A long and slow read. A thorough overview of our second president, who thus far has been severely overlooked. Readers really get to know him personally. ( )

Well worth the time. ( )

This is a starry-eyed biography of a president who has spent too many years in obscurity. David McCullough has rightly replaced John Adams in the pantheon of American Heroes and Founders, and this book and the subsequent TV miniseries have rightly re-popularized this crotchety, no holds barred, sharp tongued, quick witted, devoted husband and public servant, also known as His Rotundity. ( )

I finished this book during the beginning of labor with Max--it was that good. Such a quirky man, and what a great love story with Abigail (a fantastic woman). I read that Obama's reading it on his summer vacation at Martha's Vineyard--I give it 5 stars, Mr. President! ( )

This is the biography of John Adams, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, a diplomat who won recognition for America from European nations, was elected as Vice President and then President of the United States. Following his life chronologically, both as a diplomat and husband, this book weaves the interactions Adams had, the friends he had and lost, and, importantly, regained. His marriage to Abigail was the base foundation he used to attain the major things he did for his and our nation.

I expected a long, dull account of a man whose name I knew, but whose life I did not. I was more than surprised when I was reluctant to put the book down. Adams' struggle to be always a man of integrity but not become vain with his successes was always with him. The author clearly had researched his topic and was able to provide a picture of John Adams, the man as well as a Founding Father of our nation. Besides the facts presented the writing was clear and easy to read. This book deserved the Pulitzer.

I would give this book 4 and one-half stars. ( )