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acarte12's review against another edition
3.0
Recommended by a coworker last year. I learned some things, but it wasn’t my favorite read. Some parts were hard for me to get through.
kcrouth's review against another edition
5.0
"Guns, Germs, and Steel" has been on my to-read list for quite a while so i decided to read it this year. My daughter has read it and highly recommended it to me several years back. The fact that it won a Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction is not at all surprising after completing this fascinating, deeply researched, and extremely well written work of historical science. Using scientific method, Jared Diamond digs back over 13,000 years of human history and pre-history to sort out the specific and basic causes for the evolution and development (and in some cases destruction) of human societies over those 13,000 years. There is not room to summarize this book here, except to say this work is brilliant, immensely credible, and presented in such a clear and organized manner that it is accessible to a broad range of readers. This book is a significant accomplishment and contribution to the understanding of human history and even of our own future as a species. This book IS a must read. I'll probably re-read it in the future, and in the mean time, am searching for a copy of his previous highly acclaimed work "The Third Chimpanzee" to read. Wow, what an excellent work!
machey36's review against another edition
As I was reading I often would completely gorget what I had read on the last page and would have to go back and reread. Maybe I'll come back once my brain has more capacity to concentrate.
stephlmacp's review against another edition
It seems interesting. Just not a fit for me right now.