Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow

2 reviews

grimmfeather's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Death of parent, and War