7/04/2015

получена "Статуетка Оскар " за лучшую речь.

 Topic: The review of book, TV show, or movie.

Mister Chairman, Lady, Gentlemen, guest

I am a member of two book clubs: one in Narooma for 7 years and another at the Woden Library for 5 years. Usually I review two books every month.

A review of a book, depends on what the reviewer is trying to accomplish. Reviews of books could be to convey information, for example to advise that the book has been released, for advertisement or to promote discussion.

 I write my reviews to achieve the latter.

Firstly I look at the story of book. For example, Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky. 

         Crime :  a young man killed an old women for money .  Punishment : He was sent to prison to Siberia for many years. But it is not the main idea of this book.

I believe the main theme of the book is Love. It is not punishment, but love that helped to return this young man back to people, to a normal life.

“Infidel” by Ayaan Ali was a very popular over the last couple of years.

My short review of this book:

‘The main idea of this book was to show the spiritual growth of Muslim woman.

We saw how a girl from a remote village in Somalia became a fighter for the freedom and independence of Muslim women.

  There has been millions reviews of movie Anna Karenina based on the novel By Leo Tolstoy.

There were 14 movies ‘Anna Karenina’ made for one hundred years  -between 1911 and 2012.

Only 7 movies were Hollywood movies. Some of the stars were Greta Garbo, Vivien Leigh andRalph Richardson. Russia has made four movies.

Even now, millions of reviews have conflicting points about this movie.  Who is Anna Karenina?  Was she a victim of rules of high society or a selfish woman, making life miserable for her two children and her husband?

In my opinion she  was a negative person. 

Finally, in my reviews for discussion, I write about the main idea of a book, what I loved and hated about it, my attitude and even criticism.

Thank you