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For other uses, see Review (disambiguation).
See also critic.
Look up review in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
A review is an evaluation of a publication, such as a movie, video game, musical composition, book, or a piece of hardware like a car, home appliance, or computer. In addition to a critical statement, the review's author may assign the work a rating to indicate its relative merit. More loosely, an author may review current events or items in the news.

A compilation of reviews may itself be called a review. The New York Review of Books, for instance, is a collection of essays on literature, culture, and current affairs. National Review, founded by William F. Buckley, Jr., is an influential conservative magazine, and Monthly Review is a long-running socialist periodical.

In scientific literature the literature review is a category of scientific paper, which provides a synthesis of research on a topic at that moment in time. A compilation of these reviews forms the core content of a 'tertiary' scientific journal, with examples including Annual Reviews, the Nature Reviews series of journals and Trends.

A peer review is the process by which scientists assess the work of their colleagues that has been submitted for publication in the scientific literature. A software review is also a form of peer review, by the co-workers.

A consumer review refers to a review written by the owner of a product or the user of a service who has sufficient experience to comment on reliability and whether or not the product or service delivers on its promises.

An expert review usually refers to a review written by someone who has tested several peer products or services to identify which offers the best value for money or the best set of features.

A bought review is the system where the creator (usually a company) of a new product pays a reviewer to review his new product. Primarily used in the car, movie and game industry this system creates a kind of undercover advertising. Bought reviews obviously are often biased, although exceptions occur.

Nielsen (2009) proposes a framework for scholarly or academic reviews of dictionaries, but this framework may also be extended to other types of reviews. In particular, the requirement that reviews must provide useful information to the intended audience and the requirements to the informative value of reviews.

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Graciela Cristina Mené Comment by Graciela Cristina Mené on November 9, 2009 at 2:16pm
this is the information I found in the Net to share with the class in order to write a review. It is the same with the summary. I decided to paste the page in order to read it in class and discuss if it is accurate to follow its patern. I haven't modified anything.... yet. Once discussed, I think we'll be able to write the review you've asked us to write.
Viviana Comment by Viviana on November 9, 2009 at 10:13am
A question Grace... Is this cut and paste?
Hope it isn´t. I'm willing to read you and your ideas.

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