Eh, for the completist, I think; Dawkins rants against creationists—I have less anger and more despair—and covers various refinements in the evidence over the years. To me, this sort of felt like “updates to all my previous books,” and, though united by one core idea, it still didn’t hang together in one well-organized structure. (Like, Dawkins might say, the path-dependent random walk of evolution itself.) ( )

Dawkins at his best. ( )

An amazing read. I learned a lot and I may read some of Richard Dawkins' other books. Some of the color photos are amazing. It really will confront you if you are an "intelligent design" proponent. It expanded my knowledge of evolution and how it works. ( )

Dawkins does a nice job of collecting the evidence for evolution in one place, keeping the gloating mostly under control. I think there might be a few people already teetering on the edge who would read this book and find it enough to push them over, but mostly I think it will serve to fill gaps in knowledge for those of us who are not "history deniers" as Dawkins aptly describes creationists. I liked the update on missing link fossils, although I personally find molecular evidence the most compelling.

Dawkins throws in many self-indulgent asides in the form of long tiny-print footnotes. He says he knows they annoy some of his readers but he doesn't care. I enjoyed some of them; many were annoying. ( )

Magnificent. And furthermore, the pages didn't fall out! ( )