Reviews for The Simple Outline of English History

The average rating for The Simple Outline of English History based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-08-22 00:00:00 Haider Kazim I'm not going to say this is a wonderfully written book. It has its problems, like forced-sounding dialogue and pointing out every time someone involved in the story is black, but not if they're white. But I still laughed and cried at various parts of the book, and I'm so thankful that I read it. However forced the dialogue could be, using it to tell the stories of the people involved in creating, maintaining and expanding the Metropolitan Community Church gave them an immediacy I wasn't expecting. I could hear the hope, fear and urgency in the lives of these people who have done so much for my own life. It gets four stars for telling stories that needed to be told, and for speaking to my heart (and sometimes to my tear ducts).

Review # 2 was written on 2016-06-19 00:00:00 Kenneth Lynch While this is a well written book there is not nearly enough baseball in its 400 plus pages. To wit the last 1/3 of the book are about William’s declining years and his relationship with his usurper and derelict son. Philip Roth the great author said ‘Old Age isn’t a battle; old age is a massacre’. I just don’t see the point in dwelling on someone’s old age infirmaries especially when there are so many more worthy tales to tell. Ted Williams played in four decades of the major leagues and even hit a home run in his last at bat. He played at the highest level. I think there was some good character assessments on Ted’s difficulty with authority and on his inability to be a good husband. 3 stars