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A review by liz_ross
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
Jeez, I thought I would finish this! It is just so damn long and Darwin repeats himself over and over again and all I wanted was to hit my head against the wall.
But at the same time, WHAT A FREAKING GREAT BOOK! Darwin was a freaking genius and all the conclusions he got to are just unbelievable. He fid what all the other naturalist of the time refused to do - to see the world as it was, without being biased by their religious believes. Darwin was just as much a Christian as all the others, but he didn't let that blind him and he didn't try to force nature to be as his religion wanted it to be; he adapted his believes to the nature as they all should have done. And because he did so, he saw what others hadn't seen and it was amazing (although a bit too repetitive when he explained).
And the explanations, although repetitive (I hadn't told you that yet, I know), were so easy to understand! I was expecting it to be wayyy more complicated.
Also, other thing I loved is how Darwin shows in every page his love for biology. I don't think he even noticed it when he wrote the book, but it's so clear and I loved it. His fascination, his care, his attention, how he can find every single thing about nature - even the simpliest one - so incredibly beautiful and stunning. It's just wow! and I loved it.
And I would have loved it even more if he hadn't repeated himself OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
Full review coming soon!
But at the same time, WHAT A FREAKING GREAT BOOK! Darwin was a freaking genius and all the conclusions he got to are just unbelievable. He fid what all the other naturalist of the time refused to do - to see the world as it was, without being biased by their religious believes. Darwin was just as much a Christian as all the others, but he didn't let that blind him and he didn't try to force nature to be as his religion wanted it to be; he adapted his believes to the nature as they all should have done. And because he did so, he saw what others hadn't seen and it was amazing (although a bit too repetitive when he explained).
And the explanations, although repetitive (I hadn't told you that yet, I know), were so easy to understand! I was expecting it to be wayyy more complicated.
Also, other thing I loved is how Darwin shows in every page his love for biology. I don't think he even noticed it when he wrote the book, but it's so clear and I loved it. His fascination, his care, his attention, how he can find every single thing about nature - even the simpliest one - so incredibly beautiful and stunning. It's just wow! and I loved it.
And I would have loved it even more if he hadn't repeated himself OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
Full review coming soon!