if your review is 5 pages, then 3 and 1/2 pages of summary, and the rest to devoted to commentary will be a good balance. To help you to address this issue, consider some of these questions: What is the author’s purpose for writing this book? What type of background is he/she writing from. And as for the second point of discussion, this is where you provide your opinion or perceptions of the book. In other words, what did you think about it? How did the book relate to the class? Is this a good book for use in a community college class? You are definitely encouraged to write in first person singular (I feel that…, I think..) as you provide your opinions.