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Where did February go?! And March?! 🙃🙃🥲 Anywho, I finally conquered this book. I am so glad that I did. Because unexpected things happened that I dared not hope for, and shocking things happened that left me in all the feels. Jamie, Claire, Brianna, Roger, little Jemmy, Ian, and the rest of Fraser‘s Ridge are ❤️❤️🥹😛🥲🥹 in the best of way. #outlander #timetravel #chunker #bigbook #done 🎉

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Chernow did a decent job of showing both sides of Hamilton. He showed Hamilton‘s accomplishments but was also honest about the fact that he never knew when to just keep his mouth shut and he was greatly prejudiced against anyone who didn‘t believe in god. I feel like I have a very human view of Hamilton now. The research is definitely thorough and probably as complete as it can be.

GingerAntics That said, this books is DENSE! If you‘re not a historian, you probably don‘t want or need quite this much detail. Even as a historian, this book got frustrating at times. Sometimes it felt like another year of the same thing, so why not give a few examples and say the behaviour was common throughout Hamilton‘s life and career? 6y

GingerAntics By the end of the book, I felt a bit like I‘d been beaten over the head with the feud between the Jeffersonian Republicans and the Hamiltonian Federalists, especially the feud between Jefferson and Hamilton personally. Even his acknowledgements section is quite lengthy, giving great detail on why each person is mentioned. 6y

GingerAntics I was happy to be finally done with the book. I like his style over all, but I would really love his style if he could be more concise. 6y

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GingerAntics Chernow spent a great deal of time talking about the deplorable way in which Hamilton‘s contemporaries and history have talked about Hamilton, then says “because of his checkered West Indian past” there was no way Hamilton was going to pass up the duel with Burr that killed him. I don‘t understand why Chernow spent the entire book decrying the bigotry levelled against Hamilton all to level it against him, himself. 6y

GingerAntics I‘m seeing other books by Chernow and wondering if I am interested in the subjects enough to take them on. Sadly, for me, I think the answer is no. My focus is British history, so Hamilton - and the rest of Chernow‘s subject matter - is definitely out of my wheel house. 6y

GingerAntics I just don‘t care enough about the “great men” of America to dedicate the time and energy Chernow‘s writing requires to read another of his books. If this is your wheel house, you‘re probably going to love it and it would be worth it. Lin-Manuel Miranda better believe I love him after all of this. I only read it because he based the musical off of it. Perhaps I should be grateful the musical isn‘t in three parts. 6y

GingerAntics #ronchernow #alexanderhamilton #hamilton #history #chunker 6y

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