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Title: Worth a read, but from a library
Review: I have mixed feelings about this book, as do a couple other people. On the plus side, I think Ward does bring to the lay public an interesting subject that for the most part is explained fairly well. Moreover, I like his attempt at making more general biological classifications beyond the Life We Do Know. On the negative side, however, I do agree that his lack of documentation is frustrating, his style is too breezy, and his organization could have been improved just a tad. This book is definitely worth a read, but I don't know that I'd be willing to pay the price for such a thin (in more ways than one) volume. And, in fact, I didn't; I checked it out from a library and I suggest you do as well. Meanwhile, I would normally give this book three or four stars, but I'm giving it only two as a protest against the author's unethical act of reviewing and rating his own work! Boo! Hiss! Just take it like a man, good and bad.
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