It's a fascinating book
I've read it through a couple of times, not for religious reasons. I don't think anyone who has read the whole thing could arrive at a simplistic conclusion about it, either religious or otherwise.
There's an amazing amount of Old Testament devoted to simple record-keeping or documentation, often in excruciating detail. One of my favorite parts was Nehemiah, Chapter 3, where they describe the repairs on Jerusalem, and which people paid for and/or built this gate, or that wall.