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everyone should know this story

Revisado: 03-15-25

got this book on a whim and it was not a let down. the author doe a great job of telling the story of the wager. the author helped understand the danger, pain, and perils of an early seaman. The accounts of what took place on wager island were told from an unbiased point of view and really helped capture what it would feel like to be stranded from different views. i read a lot of reviews being bad because of the narraration. these reviews were so bad i almost did not get this book but now i see; they were themselves an exaggeration. Does the narrator emphasize ans dramatize the book more than other narrators i have read - yes. is it a bad thing - no. the narrator brings passion to the pages from. page one to page done. i never felt it was ever too much. Many books have theatrical narrations with multiple people this one has a mild version of theatrical by one narrator. Please do not let those other reviews deter you from this book or this narrator.

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a christians view

Revisado: 11-27-24

As a Christian and a lover of science i feel Bill Bryson is able to approach science in a very simple manner while keeping philosophy seperate. For the most part, the author is very unbiased in his approach though he does sneak in some small jabs at religion in general every now and then and i cant hold that against him. It is clear that Bryson is agnostic at best and possible atheist yet despite that i cant help but to see God in this book. Though he writes with confidence about what " science" says he is also very fair in saying that scientists get it wrong A Lot and beliefs and theories change over time. he also is honest in showimg science as a belief system where many scietists disagree and very often. my biggest gripe was in the origin of life section where Bryson breaks down proteins and DNA both needed simutaneeously to create life at this point he painted himself in a corner to creation from intelligent design only to escape with a one sentence quote from new athiest Richard Dawkins, the absolute worst source in philosophy and in my opinion and loser of any eye to eye debate on this matter against john lennox , william craig and others. Science is at its root a way to understand how amazing God is in His creation and overall this book captures that. this book is filled with the following throughout amazing, odds against, unlikely, creation, design, marvelous, we dont know, we dont understand, beyond our understanding. it is believed and many more words that show the limitaion of man in underatsnding this great and marvelous creation we call home both earth and our bodies. , i thought that this book was pretty well done and pretty funny in some parts. at the end of the day Scientists will finally get to the top of the mountain and see theoligians waiting the big bang was the first big step from cosmology and now his Glory is being revealed more and more via the complexity of DNA. Atheists are God's know it all teenagers that will one day see the error of their ways. i would also recommend "there is a God" by former poster child for athiesm antony Flew and "believing is seeing" i cant remeber the authors name - sorry.

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similar yet satisfying

Revisado: 11-27-24

This blueprint of this book is very similar to The Power Of One and a combination of other Bryce Courtney books. however, with that said, I would still recommend it as his introduction to new amazing characters maybe just put some space between reading then back to back.

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Why was this so bad?

Revisado: 10-31-24

The story is well written and well read. My problem was that I kept waiting for something to happen and it didn’t.

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i got half way then gave up

Revisado: 10-21-24

figured i would try something new. i got half way through the book before i gave up on the author. The story itself was interesting enough as the author has a different writing style and the main character was at first distinct and well developed but then all the dots were starting to connect.

its like this author had prewritten list of liberal party checkboxes that absolutley had to be checked as the story progressed. lead female character check, make sure she is a lesbian, check. of course her partner is anti-capitilist black woman -,check. good news is the author does not dwell on these items at first and he then goes on with they story but slowly adds more and more such as a bubbling goof ball white man. - check. white man of course is the son of a rich lawyer who has white privilege - check. introduce intellegent woman scientist who of course is vegan - check. make sure you have a female president - check. though art is rarley mentioned in the book and not very relevant - ensure that one photo described is about how how gender is a social constuct - check. small spolier alert the main character has a belief that this statue is an alien that is here to help and feels the task is to show unity with the rest of the world, to help it. so. what does she do when a white male disagrees with her - check. thata right call the white man a overzealous bigot of hate and war mongering - check and go on the attack on his opinion and character - check. i coukdnt tske it anymore and stopped listening.

ok yes i am a white male (sorry. not sorry) but i actually dont vote as i dont care for all the drama but i do care about cowardly grooming people /kids especially in this manner. the story itself might have turned into something without the inundatuon of the authors polotical ideologies.

These checks are not a coincidence. they are intentional. just like the alien in this book enters peoples minds this author slowly penetrating yours for a political agenda. To understand why and how I would highly recommend reading The Named Communist.

Just an opinion of some good for nothing white man

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excellent excellent and excellent

Revisado: 10-19-23

i've never understood why I am expected to not like science because i believe in God? my response to this question has always been God gave us intellegence and logic to be used in an attempt to understand how amazing he is, as a form of worship. however, just with anything God provides man abuses and intellegence and logic are now idols of worship. i wanted to read this book to understand why an accomplished physicist turned towards God because of the deeper science and this book answers that question in quite an amazing way. i typically do not think authors narrarate their books very well but Dr Guiilen is an exception as his narration skills are exceptional. this book is so great that i plan on giving them pit for free on my youtube channel - ActivityMinistry

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Delightful and memorable read

Revisado: 08-06-23

This book was such an enlightening joy to read. Difficult to put down and filled with memorable events and characters.

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great read

Revisado: 07-23-22

very good book on apologetics. the author makes a great case for Christ. highly recommend this book to Christians and skeptics.

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goos read, worthy of the time.

Revisado: 05-28-22

my wife read this book and recommended it to me so i jumped in not knowing anything about it. i was in it to the end from chapter one. oif you listen to the story after the credits there is an interview with the author that is sweet.

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good read.

Revisado: 05-07-22

i love how mr Keller writes and his passion for sharing the gospel. i want to get the kindle version of this book and highlight some great info i gathered from this book as well as maybe do a review on my YouTube channel activityministry. check it out

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