I'm rating this book purely on how tough I found it to read- not challenging and therefore fun, but a dry chore. That said, I do understand why people rate this book so highly. This man changed the course of human history, and certainly for my country, had and continues to have a very profound impact on people's lives. Given that I am Indian, there is nothing in this book that I hadn't already read and studied in my history papers, and I found those much more engaging in that while they stated fact, and even excerpts from this book, they did not- dare I say it, have a preaching quality to them. This review will not be popular, but it is exactly what I thought- I should have stuck to my history books.

I'm rating this book purely on how tough I found it to read- not challenging and therefore fun, but a dry chore. That said, I do understand why people rate this book so highly. This man changed the course of human history, and certainly for my country, had and continues to have a very profound impact on people's lives. Given that I am Indian, there is nothing in this book that I hadn't already read and studied in my history papers, and I found those much more engaging in that while they stated fact, and even excerpts from this book, they did not- dare I say it, have a preaching quality to them. This review will not be popular, but it is exactly what I thought- I should have stuck to my history books.