A review by eastwestnotes
The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel by Kati Marton

3.0

An enjoyable book, but perhaps in an effort to appeal to a US audience, too much space was dedicated to the relationship with the US, comparing Germany to the US, disadvantaged Germans with disadvantaged Americans, and references to Donald Trump are sprinkled into places where it doesn't really add in anything to the argument. I felt the analysis of German domestic politics and players lacked depth by comparison, and there were times near the end where I was surprised, for example, to hear news of Merkel's mother. We had spent so long hearing about Donald Trump that I forgot we were supposed to be going through a definitive biography of Angela Merkel.