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Misleading title for a book that's actually a memoir
This is my second attempt to write a 1-star review of this book. It's clear that Amazon has an agenda when it comes to allowing certain reviews through while prohibiting others. I find that fascinating. I'm not some conspiracy crank, just an independent who downloaded the audiobook version of this and listened to about six hours of it before giving up in a combination of boredom and disgust. The book does not answer the question about What Happened -- or at least, it hasn't so far and shows no signs that it ever will. It's a sixteen hour audiobook presentation and I'm not willing to give up another ten hours to find out. What I've learned so far is how Hillary likes her egg whites in the morning (with jalapeños!), why she wears pantsuits (you don't care, trust me) that her bedroom in ONE of her upstate New York mansions is a two-story affair with a vaulted ceiling (could have lived the rest of my life without that little chestnut) and what it was like to raise Chelsea. What ANY of this has to do with the 2016 election is beyond me. It's a total distraction and a waste of time. When she does get around to mentioning specific causes for her loss, she never goes into details and almost dislocates her shoulder patting herself on the back as she compares herself to Trump -- surprise -- always favorably. At one point she brags about how much diversity she has on her staff. Like Justin Trudeau said, in 2016, that should not have been anything noteworthy or worth bragging about. It should just be normal. I'm not a Democrat or a Republican. I don't care for the Clintons but I am not some rabid deranged Clinton hater. I got this book with every intention of keeping an open mind and genuinely curious to get her take on the election. I did not expect to have to wade through a memoir about her entire life from conception onwards, encompassing her mother's early life, her first years as a lawyer in Arkansas and so on and so forth ad nauseum. I didn't invest in this so I could get a memoir. All I wanted to know was -- from her unique perspective -- what the heck happened?? It's a shame that she's chosen to falsely title her book, because that is not a question that she ever fully answers -- at least, not for the first six hours. And I have zero patience to keep listening to more boring nonsense just to see if she ever gets to the point. I eagerly await seeing whether or not Amazon publishes this one. This time I'll keep a copy and keep reposting it until they decide to play fair.
October 2017 · Books
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What Happened
4.5★ · 11,121 ratings, as of 2023
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