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jennieleigh 's review for:
Madam Secretary
by Madeleine K. Albright
I really enjoyed this. It took me many, many weeks to finish (and I'm usually a pretty fast reader) both because it was very long and because the 2nd half is incredibly dense.
Many of the reviews here and on amazon talk of the first half (which is primarily a personal story of growing up) as being great, but the second half (focused on policy decisions in her time as ambassador and secretary of state) as being too long, boring, heavy handed, etc. So I really wasn't expecting much. I was expecting to maybe give up on it when I got to that part. But I just loved it. Sure, it was harder to parse, sure it was more challenging to get through, but so rewarding. I loved the extraordinary access & insight, and the "inside story" that happened behind the headlines.
Also, I just love it when you get to see the vulnerable side of powerful and gutsy people. Though I didn't agree on every policy decision, she's clearly gutsy and a true leader and deserving of admiration.
Many of the reviews here and on amazon talk of the first half (which is primarily a personal story of growing up) as being great, but the second half (focused on policy decisions in her time as ambassador and secretary of state) as being too long, boring, heavy handed, etc. So I really wasn't expecting much. I was expecting to maybe give up on it when I got to that part. But I just loved it. Sure, it was harder to parse, sure it was more challenging to get through, but so rewarding. I loved the extraordinary access & insight, and the "inside story" that happened behind the headlines.
Also, I just love it when you get to see the vulnerable side of powerful and gutsy people. Though I didn't agree on every policy decision, she's clearly gutsy and a true leader and deserving of admiration.