This is not to say that I hated the book because regardless of all that, I found it extremely interesting. Sitchin is an expert on all things ancient Sumerian, but don't expect your readers to just take your word as fact. Also, I'd like to be able to know where all the drawings of clay tablets included throughout the book are located, and how I can see for myself that it is real and true. If the author claims something seemingly outrageous as fact, then I'd like to be able to see a footnote and double check that statement easily. It's difficult for me to believe many of the theories laid out in this book as pure fact or non-fiction when the author doesn't site his sources on the ready as I'm reading. In doing so, hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as I did. Overall, this is a book you have to invest time in, it's not a book you can just pick up, put in your bag and read when the mood strikes you. Quite honestly, I appreciate Sitchin's attention to fine detail and even though it does feel repetitive at times, I appreciate how he shows all connections to the Sumerian tablets. So, I would like to suggest that detail to anyone slightly put-off by such reviews.Īnother criticism I've seen is that there is too much information on each page, but this is not a book you're supposed to breeze through. I've also seen a lot of nasty things written by doctors and professors regarding the entirety of Sitchin's work, but I have seen no evidence that they themselves are able to understand the cuneiform. Whether you choose to believe any of it or not is irrelevant, the fact is, only a handful of people in the world are able to read these tablets.
One of the many criticisms I've seen here and other websites is that the theories are outrageous or too far-fetched, but I'd like to remind everyone (who has read this book or is about to read this book) that this man spent the majority of his life translating the cuneiform of the first (known) intelligent civilization, not writing his own theories. Having no firm religious beliefs, it was probably a bit easier for me to look at this with little opposition, so again, I'd recommended reading it with a very open mind. I thought this book was wonderful, informative and beyond interesting.
To fully enjoy this book, you have to shake off all stereotypes and just absorb the words on the page, and if you're able to do that, there is no reason you shouldn't enjoy what you're reading. A friend recommended Sitchin to me, and at first I sort of laughed because of how the media portrays people who believe in aliens and because science-fiction makes them into gray creatures with big eyes that probe humans.Īlso, the fact that I saw his name next to David Icke's a lot.
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