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1. What is your overall opinion of the book? On what basis has this opinion been formulated? That is, tell
   the reader what you think and how you arrived at this judgment. What did you expect to learn when you
   picked up the book? To what extent — and how effectively — were your expectations met? Did you nod in
   agreement (or off to sleep}? Did you wish you could talk back to the author? Explain your reactions.
2. Identify the author’s thesis and explain it in your own words. How clearly and in what context is it stated
   and, subsequently, developed? To what extent and how effectively (i.e., with what kind of evidence) is this
   thesis proven? Use examples to amplify your responses. If arguments or perspectives were missing, why
   do you think this might be? Again, here, think about the role of health.
3. What are the author’s aims? How well have they been achieved, especially with regard to the way the
   book is organized? Are these aims supported or justified? (You might look back at the introduction to the
   book for help). How closely does the organization follow the author's aims?
4. How are the author’s main points presented, explained, and supported? What assumptions lie behind
   these points? What would be the most effective way for you to compress and/or reorder the author’s
   scheme of presentation and argument?
5. How effectively does the author draw claims from the material being presented? Are connections
   between the claims and evidence made clearly and logicaily? Here you should definitely use examples to
   support your evaluation.
6. What conclusions does the author reach and how clearly are they stated? Do these conclusions follow
   from the thesis and aims and from the ways in which they were developed? In other words, how effectively
   does the book come together?
7. Identify the assumptions made by the author in both the approach to and the writing of the book. For
   example, what prior knowledge does the author expect readers to possess? How effectively are those
   assumptions worked into the overall presentation? What assumptions do you think should not have been
   made? Why?
8. Are you able to detect any underlying philosophy of social change held by the author (e.9., would you
   imagine this author agrees with Pine? Chan? Others)? If so, what evidence supports this? And, how does
   this philosophy affect the presentation of the argument?
9. Does the author's presentation seem fair and accurate? Is the interpretation biased? Can you detect any
   distortion, exaggeration, or diminishing of material? If so, for what purpose might this have been done, and
   what effect does hit have on the overall presentation?

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