book review

noun

1

: a descriptive and critical or evaluative account of a book

2

: a newspaper supplement or magazine devoted chiefly to book reviews

a typical book campaign in eight important book reviews

—Publishers' Weekly

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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