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bookwormmichelle 's review for:
What Happened
by Hillary Rodham Clinton
I'm almost afraid of actually leaving a review. The "People Who Hate Hillary Eternally For No Reason" bunch can be pretty unpleasant. (This is my review, leave one of those and I'll remove it.) But this was better done than I imagined it could be. I really can't imagine a human being reading this and not feeling at least a little differently about the tragedy that happened last fall. This was heartbreaking at times, yes. I cried. Frequently. But it was also hardhitting about the problems the election uncovered. Yes, she assigns some blame to some of these factors, but the election didn't happen in a vacuum. The way the press covered the campaign, the Russian manipulation that we are daily finding out more about, the incredibly misguided attempts to throttle voter registration--all of those things matter. They will continue to matter long after Hillary is gone from the scene.
The thing I didn't really expect from this book was how hopeful and healing it was. I loved seeing how Hillary dealt with the feelings and the aftermath, how she honestly tells us the hard stuff and then, also, shows how she can move forward and how she is going to be OK, and then I know I can be, too, and there is still hope for our country to actually live its values in the future, even if it's going to be bumpy in the short term. I am so glad I did in fact read this.
The thing I didn't really expect from this book was how hopeful and healing it was. I loved seeing how Hillary dealt with the feelings and the aftermath, how she honestly tells us the hard stuff and then, also, shows how she can move forward and how she is going to be OK, and then I know I can be, too, and there is still hope for our country to actually live its values in the future, even if it's going to be bumpy in the short term. I am so glad I did in fact read this.