Interesting, not riveting
340178
Not too bad thanks to the participating musicians
905417
The title was captivating. However, the author fascination with himself and his achievements gets in the way of an otherwise interesting book. Definitively not a page turner, rather a "non turner" since I dropped it after a few attempts at reading it.
2977048
It was easy to read, enjoyable, and interesting; however, not a book to skyrocket to the top of your 'must read' list. The characters were well developed and the writing and pace held my interest. It's just that the story was rather average and didn't quite leave a strong impression on me.
4235269
This book was informative but not a real "page turner". The author went off on tangents often that took away from the story at hand. It was not a bad book, but it was not full of the adventure that you would have expected the trip to have been.
1024780
The stories told are interesting, but they don't grab you.  Certainly, the author captures a very interesting medical condition, but I found myself becoming bored after reading a few of the stories.  The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat was just one story and frankly, anti-climactic for me after having heard about the story for many years, but not having read it.
763226
It draws you in as some bizarre account of medical history. While there are some interesting parts, it is far from "A True Tale of Intrigue." Decent biography and that's about it.
3018659
The book gives a lot of interesting information about a little-known event. The amount of tedious detail nearly overwhelms the story though, and makes it less enjoyable to read. It's not bad.
3108031
Not an enthralling read, but I was interested in the issue, mainly the different perspectives of the victims and perpetrators of these "small" terrorist acts, so I did finish it.. The descriptions of the different characters and their reactions as well as the social context was convincing. The ending was not all inspiring or uplifting, perhaps inevitably.
220015
this is not a very long , hard, and interesting to read
I would not consider it to read this book
960677
It was interesting at parts, but I felt like some of the book strayed from the topic.  I lost interest at some parts and picked it back up later.  There are some interesting facts.  Not a page turner by any means.
284012
Sorry to say, this book didn't do much for me. The book is well written, with no formatting, spelling, or grammar errors, and that was nice. It's the (non-continuous) story of parts of his life, presumably the more adventurous parts. But I found that it moved pretty slow in more than a few places (I did lots of only-read-the-first-line-in-the-paragraph reading to keep the pace up).

At the end (and more than a few times during the book) I reflected and asked myself "What have I learned so far? What have I experienced?" And the answer was always, "Not much." I learned to watch my GPS in my luggage more carefully when poor natives offer to help carry my gear to my boat. And not to take McDonalds spoons on a 1 month Ellesmere journey. But not much else.

The book felt like the author wanted to write some kind of interesting story about his life of travelling trips, but had a hard time because they just weren't that interesting to other people. Read Endurance, or The Proving Ground, or The Climb / Into Thin Air for adventure books, or The Riddle of Babi Yar or Under Total Eclipse We Shall All Tremble Like Birds Without Song (Vidor) for books that make you wonder and think.
2220713
This glimpse into the lives of a team of sled dogs who love nothing more than to RUN! and the two humans who live two days out from any civilization isn't too interesting. I liked learning about lead dogs, wheel dogs and the hierarchy of the pack, but frankly, otherwise it's mundane. It probably will appeal to middle school boys with all the frank talk of hoped-for sex, boy-girl-boy intrigue and the polity of the pack. I can't think the soporific story between the two humans would appeal to anyone. Although interesting, I didn't find the illustrations to be that intriguing, and they were encumbered with obsessive onomatopoeia.
4206039
Interesting but didn't really hold my attention.
2060352
This is a good read but it is not exciting. I could take it or leave it. Its interesting to see how they recall and tell the events of the holocaust that they went through, but its not something that I would run out to get to read. I think Number the Stars, Annie Frank or The Hidding Place are more gripping that this one.
3029078
The premise of the book looked interesting - and the book was that, but it didn't get much more than a little interesting here and there. I believe this is the first book I've read by this author, and I'll would probably read more by him. An okay book, but nothing spectacular. A twist at the end helped it along.
318980
Meh.  Some of it was interesting, but it didn't really pull me in.
666122
This was an interesting story, and a contemporary one.  The story was not particularly well-written in terms of being a page-turner, and the premise was quite depressing.  I read it through to the surprising end, and I was glad to be done with it.  I am, however, anxious to discuss it my book club meeting to see how others feel about the premise of a "murder gene" that might run in families.