thestormcommando 's review for:

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird

3.5

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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 Were it not for Christopher Nolan's film, I likely would not have read this book, especially when considering its length and pace. American Prometheus certainly is a very slow book that lacks the flair of its movie counterpart for obvious reasons, but still does tell an extraordinarily interesting story.

I will admit, however, that I would've had a harder time getting through had I not had connections from multiple viewings of the adaptation to go back on, but overall, the book still is extremely thorough, leaving out no information from Oppie's childhood to his final years.

A great book if you have the patience and the time, but otherwise, if this is a story you are interested in without necessarily having the time to spare, I'd just suggest the movie.