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zmull's review
4.0
Lucky is a straightforward recounting of the 2020 election. It has a few interesting behind the scenes tidbits, but isn't heavy on gossip. Unfortunately, it ends on election night and doesn't cover Trump's coup attempt on January 6th, so it's really a story without its climax. I'm sure that episode will be the subject of many books to come.
sbhat_39's review against another edition
informative
tense
medium-paced
5.0
One of my favorite books. Excellent reporting, excellent sources, excellent chronicling. The audiobook is also narrated very well.
hielke's review against another edition
4.0
What a joy to read - full of hot goss and insights into the campaigns
deirdrelistens2books's review against another edition
4.0
Biggest takeaway from this point is that even though Joe Biden won the presidency by millions of votes, he only won the electoral college by 44,000 votes which is a slimmer margin than the electoral votes that separated Clinton from Trump. This is definitely a point to remember in future elections.
oldmansimms's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars, rounding up. As someone who paid reasonably close attention to the 2020 Democratic primary and general election, the broad strokes of this book were already familiar to me, but Allen and Parnes go into plenty of nuts-and-bolts, backstage detail on the campaign(s). This was a bit hit-or-miss; the inter-candidate personal dynamics in the primary were much more interesting than the exhaustive detail on campaign staff (probably because I already know and am interested in the other primary candidates but have no existing connection to, say, who is running the voter outreach arm of the Biden campaign or what have you). I can understand there being a limited audience for this kind of book -- we all just lived through that election, and it's fair not to want to re-live it in detail, but for anyone who is interested in that detail this is a good book for it.
mcarley88's review against another edition
4.0
Four stars for the authors for a well-written and well-researched book, zero stars for Joe Biden and the DNC. Reading the primary section was incredibly freeing. If the democratic party is so hell-bent on ensuring my views are never represented, I will be equally hell-bent in not voting for their candidates. I'm voting green going forward, and just saying that feels so freeing. The DNC has taken advantage of me for the last time.
marlonaustin's review against another edition
2.0
lots of unnecessary detail and a surprising lack of important ones
marysullivan_readsandwrites's review against another edition
5.0
Loved it! I thought this was super juicy, but I'm a little bit of a political junkie. I particularly enjoyed the behind the scenes info on the primary.