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What I expected was maybe an alternate history starting when Hilary says ‘no’ to Bill for the last time. In this way, it would construct a sort of alternate reality version of her at a young age. But it actually jumps ahead numerous times in the charting of this alternate life.
The problem is, as someone in Canada, it feels a lot like inside baseball that reads mostly like jargon for people who understand why these alternate events were relevant in the first place; both in terms of American Politics and Hilary, personally. I don’t. At all. So I feel like much of this flies right over my head.
I did like the general character arc and the prose though. It still blows my mind Bill Clinton is characterized as a sex object. Like some golden state champion black hole for women. I looked up young pictures of the couple and Bill has never been a looker and doesn’t seem particularly charismatic. This only deepened my notion that as close as I am to Canada, I will truly never understand some nuances of their culture.
The problem is, as someone in Canada, it feels a lot like inside baseball that reads mostly like jargon for people who understand why these alternate events were relevant in the first place; both in terms of American Politics and Hilary, personally. I don’t. At all. So I feel like much of this flies right over my head.
I did like the general character arc and the prose though. It still blows my mind Bill Clinton is characterized as a sex object. Like some golden state champion black hole for women. I looked up young pictures of the couple and Bill has never been a looker and doesn’t seem particularly charismatic. This only deepened my notion that as close as I am to Canada, I will truly never understand some nuances of their culture.
DNF’d 20%. Great narration but I just don’t care about the premise, setting, or characters.
Exceptional! Deftly illustrating a flaw in ideology while liberating an oppressive foreign force. I really enjoyed this one. Typically the novellas have been hit or miss. This was certainly a hit, for me.
The best memoir I’ve ever consumed. Unsurprisingly Mulgrew’s narration is incredible and her story is surprising, funny, bold, and interesting.
An enjoyable re read, with the last book saving quite a bit of it, for me. A good ending mends a lot of things. It was an enjoyable re-read.
A note on the actual box set I read: it was a bit disappointing. Every book is just gross brown with brown writing on the spine that doesn’t match the spacing very well. The end papers are nice, but would have been cool if it changed per book, but it’s the same for all. The only difference is the dust jackets, which I liked the Art well enough. The colour on the black and white of each one reflects the binding colour. That’s about all you get for differences. Bit annoying, but fine otherwise. Kind of weird they kept allllllll the grammar and spelling errors. Guess they just have to reprint it without revision. You’d have thought they’d clean it up though, every book has numerous errors, though not a lot, in that area.
A note on the actual box set I read: it was a bit disappointing. Every book is just gross brown with brown writing on the spine that doesn’t match the spacing very well. The end papers are nice, but would have been cool if it changed per book, but it’s the same for all. The only difference is the dust jackets, which I liked the Art well enough. The colour on the black and white of each one reflects the binding colour. That’s about all you get for differences. Bit annoying, but fine otherwise. Kind of weird they kept allllllll the grammar and spelling errors. Guess they just have to reprint it without revision. You’d have thought they’d clean it up though, every book has numerous errors, though not a lot, in that area.
