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I am Lyosha [343]
3 years ago
5

Book reviews simply restate plot. True False

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2 answers:
schepotkina [342]3 years ago
8 0
False.
Book reviews review the book as a whole, including style, theme, how interesting it was, etc.
Vladimir79 [104]3 years ago
8 0
False because many reviews are actually saying likes and dislikes on a book and other things like that
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