Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Living History
Book Review: An interesting memoir!
Summary: 4 Stars
If you are following the 2008 presidential race, it's a must read. It gives insight into the making of Hillary, as we see her today. She is really a strong woman, who stood by her husband ...despite all the odds. If you compare her to the other 2 democratic contenders, she outshines them in experience and wit. Also I'd love to see Bill Clinton in the White House again, even if as a 'First Laddie':)Book Review: GREAT BOOK!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great book that will change your mind about Hillary Clinton. Hillary is an amazing women and I am under the age to vote but if I could vote, it would be for her! This is a great book to read that gives an insight to the White House during the great Clinton Administration and hopefuly the next Clinton Administration. GREAT BOOK!Book Review: I Liked Her Much Better Before Reading the Book
Summary: 2 Stars
I did not find what I was looking for in this book, and therefore was very disappointed in it. Although it was a straight forward adequately penned, bland, vanilla flavored story; told without frills, suspense, or excitement -- but with one or two family tragedies thrown in -- for me it remained lifeless and left Hillary as much a mystery as her public persona is.
While I do not count myself among the "Hillary haters," (I worked in her husband's administration) I admit that I bought this book for the same reasons that I bought her husband's book "My Life": to get a better scope on who the real "flesh and blood" person is behind the "power political" façade. Whether it is fair or not, to me that seemed the most compelling reason to buy the book. Plus, these days, after Dubya's present disgraceful reign, meeting the real person likely to assume the Presidency -- that is to say, the one behind the political pose -- is a civic responsibility, if not a civic imperative. For me, having read and reviewed biographies of other potential candidates -- including the very well-written and interesting books of Barack Obama, Rudy Guiliani, Bill Clinton, and John Kerry (also bland and lifeless), as well as several about GW, knowing more about the "real Mrs. Clinton" was certainly more than just an idle notion.
The other reason I bought this book is that (at least to me) it seems infinitely more difficult to get a handle on the true personas of famous women than famous men. Surely, Mrs. Clinton, whose life in a fish bowl has been on display at least since her college days: her speech at Wellseley; those ugly glasses and hairdos in college; refusing to take her husband's name in Arkansas; her legal work for the Watergate Committee, her work as the first female partner for the Rose Law firm, her work with the Children's Defense Fund, her work improving Arkansas education, the White Water incident, the disappearing FBI records, the Travelgate scandals, the turning of a $1,000 investment into $100, 000 in less than a year; the rumors about her affair with Vince Foster; and about her "hissy fits" and her sailor like cursing habits behind the scenes in the White House; and of course, last but not least, her "game face" during the Monica Lewsinky scandal.
Despite the fact that we all know that these expensive, but quickly put together autobiographies are meant to be self-serving, with such an interesting tableau of life events, I thought certainly there is an interesting story in all of this worth sharing with a public that Mrs. Clinton hopes to elect her to the office of the presidency.
But alas, this was not to be the case. What we have here, is soulless. It is simply a bland, lifeless regurgitation of what we already knew: "Midwestern Girl Lives a Bland Life, Marries a Famous Husband and Hopes to Become President of the Western World," end of story, period.
I felt much better about Mrs. Clinton when I was imagining what her life must have been like -- that is before I read the book. Two stars.
Book Review: If you like to read those boring life story books, this is for you......if not, don't waste you time or money
Summary: 2 Stars
This book was a big disapointment to me. It included stories about her parents, grandparents, and of course herself. The first few chapters describes her parents life, then gradually goes on to talking about her years as a youth and how much experience she has had over the years of her life blah blah blah. The book then goes on to say how she met Bill and what she did to in the White House. But, the chapter that impressed me the most in the midst of a dull book, was in fact the chapter about health care. But, as I said earlier, this was a boring book meant for people who just want striaght forward facts with no excitement. It is actually so boring that I had trouble finishing it.Book Review: If you rate this book 1 star you're probably stupid and threatened by women.
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is well written and interesting, and if you don't like it then you're an idiot. There I put just as much thought into this review as everyone who gave it a 1 star did.
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