CRITICAL BOOK REVIEW

Arranged by :

Dandi Rizki Anugrah Harahap

Supporting lecturer :

Yanilubis, S.Ag, M.Hum

Faculty Of Tarbiyah And Teacher

The State Islamic University Of North Sumatera
1.INTRODUCTION

A.Background
In our daily lives we are always faced with various problems or problems, both lay and
problem that require systematic solutions. The problem is the problem solving often with a
simple method and is immediate and does not require supporting data. Besides the problem of
lay problems, there are problems that are complex or complex problems whose solutions are
demanding and require the collection of a number of supporting data used to make decisions
and draw conclusions. This kind of problem is what concerns us, especially in the world of
education. Problems like this require the scientific method for its solution, namely through
certain steps in an effort to solve the problems encountered. The development of science is
minimal because of the low interest of many people at this time. Criticize the book one way
that is done to increase interest in reading someone's interest in a subject. Criticize books
(Critical Book Review),this is a writing or review of a work or book, whether in the form of a
fiction or non-fiction book, it can also be interpreted as a scientific work that describes the
understanding of the contents of a book. Criticizing a book is not intended to drop or increase
the value of a book but to explain what a book is, its advantages or disadvantages that will be
taken into consideration or a book review to the reader regarding a new book and a review of
the book's strengths and weaknesses. He explained in criticizing the book, we can describe
the contents of the author's thoughts from the book in question followed by an opinion on the
contents of the book.
Thus the book or reviewer report is very useful to find out the contents of the book. Besides
that, you will know about the shortcomings and excesses of the contents of the books that
have been read so that you can assess the contents of the book well and not just skim the
book but can understand what is in the book in depth
B. The Benefit of Critical Book Review
This Critical Book Review has several benefits such as the main one is to fulfill curriculum
and learning courses. Another benefit is to find out more in detail about the book that was
reviewed. In addition to know more about the contents of the book, the benefit is that we get
information and increase knowledge from the contents of the book. We can also know the
comparison of what is contained in the contents of the books. For the authors themselves the
benefit is to sharpen the mind so that they can think critically in responding to the contents of
both journals. Train yourself to be able to criticize, give advice and give conclusions from the
contents of both books

C. The Aim of Critical Book Review

The aim of the Critical Book Review is to review the contents of the book. In addition to
reviewing the contents of the book, another goal is to find out what information is contained
in books. And Train yourself to think critically in finding information provided by each
chapter of the first book and second book and comparing the contents of the first book and
the other book.
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