Don't Read This Book!

            I hate The Selfish Gene. I feel as if I were reading my biology textbook studying for the final exam. Its like a textbook explained in first person. I believe the book is boring, the font is extremely small, and since nothing aside from facts about genes and reproduction and biology is mentioned, the book is very slow. The only thing I have to admit that is helpful about the book is that it is really going to help me in the final exam, but other than that, i don't even understand how the book can be "The million copy international bestseller".

            Maybe its me that doesn't understand any kind of meaningful message the book may have, but I really feel that I'm reading a textbook. Yes, I have to admit that I can relate the book to the selfishness of people and society, but I don't understand why the author has to talk about it and explain it through writing what I'm supposed to learn in Biology. Nothing in the book happens! Why would I care about cistrons or gene pool or how many pairs of chromosomes we have? Im not going to study medicine or anything related to that, so do I really have to know all this? Sure, it would be fine if the book mentioned a thing or two about genetics, or about reproduction, or even about proteins, but how is it possible to write a 332 page book that goes on and on literally explaining all parts of genetics? Just stating the facts and definitions, nothing else.

            Thank God the book is at least easy to understand! Since it is pure facts and meanings, no further analyzing is needed (in my opinion). But how can there not be a single character or plot? That wouldn't make the book such a pain. Yes, the author is very bright and "original" or however you want to call it, and the book may be interesting for many people, but I just don't want or like to read it. 332 pages? Seriously? How much is there to say?

            Not only does the content of the book bore me, but also the tiny tiny font. I don't even want to imagine how long the book would be like if the font were bigger. Since it is so small, I take even more time reading because I get dizzy. I like to read, but a book that is more informative than my biology textbook that has no illustrations and looks like a dictionary? Not really my thing.