Book Review Essay Examples

North Korea is a very mysterious country! The country of North Korea is often considered to be closed and isolated, and it is completely out of touch in the 21st century. Kim II Sung actually founded the North Korean regime in 1948, and his family has ruled the country ever since. I never know anything…

In the practice of psychotherapy, this book has given me some excellent tools, the first was that it helped me to realize that everything I have done does not mean that I am progressing linearly in my process. On the contrary, it made me see that the process is not linear at all, but that…

The House Of Wisdom by Jonathan Lyons is a book written about how the west was transformed by muslim learning. Lyons intention in writing this book was to track where the scientific revolution of the west europeans came from. The thesis of this book is if many western scientific concepts originate with the arabs then…

“The Invention of Wings” by Sue Monk Kidd is an eye opening fictional story. Writing to the extent of Kidd’s fictional and imaginative creativity, Sue Monk Kidd introduces a masterpiece of hope, courage, the search for freedom, and the determination to have a chance to have a voice. The book speaks upon Sarah Grimk and…

The year 2018 has been officially recognized by the United States for having a higher number of school shootings than any other year on record. In total there were 94 incidents of school gun violence which resulted in the deaths of 55 people. This averages out to approximately one school shooting a week (Ahmed &…

Aztec is a book that was initially published in 1980 written by Gary Jennings. This book depicts the Aztec civilization before and after the arrival of the conquistadors. The book is written from the perspective of a 60 year old Aztec man named Mixtli that was captured by Hernando Cortes in Tenochtitlan. He became a…

Book review-The Jeffrey Dahmer Story:An American Nightmare, Written by Donald A Davis Akanksha Wadhwa Forensic Psychopathology- Fall 2018 University of Massachusetts-Lowell Born on a usual spring day of May 21, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jeffrey Dahmer was one of America’s most notorious serial killers. It is not the number of victims that make this case…

February 1951, contemporary literary period, science/dystopian fiction. The story was written in 1953, about the future of America, since the contemporary period is from 1945 to the present day, it has a lot of varying characteristics. A main characteristic from the 1950 was anger, and frustration. Ray Bradbury contributed to this concept by showing how…

The book “Hind Swaraj” or also known as Indian Home Rule was written by the famous freedom rights leader Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi was the leader of the Indian Independence Movement, who sought out non-violent protests instead of destructive behaviors. The main theme that Gandhi was trying to express was his attitude toward the relationship…

Below is a book review of 1984 by George Orwell. George Orwell wrote 1984 as a warning against the dangers of the complete control of a totalitarian society. He was very successful in carrying out his overall purpose by featuring themes that related to social justice topics and technology. He also portrayed this idea through…