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author’s choice affects your relationship with the book’s content.
okay, i know i did this one last time, but i guess i just always end up reading books that are written differently than any other ones i have read:
Next is written from the perspective of many characters. There are workers from different genetic companies, random nobodies, expedition leaders, and reporters. The book is written in chapters, each chapter being written from someone else's point of view. There are a few characters that have many recurring chapters about them to keep the story going; there isn't a real story present though. Because of the many characters' stories, the book is able to keep the reader interested and keep on learning. Because this book is fictional nonfiction (fictional stories representing and explaining nonfictional science), when a chapter is about a character who is in the scientific work force, there are numerous vocabulary words I wouldn't know if I wasn't in biology right now. Intricate descriptions of the way genes are inserted into other genes, the ribosomes, the nucleus, the helix, transmission ribonucleic acid. All of these and more are found within the text. Whenever a chapter is from the perspective of the expedition leader, profanity is used; the same goes for when a chapter is about an average Joe. Aside from the chaos of the many characters and the stories they have to tell, there are news articles found periodically in-between chapters. These articles seem extraneous initially, but within the next few chapters, the articles are obviously relevant. The main purpose of the book is too intrigue the reader with science most people don't know about and to explain it in an interesting way with situations the reader will sometimes be able to relate with, and sometimes not.
I would reccommend this book to anyone interested-or not- in genetics/biology. I would also reccommend this book to anyone willing to learn something new, more often than not, jaw dropping information.
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"These articles seem extraneous initially, but within the next few chapters, the articles are obviously relevant. The main purpose of the book is too intrigue the reader with science most people don't know about and to explain it in an interesting way with situations the reader will sometimes be able to relate with, and sometimes not." you start with detail, but in your interpretation, you become vague. 40/50
for the first 5 45/50
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