A review by xtinee
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

5.0

It's amazing how little of an 800 page biography a 2 hour musical can cover. I stupidly thought that by watching the musical Hamilton I knew about what Hamilton did but that is definitely not the case. The book is so thorough and his life is so much more interesting than I could have ever imagined. I liked the book as much as I like the musical and that's really saying something. It covered American history really well which was interesting for me and I liked the level of detail Chernow went into on all the characters and events surrounding Hamilton's life. I felt like he struck the perfect balance of giving enough information to understand context but not getting too deep into the weeds with things that weren't related to Hamilton. My only complaint was the length but I wouldn't have changed that it just required mental preparation.