Comments on: Sex and the Founding Fathers

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 02:12:46 +0000

Haha, yep, that’s about how I felt about it. The stories he described could have made for fascinating narrative non-fiction, but one of the only things I learned from this book is that we just don’t have enough information to piece these stories together. Most disappointing.

By: Shay

Shay — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 02:09:08 +0000

The unusual title was certainly what got me to stop to read this review, so I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised the title was all shock and no substance. Oh well.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 13:58:50 +0000

It was! I think one of the worst things about this book was the amount of time spent quoting other authors.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 13:54:50 +0000

Good call The topic sounds fascinating to me, but I was completely disappointed with the execution.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 13:52:13 +0000

I’m not sure. I suppose in an audiobook, I might notice the repetitive bits less and a good narrator could possibly inject a bit more excitement. However, I think the lack of organization would be hard to deal with in any format. I probably wouldn’t recommend this to a friend either way.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 13:50:27 +0000

Yeah, I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I really couldn’t recommend this one. It was a lot more commentary and a lot less narrative non-fiction then I had hoped for.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 13:48:14 +0000

I know! The topic alone should have been enough to make this interesting. Unfortunately, it sounds as though the founding fathers were very aware that they would be remembered and took great pains not to leave any record of their sex lives. That means the author of this book can only talk about what people have said about the presidents’ sex lives and that made for a pretty dry book.

By: Allison @ The Book Wheel

Allison @ The Book Wheel — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:51:00 +0000

That stinks! But, I think it sounds pretty interesting. Maybe this one would be better on audio?

By: Andi @ Estella's Revenge

Andi @ Estella's Revenge — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:30:39 +0000

Bummer! I thought this was a book I wanted, but my expectations were similar to yours and would be totally let down. Gah!

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 15:05:22 +0000

What a BUMMER! Will definitely be avoiding this one. Such squandered potential.