honed sense of adventure to Alaska, the new forty-ninth state established just a decade before despite its sale by Russia to the US in 1867. ... (read more)

Suzanne Dreyfus is a brilliant MIT mind who has reached the pinnacle of an inspiring career with her work at the Pentagon. However, it is her heart that sets in motion a collision course with chaos. In Sacks’ narrative, a seemingly harmless romance between Dreyfus and another MIT alum, Garrick Cripps, evolves into a full-fledged plot to eradicate the government and redefine the meaning of liberty. When Dreyfus gifts Garrick the Liberation Manifesto , a satirization of freedom, for his fortieth birthday, an intended joke becomes the catalyst to a so-called movement that threatens the fabric of democracy. ... (read more)

Dyer Situation

After following their consciences instead of their mission parameters, Conor Thorn and his wife, Emily, have each been fired by the Allied powers for whom they worked. However, an opportunity presents itself that would allow the two agents to get back in the field and, if successful, be reinstated. An assassination of a French Admiral has many wondering if the Allies had a hand in his death. This would cause a lot of distrust between the Allies and those working with the French Resistance. In addition, it would simply be a bad look for the possible Allied agencies involved. Emily and Conor, no longer employed by any of the agencies involved, are the perfect operatives to search for the rumored information revealing the assassins and their support. However, there are also powerful SS groups interested in the information, Frenchmen loyal to the occupying Nazis, a murderer, and a man who lost his eye and ear to Conor on a previous mission. ... (read more)

Endearing People

Conjure the image of a stranger, a mesmerizing and beautiful one at that, who washes ashore in critical condition. When she comes to after an extended coma, she has no recollection of her identity. In another character’s reality, tragedy strikes deep with the loss of his true love, sending an otherwise successful man into a tailspin with no real end in sight and no real faith in the institution of love. Though the events seemingly have no connection, they are connected in every way and form the crux of a narrative that revolves around the dichotomy of fire—the fire of passion and love but also the fire of revenge, retribution, and justice. ... (read more)

Deceptive Appearances

Cassie Deakin loves her job as a pilot. One day, she gets an assignment to take Frank White, who works for the sheriff's department, to her Uncle Charlie's farm. Frank needs to ask Charlie some questions. Cassie has a strong dislike for Frank, yet she also feels a certain level of attraction towards him. When they land, Cassie and Frank find Charlie, but he has been shot. He is rushed to the hospital, where he undergoes a successful surgery. Charlie wakes up and reveals to Cassie and Frank what happened to him. He was attacked, and two bikers stole a box from him. His army buddy, Sinclair Alderson, gave it to him to keep it in a safe place. It contained evidence that proved that Sinclair's sister, Lacey, was murdered forty years ago. ... (read more)

Fun Adventure

In this dream-like, brightly colored book, young readers meet Gabie, a “little girl with ginger hair and mischievous pig tails.” Gabie acquires a seemingly ordinary gift—an umbrella with berries and fruits painted on it. After Gabie declares that she can use the umbrella to fly high, she soars above the houses in her neighborhood. The audience flies with Gabie into the softest clouds, and they meet Bobo the unicorn after sailing through a rain of the sweetest kind—candy! Bobo and Gabie spend the entire day playing games like hide-and-seek, and young readers even spend time with Bobo’s own stories of flying beyond the clouds and into the stars. The narrative then follows Gabie as she returns home to her mother and a few delicious pieces of cake. ... (read more)

Mothers & Daughters

Beatrix “Trixie” D’Vita lives a semi-regular life in an unusual world. She is a waitress at a bar where the patrons are an eclectic bunch of ghouls, goblins, and the undead. Her lack of a love life is merely one problem. The other is her strained relationship with her mother. Her mother wants her to go into the family business involving the harvesting of souls. The idea of being Death’s apprentice is unpalatable to Trixie. Yet, she is protective of her mother, so when the Angel Investigative Bureau inquires about her mother’s whereabouts, Trixie remains mum. There is a game show involving the futures of the recently departed, and Trixie doesn’t give it a second thought until her best friend dies and is set to be on the show. Trixie will stop at nothing to save her friend from damnation. ... (read more)

Dietz and her siblings were raised in a traditional Mormon manner but in a dysfunctional household. The root of much of the family’s dysfunction could be traced to the parents’ interpretations of their roles in the home. The author, the oldest daughter, began acting against the tenets of the church in early adolescence and through her teen years. She brushed aside the shoplifting as it didn’t cause her guilt, but her desire to find a future husband would eventually lead to her losing the one thing she had been taught a woman should never lose: her sexual purity. Dealing with this caused Dietz tremendous remorse but didn’t stop her from continuing to be sexually active. As she grew older, she began to question her guilt and her faith. When her parents discovered that she was sexually active, her mother was upset, and her father wouldn’t look at her. The author left home that evening and was suddenly on her own. With the help of her previous boyfriend and her current one, she got a car and found a place to stay. She faced a difficult journey, but she was unwilling to go back to the church. As she got her feet under her, she began researching her faith and decided that the church had been lying to her and had helped cause the divisions in her family. Eventually, Dietz would make her own peace with her life and come to terms as best she could with her family. ... (read more)

On the surface, Strider’s work is simply a cumulative survey of African American history, from the coast of West Africa to the Civil War era. Upon digging deeper, however, the author gives individuals a look at the African American from a more nuanced vantage point, showcasing the less heralded and discussed names in its past who themselves had an immense ripple effect in the course of history, and whose names should not be forgotten. In that sense, this comprehensive work serves to fill the gaps in the timeline with the experiences of the ordinary African American that made him extraordinary. ... (read more)

For those who always wanted to know about cannabis but were afraid to ask, this is the guide for them. For example, readers learn that one can't mainline cannabis because it isn't water-soluble. One can, however, eat it, smoke it, or vape it. Potter even explains what vaping is to the uninitiated. The author also makes a substantial case for using cannabis to help reduce opioid use. She writes, "Much of pain—depression, anxiety—is controlled by the mind and by your attention to it." Cannabis may reduce one's perception of pain in order to help reduce the pain medicines currently prescribed. "...It is not so much as being ‘high’—as it is of the mind drifting... off of aches and pains, to another place and in the process we experience relief." ... (read more)

A New Realm

Trained as a warrior monk dedicated to serving justice, Vidarr faces tremendous racial prejudice as he is the only d’oglemenn in the area. The d’oglemenn left the human civilizations many centuries ago, accused of murdering a king and taking magic with them, leading to its decline. His relatively sheltered life under the care of his adopted human father and martial arts mentor is quickly shattered when Vidarr leaves on a proving quest as a bounty hunter. However, Vidarr’s life and the fate of the realm are mysteriously linked, and he’ll soon find himself in the company of a woodsman who no longer hunts and a fiery redhead who initially sought his death. But the fates move them, and Vidarr learns that a settlement of d’oglemenn will soon be targeted for slaughter. ... (read more)

Love of Family

This memoir describes the author’s family origins up through his own life journey. While Bezkorovainy touches on many topics in his memoir, the uniting theme seems to be displacement and travel. His ancestors all hailed from Imperial Russia, but his father had to leave for Latvia after the Bolshevik Revolution. The author spent his early days in Latvia through the Second World War, but when the Soviets retook the country, his family was evacuated to Germany. After living in a “Displaced Persons Camp” for six years, his family immigrated to the United States. They eventually settled in Chicago, and the young Bezkorovainy began his studies in medicine and biochemistry, which would prove to be his lifelong career. ... (read more)

Cutting Edge

People have long tried to make sense of the world in which they live, either with notions of religion and mysticism or scientific study. A common trapping of either approach is to anthropomorphize our world as if all things in it must make sense in the context of human existence and experience. Yet, as we use technology and new advances to extend our observation to the vast nature of space and the minuscule details of the atomic and subatomic levels, many people manage to make this same error. Rather than taking stock of the very small set of circumstances that can sustain human life, many try to contextualize these previously unknown, unglimpsed realms in a way that only benefits us as humans to understand. ... (read more)

Transformation

Fred counts on his dad when his inability to keep a job and keep his weight in check causes conflict with his mom and sister. When Fred’s dad dies and his sister (his primary income buffer) moves away, Fred and his mom are on their own until Fred’s wrestling champion girlfriend, Mary Ellen, arrives, giving Fred the boost he needs to defend himself, literally and figuratively. ... (read more)

A New Language

Crafted with the noblest of intentions, the author’s work sets the tone for preserving one’s culture and heritage through perhaps its most sacred form: language. Countless stories are shared from generation to generation, yet in an increasingly multicultural and diverse demographic, there remains a tangible risk that the younger generations will not retain enough familiarity with their native tongue to effectively pass on these stories. In essence, Le’s work serves as a thread that keeps the tapestry of Vietnamese culture unified. ... (read more)

Intrepid Journey

This first volume of the author’s History and Mystery series is an introductory look at the prophecies of the Bible and the apocalyptic writings in Revelation. The author explains in his forward: “The first segment of the multi-volume set is a series of some sixty essays relating to prophetic or theological topics that may be a bit ‘difficult’ or begging for a fuller explanation. The information provides a good base from which to start the search for information and understanding and is therefore placed in front.” The volume is set up for the best learning experience possible, with pertinent information included in a section entitled “Apocalyptic Background Studies” placed at the beginning. This informative section includes information on symbolism, biblical standards of weights and measures, biblical dreams and visions, and calendars of feast and holy days of major religions. It also includes “Practical Data for Basic Biblical Learning,” which discusses the importance of Babylon, Neo-Babylon, Babylon the Great, “The Basics of Applied Hermeneutics,” a study of angels and demons, as well as other important information concerning biblical revelation and prophecy. The final two sections consist of theological studies with information concerning hell, the Rapture, eschatological parables, and “End Times Studies” with a concentration on Revelation. ... (read more)

The Journey Continues

What is mankind’s purpose? How do scripture and mythos intertwine with how one sees the material world and the ramifications of one’s actions toward an apocalyptic event? Interestingly, all the religions of the world have deep, entrenched beliefs regarding end times, what happens after death, and the key players that live their mortal lives creating a model after which humans can emulate their lives and deepen their understanding. ... (read more)

Exploration

Author Calaway has undertaken a massive project demonstrating his determination to help readers understand some of the many mystical terms and historical characters cited in the Holy Bible, drawing in the main upon quotations from the New International Version. His diligently researched efforts are designed to provide intellectual and etheric explanations to aid those students and religious devotees who wish to probe deeply. He presents an initial explication of the dictionary’s inclusion of premillennial and dispensational theology. These complex conceptions may cause conflicted reception yet must be taken as necessary to any thorough and open-minded study of the materials shared. ... (read more)

Better Future

Author Adaschik offers a complex collocation of evidence illustrating that the America of its founders is no longer the country of individual freedom and representative government that those early leaders envisaged. He establishes corroborations for this thesis arrayed in ten initial chapters tracing the gradual diminution of a representative democracy since the year 1913 when the Federal Reserve Act was passed. Adaschik contends that the act was the beginning of a conspiracy among people he refers to as “Banksters”—wealthy individuals whose goal was to control the nation’s (and the world’s) finances for personal gain. In influencing the government to establish the Federal Reserve as the country’s central bank, Banksters were ensuring that they, rather than the American people, oversaw its finances. In the wake of the act came income and wage taxation, harsher work conditions, inflation, and credit/credit cards usage becoming the norm. The funds in question were used, Adaschik states, “to corrupt the entire world.” ... (read more)

Quests & Battles

Lynette, daughter of the High Matriarch, and Joran, her mate, have been on the run from her mother since eloping. They know if they are caught that Joran will be executed. This is also a possibility for Lynette. The High Matriarch mostly cares about her own power and extending her looks through blood magic. All three belong to the majority race of winged people who study magic based on the four elements. The wingless among the population are referred to as grubs and are in servitude to the winged. The two runaways meet a few friends along the way and find an ancient, lost city called Halalouma. Included in these friends are Ooloo and her grandfather, Tavat. Ooloo is Ans’Isna, a word used to describe someone who is important to the fate of their world. Along with this group is the couple’s newborn daughter. Ooloo states that the daughter is also Ans’Insa, and everyone vows that they won’t allow the High Matriarch to know about her existence. However, the group has bigger worries. A powerful sorcerer named Morren, who was horribly disfigured and lost his wings using blood magic and was believed to be dead, is gathering an army of undead with the help of his dragon, Death. Unbeknownst to the group, even he is being led by someone more sinister, the demon Saarnak. ... (read more)

True Conviction

Author Garcon has created a resonant spiritual treatise comparing physical immunities to disease and other forces that assail the body to what she terms spiritual immunity (SI). This property allows one to anticipate and ward off feelings of sinfulness and self-destruction and, instead, follow God’s word and encourage others to do likewise. As a practicing nurse, Garcon observed the power of physical immunities, whether genetic or medically induced. Having explored this subject in depth, she explains how spiritual immunities can be passed on from our ancestral family and/or be developed as we pass through life’s adversities. She advises readers to explore their spiritual immunity history, tracing it through parents and grandparents when possible. If one’s forebears were strong in spirit, chances are that one will inherit their immunity to wrong thinking and wrongdoing. ... (read more)

Love & Danger

The author offers up collected letters written by his late father, Alexander, who joined the U.S. Army when the nation was in the throes of the Great Depression. The messages were mostly directed to Alexander’s widowed mother, whom he was trying to support, though his army pay was paltry. His first correspondence begins with “I’m in the Army now” and avers being “mixed up,” as in a dream. Most of his service was in Hawaii. The lucidly described scenarios of military life may surprise readers, as he often had too much spare time, participated enthusiastically in baseball, and once failed testing to rise above “buck private” because of flat feet. ... (read more)

Scripture Revealed

Author Dean has arrayed one hundred texts from the New International Version of the Holy Bible, accompanied by salient comments to help readers absorb the fullest meaning. Wisdom is offered based on scriptures chosen from both the Old and New Testaments. “Chapter 1” quotes from the book of Romans, in which the apostle Paul reminds his acquaintances that they are filled with goodness because of their relationship with Jesus and should speak only of that. To this, Dean adds her wish that the spirit of Jesus will rest upon her readers. ... (read more)

Doing Right

James is a nine-year-old boy, adopted by an American family, who is proud of his Mexican heritage. He leads a peaceful life, and every day on his way to school, he passes the home of Ms. Davis, an elderly woman who likes to spend her mornings in the rocking chair on her front porch, accompanied by her cat. She reminds James of his abuela (grandmother) in Mexico, and it becomes his routine to wave to her every day and help her with errands twice a week. When Ms. Davis abruptly stops appearing on her front porch, James goes to check on her and discovers she has fallen inside her house and needs help. Thanks to his quick actions, Ms. Davis soon receives the medical attention she desperately needs. James gets rewarded for his bravery with a medal and decides to become a doctor in the future. ... (read more)

Story & Scripture

An expression of faith through storytelling, Gayle’s work combines scripture with how to apply it in the earthly world. The main character, Mary, acts as the conduit through which audiences can see the power of prayer and love for Jesus Christ manifested in her daily actions and experiences. ... (read more)

Spanning Millennia

The first part of this novel is set in the twenty-first century at a time when greed and mismanagement of resources have resulted in the Earth’s impending destruction. People are making their way south to search for a place to live in harmony with their fellow travelers. Facing the earth’s destruction, these survivors hope to build a new future. In the second part, the novel shifts to the year 9400 CE. Though there are few humans left on earth, and males have been eradicated, the women who are trying to create a society based on respect and understanding realize that for humanity to survive, they must find a way to produce children. One of these women, Ashbar Madura, has the power to spirit walk. Ashbar senses that “some remaining males of our species remain trapped in the lower realm of dreaming nature, which holds all life in potentia .” Ashbar must chance traveling to the lower realm to procure a male and begin the process of rebuilding humanity. ... (read more)

Defiant Voice

In this poetry collection, readers discover poems celebrating growth, transformation, regrets, and the difficult situations that make a person unique. Other pieces explore faith and spirituality and the myriad of ways those appear in a modern world. Some poems even call for “Godspeed prayer” to make the journey a bit easier. As readers progress through the collection, they discover that a few of the selections celebrate that moment in which one person finds the “one that holds this heart.” A few of this book’s verses even question how society blurs the lines between sex and love and explore the consequences of this blurring. Loss is also a significant theme, but for every loss on which the speaker reflects, there is also a self-discovered path to clarity and recovery. As the book concludes, the speaker explores the power and confidence that develop when one pursues one's true purpose in life. ... (read more)

Imagination

Cassie is a young and precocious young girl who lives with her family in Maine. She loves to tell of her best friend, Patrik, and their journeys to the ancient world of Lemuria. Her parents and others believe she merely possesses a vivid imagination. Cassie’s father indulges her stories while Cassie’s mother frets over her childhood development. However, Cassie’s father is aware of certain mysterious happenings in relation to the potting shed on their property. Cassie loves to play there with friends and Patrik, but there are concerns about something dangerous underneath the shed. Cassie can commune with Patrik and knows when he is in need of help. Their friendship fills Cassie with a mature outlook and a passion for life that is unparalleled in any adult. ... (read more)

Thoughtful Protest

This fictional farce features an orthopedic surgeon and his professional relationship with the law. The protagonist is modeled after one of literature’s most iconic characters, Rumpole of the Old Bailey, so readers familiar with his unique voice will recognize the pervading tone of the piece. The narrative rambles through various stories while interspersing information regarding poetry, art, politics, history, medicine, education, and judicial issues. It begins by exploring memories of the past, such as those from the character’s childhood and growing up in Scotland, his education, athletic prowess, life in Canada, travels while teaching, and groundbreaking research and development in orthopedics. It examines surgeries and patients, issues of malpractice, plaintiff scams, and medical scams by doctors and features some discussion of heroic patients. ... (read more)

The Pastor Speaks

Poet Dillman presents a collection of gentle reminders concerning the need to connect with and stay connected to God and his son, Jesus. The opening work, “Surrender,” conveys that though that word is generally considered negative, surrender to God is, in fact, necessary to follow a positive path. Each offering connects the etheric realm of God’s power and care with simple human situations. For example, “Are You Ready?” poses a direct question: what if Christ were to come “in just five minutes’ time”? Customs like the celebration of Christmas or visions of the new year take on new meaning in Dillman’s deft depictions. A portrait of “Mary, Favored by God” demonstrates what Dillman clearly strives to establish in the reader’s mind—how a simple peasant like Mary could, through unwavering faith, rise to eternal glory. ... (read more)

The Donald Revisited

Poet Hagen writes engagingly in praise of Donald Trump, the eponymous “DT,” whose smiling, confident face appears on her book’s cover. This work comprises four poetic portions: “Poetry for God,” “Poetry of Politics,” “Poetry Especially for the President,” and “Poetry, Poetry, and More Poetry.” In the first, she shares her Christian faith, combining biblical accounts and her human perspective, such as thoughts while “sitting under a hair dryer at the hair dresser,” ruminating over how bravely Jesus prayed for those who condemned him. ... (read more)

Abstract Clarity

Jbara’s new book is composed of ten sections focused on themes such as fear, dogs, love, and sanity. The persona is a thoughtful young woman who sometimes suffers from a painful affliction she attempts to keep hidden from the world. Each thematic section includes four short prose pieces and ends with a poem. The main character loves dogs and considers them more trustworthy and worthy of attention than most humans. Also, she has been in love and been wounded in the process. She has concluded that loving animals will be enough for her because attempts at romantic relationships end badly and cause too much pain. There are some passages when the persona appears older, possibly in her middle years, but in most scenarios, she is a young woman slightly at odds with the world. ... (read more)

The author’s series continues the ancient feud between the Astrakhan and Reynolds families that have now taken up residence on Earth. Arkan Astrakhan, the evil immortal patriarch of the family that has been a thorn in Roger Reynolds’ side in the previous adventures, arrives on Earth, empowered by a dark contract with the demon Andromalex. At the cost of his soul, Arkan is able to live forever and access terrible powers that he has used to strike fear and enslave others to do his bidding for millennia. The ever-reliable Merlin has supported Roger and his friends and family up to this point, but his latest prediction sees the Reynolds and their group of superhuman Geniuses falling to the inevitable aggression of Arkan. In order to survive and protect all he holds dear, Roger Reynolds will need to find a way to defy fate itself. ... (read more)

Michelle Lewis has recently enrolled at Redfern College, a Christian institution. Her father, Louis, wants her to attend a college that shares his religious beliefs. The Lewises have invited Michelle's tennis coach, David Norman, to dinner at a restaurant. Michelle has also invited her roommate, Clovis Ginch, and her tennis teammate, Abe. However, Louis does not approve of the friendship between Michelle and Abe because he is an Arab Muslim from Algeria. Unfortunately, Louis and his wife, Arletta, have to return to St. Louis because their church has exploded. Louis discovers that the criminals he had previously dealt with are behind the church's explosion because he owes them money. Meanwhile, Michelle begins to question if Redfern is the right fit for her due to the mistreatment of Abe by people on campus. ... (read more)

Trust & Respect

Many children’s books also target adults, as does Goldwin’s slim volume. Young and old can appreciate the layering and messaging in this lavishly illustrated tale from the eye (ocelli) of a fly, who flits between human and canine households, avoiding death by swatter. All the fly wants is a bite of waffle, and the selfish humans have so much! He craves a snuggle in cozy dog hair, but the family pet scratches him almost to death. From his position on the wall, the fly hears all, including worries about COVID’s effect on schooling and social interactions. He doesn’t want to hear “all this sadness” (or catch the virus) since he has only days to live. ... (read more)

Raw & Authentic

Paying homage to the countless lives lost and uprooted in the name of war throughout history, de Lange tugs at humanity’s heartstrings with a scintillating combination of poetry and photography. At a time when tensions are heightened throughout the globe, the author delves into the tools for coping with the despair that inevitably kicks in, whether it is found in those who are left behind or in those who return and struggle to get reacclimated to civilian life ... (read more)

Well-Researched

Nine firefighters lost their lives in Charleston, South Carolina, battling a blaze at the Sofa Super Store on June 18, 2007. There were a large range of ages and experience among the men lost and those who survived, but they all had bravery and a commitment to service and each other in common. Following the tragedy, several organizations studied the fire to determine what happened, why it happened, and what could be learned to help prevent such a tragedy from occurring again. Politics and personal pride sometimes got in the way of the investigations, but ultimately, the loss of these courageous men helped advance fire safety in the city of Charleston and in countless fire departments around the nation. ... (read more)

Retribution

Life on the open road appeals to Tim Harrison. He can drive his route from east to west while enjoying the idyllic scenery of the southwestern US. Solitude also provides him time with his thoughts, often consisting of memories of his late wife, Amy. The tragic murder of Amy set off a chain reaction of grief and death in his family that Tim is still recuperating from years after. Despite nearing the denouement of his stages of grieving, anger and a desire for justice still grip his mind. The robbery and murder of a fellow trucker alarms Tim and spurs Tim’s best friend to an ill-fated attempt at revenge. Despite a new flame in his life, Tim is reluctantly pulled into an attempt at payback against a pair of ruthless criminals. ... (read more)

Cooperation

Cheéka has long been the sole rooster in the barnyard. He enjoys his status tremendously and confidently until competition arrives. The new rooster and Cheéka soon engage in a loud dispute relating to dominance and territory. The argument upsets many of the different and previously placid species on the farm, who respond with their classic sounds, each of which gets an illustration that is eye-catching and beautiful. Through the din, the cry of a hen distracts them amidst the disturbances in the barnyard that their argument facilitates. The need for immediate teamwork overrides their hostility, and the two, now a team, work together. In the process, they learn to appreciate each other and the skills that each brings to create a successful conclusion to the crisis. ... (read more)

Author Slowe recounts a series of remarkable events that altered almost every facet of her life. It began in 2018, on the Friday before the Labor Day weekend, when a co-worker asked her if she had gotten the fifty-dollar bonus that would be available to employees who had completed a yearly medical check-up. Slowe had already had her check-up without applying for the benefit, but her co-worker reminded her that she needed to complete a final portion of the requirement: a mammogram. ... (read more)

This remarkable memoir is set against the sweeping backdrop of US and international history in the final three decades of the twentieth century. Reid grew up in a black neighborhood in proximity to Baltimore City’s Druid Hill Park, where he first worked as a lifeguard and gathered with family and friends to picnic and play tennis and baseball. Later, as a Baltimore police officer, he patrolled the park. The Three Sisters Ponds stood then in an isolated section of the park, a serene setting that became Reid’s contemplative oasis where he could daydream about his future goals and seek solutions to his problems. ... (read more)

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30+ Top-Notch Book Review Sites for Readers & Writers

Here are 30+ top-notch book review sites for booksellers, librarians, readers, & writers. Learn more about 30 bookish companies helping spread the word about the best & latest books.

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Book reviews are for all of us.

Readers need to know whether books with the best covers are worth the time they’re about to put into it. They find it helpful (and fun!) to check out reviews after reading the books, too, so they can see what other real-life humans had to say about it.

Authors & publishers need to get book reviews to build buzz and credibility for their product. Librarians & booksellers need to hear from trusted sources that the book they are about to buy for their collection has the capability to get picked up & to satisfy. 

Book review sites have transformed the book-recommending landscape.

We can write reviews on product pages, on social media apps, and some of us, for publications that have been around since before the internet. Book reviewing has changed. But maybe it also hasn’t.

What kind of book review sites are you looking for? Chances are, this list has you covered.

Here are 30+ book review sites to read, write, and bookmark. 

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1. Independent Book Review

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Does this logo look familiar? (Hint: You’re sitting on it).

IBR, the website you’re on RIGHT NOW, is all about indie books . There are so many books in the world right now, but if you feel like you keep seeing the same ones recommended over and over, start reading indie!

Independent presses & self-published authors are doing some incredible work right now. IBR reviews books, curates lists, does indie bookstore round-ups, and uses starred reviews & best-of-the-year lists to show which books are going to blow your mind.

2. Book Marks

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Lit Hub rules. You already knew this.

But do you know about Book Marks? They’re a branch of the Lit Hub network, and they are an excellent way for booksellers and librarians to get shorter recaps from multiple sources and voices.

Their staff peruses book review sites and shares pull-quotes from them in book lists & more. By reading all of these sites, they can give the book a rating based on the average: “Rave, Positive, Mixed, or Pan.”

My favorite book-buying platform, Bookshop , uses Book Marks’ scale for their books’ ratings, and I love getting access to that.

3. Publishers Weekly

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Publishers Weekly has been around since 1872. By now, they’re a review churning machine. They cover so much of the book industry in so many different ways, reviewing nearly 9,000 books per year and providing publication announcements, agency announcements, industry job listings , bestseller lists, industry stats, a self-publishing partner, and more. 

4. Kirkus Reviews

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Another one that’s been around since before the internet! 1933 to be exact. Kirkus is a widely recognized publication that book buyers & librarians follow carefully. I dare you to find a bookstore or library that doesn’t have multiple books with Kirkus Reviews plastered on their front and back covers.

5. Booklist

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The American Library Association runs Booklist , a platform dedicated to helping libraries, educators, and booksellers choose books. They’ve got a magazine (since 1905!), book reviews, lists, awards, and one of my favorite bookish podcasts out there: Shelf Care .

6. Library Journal & School Library Journal

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As you might be able to guess, Library Journal & School Library Journal focus on librarians too! They review a ton of books, and they write often about library-related news, collection management, technology, programs, and more. If you’re an author hoping to land your book in libraries, these are essential targets.

7. BookPage

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You may have seen BookPage in your local library or bookstore. Some shops provide it for free so that patrons can look through it to find which books to buy in-store. Their website is clean and intriguing and always full of the most up-to-date releases and bestsellers.

Speaking of libraries! Have you seen our gifts for librarians ?

8. Foreword

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Foreword is such an enthusiastic and dedicated champion of indie books, and they’ve been doing it since the 90s! I love how much attention university presses get here too. Their reviews are well-written & thorough, in both print & digital, and I always find something to speed-purchase once the Foreword Indie winners come out.

9. LoveReading

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LoveReading is a top book-recommendation website in the UK. They’ve got starred reviews, lists, staff picks, a LitFest , eBooks, and they even donate 25% of the cover price of their books to schools of your choice. It’s reader-friendly and apparent how much they appreciate the wonder of books. 

10. Washington Independent Review of Books

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What’s not to love about The Independent?

Back in 2011, a group of writers & editors were frustrated by newspapers dropping book review sections and decided to do something about it. The Washington Independent Review of Books is quite a lovely something! This nonprofit posts every day: from reviews to interviews to essays and podcasts. They host events too!

11. Book Riot

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Try being a reader and not finding something you love on Book Riot. Book lists, podcasts, personalized recommendations, newsletters, book deals—this site is a haven.

It doesn’t post solo book reviews like other sites, but they do share mini-reviews in book lists and talk about reading in unique & passionate ways. The Book Riot Podcast is such a winner too! I love listening to Jeff & Rebecca laugh about the latest in books & reading.

12. Electric Lit

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From novel excerpts to original short fiction & poetry, they might not only be a book review site,  but they do offer a lot in the world of book recommendations. Their Recommended Reading lit mag features unique staff picks and short, insightful book reviews.

13. The Millions

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The writing in The Millions is something to behold. They are an artful source for all things book reviews & recommendations. They write stunning essays about books & reading and long reviews of new and old books. They’ve got some of my favorite Most Anticip ated lists too.

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14. Bookforum

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Did you hear? Bookforum is back ! This book review magazine announced in December 2022 that they were closing, and my heart sank a little bit. This company means so much to the publishing industry and has for 20+ years, so when I saw (last week!) that they are returning, I did more than a few jumps for joy.

Welcome back, Bookforum! Can’t wait to see what you’ve got coming for us in book world coverage.

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BOMB is in it for the art. Art, literature, film, music, theater, architecture, and dance. There are reviews and interviews, and the literature section is a real delight. The reviews are like poignant essays, and the author interviews are in-depth and feature some fascinating minds.

16. The Asian Review of Books

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The only dedicated pan-Asian book review publication! It’s widely cited and features some of the best in Asian books and art, so booksellers and librarians have a source to trust to stock their collections with high-quality pan-Asian lit.

Have you seen our gifts for book lovers yet?

17. Chicago Review of Books

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I love so much of what Chicago Review of Books does. They have a clean & sleek design that features some of the buzziest books as well as plenty of hidden gems from our favorite indie presses. I’m a particularly big fan of the spotlight they put on books in translation .

18. Rain Taxi

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I love Rain Taxi ’s style! They champion unique books, publish their own fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, and put a real emphasis on art for their magazine covers . It’s a beautiful print magazine to subscribe to, but they also share free online editions & digital archives. They even run the Rain Taxi Reading Series & Twin Cities Book Festival if you’re a real-lifer in Minnesota!

19. The Rumpus

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Oh, The Rumpus ! This mostly volunteer-run online magazine publishes reviews, interviews, essays, fiction, and poetry. The reviews are in-depth and personal and heart-melting, and in addition to the site, they’ve got cool perks like the Poetry Book Club  and Letters in the Mail . The book club is where you get a pre-release book and meet the poet via Slack with other club members at the end of the month, and Letters in the Mail are actual postcards sent in the mail to you twice a month from your favorite authors.

20. Book Reporter

Book reporter is a book review site where readers and writers click.

The selection in Book Reporter is carefully curated & enticing: hot new releases, forthcoming books, major presses, & indies. And there are plenty of unique ways to learn about them, like video interviews and monthly lists & picks. It launched in 1996 and is in The Book Report Network, which includes Reading Group Guides , a super useful resource for book clubs.

21. BookTrib .

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BookTrib does such a great job of making their site browsable. The different ways you can enjoy what they offer—from book lists to giveaways to ebook deals —are difficult to keep your purchase finger off of.

23. Lit Reactor

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Writers & readers—where bookish people meet! LitReactor’s book reviews are in the magazine portion of their website, and they’ve got plenty of them! Reviews, interviews, lists, introspectives, writing tips, and reading discussions. I’ve found some really unique content on Lit Reactor, like this ranking of literary parents . The website is a haven for writers especially, as there are workshops, writing blog posts, and even a forum to participate in.

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24. Crime Fiction Lover

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Dark alleys. Stray bullets. Hard-boiled detectives. Runaway thrills. If you’re a mystery-thriller reader, you’ve got to know about Crime Fiction Lover. They’ve got a passionate group of readers and writers talking about the best books in the genre and the ones that are soon to come out too.

25. SF Book Reviews

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Speculative fiction fans unite! SF Book Reviews has been reviewing sci-fi and fantasy books since 1999, and while they’re a relatively small staff, they publish regularly, feature books of the month, and work wonders for their fantastical community.

26. Historical Novel Society

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For all you historical fiction fans out there, the Historical Novel Society has reviewed more than 20,000 books in its twenty years. This one works like a membership for “writers and readers who love exploring the past.” You get a quarterly print magazine as a member, and if you’re a writer, you can join critique groups and ask for book reviews.

27. The Poetry Question

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The Poetry Question writes about poetry published by indie presses and indie authors. They are a small passionate team dedicated to showing the world why indie presses continue to be a leading source for award-winning poetry.

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28. Goodreads

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Did you know that there are over 125 million members on Goodreads? When users review books, they can have conversations with fellow readers and follow reviewers too. If you’re looking for the biggest community, there’s no doubt Goodreads is the one. I like using sites like this because it helps you catalog books, one of my favorite ways to build a strong reading habit . 

29. The Storygraph

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A big community of active users that’s Amazon free! Come review books, use half & quarter stars (!), and complete reading challenges. You got this.

29. Bookwyrm

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Bookwyrm is small (around 5,000 members at the time of this writing), but doesn’t that sound kind of nice? There are active members and a genuine collective goal in talking books. Grow with it. I think you’ll be comfy here. There are other communities within the Bookwyrm umbrella too, like Bookrastinating .

30. Reedsy Discovery

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I hold a special place in my heart for book review sites dedicated to helping writers! I got into this business as a book marketer, and I experienced first-hand, through hundreds of books, how hard it was to get exposure & validation for small press and self-published authors. 

Reedsy Discovery is a branch of Reedsy (the author resource company) that connects authors & reviewers so that people can read free books, sometimes receive tips for it, and authors can get more reviews in the process. Readers can choose from the latest books as well as the ones that are getting the best reviews.

31. Netgalley

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Netgalley is a book review site for pre-released books. Reviewers sign up for a free account, request galleys from publishers and indie authors, and get to read them before they’re published so that they can leave reviews for the book, preferably on Amazon, Goodreads, or their blog. They also run Bookish , the editorial arm of Netgalley, which has book recommendations, interviews, and more.

32. Online Book Club

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This review site combines a bunch of cool things! The 4-million member community gives me a lot of Goodreads vibes, especially with the Bookshelves app . But Online Book Club is a place for you to get eBook deals and talk about books in reviews and forums.

What are your favorite book review sites to follow? Let us know in the comments!

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Featuring new titles by leslie jamison, phillip b. williams, sarah ruiz-grossman, and more.

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Leslie Jamison’s Splinters , Phillip B. Williams’ Ours , and Sarah Ruiz-Grossman’s A Fire So Wild all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week.

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1. Ours by Phillip B. Williams (Viking)

3 Rave • 2 Positive Read an excerpt from Ours here

“…a vast and rapturous feat of fabulism … This is a 19th-century historical epic created with both a vivacious enthusiasm for folkloric traditions and a deep contemplation of what it means to be freed from the violent machine of slavery in the U.S. … Williams has a voice that soars across each page, breathing life into his dazzling array of characters–the lovers and the malcontents, the queer and the mystical, the brazen and the cautious.”

–Dave Wheeler ( Shelf Awareness )

2. The Variations by Patrick Langley (New York Review of Books)

2 Rave • 1 Positive • 1 Mixed

“Langley is a mesmerizing guide to Selda’s music and the fantastical world of the hospice, a ‘variously demonized, patronized, scorned, venerated, vilified, and today largely ignored and near-bankrupted institution.’ This is exquisite.”

–Publishers Weekly

3. A Fire So Wild by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman (Harper)

1 Rave • 2 Positive • 1 Mixed Read Sarah Ruiz-Grossman’s list of books for the climate apocalypse here

“As the characters’ paths twine with fervor, Ruiz-Grossman’s engaging tale offers a vivid exploration of modern-day disparities within the timeless and universal search for belonging and self-determination.”

–Leah Strauss ( Booklist )

1. Splinters by Leslie Jamison (Little Brown and Company)

6 Rave • 4 Positive • 2 Mixed Listen to an interview with Leslie Jamison here

“This one is slimmer, less digressive, more focused on Jamison’s singular experience [than The Recovering ]. But it, like its predecessor, makes a particular life ramify more broadly in intriguing and poignant ways … About the bewildering nature of new motherhood, the implosion of Jamison’s marriage, parenting solo, dating as a single mother, coping with illness and lockdown. But it is also about storytelling … Though this well of grief and guilt is not dramatized, it is not unglimpsed. Jamison writes around the hole in her story, and we can feel the gravity of its pull in her presentation of herself … Her ferocious honesty, her stringent refusal to sugarcoat, her insistence on inhabiting and depicting moments in all their evanescence and incandescence make her one of the most compelling and trustworthy memoirists we have.”

–Priscilla Gilman ( The Boston Globe )

2. Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022 by Frank Trentmann (Knopf)

“Terrifically insightful … There is so much telling detail in the story: the fluent legal nonsense, the struggle with authority, the inner psychological conflict, all tacitly overshadowed by the recent memory of the Third Reich … This book runs to 838 pages, but barely a word is wasted. Trentmann is a skillful and unflashy storyteller with flickers of gentle irony.”

–Oliver Moody ( The Times )

3. Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York by Barbara Weisberg (W. W. Norton & Company)

2 Rave • 3 Positive • 1 Mixed

“Riveting … Weisberg reassembles the story with the clear determination to treat both sides equally, and without leering … She cloaks the jagged facts of the case in the soft trappings of their social backdrop to soften their impact. Nevertheless, sharp edges pierce the velvet veil … By letting public and private records reanimate this vivid chapter of the past, Weisberg tells a story that fiction could not touch.”

–Liesl Schillinger ( The New York Times Book Review )

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17 book review examples to help you write the perfect review.

17 Book Review Examples to Help You Write the Perfect Review

It’s an exciting time to be a book reviewer. Once confined to print newspapers and journals, reviews now dot many corridors of the Internet — forever helping others discover their next great read. That said, every book reviewer will face a familiar panic: how can you do justice to a great book in just a thousand words?

As you know, the best way to learn how to do something is by immersing yourself in it. Luckily, the Internet (i.e. Goodreads and other review sites , in particular) has made book reviews more accessible than ever — which means that there are a lot of book reviews examples out there for you to view!

In this post, we compiled 17 prototypical book review examples in multiple genres to help you figure out how to write the perfect review . If you want to jump straight to the examples, you can skip the next section. Otherwise, let’s first check out what makes up a good review.

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What must a book review contain?

Like all works of art, no two book reviews will be identical. But fear not: there are a few guidelines for any aspiring book reviewer to follow. Most book reviews, for instance, are less than 1,500 words long, with the sweet spot hitting somewhere around the 1,000-word mark. (However, this may vary depending on the platform on which you’re writing, as we’ll see later.)

In addition, all reviews share some universal elements, as shown in our book review templates . These include:

  • A review will offer a concise plot summary of the book. 
  • A book review will offer an evaluation of the work. 
  • A book review will offer a recommendation for the audience. 

If these are the basic ingredients that make up a book review, it’s the tone and style with which the book reviewer writes that brings the extra panache. This will differ from platform to platform, of course. A book review on Goodreads, for instance, will be much more informal and personal than a book review on Kirkus Reviews, as it is catering to a different audience. However, at the end of the day, the goal of all book reviews is to give the audience the tools to determine whether or not they’d like to read the book themselves.

Keeping that in mind, let’s proceed to some book review examples to put all of this in action.

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Book review examples for fiction books

Since story is king in the world of fiction, it probably won’t come as any surprise to learn that a book review for a novel will concentrate on how well the story was told .

That said, book reviews in all genres follow the same basic formula that we discussed earlier. In these examples, you’ll be able to see how book reviewers on different platforms expertly intertwine the plot summary and their personal opinions of the book to produce a clear, informative, and concise review.

Note: Some of the book review examples run very long. If a book review is truncated in this post, we’ve indicated by including a […] at the end, but you can always read the entire review if you click on the link provided.

Examples of literary fiction book reviews

Kirkus Reviews reviews Ralph Ellison’s The Invisible Man :

An extremely powerful story of a young Southern Negro, from his late high school days through three years of college to his life in Harlem.
His early training prepared him for a life of humility before white men, but through injustices- large and small, he came to realize that he was an "invisible man". People saw in him only a reflection of their preconceived ideas of what he was, denied his individuality, and ultimately did not see him at all. This theme, which has implications far beyond the obvious racial parallel, is skillfully handled. The incidents of the story are wholly absorbing. The boy's dismissal from college because of an innocent mistake, his shocked reaction to the anonymity of the North and to Harlem, his nightmare experiences on a one-day job in a paint factory and in the hospital, his lightning success as the Harlem leader of a communistic organization known as the Brotherhood, his involvement in black versus white and black versus black clashes and his disillusion and understanding of his invisibility- all climax naturally in scenes of violence and riot, followed by a retreat which is both literal and figurative. Parts of this experience may have been told before, but never with such freshness, intensity and power.
This is Ellison's first novel, but he has complete control of his story and his style. Watch it.

Lyndsey reviews George Orwell’s 1984 on Goodreads:

YOU. ARE. THE. DEAD. Oh my God. I got the chills so many times toward the end of this book. It completely blew my mind. It managed to surpass my high expectations AND be nothing at all like I expected. Or in Newspeak "Double Plus Good." Let me preface this with an apology. If I sound stunningly inarticulate at times in this review, I can't help it. My mind is completely fried.
This book is like the dystopian Lord of the Rings, with its richly developed culture and economics, not to mention a fully developed language called Newspeak, or rather more of the anti-language, whose purpose is to limit speech and understanding instead of to enhance and expand it. The world-building is so fully fleshed out and spine-tinglingly terrifying that it's almost as if George travelled to such a place, escaped from it, and then just wrote it all down.
I read Fahrenheit 451 over ten years ago in my early teens. At the time, I remember really wanting to read 1984, although I never managed to get my hands on it. I'm almost glad I didn't. Though I would not have admitted it at the time, it would have gone over my head. Or at the very least, I wouldn't have been able to appreciate it fully. […]

The New York Times reviews Lisa Halliday’s Asymmetry :

Three-quarters of the way through Lisa Halliday’s debut novel, “Asymmetry,” a British foreign correspondent named Alistair is spending Christmas on a compound outside of Baghdad. His fellow revelers include cameramen, defense contractors, United Nations employees and aid workers. Someone’s mother has FedExed a HoneyBaked ham from Maine; people are smoking by the swimming pool. It is 2003, just days after Saddam Hussein’s capture, and though the mood is optimistic, Alistair is worrying aloud about the ethics of his chosen profession, wondering if reporting on violence doesn’t indirectly abet violence and questioning why he’d rather be in a combat zone than reading a picture book to his son. But every time he returns to London, he begins to “spin out.” He can’t go home. “You observe what people do with their freedom — what they don’t do — and it’s impossible not to judge them for it,” he says.
The line, embedded unceremoniously in the middle of a page-long paragraph, doubles, like so many others in “Asymmetry,” as literary criticism. Halliday’s novel is so strange and startlingly smart that its mere existence seems like commentary on the state of fiction. One finishes “Asymmetry” for the first or second (or like this reader, third) time and is left wondering what other writers are not doing with their freedom — and, like Alistair, judging them for it.
Despite its title, “Asymmetry” comprises two seemingly unrelated sections of equal length, appended by a slim and quietly shocking coda. Halliday’s prose is clean and lean, almost reportorial in the style of W. G. Sebald, and like the murmurings of a shy person at a cocktail party, often comic only in single clauses. It’s a first novel that reads like the work of an author who has published many books over many years. […]

Emily W. Thompson reviews Michael Doane's The Crossing on Reedsy Discovery :

In Doane’s debut novel, a young man embarks on a journey of self-discovery with surprising results.
An unnamed protagonist (The Narrator) is dealing with heartbreak. His love, determined to see the world, sets out for Portland, Oregon. But he’s a small-town boy who hasn’t traveled much. So, the Narrator mourns her loss and hides from life, throwing himself into rehabbing an old motorcycle. Until one day, he takes a leap; he packs his bike and a few belongings and heads out to find the Girl.
Following in the footsteps of Jack Kerouac and William Least Heat-Moon, Doane offers a coming of age story about a man finding himself on the backroads of America. Doane’s a gifted writer with fluid prose and insightful observations, using The Narrator’s personal interactions to illuminate the diversity of the United States.
The Narrator initially sticks to the highways, trying to make it to the West Coast as quickly as possible. But a hitchhiker named Duke convinces him to get off the beaten path and enjoy the ride. “There’s not a place that’s like any other,” [39] Dukes contends, and The Narrator realizes he’s right. Suddenly, the trip is about the journey, not just the destination. The Narrator ditches his truck and traverses the deserts and mountains on his bike. He destroys his phone, cutting off ties with his past and living only in the moment.
As he crosses the country, The Narrator connects with several unique personalities whose experiences and views deeply impact his own. Duke, the complicated cowboy and drifter, who opens The Narrator’s eyes to a larger world. Zooey, the waitress in Colorado who opens his heart and reminds him that love can be found in this big world. And Rosie, The Narrator’s sweet landlady in Portland, who helps piece him back together both physically and emotionally.
This supporting cast of characters is excellent. Duke, in particular, is wonderfully nuanced and complicated. He’s a throwback to another time, a man without a cell phone who reads Sartre and sleeps under the stars. Yet he’s also a grifter with a “love ‘em and leave ‘em” attitude that harms those around him. It’s fascinating to watch The Narrator wrestle with Duke’s behavior, trying to determine which to model and which to discard.
Doane creates a relatable protagonist in The Narrator, whose personal growth doesn’t erase his faults. His willingness to hit the road with few resources is admirable, and he’s prescient enough to recognize the jealousy of those who cannot or will not take the leap. His encounters with new foods, places, and people broaden his horizons. Yet his immaturity and selfishness persist. He tells Rosie she’s been a good mother to him but chooses to ignore the continuing concern from his own parents as he effectively disappears from his old life.
Despite his flaws, it’s a pleasure to accompany The Narrator on his physical and emotional journey. The unexpected ending is a fitting denouement to an epic and memorable road trip.

The Book Smugglers review Anissa Gray’s The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls :

I am still dipping my toes into the literally fiction pool, finding what works for me and what doesn’t. Books like The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray are definitely my cup of tea.
Althea and Proctor Cochran had been pillars of their economically disadvantaged community for years – with their local restaurant/small market and their charity drives. Until they are found guilty of fraud for stealing and keeping most of the money they raised and sent to jail. Now disgraced, their entire family is suffering the consequences, specially their twin teenage daughters Baby Vi and Kim.  To complicate matters even more: Kim was actually the one to call the police on her parents after yet another fight with her mother. […]

Examples of children’s and YA fiction book reviews

The Book Hookup reviews Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give :

♥ Quick Thoughts and Rating: 5 stars! I can’t imagine how challenging it would be to tackle the voice of a movement like Black Lives Matter, but I do know that Thomas did it with a finesse only a talented author like herself possibly could. With an unapologetically realistic delivery packed with emotion, The Hate U Give is a crucially important portrayal of the difficulties minorities face in our country every single day. I have no doubt that this book will be met with resistance by some (possibly many) and slapped with a “controversial” label, but if you’ve ever wondered what it was like to walk in a POC’s shoes, then I feel like this is an unflinchingly honest place to start.
In Angie Thomas’s debut novel, Starr Carter bursts on to the YA scene with both heart-wrecking and heartwarming sincerity. This author is definitely one to watch.
♥ Review: The hype around this book has been unquestionable and, admittedly, that made me both eager to get my hands on it and terrified to read it. I mean, what if I was to be the one person that didn’t love it as much as others? (That seems silly now because of how truly mesmerizing THUG was in the most heartbreakingly realistic way.) However, with the relevancy of its summary in regards to the unjust predicaments POC currently face in the US, I knew this one was a must-read, so I was ready to set my fears aside and dive in. That said, I had an altogether more personal, ulterior motive for wanting to read this book. […]

The New York Times reviews Melissa Albert’s The Hazel Wood :

Alice Crewe (a last name she’s chosen for herself) is a fairy tale legacy: the granddaughter of Althea Proserpine, author of a collection of dark-as-night fairy tales called “Tales From the Hinterland.” The book has a cult following, and though Alice has never met her grandmother, she’s learned a little about her through internet research. She hasn’t read the stories, because her mother, Ella Proserpine, forbids it.
Alice and Ella have moved from place to place in an attempt to avoid the “bad luck” that seems to follow them. Weird things have happened. As a child, Alice was kidnapped by a man who took her on a road trip to find her grandmother; he was stopped by the police before they did so. When at 17 she sees that man again, unchanged despite the years, Alice panics. Then Ella goes missing, and Alice turns to Ellery Finch, a schoolmate who’s an Althea Proserpine superfan, for help in tracking down her mother. Not only has Finch read every fairy tale in the collection, but handily, he remembers them, sharing them with Alice as they journey to the mysterious Hazel Wood, the estate of her now-dead grandmother, where they hope to find Ella.
“The Hazel Wood” starts out strange and gets stranger, in the best way possible. (The fairy stories Finch relays, which Albert includes as their own chapters, are as creepy and evocative as you’d hope.) Albert seamlessly combines contemporary realism with fantasy, blurring the edges in a way that highlights that place where stories and real life convene, where magic contains truth and the world as it appears is false, where just about anything can happen, particularly in the pages of a very good book. It’s a captivating debut. […]

James reviews Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight, Moon on Goodreads:

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown is one of the books that followers of my blog voted as a must-read for our Children's Book August 2018 Readathon. Come check it out and join the next few weeks!
This picture book was such a delight. I hadn't remembered reading it when I was a child, but it might have been read to me... either way, it was like a whole new experience! It's always so difficult to convince a child to fall asleep at night. I don't have kids, but I do have a 5-month-old puppy who whines for 5 minutes every night when he goes in his cage/crate (hopefully he'll be fully housebroken soon so he can roam around when he wants). I can only imagine! I babysat a lot as a teenager and I have tons of younger cousins, nieces, and nephews, so I've been through it before, too. This was a believable experience, and it really helps show kids how to relax and just let go when it's time to sleep.
The bunny's are adorable. The rhymes are exquisite. I found it pretty fun, but possibly a little dated given many of those things aren't normal routines anymore. But the lessons to take from it are still powerful. Loved it! I want to sample some more books by this fine author and her illustrators.

Publishers Weekly reviews Elizabeth Lilly’s Geraldine :

This funny, thoroughly accomplished debut opens with two words: “I’m moving.” They’re spoken by the title character while she swoons across her family’s ottoman, and because Geraldine is a giraffe, her full-on melancholy mode is quite a spectacle. But while Geraldine may be a drama queen (even her mother says so), it won’t take readers long to warm up to her. The move takes Geraldine from Giraffe City, where everyone is like her, to a new school, where everyone else is human. Suddenly, the former extrovert becomes “That Giraffe Girl,” and all she wants to do is hide, which is pretty much impossible. “Even my voice tries to hide,” she says, in the book’s most poignant moment. “It’s gotten quiet and whispery.” Then she meets Cassie, who, though human, is also an outlier (“I’m that girl who wears glasses and likes MATH and always organizes her food”), and things begin to look up.
Lilly’s watercolor-and-ink drawings are as vividly comic and emotionally astute as her writing; just when readers think there are no more ways for Geraldine to contort her long neck, this highly promising talent comes up with something new.

Examples of genre fiction book reviews

Karlyn P reviews Nora Roberts’ Dark Witch , a paranormal romance novel , on Goodreads:

4 stars. Great world-building, weak romance, but still worth the read.
I hesitate to describe this book as a 'romance' novel simply because the book spent little time actually exploring the romance between Iona and Boyle. Sure, there IS a romance in this novel. Sprinkled throughout the book are a few scenes where Iona and Boyle meet, chat, wink at each, flirt some more, sleep together, have a misunderstanding, make up, and then profess their undying love. Very formulaic stuff, and all woven around the more important parts of this book.
The meat of this book is far more focused on the story of the Dark witch and her magically-gifted descendants living in Ireland. Despite being weak on the romance, I really enjoyed it. I think the book is probably better for it, because the romance itself was pretty lackluster stuff.
I absolutely plan to stick with this series as I enjoyed the world building, loved the Ireland setting, and was intrigued by all of the secondary characters. However, If you read Nora Roberts strictly for the romance scenes, this one might disappoint. But if you enjoy a solid background story with some dark magic and prophesies, you might enjoy it as much as I did.
I listened to this one on audio, and felt the narration was excellent.

Emily May reviews R.F. Kuang’s The Poppy Wars , an epic fantasy novel , on Goodreads:

“But I warn you, little warrior. The price of power is pain.”
Holy hell, what did I just read??
➽ A fantasy military school
➽ A rich world based on modern Chinese history
➽ Shamans and gods
➽ Detailed characterization leading to unforgettable characters
➽ Adorable, opium-smoking mentors
That's a basic list, but this book is all of that and SO MUCH MORE. I know 100% that The Poppy War will be one of my best reads of 2018.
Isn't it just so great when you find one of those books that completely drags you in, makes you fall in love with the characters, and demands that you sit on the edge of your seat for every horrific, nail-biting moment of it? This is one of those books for me. And I must issue a serious content warning: this book explores some very dark themes. Proceed with caution (or not at all) if you are particularly sensitive to scenes of war, drug use and addiction, genocide, racism, sexism, ableism, self-harm, torture, and rape (off-page but extremely horrific).
Because, despite the fairly innocuous first 200 pages, the title speaks the truth: this is a book about war. All of its horrors and atrocities. It is not sugar-coated, and it is often graphic. The "poppy" aspect refers to opium, which is a big part of this book. It is a fantasy, but the book draws inspiration from the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Rape of Nanking.

Crime Fiction Lover reviews Jessica Barry’s Freefall , a crime novel:

In some crime novels, the wrongdoing hits you between the eyes from page one. With others it’s a more subtle process, and that’s OK too. So where does Freefall fit into the sliding scale?
In truth, it’s not clear. This is a novel with a thrilling concept at its core. A woman survives plane crash, then runs for her life. However, it is the subtleties at play that will draw you in like a spider beckoning to an unwitting fly.
Like the heroine in Sharon Bolton’s Dead Woman Walking, Allison is lucky to be alive. She was the only passenger in a private plane, belonging to her fiancé, Ben, who was piloting the expensive aircraft, when it came down in woodlands in the Colorado Rockies. Ally is also the only survivor, but rather than sitting back and waiting for rescue, she is soon pulling together items that may help her survive a little longer – first aid kit, energy bars, warm clothes, trainers – before fleeing the scene. If you’re hearing the faint sound of alarm bells ringing, get used to it. There’s much, much more to learn about Ally before this tale is over.

Kirkus Reviews reviews Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One , a science-fiction novel :

Video-game players embrace the quest of a lifetime in a virtual world; screenwriter Cline’s first novel is old wine in new bottles.
The real world, in 2045, is the usual dystopian horror story. So who can blame Wade, our narrator, if he spends most of his time in a virtual world? The 18-year-old, orphaned at 11, has no friends in his vertical trailer park in Oklahoma City, while the OASIS has captivating bells and whistles, and it’s free. Its creator, the legendary billionaire James Halliday, left a curious will. He had devised an elaborate online game, a hunt for a hidden Easter egg. The finder would inherit his estate. Old-fashioned riddles lead to three keys and three gates. Wade, or rather his avatar Parzival, is the first gunter (egg-hunter) to win the Copper Key, first of three.
Halliday was obsessed with the pop culture of the 1980s, primarily the arcade games, so the novel is as much retro as futurist. Parzival’s great strength is that he has absorbed all Halliday’s obsessions; he knows by heart three essential movies, crossing the line from geek to freak. His most formidable competitors are the Sixers, contract gunters working for the evil conglomerate IOI, whose goal is to acquire the OASIS. Cline’s narrative is straightforward but loaded with exposition. It takes a while to reach a scene that crackles with excitement: the meeting between Parzival (now world famous as the lead contender) and Sorrento, the head of IOI. The latter tries to recruit Parzival; when he fails, he issues and executes a death threat. Wade’s trailer is demolished, his relatives killed; luckily Wade was not at home. Too bad this is the dramatic high point. Parzival threads his way between more ’80s games and movies to gain the other keys; it’s clever but not exciting. Even a romance with another avatar and the ultimate “epic throwdown” fail to stir the blood.
Too much puzzle-solving, not enough suspense.

Book review examples for non-fiction books

Nonfiction books are generally written to inform readers about a certain topic. As such, the focus of a nonfiction book review will be on the clarity and effectiveness of this communication . In carrying this out, a book review may analyze the author’s source materials and assess the thesis in order to determine whether or not the book meets expectations.

Again, we’ve included abbreviated versions of long reviews here, so feel free to click on the link to read the entire piece!

The Washington Post reviews David Grann’s Killers of the Flower Moon :

The arc of David Grann’s career reminds one of a software whiz-kid or a latest-thing talk-show host — certainly not an investigative reporter, even if he is one of the best in the business. The newly released movie of his first book, “The Lost City of Z,” is generating all kinds of Oscar talk, and now comes the release of his second book, “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI,” the film rights to which have already been sold for $5 million in what one industry journal called the “biggest and wildest book rights auction in memory.”
Grann deserves the attention. He’s canny about the stories he chases, he’s willing to go anywhere to chase them, and he’s a maestro in his ability to parcel out information at just the right clip: a hint here, a shading of meaning there, a smartly paced buildup of multiple possibilities followed by an inevitable reversal of readerly expectations or, in some cases, by a thrilling and dislocating pull of the entire narrative rug.
All of these strengths are on display in “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Around the turn of the 20th century, oil was discovered underneath Osage lands in the Oklahoma Territory, lands that were soon to become part of the state of Oklahoma. Through foresight and legal maneuvering, the Osage found a way to permanently attach that oil to themselves and shield it from the prying hands of white interlopers; this mechanism was known as “headrights,” which forbade the outright sale of oil rights and granted each full member of the tribe — and, supposedly, no one else — a share in the proceeds from any lease arrangement. For a while, the fail-safes did their job, and the Osage got rich — diamond-ring and chauffeured-car and imported-French-fashion rich — following which quite a large group of white men started to work like devils to separate the Osage from their money. And soon enough, and predictably enough, this work involved murder. Here in Jazz Age America’s most isolated of locales, dozens or even hundreds of Osage in possession of great fortunes — and of the potential for even greater fortunes in the future — were dispatched by poison, by gunshot and by dynamite. […]

Stacked Books reviews Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers :

I’ve heard a lot of great things about Malcolm Gladwell’s writing. Friends and co-workers tell me that his subjects are interesting and his writing style is easy to follow without talking down to the reader. I wasn’t disappointed with Outliers. In it, Gladwell tackles the subject of success – how people obtain it and what contributes to extraordinary success as opposed to everyday success.
The thesis – that our success depends much more on circumstances out of our control than any effort we put forth – isn’t exactly revolutionary. Most of us know it to be true. However, I don’t think I’m lying when I say that most of us also believe that we if we just try that much harder and develop our talent that much further, it will be enough to become wildly successful, despite bad or just mediocre beginnings. Not so, says Gladwell.
Most of the evidence Gladwell gives us is anecdotal, which is my favorite kind to read. I can’t really speak to how scientifically valid it is, but it sure makes for engrossing listening. For example, did you know that successful hockey players are almost all born in January, February, or March? Kids born during these months are older than the others kids when they start playing in the youth leagues, which means they’re already better at the game (because they’re bigger). Thus, they get more play time, which means their skill increases at a faster rate, and it compounds as time goes by. Within a few years, they’re much, much better than the kids born just a few months later in the year. Basically, these kids’ birthdates are a huge factor in their success as adults – and it’s nothing they can do anything about. If anyone could make hockey interesting to a Texan who only grudgingly admits the sport even exists, it’s Gladwell. […]

Quill and Quire reviews Rick Prashaw’s Soar, Adam, Soar :

Ten years ago, I read a book called Almost Perfect. The young-adult novel by Brian Katcher won some awards and was held up as a powerful, nuanced portrayal of a young trans person. But the reality did not live up to the book’s billing. Instead, it turned out to be a one-dimensional and highly fetishized portrait of a trans person’s life, one that was nevertheless repeatedly dubbed “realistic” and “affecting” by non-transgender readers possessing only a vague, mass-market understanding of trans experiences.
In the intervening decade, trans narratives have emerged further into the literary spotlight, but those authored by trans people ourselves – and by trans men in particular – have seemed to fall under the shadow of cisgender sensationalized imaginings. Two current Canadian releases – Soar, Adam, Soar and This One Looks Like a Boy – provide a pointed object lesson into why trans-authored work about transgender experiences remains critical.
To be fair, Soar, Adam, Soar isn’t just a story about a trans man. It’s also a story about epilepsy, the medical establishment, and coming of age as seen through a grieving father’s eyes. Adam, Prashaw’s trans son, died unexpectedly at age 22. Woven through the elder Prashaw’s narrative are excerpts from Adam’s social media posts, giving us glimpses into the young man’s interior life as he traverses his late teens and early 20s. […]

Book Geeks reviews Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love :

WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5
SUBJECT: 4/5
CANDIDNESS: 4.5/5
RELEVANCE: 3.5/5
ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5
“Eat Pray Love” is so popular that it is almost impossible to not read it. Having felt ashamed many times on my not having read this book, I quietly ordered the book (before I saw the movie) from amazon.in and sat down to read it. I don’t remember what I expected it to be – maybe more like a chick lit thing but it turned out quite different. The book is a real story and is a short journal from the time when its writer went travelling to three different countries in pursuit of three different things – Italy (Pleasure), India (Spirituality), Bali (Balance) and this is what corresponds to the book’s name – EAT (in Italy), PRAY (in India) and LOVE (in Bali, Indonesia). These are also the three Is – ITALY, INDIA, INDONESIA.
Though she had everything a middle-aged American woman can aspire for – MONEY, CAREER, FRIENDS, HUSBAND; Elizabeth was not happy in her life, she wasn’t happy in her marriage. Having suffered a terrible divorce and terrible breakup soon after, Elizabeth was shattered. She didn’t know where to go and what to do – all she knew was that she wanted to run away. So she set out on a weird adventure – she will go to three countries in a year and see if she can find out what she was looking for in life. This book is about that life changing journey that she takes for one whole year. […]

Emily May reviews Michelle Obama’s Becoming on Goodreads:

Look, I'm not a happy crier. I might cry at songs about leaving and missing someone; I might cry at books where things don't work out; I might cry at movies where someone dies. I've just never really understood why people get all choked up over happy, inspirational things. But Michelle Obama's kindness and empathy changed that. This book had me in tears for all the right reasons.
This is not really a book about politics, though political experiences obviously do come into it. It's a shame that some will dismiss this book because of a difference in political opinion, when it is really about a woman's life. About growing up poor and black on the South Side of Chicago; about getting married and struggling to maintain that marriage; about motherhood; about being thrown into an amazing and terrifying position.
I hate words like "inspirational" because they've become so overdone and cheesy, but I just have to say it-- Michelle Obama is an inspiration. I had the privilege of seeing her speak at The Forum in Inglewood, and she is one of the warmest, funniest, smartest, down-to-earth people I have ever seen in this world.
And yes, I know we present what we want the world to see, but I truly do think it's genuine. I think she is someone who really cares about people - especially kids - and wants to give them better lives and opportunities.
She's obviously intelligent, but she also doesn't gussy up her words. She talks straight, with an openness and honesty rarely seen. She's been one of the most powerful women in the world, she's been a graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School, she's had her own successful career, and yet she has remained throughout that same girl - Michelle Robinson - from a working class family in Chicago.
I don't think there's anyone who wouldn't benefit from reading this book.

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Summer 2009: A journey of self-discovery amidst the Afghanistan War by Andrew Coville

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Time Before Time by Dan DuBose

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Three Weeks in Winter by Joseph LeValley

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A Solitary Wife and Other Stories by Lloyd Lim

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How water moves in sunlight by Dena marie

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The Erkeley Shadows by Michael W. Thomas

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Created for Joy by Max E. Huffman

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The Quadrille by Oscar Ortiz

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Call To Duty by Sid Smith

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The Tales of Scuba Steve by Steven Kamlet

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Life Lessons and Tales of Little MisFit- Book 1 by Dr. Susan K Grunin

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Plausible Liars by Lin Wilder

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Astral Alignment by Randall Sharpe

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The Longest Road by Rad Crews

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Welcome to My World by Armani Borden

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Escape To Paradise and Beyond by Maitreya Dasa

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The Wedding Quilt by Gloria Dawn

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Heal Thyself by Arie Borealis

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Lethal Injection by Karin Lovold

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You are my destiny by Talitha Beck

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A Congress of Kings by James Boschert

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Raising Simba by Falisa Ray

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Stroke Survival - Against All Odds by Robert Castleberry

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A Fine Line by David Gilbertson

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Stardust and Destiny by Mariya Myles

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Shattered Pieces Everywhere by Christina Maria Martinez

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After The Last Fall by Amy Babiarz

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No Exaggeration by Cee Cee Evans

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A Mini Getaway to Malta: Your Travel Companion by Mimi Ciccone

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Invisible Threat by Robert L. Hirsch

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An Unlikely Arrangement by Cindy Patterson

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The Bully of Baldwin Street by Wayman Hackley

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Selene's Shadow by David T Gilbert

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One Out and Won Back by Arnold van der Vegt

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The Unusual Zoo by David Bailey

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The Hyena's Stare by Sandra Clark

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The History of Lightning by Anthony Dwayne Webb

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Thoughts on Science and Faith by Michael John

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The Happiest Preschool by Martha Heineman Pieper, Ph.D. and Kelly Perez

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I Am~The product of the mentally ill lonely monster~My journal by Brandy J Rex

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Mockingbird Moon by Patricia Conroy

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Starlight Life by N.C Brightman

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My Trip to the Hair Salon by Gordana Koljuskov & Neda Koljuskov

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What You Can Do In Three Minutes by Allyn Raifstanger

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Field Guide to the Figments of Persuasion by Nancy L Vallette

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Adolescence and Dragon Slaying by Ode Possin

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Scale at Speed by Felix Velarde

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Half-Caste by Jerome Cranston

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Some Must Die by Angie D. Comer

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The False Color Divide by Robert A Aymar

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The Abalone Ukulele by R. L. Crossland

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Vodou, Carnival, and Drums by Linda Tavernier-Almada

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The Young Samaritan by J. Schuyler Sprowles

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Zoey's Way Home by Richard J Jelinek

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Thoughts & Musings by PK Rankin

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Disrupt Science by Mihai Nadin

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Back to the Distant Mirror by Sam Woodthrush

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Stage Fright by John Gore

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Adaleah Schwartz by Robert Horton

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Eira's Book of Magic by Camellia White

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Privilege Lost by Joshua Elyashiv

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Exceptions to Their Rule by Richard S. Sloan

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The King and Queen's Prerogative by M.M Melthafa

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The Soul's Destiny by Thelma Jane

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Anna Meets Chinese New Year by Sabrina Mailhot

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Snap: You Can’t Keep A Secret As A Pet! by Ace Donovan, Brock Edwards, Mickey Stone

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Peanut's Bedtime Adventures by Corri Lynne

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Mademoiselle Maupin by J M Frost

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Marcus Romanzo's Book Of Life Long Short Stories by Marcus Romanzo

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Folding Chairs on the Sand by Sue H. F. Allerton

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The Day John Fitzgerald Kennedy Past by Welby Thomas Cox, Jr.

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Magic of Change by Sylva Kanderal

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The Still Small Voice by Brenda Stanley

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Gods Kingdom 1313 The Secret Pain by Mark Hour

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You Khanh Do It by Rodney Nguyen

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Discover Your Natural Gifts by Barry Douglass McCollough

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Easy Investing by Italia Tornabene

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The Rock in our Story by J R Giuliano

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The Beloved by Banks Hudson

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Faith, Strength, and Courage by Gregory O Proctor

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Callasandra Fractured by Stephanie Douglas

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A Curate in Love by Richard Hughes

4 out of 5 stars Read official review by Emily Meadows  - Review posted Jan 18th in Romance  - 6 replies to review

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Quiet. Fear. by Cynthia J Giachino

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Death Has None by Mahdis Marzooghian

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Fatherless Child by Stacy Murray

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Rogue World by David Gorglione

3 out of 5 stars Read official review by Kibet Hillary  - Review posted Jan 17th in Sci-Fi/Fantasy  - 6 replies to review

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Embracing Your Past to Empower Your Future by Lori Ann LaRocco

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Call of Aetherterra by K. N. Corwin

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Prodigal to Prince by Beau Walsh

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Destiny's Child by Matt Hammond

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Cross Intents by Scott Wells

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Susan And Hannah by Joshua Harvey

4 out of 5 stars Read official review by Lisa P Cowling  - Review posted Jan 15th in Drama and Poetry  - 3 replies to review

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The Gift by Laurence N. Kaldor

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Breaking The Bonds by Jennifer Marcus

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Closure by Robert Lovelle Rooks

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Little Boy, I Know Your Name by Mitchell Raff

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Taking Over My Life -Part 1 by Lara de Oliveira

5 out of 5 stars Read official review by Victory Ositaorah  - Review posted Jan 13th in C/T/M/H  - 6 replies to review

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Shit That We Should Never Pass Along And All That We Cannot Leave Behind by M.J. Boin De

5 out of 5 stars Read official review by Merits Anih  - Review posted Jan 13th in Other Fiction  - 10 replies to review

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The Road Unpaved by Risa August

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View Review for A Ghanaian Boy's American Dream: An Inspirational Teaching Memoir

A Ghanaian Boy's American Dream: An Inspirational Teaching Memoir by Apostle Bismark Barima Bampoh

5 out of 5 stars Read official review by Merits Anih  - Review posted Jan 12th in Non-Fiction  - 10 replies to review

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Artificial Intelligence & Blockchain in 2040 by Marco De Prosperis

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Hit the Road and Thrive by Dave Letterfly Knoderer

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FALSE FLAG and HEADHUNTERS by Dick Croy

4 out of 5 stars Read official review by Isaac Oh  - Review posted Jan 12th in Other Fiction  - 2 replies to review

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Rain Logan by Lacey Lee

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Here, Where Death Delights by Mary Jumbelic

5 out of 5 stars Read official review by Robert Andrew  - Review posted Jan 12th in Non-Fiction  - 2 replies to review

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Athena The Brave and Athena, Tudor, and The Eagle by Nina M Kelly

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A Book Without Dragons by Olivia Berrier

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End of the Last Great Kingdom by Victor Rose

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Goodbye, Rudy Kazoody by AA Freda

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Mona Lisa's Secret by Phil Philips

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So You Wanna Date An Activist? by Barbara Payne

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The Dark Lake by Anthea Carson

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Books We Love Triple Threat by Jude Pittman

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<p>Getting paid just for reading sounds more like fantasy fiction right out of a book lover's imagination. But it turns out that some platforms are willing to pay you to share your thoughts on the kind of literature that you love to explore across genres. Since thousands of new books are released daily, some websites pay people to read, review, and even record books, offering opportunities to earn up to $300 per hour. Keep reading to find out more!</p>

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Getting paid just for reading sounds more like fantasy fiction right out of a book lover's imagination. But it turns out that some platforms are willing to pay you to share your thoughts on the kind of literature that you love to explore across genres. Since thousands of new books are released daily, some websites pay people to read, review, and even record books, offering opportunities to earn up to $300 per hour. Keep reading to find out more!

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Avatar: The Last Airbender review – a sparkling return for one of the greatest fantasy series of all time

After two decades of waiting, we’re back in the Airbender universe with a live-action blue-eyed boy … who traps himself in an iceberg for a century so he can save the shattered world. What a thrilling ride

I n case you’re new to the Airbender universe – Netflix’s adventure drama Avatar: The Last Airbender is a live-action remake of the popular Nickelodeon animated series of the same name, which debuted in 2005. It is linked to the 2010 M Night Shyamalan film The Last Airbender – that was also a live-action version of the cartoon – but none of the Airbender properties is anything to do with the highest-grossing movie of all time, Avatar, whose copyright lawyers nabbed the simple one-word title everyone wanted. Being forced to add a colon and a clunky subheading to its name did not stop Avatar: The Last Airbender from becoming one of the most acclaimed animated series of all time. Almost two decades on, the fanbase is still there, ready to follow the story anew.

The narrative fits the template of countless fantasy series, with a world split into kingdoms that are perpetually at war or on the brink of it, where young people wield an uncommon influence and where magical powers exist to be used or abused. Here, there are regions defined by fire, earth, water and air, with each population containing “benders” – people with the ability to bend their local element to their will and use it as a weapon. At any one time there is a single person, the Avatar, who has the potential to learn how to bend all four elements and become an omnipotent, celestial peacekeeper whose eyes turn blue when they’re about to sort a bad guy out.

Episode one introduces 12-year-old Aang (Gordon Cormier), a prodigious airbender who has just received shocking news from his elders: he is the next Avatar. Then the nefarious fire people, taking advantage of a comet that increases their powers, invade and kill all the airbenders except Aang, who suspends himself inside an iceberg for a century before emerging, teaming up with 14-year-old waterbender Katara (Kiawentiio) and her warrior older brother Sokka (Ian Ousley), and setting off on a quest to complete his training and rebuild a shattered world.

Kiawentiio as Katara, Gordon Cormier as Aang, Ian Ousley as Sokka in Avatar: The Last Airbender.

That we are not sure how people knew Aang was the Avatar, or how the thing with the comet worked, or how Aang knew he should trap himself inside an icy pod thing, is not meant to detain us. This is a familiar tale of a kid with a big future. Aang, who helpfully comes from a tribe with face markings in the form of a big arrow pointing down towards the face – so everyone can see this is the main guy, right here – would rather reject his destiny and goof off like a normal kid. “I never asked to be special!” is one of several on-the-nose lines of dialogue reinforcing the idea that this garlanded child will have to sacrifice his youth to perform his sacred duties.

Before long, however, Aang has his first run-in with Prince Zuko (Dallas Liu), a prince of the warmongering Fire Nation – who we know is a self-hating baddie because he has a facial disfigurement (such is the slightly troubling visual grammar of the fantasy genre). The burn mark across his eye says he is an exile, rejected by the king and with a nasty combination of violent urges and unresolved daddy issues. When Zuko shows that he is willing to pursue Aang across continents in the hope of capturing the new Avatar and proving himself to the folks back home, incinerating any civilians who get in his way, Aang’s eyes go blue and the arrow on his head begins glowing, as he accepts his calling and says yes: let’s Av it.

And so Aang and his companions are chased from one location to another – Katara and Sokka’s homeland looks a lot like Alaska, while the island kingdom the heroic trio visit next is unmistakably styled to resemble feudal Japan. Everywhere they go, life lessons are learned and hand-to-hand combat engaged in, with the strongly choreographed fight sequences adding an exciting rock/paper/scissors-esque twist to what would otherwise be regular martial arts battles, as benders of different elements face-off. Will fire evaporate water? Can water turn earth to mud? And will air put fire out, or will it have a sort of bellows effect that just makes everything worse?

The landscapes sparkle, there is a giant six-legged flying bison that carries everyone spectacularly from place to place through the clouds and the young cast are up to the task. Ousley and Kiawentiio strike up a nicely spiky sibling relationship as Sokka and Katara, while Cormier gives Aang the right mix of boyish cheek and inherent authority, as the three of them uphold the impression that a child and two teenagers can defeat genocidal authoritarians with wholesome pluck, gentle sarcasm and the ability to summon a hurricane. The Airbender franchise has confidently revived itself; this won’t be the last we see of it.

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Early in “Extremely Online,” Taylor Lorenz’s terrific history of the online creator economy (so far), she tells the story of Heather Armstrong, a pioneering “mommy blogger” known as Dooce, on a horseback ride sponsored by a clothing brand in 2013. Saddling up is famously hard on unhabituated groins, and the eventual pain had Armstrong recalling breathing exercises she’d seen in a book on natural childbirth. Later she blogged that one of her defining images of the trip had been “hairy vaginas.”

Her fans loved that post — Armstrong was also a pioneer of oversharing — but the brand “hated it,” Lorenz reports. They hadn’t meant it when they said to be natural and fun, because they threatened to pull their sponsorship if she didn’t delete the post. Armstrong was one of the first to experience what would become a common pattern: social media platforms allowing for uninhibited voices to become stars, and those stars generating both revenue and backlash — which can be especially ferocious against women. Over the last couple of decades, these new media personalities, usually creating content that addresses their fans directly and autobiographically, went through similar experiences on Blogger, Myspace, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitch, Vine (R.I.P.) and TikTok.

Lorenz, who covers technology at The Washington Post and was formerly a reporter at The New York Times, is a knowledgeable, opinionated guide to the ways internet fame has become fame, full stop. She zooms by people and places widely covered by the mainstream press (Tavi Gevinson and Fortnite get one paragraph each) but slows down for people (and animals) whose popularity was driven by internet-native media. Two of the internet’s most famous Cats, Grumpy and Keyboard, are discussed at length — “Though the photo booth didn’t open until 1 p.m., the line to meet Grumpy Cat began forming at 6 in the morning” — to demonstrate the growing relation between online virality and real-world fame.

Lorenz excels at identifying relatively obscure events as turning points. In 2009, the Station, YouTube’s first creator “supergroup,” whose members lived in the same house in Los Angeles (naturally), were given money left over from a Carl’s Jr. ad campaign to make promotional videos for the fast-food chain, on the cheap. The resulting videos wildly outperformed the company’s expensive banner ads, and changed the economics of online media in ways that weren’t immediately obvious to outsiders. Later that year Business Insider declared, “YouTube Is Doomed,” not understanding the rising popularity of its rapidly professionalizing creator class.

The axle of the book is the story of Vine, a video service that launched in 2013 and — improbably, given its six-second limit — became one of the most used mobile video apps in the world. Copying the Station’s “collab house,” several Vine stars — Randy Mancuso, John Shahidi, Anwar Jibaw, Jake and Logan Paul, Lele Pons — moved into an apartment complex in Hollywood and promoted one another’s work, dominating Vine’s “Popular Now” list in ways that frustrated the company.

Vine’s rapid success and sudden implosion encapsulate most of the book’s themes: the creators who understand a new platform better than its inventors do; the competing interests of talent, agents, advertisers, audience and owners; the particular hostility directed at successful women online. Vine closed in 2017, in part because of poor relations with its star creators; as Lorenz dryly notes, “The company’s only problem was itself.” Vine’s demise fueled rather than dampened the fervor for short-term video and autobiographical content, sending experienced creators to other platforms, especially TikTok.

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It’s not clear whether the patterns Lorenz has documented — the inventiveness, the cluelessness, the competition, the drama — will settle down now that the creator economy is being taken seriously as part of the media landscape, or whether those same cycles will continue to repeat, just with more money at stake.

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Ever since its premiere nearly two decades ago, “ Avatar: The Last Airbender ” has been a fan favorite animated franchise. Co-created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, the original series garnered critical acclaim and spawned an extended universe. That’s why there was much to anticipate when Netflix announced a “reimagined” live-action “Avatar” television series, helmed by DiMartino and Konietzko as co-showrunners and executive producers. Unfortunately, that euphoria was short-lived, as the pair left the project over what was described as “creative differences.”

Tasked with adapting the animated series’ first season of 20 episodes into just eight hours, the live-action “Avatar” starts promisingly enough. After living in harmony for millennia, the power-crazed Fire Nation, led by Fire Lord Sozin (Hiro Kanagawa), rises against the world’s other three nations — the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom and Air Nomads — in a ploy for domination. Using stunning CGI and special effects, the series’ prologue is recounted in majestic color, explaining the history of the war and precocious Airbender Aang’s (Gordon Cormier) life before he goes missing. It’s a dynamic entry-point for lifelong “Avatar” enthusiasts and newcomers, who can quickly orient themselves in the days before Aang, who learns he is the Avatar (the master of all four elements), is frozen in the ice for 100 years. The Avatar’s absence allows the Fire Nation’s comet-fueled war to rage on, obliterating the Air Nomads and wreaking havoc on the Water Tribes and the Earth Kingdom.

Twenty minutes into the first chapter, “Avatar” flashes forward a century. Katara (Kiawentiio), the sole water bender of the Southern Water Tribe, and her over-protective brother Sokka (Ian Ousley) stumble upon Aang’s resting place, inadvertently awakening him. Though initially apprehensive, the pair embrace Aang as their friend and join him on his quest to master the other elements, end the Fire Nation’s war and restore balance to the world.

As with many live-action films and television adaptations from written or animated sources, Kim and his writers’ room conflated and combined several pivotal narrative beats. However, entwining Jet’s (Sebastian Amoruso) story of freedom fighting with the Earth Kingdom’s sparkling city Omashu and the tale of King Bumi (Utkarsh Ambudkar) feel rushed and overly convenient – especially for those who know the original series well. Moreover, stripping Sokka of the comic relief that enriched the animated version of his character is hugely disappointing and makes for a more one-note depiction.

Despite these missteps, there are a few standout moments in the series. “Avatar’s” opener and its second episode, “Warriors,” remain the two strongest installments of the show, while the penultimate episode (“The North”) injects a vital intenseness and a gorgeous display of water bending needed to reinvigorate the series in its final hours. And despite many of the series’ lackluster performances, Elizabeth Yu’s turn as the cunning and volatile Princess Azula — who is desperate to impress her father, the sadistic Fire Lord Ozai (Daniel Dae Kim), and outsmart her exiled older brother Prince Zuko (Dallas Liu) — is by far one of the most powerful showcases of the series. Also, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee’s role as Uncle Iroh tempers the tone of many scenes that bend toward melodrama in the hands of more novice actors.

Looking back on the original, animated “Avatar,” it’s clear that DiMartino and Konietzko had a distinct vision for Aang and this universe. Without their careful guidance, the live-action series loses the elements that made the animated work unique and refined. Ultimately, “Avatar: The Last Airbender” feels like it’s putting on a show, instead of meticulously immersing the audience in this stunningly crafted world.

“Avatar: The Last Airbender” premieres Feb. 22 on Netflix .

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