I'm glad I read Coyne's evolution book first. It allowed me to get to know him a little as a scientist and appreciate his thoughtful and careful approach to communicating scientific research before getting into the topic of this book that, as my friend who told me to read this warned, would be provocative. While I don't agree with him on a fundamental level, I think he made a lot of good points, several of which I agreed with or was challenged by. I wouldn't say that I felt challenged to abandon faith, but I did feel challenged to more thoughtfulness in some respects.

A difficult read, but I'm glad I worked through it.