darylnash's review against another edition
3.0
The book is a bit like taking a short lecture series from a recognized scholar. An entertaining and opinionated overview of the life of Alexander the Great. Cantor attempts to counteract two millennia of "propaganda" and give us a more realistic view of Alexander, and he mostly succeeds (and succinctly!), though he occasionally drifts a bit too far into the negative, as in the last chapter, "How Great Was Alexander?"
mwmakar's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
3.0
Chronicle of the rise and fall - I was not aware of the relationships with mother & friend that drove decisions. Most memorable was the faltering in India, deciding to turn back. Would've liked to know more about upkeep - how he oversaw such a vast network so thinly stretched, how he fed all the troops, etc.
eserafina42's review against another edition
2.0
Readable but rather unfocused. OK as an introduction, I guess.
zachhois's review against another edition
2.0
Bro what T actual F is going on in this audiobook 😂 dude sounds like he got in trouble for waking someone up in his house and whispers for random periods. Got me blasting my headphones. So incredibly distracting 💀Â
The content itself was aight. Idk why I expected it to have more info given its length but it was a good succinct summary. A bit of a stretch with some interpretations of his psycheÂ
The content itself was aight. Idk why I expected it to have more info given its length but it was a good succinct summary. A bit of a stretch with some interpretations of his psycheÂ
isaach12's review against another edition
1.0
i figured this would have been a quick read but it turned out even quicker after I had to put it down due to the numerous errors, generalizations, and inaccuracies within the first few chapters. you can only dumb something down so much before its just incorrect.
dchaseb's review against another edition
3.0
I wanted a brief history and biography or Alexander the Great and I got it. Just didn't expect it to be this short. Nonetheless, I found this to be a solid, little primer on the man.
spacestationtrustfund's review against another edition
2.0
Really no "new" information or scholarship presented or discussed, but—as a comparatively short (under 200 pages) summary of the life and exploits of Alexander III—excellent.