Reviews - The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

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The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

Stacy Schiff

3.51 AVERAGE

eeconley31's review

4.0

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

rachelholdham's review against another edition

2.5

informative slow-paced

Not for me, read it as part of a book club. Not narrative enough and the narrator sounded like a Ben Franklin impersonator with the historical intonation that made it hard for me to focus on the meaning of what he was saying.

taralmassie's review

4.25

informative reflective slow-paced

heathero621's review

3.0

informative reflective slow-paced

I'm not a huge fan of history books, so this had one strike against it going in. I found the book to be utterly boring. I didn't care about Samuel Adams or any of the Revolutionary people in Boston. I found myself having to read the pages many times because I would lose track and then couldn't even remember what I read. I think that if the material was put forth in a more interesting way, I would have liked it a little more. I think that if you like history books about the founding fathers, you'd like this one. I do think that the author researched the heck out of this book and did a good job compiling the information, but it just wasn't for me. If it wasn't for a book club, I would have quit it.

I am rating it higher because I do feel like the author did a good job with the information, but it just wasn't for me.