Review: I cried
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 4, 2013
I read the one star reviews, and I completely disagree. For me, when the "story" causes you to forget there is an author, it means a very good read.The author brought me into the room and I was there at the bedside of the beloved President Lincoln, and I choked up, and I wanted him to surprise us all and open his eyes and live. Then when President Lincoln finally died, (sorry to spoil it for you) and one of the men at the bedside pronounced, "Now he belongs to the ages," I had to wipe the tears from my eyes in order to continue reading.Not many books touches me emotionally, as I have read a zillion books in my long life, and I pretty much start each one challenging the author to make me sad, happy, laugh, cry -- I am stubborn and the author has to do a great job or I stop reading and go on to another. I couldn't stop reading this book. I have read several other books about President Lincoln, and those I read never touched on this particular event in such detail.Thank you Mr. John C. Berry for successfully doing what you must have intended to do. I couldn't stop thinking about this for quite a long time. An amazing portrait of a very sad time in History. (The comments from the crowd standing outside of the house where the President labored to die, made me cry too.)