Interesting but was expecting more
359349
I bought it based on a review in Science. And also because I am a "beginning of life" nut: I own a good chunk of Stanley Miller's personal library. There were some interesting tidbits and I did learn quite a bit. However, the writer sometimes seems to forget his target audience: some chapters are so elementary that they seem written for a middle schooler, others are so technical that only a specialist can grasp them. When you use a new term: define it! The lexicon at the end is somewhat useful but not fully adequate. Also, a couple of chapters read a bit too much like an infomercial for SELEX. I am sure it is powerful, but it can't so wonderful that no mistakes are ever made and results can be taken at face value without independent corroboration. Overall, a good intro to the RNA world, but comes up short.
1317323
It seems most people expected more pictures from the book.  I actually expected more scientific findings and behavior descriptions of sea turtles.  The book was elaborate on what the humans did in decimating or trying to save the species.
1887078
Having been to Siacusa I thought there would be more about that area. This is a book about two families who are falling apart. It did keep my interest though
3358400
Interesting read but could use some maps and more photos.
28154
Was expecting there to be more to it, to be honest.
298970
I thought it had interesting antecdotes about genetics, but I was hoping for more after reading the disappearing spoon. I read some of the authors DNA articles on slate and that  was the impulse to buy the book, but I found the short article versions on slate more entertaining about genetics, whereas this book had a lot of history as a backdrop. I like science history books but this one seemed like a lacking mix of discussions of hard science and a history of science. Otherwise, I would recommend the book based on the fact that  it 's relatively quick read and enjoyable to boot.
180857
I mostly liked the book except some of it was more of a critique of films instead of the actor or director.  I expected more information about some such as Alfred Hitchcock instead of how bad most of his movies were.  Still there were some very interesting stories .
1349146
I was expecting quite a bit more elucidation on the experiences of the author's family during WWII and The Holocaust. Even though he almost barely glosses over this time period, it is a well-written book.
2639467
The topic was interesting and the book was well written. I just found that it was overly repetitive at times and lacked detail about some important topics at others. I would like to have had more detail about more parts of the world and more time spent on suggested solutions or where we'll be in say 10 or 20 years. I thought there was too much background on the characters he met.
2355166
Overall, I did enjoy this book, but I felt as if too much time was spent on discussing the House of Gucci's business dealings and not enough time to some of the currently living characters. While it was interesting to read about the early Guccis, I was really hoping for more on the current House of Gucci in addition to that. It seems as if the author spent a lot of time - and time well spent - in her historical reasearch, but really only dicussed the Tom Ford era as an afterthought or to satisfy an editor's request. It was a worthwhile purchase, but at times read like the Wall Street Journal.
2155774
The book started good. Very interesting. Maybe I expected more out of it but was surprised it got to the point where you would think there was more action or drama but was disappointed that was not the case. I wanted the stepmom to really pay for her actions and more explanations why the dad was blind to the problem.
3884841
I appreciate its entitled  a concise read  but was  hoping for a  bit more content  and  depth. I did enjoy what was  present however.
1083479
The premise of the primary character delving back into history and exploring her understanding of the historic character plus her descendant is very interesting and the relationship between the primary character and her employer is quite well developed.  However, there wasn't a lot of depth to the primary character's development, plus it would have been nice to have more insight into the older character.  Further, I expected for Christian literature to have more than a bare mention of spiritual elements/reliance on God -- what little mention was made was not well integrated into the story.  However, overall the story and prose was well done and I will try other books by this author.
3418886
Thought there would be more action...good, but not what I expected.
1002860
I've read most of Bergner's books and this would have to come in last. It is undoubtedly well-written and fascinating, but is more of a long magazine article than an in-depth book. I was expecting more; it was too short and only touched the surface.
3422118
The book was good, just that I expected a little more info than it gave but it was well written.
1374406
A nice book but I would have preferred more pictures and fewer essays- I guess there isn't a coffee table book of his work, which is sort of what I was expecting.