There are four main questions you need to ask of every book:
- What is this book about?
- What is being said in detail and how?
- Is this book true in whole or in part?
- What of it?
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested
Francis Bacon
Those might be questions I ask of books written by politicians...
ReplyDeleteWhen I read a book for pleasure/escape (like a mystery or science fiction novel), "what of it?" really doesn't matter, neither does the amount of truth included.
Questions I ask:
1. What is the book about?
2. Do I like the people/characters being portrayed?
3. What is the theme/message of the book?
4. Does the author have a motivation for writing the book?