Reviewing Books
Reviewing books in small or Large Format Printing can be a difficult task because there are so many angles that a book can take. There is the protagonist, antagonist, supporting characters and landscapes. Each character needs to tie into the story without looking redundant. The landscapes need to firmly hold up the characters and story. One such book that does this in spades is the Winner of the Booker prize Disgrace by J.M.Coetzee. This book is set in South Africa during changing political times. Set within the bustling Cape Town and deep within the countryside. It would be difficult for a non resident to describe such authentic scenery. Coetzee manages this successfully due to his own heritage but will this book hold up to the critic’s eye. There have been arguments that critics and reviewers are too personal in their critique. This is because it can be difficult to place your perceptions into a story that you have had no experience in. For example, unless you have lived during the changing political landscape of South Africa or even lived within the countryside of South Africa then it would be difficult to know if the writer has drawn up a good representation of the situation and people found within it. There is the opposite argument that critics and reviewers are the perfect people to writing up critiques. This is because the writer draws up a story to grab the reader’s attention and if that doesn’t happen then no amount of truisms within a book will make that happen. A critic or reviewer has the objectivity to sense if a book can really grab a reader, whether or not the reviewer has any experience of the stories background. It doesn’t matter if you are a critic, reviewer or reader stories such as Coetzee’s Disgrace will either make you rave or pan it to your friends.
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