psitsbethany 's review for:

Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick

3.0

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I appreciated the narrative and the history lesson. I learned more about my ancestors, which traveled on the Mayflower to the “New World”. The book reminded me that there is so much more depth to history than the broad strokes that are often painted in school lessons. Further proof, for me, that we can never stop learning.

That being said, the war chapters, which was most of the second half of the book, lost my interest very quickly. I’m not sure the author could have or should have written about those historical events any differently, they just didn’t earn my attention.