NOT my top choice of fun reads!!

There is no easy way to teach biochemistry, the subject is simply vast and atrociously detailed. However, textbooks can be a great asset to try to provide a big-picture view of the almost too-detailed molecular understanding of biochemistry. In this aspect, this book fulfilled its job. Since I did not use the exercises found at the end of the chapters, I cannot comment on their quality. However, as a reference material I found the book to be more than adequate. I would definitely recommend it to anyone seriously interested in biochemistry; however, it is not a light read by any stretch of the imagination.

its a very good book

A bit dense at times definitely need caffeine to make it through a chapter. Wouldn’t recommend for a pleasure read. Could use better transitions.

Great book!
I greatly appreciated the paragraphs that were given titles that reflected the topic in that paragraph. It helped to study: one could just read the title and consider re-studying the item or checking it off as "OK, I know that". My edition had an error in the DNA polymerases, which transpired during my exam. I suppose (hope) my professor passed it on.

Hey- don't we all love biochem?!

It's a whole lot of BIOC!

This was the text for my undergraduate biochemistry course. It also came in handy for my graduate level Chemical Biology course.

One of my UCSB textbooks. Actually not bad.

Didn’t read, wouldn’t have liked it anyway

Great book for learning Biochemistry!

I think it is a very good book in the field of biochemistry