Even if we forgive the pompous and pretentious tone of the book, its lacks of objectivity that is vital to the genre, and surplus of irrelevant information cannot be forgiven. 
 The only thing that kept me reading was Christopher MacCandelss's story, which was scanty and scattered among stories about other people. Originally, this was a magazine article, and the author lacked enough material for a single book, but apparently he decided to turn his article into a book by adding subjective deductions and interpretations, in addition to irrelevant stories about irrelevant people.