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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
I love real-life love stories and John and Abigail Adams had one for the ages. In Ellis's examination of their correspondence we get to see glimpses of the unguarded personalities of two of America's most important founding figures.
For me, the book dragged a bit in the middle, but I suspect that's because it's not that long since I read biographies of both John Adams and John Quincy Adams, so there was some ground I'd been over enough lately.
By the end I'd fallen in love with the Adams partnership and wanted John and Abigail to be my grandparents.
For me, the book dragged a bit in the middle, but I suspect that's because it's not that long since I read biographies of both John Adams and John Quincy Adams, so there was some ground I'd been over enough lately.
By the end I'd fallen in love with the Adams partnership and wanted John and Abigail to be my grandparents.
I know that as a lifelong New Englander, I'm supposed to love John Adams but he's only okay. Abigail on the other hand is a total badass.
While this book focuses on the partnership between John and Abigail Adams, it will likely give you a better sense of John's personality and how it affected his public life than many biographies focusing solely on him. Perhaps because as vital as Abigail was to John in life, she is doubly so to our understanding John today. I enjoyed Ellis' Washington biography, but this one is better by far.
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
A wonderful account of the couple - Abigail deserves recognition as an important figure in the nation's founding and early path. Naturally, because of the era, her influence was only through her husband, but still manifested itself.
And John ranks as the most human founding father. It's not even close.
And John ranks as the most human founding father. It's not even close.
Even though I have read a few books about Abigail and John, I am still amazed at what a wonderful relationship they had in spite of the enormous difficulties they faced. The fact that they didn't see each other for almost four years and had to rely solely on letters must have been challenging. Fortunately for posterity the letters survived providing great insight into the politics of the time as well as their personal lives. They obviously loved each other very much and their flirtatious comments were cute. This book provided a nice balance between their personal lives and the political situations being faced.
A wonderful account of the relationship between Abigail and John. Perhaps wish Abigail had gotten a little more airtime, but that's more personal preference than anything else.
Ahhh! (imagine that being a huge sigh of relief) I am so glad I'm done with this book! I told my sister it was the most boring interesting book I have ever read--the content was interesting but it could have been written in a much more engaging style. Hopefully I'll write a full review on my blog soon.
An intimate journey through the lives of the "first couple".