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xolindsey 's review for:
Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow
informative
medium-paced
the first half of this book is non stop action. i can really see how lin was inspired to create a hip hop concept album based on this. the middle dragged a bit. ok we get it he made some banks. but then it picks up again and we get the reynolds pamphlet and the adams administration and the election of 1800 and his son dying and THE DUEL!
idk why i thought this book would make me feel better about the current state of our country. if anything, it only further emphasized the fragility of the american experiment. we’ve had despots before (adams you jerk!) but that doesn’t mean democracy is inevitable.
ALSO this further emphasizes our supreme court is made up of fucking idiots. who the fuck cares what the founding fathers thought about our rights. they were literally spending all their time writing pamphlets about how much they hated each other. i do not give a fuck what james madison thought about my right to abortion.
idk why i thought this book would make me feel better about the current state of our country. if anything, it only further emphasized the fragility of the american experiment. we’ve had despots before (adams you jerk!) but that doesn’t mean democracy is inevitable.
ALSO this further emphasizes our supreme court is made up of fucking idiots. who the fuck cares what the founding fathers thought about our rights. they were literally spending all their time writing pamphlets about how much they hated each other. i do not give a fuck what james madison thought about my right to abortion.