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grimmfeather's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and War
Moderate: Death, Violence, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Infertility, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
alisonvh's review
informative
slow-paced
4.0
I learned a lot from this book, and on the whole I enjoyed it, but Chernow has some issues. From defining a good woman as someone who stays home, but doesn’t expect the same from the men in her life, to insisting Washington was a “good slave owner.” As if that’s a thing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Death of parent, and War