Reviews for The Naturalistas Library: Natural History of Bees

The average rating for The Naturalistas Library: Natural History of Bees based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-09-28 00:00:00 Micheal Castiglione It's so hard to review textbooks because most of them are pretty utilitarian. So, if I were rating this book on the sole basis of whether or not it provided information necessary to help me pass a GUR Biology 101 class, I'd give it a 5/5 stars. Except I really didn't enjoy it. It took some serious willpower to read my assigned chapters. And did I mention how expensive it is? I'm convinced that all these "updated editions" are created just so universities have to keep buying more of these bad boys. I'm taking off a star just for that. It did its job, but at what cost? (Usually between 70 and 100 dollars depending on which versions your professor/school requires.) I don't feel mean for giving a lower score on this because it's not really written for enjoyment. It's written for education. And also profit. Hundreds of students are forced to purchase these guys every quarter, and I don't even know what happens to them afterwards because they're not in the library and I couldn't find a single used copy for sale. Since most mass market paperbacks cost around 8 dollars, I'm going to mourn the opportunity cost of 12 and a half novels from Barnes and Noble, or almost 24 at HalfPrice Books or any of the local used bookstores in my area. Oh well. I guess I have a 100 dollar doorstop now. Except, depending on the door, this thing may not be heavy enough to keep from sliding around. Paper weight. It's a paper weight.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-03-11 00:00:00 Jason Ramsey [image error]