There is no such thing as the prefect review. All reviews, irrespective of the topic, are written from a perspective or standpoint of the reviewer. This perspective often originates from the school of thought, vocation or ideological standpoint in which the reviewer is located. As a consequence, the particularity of the reviewer implies a particular reader. Reviewers usually write with a particular kind of reader in mind: a reader that they might want to influence. It is factors such as these that make all reviews partial in some way or other. But this is not reason or excuse for a poor review, although they can make a review interesting, challenging or provocative. Partiality in terms of value judgements, opinions, moralizing and ideologues can often be found to have invaded or formed the starting point of a review. When reading a review written by someone else or undertaking a review, you should be aware of your own value judgements and try to avoid a lack of scholarly respect for the ideas of others.