Asli Kirbas Kirbas itibaren Bolney, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH17, İngiltere
I gave this book two stars because I felt two points about the books ruined it for me. One, at the end of every chapter are paragraphs of supposedly "real" women's one sided views on everything and I think that marred the book by making it drag and taking away from the point the book was trying to make. The other reason was although I agree whole heartedly with the author's views on how christianity, judaism and islam are patriarchial religions that degrade, humiliate and keep women down, I do not agree with that women are somehow just automatically gentle souls who the only they every want to do is create life and nuture it. I believe that feeling over generalized the complexity of women. The point is supposed to be women are humans too and should be treated with respect. On the other hand this book is interesting because it points out so many things I never knew about the history of monothestic religion. Although I've always been aware of the sexist and cruelness of these religions the information she gave furthered my awareness at the horror that man has done in the name of God.
It seems like I've been reading a lot of borderline 3-4 star books lately. This one is hard to give only 3 stars, because it was a gift, and I hate to seem ungrateful. The first third or half of the book is great. The last quarter of the book is good. In between, not as much. It seemed to me that Sacks was way more enamored of the things he was thinking and writing than I was, which was very frustrating. Many times he would repeat the same thought several times, expounding and elaborating tiny nuances that didn't seem, to me, to be going anywhere or adding any real insight. The case is neurologically interesting, but not so much more so than any of the ones in TMWMHWfaH that it deserves a whole book. Sacks' insight into his own situation is enough to carry the book for 100 or even 150 pages, but unfortunately this volume is 200 pages long. (Would I have been this harsh during a period when I had more time to read and could have zipped through the slow bits in a week, rather than a month? Maybe not. Oh Well?)
I have been wanting to read this book since I was in my high school book club. It took me about 5 years to actually get to it. So happy that I finally read it. Very humorous. Happy with the book from beginning to end!
It was so interesting to see the "inside" of the Secret Service. I was so saddened by his personal story, but the career was so great! It lacks a lot of political skewing, but still lets you into the Reagan oval office. Loved it.