Just came here to say, I found this book pretty informative and persuasive: The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life https://www.

Just came here to say, I found this book pretty informative and persuasive: The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393352978/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_ZC-LDbSM1PQGJ https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393352978/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_... The book contains some counter arguments against the primordial soup theory I am not really qualified to comment though.