Writing a book is the hardest. For example, writing a profile is like dancing street dance, and writing a book review is like dancing ballet. The introduction of a book can refer to the preface and table of contents in the reference book, as long as you clearly tell the reader which parts are included in the book and what are the main points and characteristics of the book. Of course, it is not easy to grasp the characteristics of books, which is also the basic requirement of book review. It is difficult to write an introduction after reading it, because a simple introduction of a book can be introduced even if you don't read the whole book carefully, but it will not work after reading it. As long as you read it carefully, you can write a good impression if you are inspired and rewarded after reading it. Generally speaking, after reading it, you don't have to cover everything, and you don't have to comment on the whole book, just write what you are most touched by. Book review should first write out the main features of the book, but also carefully analyze the status, value and significance of the book, and analyze the writing background and existing problems of the book. Therefore, if you don't study hard, you can't write a good summary, and there is no certain theoretical basis. Written book reviews often stay at the level of post-reading.

About how to write book reviews.

Self-introduction: Book reviews are all my feelings after reading them. Simple self-introduction can set off the author's experience well. No one can guarantee that his views are absolutely objective, and an introduction is a supplement.

Self-help: As long as every book is certified and read, we can certainly learn a lot from it. The biggest advantage of listing these things here is that 1 year later, when you want to find information in the book, you can find it in your own book review immediately. Publishing is the best memory.

The general structure of the book: there are several parts, each of which summarizes the content in one sentence. The key is that as readers, when we recall a chapter, which content is the most memorable and which is the most helpful to us.

Reading suggestion: From your own point of view, recommend different reading methods adopted by different readers. This is the most helpful part of the book review.

Questions and suggestions: No book is perfect. At the end of the article, it is not only a help to readers, but also a feedback to the publishing house. The editor of the publishing house will really read it with heart. Any suggestions and criticisms here must be operable enough. Rather than "poor translation level", it is better to say that "the sentence at the beginning of the third paragraph on page 297 reflects that the translation level of broken sentences needs to be improved" Only in this way can the translator know your confusion and he can improve it.

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Waiting for the Barbarian

Ye Zhao Yan

The most important thing in a novel is always the concrete relationship between the characters. We can't help saying that a novel is wonderful, or conversely, its story is not so good. Novels are always inseparable from stories, but smart readers also understand that sometimes, the story itself is not important, what is important is how to deal with the strange relationship between characters. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarian is essentially a story of an old man and a little girl. Barbarian girls are easily associated with Lolita and Amelia Vikona who were in love during cholera.

The sex story between old boys and the old girl will not only bring terror and tension in reading, but also cause moral discussion. In terms of fame, Nabokov's Lolita is very famous, like a registered brand-name trademark. In contrast, Amelia Vikuna is much inferior, but she is just a small role in Marquez's love novels. What I am interested in is how Coetzee differs from the first two writers in the same character relationship, and puts underage girls on the chopping block of lecherous old men like fish. Nabokov attacked from the front and went all out. Lolita is the whole story. She is the heroine of the story, the beginning and end of the story. Gabriel Garcia Loma, 14 years old, lifelike. After all, she is a supporting role and a complement and foil to another love story that the author wants to tell.

Waiting for the Barbarian is not a love story, and it lacks all kinds of spices from beginning to end. The story just started and ended, and the play was over before it started. People who like legends are sure to be disappointed. Fortunately, this disappointment will not hinder this beautiful novel at all, because the word waiting attracts readers' attention like a mystery. Out of sympathy, the old chief executive took the savage girl in, fell in love with her, and then let her go backwards. The biggest difference from Lolita and Amelia Vicona is that the author hardly works hard on the cuteness of savage girls. She is not a sexy stunner in men's eyes, and it doesn't even matter whether she is alive or not. This should be the most written and the easiest to write. As an important symbol in the story, the savage girl is not only vague, but also has some concepts.

The story is not important, even the characters can be irrelevant. A good novel always hides many possibilities. Kutcher found a new way to start a new furnace. Only after reading this novel can he have that kind of self-knowledge experience. Coetzee gave us a literary feast for the eyes. He gave us a reason for love, a new perspective and an excuse for indulgence. The admiration of this novel in the western literary world is obviously not inexplicable. In the Nobel Prize awarding speech, the place where Waiting for the Barbarian is mentioned is a faint sentence: "A political horror novel that inherits Joseph Conrad's technique, a naive idealist opens the door to terror". Although this evaluation is hasty, it is a classic, but unfortunately the word "waiting" is omitted.