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nativedallasite's review against another edition
5.0
Amy Klobuchar’s humor shines forth in this book. It gives us a personal look at her life’s triumphs and tragedies. I especially enjoyed the parts about her childhood and her wedding.
c_rabbit's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
__karen__'s review
5.0
The Senator Next Door, as the title implies, is largely about Klobuchar's career as a prosecutor and U.S. senator. It's an interesting read (or listen) about this moderate Democrat who's now running for president. I listened to the audiobook, which was narrated by the author.
casehouse's review against another edition
3.0
A bit dry and slow at times, but I enjoyed learning more about Klobuchar's roots and early life.
dwheeler88's review against another edition
5.0
I very much enjoyed reading this book. Amy is both humerus and real as she tells us her story of her life thus far. While there were probably too many name and places that didn’t necessarily need to be called out, as a Minnesota native, I enjoyed her walk down memory lane.
The thing I love most about Amy in this book is her warm confidence. She owns her decisions, even if that means sitting on a pillow or mistaking a bowl of thousand island dressing as soup on accident. While witty and will sometimes lay a quick jab, Amy also is intentional about building relationships and finding common ground amongst her peers.
The progress she’s made and the honesty about how difficult it is to get things done in the senate reinforce how ready she actual is to be president if she gets the candidacy. She’s walked the walk. She knows how the system does and doesn’t work and she’s not afraid to fight for what she believes is right.
The thing I love most about Amy in this book is her warm confidence. She owns her decisions, even if that means sitting on a pillow or mistaking a bowl of thousand island dressing as soup on accident. While witty and will sometimes lay a quick jab, Amy also is intentional about building relationships and finding common ground amongst her peers.
The progress she’s made and the honesty about how difficult it is to get things done in the senate reinforce how ready she actual is to be president if she gets the candidacy. She’s walked the walk. She knows how the system does and doesn’t work and she’s not afraid to fight for what she believes is right.
p3rian's review against another edition
3.0
What I like about Amy is her pragmatism and collaborative approach to problems. She cares less about which side her colleagues start from and more about the common ground they have for a solution. Does she rock my world? No. Is the right president for the future? Maybe.
Loved a quote she referenced in her epilogue... obstacles on the path are not obstacles... they are the path.
Loved a quote she referenced in her epilogue... obstacles on the path are not obstacles... they are the path.
ifoundtheme's review against another edition
2.0
Two stars as a review of the book, not the person. There's not much driving action, and she recounts gruesome details from murder cases she worked on in more titillating detail than is at all useful to her points.
As a politician, based solely on this book, it sounds like she is a solid representative of the values she grew up with– which might be great representation for Minnesota (I don't know). On a national stage, I would not be really upset if she were elected, but I would be disappointed. She'd do fine assuming we wanted to maintain a roughly linear trend of evolving progressivism; not a great choice for making bold changes in the face of real crisis.
As a politician, based solely on this book, it sounds like she is a solid representative of the values she grew up with– which might be great representation for Minnesota (I don't know). On a national stage, I would not be really upset if she were elected, but I would be disappointed. She'd do fine assuming we wanted to maintain a roughly linear trend of evolving progressivism; not a great choice for making bold changes in the face of real crisis.
bjanuscheitis's review against another edition
4.0
I normally stay away from politicians memoirs, but I enjoyed this book. It's easy to read and has humor. I especially liked the first part of the book that told about her family and growing up years in Plymouth, MN. The last portion of the book, after she was elected Senator got kind of predictable. Except for a passage about Ted Cruz, there's not a lot of gossip about the Washington crowd.