How To Write A Review – Step Two
If you’ve followed step one that you should have the most important thing a reviewer can ask for: an unblank page. Of course, these typed notes will be unintelligible so you’ll need to tidy them up a bit. Before and after:
At this point, I have 750 words of thoughts that have been bunched together but in no way resemble a review. Time to get the pen out and impose a bit of order:
A few arrows later and I’ve managed to block out the structure of the review. This consists of eight rough sections: an introduction to the characters; a discussion of the type of work; depiction of the real London; depiction of fantastical London; plot and capitalism; imagery and strengths; tone and audience; virtually non-existent conclusion.
Now the hard work begins.
Everything Is Nice 
I can think of a few blogs that should read this series closely…
C. S. Samulski
26 January 2013 at 21:47
I wouldn’t want to claim this is the only way to review. I certainly wouldn’t want to claim this is the best way to review. But I can’t deny that this series is partially motivated by a desire to make a contrast. A lot of people seem to assume that ten minutes at a keyboard after finishing a book is a review. Equally, a lot of people seem to assume that when I write a review, it is just tossed off in a similar way. This isn’t the case; I put the hours in and I think other people should do the same.
Martin
26 January 2013 at 22:56