I just spent about two months reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. Sure, I read books in between starting and finishing, but The God Delusion was my main squeeze for most of the summer. I starting dog-earing all the pages that really struck me, that confused me a little bit, that had beautiful quotes on them. There are a lot of dog-eared pages.
The God Delusion was a difficult read. Dawkins is not the simplest of writers, and his style is reminiscent of a really good, personable teacher. Which is great, but like any good teacher, he can be a bit long-winded and anecdotal. This makes The God Delusion a little hard to focus on, and a little slow to read. There were amazing quotes throughout the book, a lot of comparative literature work, scientific backgrounds, and experimental and psychological studies mentioned. Dawkins is nothing if not thorough. His ideas about morality and biology are completely conveyed.
The last two chapters, dealing with children and religion and conclusions that can be drawn from the work as a whole were truly mesmerizing and spellbinding. These two chapters flew by, as I folded the corners of pages and tried to make myself remember as much information as I could.
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