I was diagnosed with stage 3b lung cancer two years ago, treated in the Fall of 2014 and am still here to tell about it. Siddhartha is a brilliant writer and has written a book that explains this disease in terms that even I, with a 6th grade education can understand. I have learned more about Cancer from this book than any other source. Brilliant writer who can communicate with the average citizen, a must read.
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If it wasn't so clearly biased, it had the potential of being truly compelling. This book is supposed to be a history of racism. The bias is so clear it's hard to credit what he presents as fact. Some of what he wrote is accurate from my knowledge but where he goes astray is the sense he seems to have that race is the predominant ethic/motivation of all of western, white (of course American) history. It would have been so much more effective if he'd been able to place race and racism in perspective to the rest of the history of the times he speaks to. If you are going to present a history as comprehensive, it has to cover it all, not just the parts that make your case.
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I enjoy this book so much I try to stretch reading for longer. Anyway, it has such strong stories I would recommend not more than one chapter per day
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This book was educational. Great read! Technical, yet simple to understand. You could put your heart with the cancer patients, the people trying to research for clues to cure and those trying to give them hope. How this cancer has been with the human race for thousands of years. I am inspired and want to learn more. All because of this well written book! 6 STARS
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