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fab_fi's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
The first two thirds of the book are very interesting. After that, I found that the author had overstepped his brief and branched out into more areas of exploration and this rather watered down his original arguments.
lizbutcher's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
cgerein's review against another edition
2.0
The first half of this book is great. Full of facts and academic theories on Gobekli Tepe and the possible people who build the monument 10,000 years ago. Sure, like most of these types of books, there's a certain amount of speculation but it's usually nothing too egregious. Which brings me to the second half of the book.
It kicks off with the author describing a vivid religious dream that quickly spirals into a theory on the garden of Eden, the book Enoch, the Watchers, and on, and on. Like all great bullshit theories, it comes up with the conclusion first then tries to rearrange the facts to fit the narrative.
In the end it devolves from speculation to pure fantasy. Read the first half and skip the padding.
It kicks off with the author describing a vivid religious dream that quickly spirals into a theory on the garden of Eden, the book Enoch, the Watchers, and on, and on. Like all great bullshit theories, it comes up with the conclusion first then tries to rearrange the facts to fit the narrative.
In the end it devolves from speculation to pure fantasy. Read the first half and skip the padding.
diannetaylor's review against another edition
Was not an academic or serious book about Gobleki tepe, although did contain some useful introductory information. This belongs to the "ancient astronaut" genre.
rebus's review against another edition
3.0
A fascinating subject, poorly rendered and far too speculative.
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