Rachel's review
Origin Of Species by Charles Darwin
Well, there were two things that I didn't like about the book, although the first one I can't really blame on the author. A lot of the stuff that I have been taught in school (since luckily I attended a non-religious school in the East) were repeated in the book. Of course, I know Darwin wrote it all down first, but reading the book gave me a lot of old information. It would have been a much more exciting read had I opened it in the 19th century instead of the 21st.
HOWEVER, Darwin could have helped his own cause by not continually saying that he had tons of supporting evidence for his claims but not enough time/room to put it all down. And then take 2 pages to explain why there wasn't enough room to record all of his data. One such explanation would have been enough. However, he repeated this process over and over AND OVER. Very repetitive. However, it was a pretty interesting read, content-wise (especially the part about how people used to think that whales had spontaneously appe...more
HOWEVER, Darwin could have helped his own cause by not continually saying that he had tons of supporting evidence for his claims but not enough time/room to put it all down. And then take 2 pages to explain why there wasn't enough room to record all of his data. One such explanation would have been enough. However, he repeated this process over and over AND OVER. Very repetitive. However, it was a pretty interesting read, content-wise (especially the part about how people used to think that whales had spontaneously appe...more
