Conclude your inspection using a restatement of your general impression of the book, including a concise, accurate rejection or approval. You shouldn’t be concerned with breaking up a professor who worships an author or damaging a magazine’s or website’s relationship with book publishers who advertise with it; it’s your obligation to provide a well-reasoned and fair appraisal.

A book review outlines the publication’s article, examines the author’s intent in writing it, and expresses the reviewer’s opinion regarding to what extent that the author succeeded in conveying the intent or conveying a note.