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Title: informative, but repetitive
Review: I found this book to be very interesting and a good read, and made me think about certain things in new and different ways. Unfortunately, Diamond has a tendency to repeat himself from chapter to chapter, so that something he talked about in depth two chapters before he finds the need to mention again in the current chapter. I have also read "The Third Chimpanzee," and overall I found that to be a better read. Having read "Guns" before, though, I was able to follow the arguments in "Chimpanzee" a bit more easily, since he made references to people and places there that he did not elaborate on. Overall I find him to be a very interesting writer and for anyone interested in human evolution and history I would certainly recommend his books as an introduction.
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