avidreaderandgeekgirl 's review for:

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

3.25

informative reflective slow-paced

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    This book really got into the weeds, which made it too long. The author went into too much background on each person introduced, which was unnecessary to the narrative. The authors also went into too much detail about each event.

 
     It was an interesting book and was well researched. However, overall, the book was overwritten.

Narrator Rating: 2.75 stars

     The narrator was okay, but a bit bland. The book also would have been easier to follow if he’d done voices for the people involved, as it got confusing at points as to who was being quoted. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, War

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Sexual content, Medical content