Essential point of a book review

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I'm not really sure what to make of Colin Tudge's review of John Lennox' God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? I'm certainly no clearer on whether the book is any good or not. I am, however, clear that Tudge doesn't think much of Atkins or Dawkins.

I'm perfectly OK with partisan book reviews — I fact, I generally prefer them — but I must insist on one small point: that the reviewer actually review the book in question; describing the views of others is neither relevant nor helpful.