I listened to this back to back with [b: Becoming|38746485|Becoming|Michelle Obama|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1528206996s/38746485.jpg|60334006] and it was an interesting and (sometimes) contrasting experience. Both talk about a few of the same things/events in their respective books (f.e. the 2017 inauguration, or the 2016 democratic convention) and it felt like peeking behind the curtain from two different (not too different though) angles.

I recommend listening to the audio because HRC reads the book herself and the digital versions of this book which came out in 2017 have been updated with post scriptums up to the 2018 midterms (which has some of the best remarks of the whole book!)

So while [b: Becoming|38746485|Becoming|Michelle Obama|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1528206996s/38746485.jpg|60334006] is more of a biography this one is not. The title aptly describes most of the content: it centers around a campaign diary of HRC's 2016 campaign and an analysis of why she didn't win. I (disclaimer: mostly) agree with her assessment of what went wrong and was surprised at quite a few things I had not known especially at some of her policy proposals. Unsurprisingly, Comey, the Russians, Wiki Leaks all feature prominently during the "who's to blame".

Towards the end she turns away from analysis of the past towards the future, especially in the afterword and the closing notes in which she discusses events that happened after publication (f.e. the 2018 midterms). All in all the book ends on a positive note, full of hope for the future.

I came away from the book with a better understanding of HRC as a person (which never made it through the debates, interviews and the articles I read) and a thorough overview of all the things that went on in recent years.
And I still can't believe the hatred piled on HRC during & after the election. Now I am German and we've had a woman chancellor for so long that there's a joke going around where men tell their sons that "yes, boys can also become chancellor".

It was definitely worth it listening to this.