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It was a struggle.
I was loving the first chapters on pre-history and on findings from archeology. Really loved the exploration of these times, with a scientific approach and details on what we know and know we came to know it.
However, after that... It was a struggle to read the chapters on history. I felt it was convuloted, a lot of names, not very well organized and too many details on some parts.
The sentences of this book are big, which I think add to the non-easy time I head reading it.
I came to this book from a reddit recommend for a book that was an introduction to a bit of all history. I do not feel this is a good introduction.
The last two chapters is where his arguments from the title are made, and were fun to read. And the first 11 chapters are suppose to be that introduction to history, to give background to his arguments. But for reasons I said above, and a few others, I did not feel it did a good job.
So, 3 stars because:
- However writing and easyness of reading changed. In the beginning it was amazing, and the end good, in the middle awful.
- his arguments? Sure ok, but that's only 2 chapters and the last 100 pages, if that.
- the first 11 chapters, of history? Mix of amazing with convuloted.
As such, for an overview of history is not that great but it was good parts. As an essay of his argument, it didn't need all the pages, 100 would have been enough.
I was loving the first chapters on pre-history and on findings from archeology. Really loved the exploration of these times, with a scientific approach and details on what we know and know we came to know it.
However, after that... It was a struggle to read the chapters on history. I felt it was convuloted, a lot of names, not very well organized and too many details on some parts.
The sentences of this book are big, which I think add to the non-easy time I head reading it.
I came to this book from a reddit recommend for a book that was an introduction to a bit of all history. I do not feel this is a good introduction.
The last two chapters is where his arguments from the title are made, and were fun to read. And the first 11 chapters are suppose to be that introduction to history, to give background to his arguments. But for reasons I said above, and a few others, I did not feel it did a good job.
So, 3 stars because:
- However writing and easyness of reading changed. In the beginning it was amazing, and the end good, in the middle awful.
- his arguments? Sure ok, but that's only 2 chapters and the last 100 pages, if that.
- the first 11 chapters, of history? Mix of amazing with convuloted.
As such, for an overview of history is not that great but it was good parts. As an essay of his argument, it didn't need all the pages, 100 would have been enough.