2021: Here's the deal - I didn't think I could give a book written by RBG only 3 stars either.

But this isn't really a book written by RBG. It's a collection of her most well known speeches / heaviest hitting dissents / best lectures ever given, all assembled in one collection and presented in a vaguely chronological order. In short, this probably would have been better served as an audiobook. This is not the book to read if you're looking for a biography of the Justice.

There's not really any analysis of the speeches. There is some context given before each one, but I often felt that the context was understated. Footnotes are prevalent throughout, with lots of further research available if I wanted to read more. But ultimately, I wanted everything that I needed to know to be included in THIS book.

Overall, the book DRAGGED and I struggled to get through it. There were so many stats and references to other court cases that I didn't know. It really slowed me down, and I felt myself bored during large parts of the book. BORED?! In a book about RBG?! ugh. I felt very disappointed by this book. My takeaway will be that I probably wouldn't have a great time in law school.

It was also so difficult to read this portrayal of RBG, knowing that she could have decided to retire during Obama's presidency and been replaced by a thoughtful, liberal, similarly-minded individual, instead of the abortion-hating Amy Coney Barrett. So sad.