Rating: 
Summary: Nothing new and a bunch of half-truths. YUCK!
Review: This books sheds no new light on the "Eight Years of Darkness" known as the Clinton administration. The background on Hillary is shotty at best and offers no perspective on who this woman really is. If this was meant to pave the way for an eventual run at the White House, it falls completely short.Save your money.
Rating: 
Summary: Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton
Review: I'm on home vacation here in New Jersey and I am lucky to get hold of this masterpiece written by a woman who is probably the most articulate in the whole world and the most logical individual in the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Living History Is a tribute to womanhood, A woman, whether she is First Lady Hillary or plain Citizen Hillary, is a woman who is not the woe of men but the heart of every man. At home she is the pillar of strength. Her instinct for survival another demonstration of how amazing God's grace is to those who believe in the democractic process. Hillary is a woman. Being a woman, she is a survivor. She survives by writing this book and immortalizes herself in the process. The book sweeps all future Monica Lewinskys off under the rug and buries them in the dustbin of history.
Every man is a closet polygamist. Bill Clinton is only a man.
Hillary, with the magnificence of a wife totally devoted to her family because totally in love with her husband, understands this. Instead of getting hysterical, she becomes circumspect. Like Mother Nature whose turf is being challenged, she rages. But then, intelligent that she is,she keeps her head above her shoulders. She somewhat loses her temper as she should, but in the long run she maintains her dignity, intact and entire.
The book, therefore, is a celebration of womanhood. It makes Hillary absolutely lovable and absolutely beautiful. I don't care if she becomes the next President of the United Sates of America. All I care is that she has written an absolutely lovable, absolutely beautiful book. Just like her persona. The book more than deserves five (5) stars.
Rating:
Summary: Fine, if classified as fiction/fantasy
Review: I can't imagine anyone still sitting the fence on the issue of this person's honesty and motivation. Those who love her (probably the decendants of those who loved Al Capone) will buy one or more copies for the effective voting factor. Everyone knows that ghost writers filled the pages with a typical Clintonian self-righteous diatribe in time to meet her deadline.
Rating:
Summary: LIVING HISTORY BY HILLARY CLINTON
Review: Why can't we just get the truth? This book seems more like a fiction to me. Garbage in, garbage out! Met my expectations.
Rating:
Summary: Pulp Fiction
Review: A poor attempt at rewriting history. Perhaps the book was written for an audience of minority voters with minimum education.
This is an example of target marketing gone bad. Very insulting and condesending.
Rating:
Summary: Re hashing history
Review: There is nothing new here. Except for the obvious attempt to put a few issues behind her in preperation for the next campaign this book is little more than a rehash of things that have been printed or reported time and again.
Wait for the paper back.
Rating:
Summary: Painful
Review: I voted for her and Bill (twice) with the knowledge that they were ruthless bastards. I wrongly assumed that they'd be ruthless bastards for the United States (as opposed to Jimmy Carter) but they were ruthless for themselves. After painfully reading this thing from front to back I can't recommend it. No dirt. Apparently everything that happened is someone else' fault. Why did they pay her 8M when I could have got this info from the Times? They screwed Dick Morris and he's out there telling everything. Read his book if you want dirt. I will. Hillary is a whiner that looks down on everyone else like a queen. Say what you will about Bill, but at least he'd be fun to go have a drink with. I can't say that about Hillary.
Rating:
Summary: a walk down memory lane
Review: I am a woman who just turned sixty and the most interesting thing about this book is the recollection of Mrs. Clinton of her days at Wellesley. I vividly remember the fact that woman of my generation just assumed they would be teachers or nurses. Mrs. Clinton's generation was the first to give serious thought to how the mores and challenges to woman were brought to the forefront of the american ideal of the role that woman would soon play in our society. It was so interesting to read the careful and very awareness of the changing times. I do not think Mrs. Clinton owes the American people any more information than what is already in the public record. No one has ever critizied other very famous woman in our society for staying in a less than perfect marriage and some of those marriages are just as public as the Clintons, thanks to tabloid media, which I fear is partly responsible for many of the misconceptions that Americans have about the so called tawdry affair ala Lewinski. That entire episode does not contribute in any way to the business of running a country. I applaud the former first lady for her handling of such a delicate subject and only wish the right wing of the Repulican Party would concur that enough already. The greatest Authors in this country who write anything other than fiction often if not always use the reseach of others or ghost writers. I do not understand how this can be so serious in the minds of the people who have critiqued this work. I certainly admire this former first lady, yes I have read the book and I have tried to be objective in this review. There is so much more to this book than meets the eye. The excerpts of her childhood could just make me go back to my Garden City, Ks. days like nothing I have ever read. It is so obvious to me that she really is us. Middle class, family values, clear vision, and she had such a sense of safety that it was palable. I suspect marriage to Bill has not always been so safe for her, but nevertheless it has been a great ride and probably a worthwhile romance in spite of it all. I totally relate to much of the pain in her marriage, I have girlfriends who have experienced as much or more and they are still married. This is what woman of our generation have done. We followed the example of our parents, we were taught not to throw anything that was stillworthwile away. Thank you Mrs. Clinton for your candor. I am reccommeding your book to all of my friends as a good beach book and that is not an insult.
The history that you wirte about is fascinating and when one has finished this book than I highly recommend, THE CLINTON WARS by Sidney Blumenthal. This will clarify so much.
Whitewater is a non issue if people will check the record, and may I remind everyone that adultery IS NOT the only sin there is.
Rating: 
Summary: A memoir one wishes were more.
Review: Those on the left looking for a hard hitting, score settling book would be better serverd by "The Clinton Wars" by Sidney Blumenthal; for those on the far right, it is clear that if Mrs. Clinton were an author of cookbook, they would denounce it all as lies, and claim it was ghost written by the whitehouse chef. As it is, "Living History" is a solid overview of Mrs. Clinton life to this point, which dispels some, but by no means all of the scurrilous stories about her and her husband that many have been fooled into believing. For those reading this review, and muttering to themselves, "What about Whitewater? Travel Office firings? etc.", I would suggest that they provide "documented" proof of this misconduct, as none was found by the 3 independent prosecutors (Fiske, Starr, Ray) assigned to look into these matters. And for those who truly wish to know the truth: Investigate these claims yourself, ...track down stories until you find trusted sources to verify them, and try to be skeptical yet remain open minded. All that being said, I am nonetheless somewhat disappointed in this book because it rarely rises above being an intelligent and earnest memoir. Mrs. Clinton writes at length about her mid-western upbringing, and its effect on her sense of propriety with regard to personal matters (a trait that I, coming from a similar background, can appreciate). As a consequence, Mrs. Clinton is clearly most comfortable when writing about politics and policy, as she has no compunction about expressing her values vigorously). Yet, this vicarious self-portrait of the author herself leaves one wishing she had let slip her stoic reserve more often.
Rating:
Summary: Lady of History
Review: Amidst all the controversy surrounding the Clinton presidency, it is truly a marvel that Hillary Rodham Clinton would rise to become the most remarkable and talked about First Lady ever. An even greater marvel is the candor and honesty with which she tells her memoirs and her most personal moments in this spontaneous yet well thought out autobiography. From its first words to its closing comments, you will feel like you were there watching this down-to-earth American woman as she develops into the larger-than-life public persona we know today. Activist, first lady, humanitarian, victim, wife, American, citizen of the world...there are just too many facets of Hillary to explore. But this book captures enough to present a well rounded view of this Lady of History.
| 
