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A review by elvenavari
Grant by Ron Chernow
5.0
Review of the audio book, read by Mark Bramhall.
Bramhall is a fantastic narrator. His voice is measured and he never spoke too quickly. I think his voice fit what Chernow was trying to convey about Grant’s personality very well.
A 1,000 page book is quite an undertaking. Listening to it on audio is even more-so in some ways. I feel like I get interrupted more when listening to audio books.
Chernow was very detailed about Grant’s life. I liked that this book was broken up into 4 major parts. Each part helped to shape the man he would later become. I especially enjoyed the pieces pulled from Grant’s actual memoirs, as that is what I really wanted to read but was unable to find it.
It never ceases to amaze me the famous people other famous people know. Mark Twain, Lincoln, Frederick Douglas, Susan B. Anthony…etc.
Bramhall is a fantastic narrator. His voice is measured and he never spoke too quickly. I think his voice fit what Chernow was trying to convey about Grant’s personality very well.
A 1,000 page book is quite an undertaking. Listening to it on audio is even more-so in some ways. I feel like I get interrupted more when listening to audio books.
Chernow was very detailed about Grant’s life. I liked that this book was broken up into 4 major parts. Each part helped to shape the man he would later become. I especially enjoyed the pieces pulled from Grant’s actual memoirs, as that is what I really wanted to read but was unable to find it.
It never ceases to amaze me the famous people other famous people know. Mark Twain, Lincoln, Frederick Douglas, Susan B. Anthony…etc.