I loved Emperoro of all Maladies and while The Gene was pretty genious, too, it lacked a bit of humanity I guess. While Emperor told various stories of people afflicted with cancer and left me with a feeling of cautious optimism, The Gene was much more focused on the science side of, well, science. This made me struggle at times to keep reading and understanding what I just read.

Still it's a very interesting book and well worth reading. Just bring a little more time and a lot of coffee or tea. And maybe put your phone down far away, because I kept googling stuff which kept leading me away from the initial bit of information I was looking up.