And One Intact Glass Ceiling - Two Presidential Campaigns

Those who pick up “Chasing Hillary,” written by a New York Times reporter who covered both her 2008 and 2016 campaigns, expecting a love fest will surely be disappointed. Amy Chozick is more adversary than fan; the book, unlike so many campaign biographies, is not at all ponderous. That’s perhaps because, to paraphrase Trollope, she does not dwell over the the story at great length, as she might do if she loved her (“The Eustace Diamonds”).

The book’s title is apt. Chozick chased Hillary, but never really caught her. The Clintonians decided she wasn’t fair to them (because she was a fair reporter) and wouldn’t speak to her. When she did finally get a phonecall from the candidate, it turned out to be from Donald Trump. Anyhow, Chozick begins with election day 2016, as the press corps who’d been following the HRC campaign assemble in New York for what they expected to be the thrill of victory. In the second chapter she jumps back in time to the day Jill Abramson, then the New York Times Executive Editor, assigned her to the Clinton campaign--in 2013.

Then, she travels farther back in time to her adolescence in San Antonio. (Amy, Jewish, receives a Christian themed pin from her best friend--for her Bat Mitzvah.) Then we jump to her Longhorn in New York days, where she worked a series of the usual entry level jobs. One time she was fired for stealing office supplies (she didn’t). She worked at Condé Nast, where Anna Wintour stared disapprovingly at her Uggs.

Then, there was a job at the Wall Street Journal, which led her to Japan and then back to New York, only to be sent quickly out on the campaign trail--to Iowa, where she covered the 2008 Clinton campaign. Chozick, still in her 20s in 2008, grew up fast on the campaign trail. With snark and grit she describes how the Clintons, and their staff, treated her (usually badly) and how she learned to treat them. Not out for revenge, she disguises most, but not all, of the staff with nicknames. Many of them would reappear eight years later. (Insiders will know the names of the disguised; I cannot be of help to you.)

When she finally joined the Times she was mentored to some extent by the late Times reporter David Carr, who apparently saw her potential early. His death devastated her. And the day Hillary announced, at the UN, turned out to be one of the worst days of her life.

And then the campaign started. Her season in hell turned out to be Iowa in late 2015 and early 2016, where the campaigning for America’s first vote went on seemingly forever, with our Amy in a series of rental cars, hotels, and finally a bus (that breaks down). A visit from her husband has to be postponed due to work pressures.

All the marchers in the Clinton soft parade stroll by--Bill at the head--and you’ll find out what Chozick thinks of him, and inevitably of i consiglieri--Huma Abadin and Cheryl Mills--and all the rest. (When you try to avoid spoilers in a nonfiction book, as I am here, you know the writer is weaving you a great tale.) And this is where Chozick is most unsparing, mocking a series of inept slogans the staff created (she lists all the ones tried out, by category). She notes that ideas had to be presented to Hillary with “the delicacy required, as if transporting a Fabergé egg on the Amtrak.”

The book beats on through the primary season, the convention, Hillary’s pneumonia, the debates, and the WikiLeaks dumps.. Interspersed with tales of Hillary are tales of Amy with her colleagues on the beat, at the Times, and all too seldom with her husband. It ends, of course, with the agony of defeat, as the Hillaryites watch CNN in disbelief, as John King’s magic map turns from blue to red. The final chapters are almost eleagic. And the last line is a stunner. Chozick (who beats herself up for always "choosing the byline." She shouldn't have.) is still at the Times, as a writer at large. Sounds like a better gig than shouting questions at a politician who doesn’t want to answer.

[May 2018]

Fabulous book. Will become a must read on Hillary Clinton. So many juicy tidbits, as well as a serious smart assessment on why Clinton lost. One of those rare books that manages to seamlessly merge memoir and journalism. You’ve missed a pocket of history if you don’t read this!! Great gift too.

Perhaps like Hillary, I had high hopes that were dashed. I hoped I'd learn more than what I already knew about the main character, about how the leading newspaper of today decides what to write and where to place its stories, about what really went on behind the scenes, about what the media actually wrote or said compared to what we learned later, and this reporter's actual real time missives to readers.

As it turns out, the main character is not Hillary; it is the author. I had not wanted to pick up a memoir about a reporter's frenetic juggling of life's tasks in the fast lane, or her childhood, or her adoration of Hillary, or her decision about when to become pregnant. I really did want to see a lot more of what the NYT and the author actually said about Hillary and Trump and those around them in real time and then compare what they had said to how things turned out.

Time jumps (and there are a ton of them) can add some interest to the boring, but they can also confuse and add to the boredom. The time jumps here did not help the story. Too many times they cluttered up the present or distracted from the important stuff. Too many lurching sentences were hard to follow. The author must have some German in her background, where long sentences remain a mystery until the verb at the end.

This reporter must have enough material to write a fuller, richer book in a few years about, say, Trump, or Podesta or the Weiners without putting herself in the middle. That one could be really good.

If you think you are going to gain any meaningful insight on Hillary Clinton or her campaign from this book, you will be disappointed. Instead, it is the self-absorbed author’s account of her experiences in the campaign trail. In addition to assigning deprecating nicknames to her male (but not female) fellow journalists, she includes such insights as she had to eat a lot of junk food, she gained weight, and she obsessed about her waning fertility. And oh yes, Hillary didn’t like her - gee, I can’t imagine why.

This book reveals a very sad situation. The reporter is totally unprofessional. She is also a nauseatingly needy person who is obsessed by a concern as to whether Hillary 'hates" her.

And if there was ever any question as to whether the NY Times and the rest of the MSM were in the tank for Hillary, this book makes it crystal clear that it was total tank-dom.

One can only hope that Ms. Chozick is condemned to spend the rest of her life writing about Saint Hillary, as she makes up one excuse after another in a futile effort to deny that she was the worst candidate in modern history.

Sad, sad, sad!

Not sure what to make of other reviews. Perhaps readers are confused; the title suggests a book exclusively about Hillary Clinton. It is not.

In fact, it is a much broader scope, being about Hillary and the impact her quixotic bid for the presidency had on an intelligent observer, the book's author.

Amy Chozick has carefully selected policy and personal stories that will help us understand why Hillary lost - much to the author's chagrin. The reader should come away with the impression that the 'real' Hillary would have made a fine president. But the stage-managed Hillary was her biggest obstacle. Chozick's sketches of the personalities surrounding the candidate are gems of reporting.

If you're interested in Hillary, and respect a free press, read this book.
Solid, first-hand reporting combined with an empathic view of America's first woman candidate for the presidency.

Amy Chozik of New York Times cut her teeth following politics back during 2008 when she followed the Clinton presidential campaign that ultimately failed against that of Barack Obama before once again being assigned to follow Hillary during her now infamous failed attempt to defeat Donald Trump in 2016. Chozik's career and life were, in many ways, defined by a relationship to Hillary Clinton (at times friendly and at times adversarial). While Chozik doesn't provide the best campaign trail memoirs I've read (that honor goes to Katy Tur's Unbelievable) she does provide interesting food for thought about Clinton's disastrous 2016 loss. Whether it be the terrible abuse she heard from the so-called "Bernie Bros" who believed Chozik was a Clinton shill, the Clinton camp's icy relationship with the Times (which Chozik implies was often as frustrated, though not as vocal, as Trump's has been), or even the temperamental boys club of press handlers in the Clinton camp that took on a downright hostile relationship to Chozik (to the point that she refers to them only by nicknames as opposed to any other sources or persons of interest), Amy paints a picture of rocky campaign that never coalesced into a positive sell for the country's first female presidential nominee. While other books may dig deeper into the causes of Clinton's downfall, Chozik provides some solid commentary (one scathing chapter that stands out refers to Clinton's campaign trail promise to return to Wisconsin only to never do so for the remainder of the campaign, followed by the numbers that lost her that pivotal swing state) while also discussing her personal feelings towards this woman she both idolized and had to minutely observe. While Chozik's tone is not always the most professional and even sometimes suggests she wasn't the hardest hitting voice on the campaign trail, she is certainly honest about her own role in the 2016 campaign circus and when she may not have done the best job she could have. Between the great commentary about the campaign and the interesting memoirs about life on the road for a modern political beat reporter in general, this is a great read.

"CHASING HILLARY: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling" is the fourth book on U.S. presidential campaigns that I have read. The other three being "The Making of the President, 1960", "The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign", and "The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America."

On the whole, "CHASING HILLARY" is a multi-sided book which tells the story of Hillary Clinton's two presidential campaigns (the first in 2008 in which she failed to secure the Democratic nomination and the 2016 campaign, in which she made history as the first woman to be nominated for President by a major political party), and sheds some light on the author's life and journalistic career, as well as her up and down relationship with Hillary Clinton herself. I liked reading this book, its story (most of which was centered on the 2016 campaign) was easy to follow, and I learned some things about Hillary Clinton (even after following her career over the past 26 years) that I didn't know before.

The truly painful part of reading "CHASING HILLARY" for me was the author's recounting of Election Night and the day after. It brought to my mind the mostly sleepless night I had November 8/9, 2016, listening to the returns by radio, and then turning off the radio when the outcome proved to be the worst imaginable.

For anyone who wants to get a better feel for who Hillary Clinton is and what she came to represent for so many people across the nation - and a personal insight from someone who covered the 2016 Clinton campaign up close for The New York Times from start to finish - read "CHASING HILLARY."

The author writes interestingly in this memoir about her ten-year coverage of Hillary Clinton’s campaigns as a New York Times (NYT’S ) reporter. Amy Chozick started reporting on Clinton during her bid to defeat former President Obama in the 2008 Democratic Primary and then the 2016 Clinton/Trump campaign.

Chozick provides a unique insight into the day-to-day details of the trials and tribulations of a reporter’s intense occupation with chasing Hillary around the country. The job was especially exasperating given the actual possibility of witnessing first-hand the election of the first woman president (FWP) and the competition between the reporters—including her fellow NYT’S comrades. Few details of her travels, including the sparse accommodations, afforded the reporters, is spared.

To make matters even more extreme, Chozick is juggling a more than a full-time job with keeping her new marriage together. She believes that Hillary and the “Brooklyn” (campaign headquarters) people don’t like her, especially after she wrote a couple of stories that were anti-Clinton Foundation leaning.

Chozick writes an informative behind-the-scenes description of how the reporters and Clinton Staff reacted to the Clinton Loss. She also highlights the many Clinton campaign failures and Trump’s strengths. Chozick presents a fascinating read.

This was literally one of the most boring books I have ever read. I did everything I could to finish it, but after getting through about 40% of it, I threw in the towel. Thank God I rented it from the library and didn’t actually pay for this. The problem is that the author is so self absorbed, that even though this book is supposed to be focused around Hillary, it’s actually about the author and her complete lack of any sense of confidence. Her way of writing is this failed attempt at being funny while at the same time trying to be creative, but it ends up being about as interesting/exciting as watching paint dry. I mean this book is painful. I was very eager to read about the “behind the scenes” of the campaign Hillary ran, but it just never came. Each time I was hopeful that the book would finally get to the topic at hand, it always turned into yet another side story about the author’s awkward life progress. She literally spends almost every page talking and questioning her various life stages, and after a while it just gets old. Rarely do I give up on a book, even when I really hate it, but this is one of only a few I could count on one hand that I just couldn’t finish. I’m not sure why there are so many positive reviews, I have my speculations, but I’ll keep those to myself. If you decide to bite the bullet on this book, don’t say you haven’t been warned. Awful.

Fascinating insider's take on the 2016 election. I really enjoyed this unique perspective from a journalist who so closely followed Hillary for the decade leading up to this unforeseeable result. A must read!

I love hearing how a female journalist covers the first woman nominated for president! Chozick packs daily journalistic and personal details into the macro story of a the first woman running for president. I followed NYT coverage throughout the election but learned more about the backstory through this memoir.

Maybe I wasn't exactly expecting a "Bad Stuff 'Bout The Mets" level of a Hillary tell-all, but this account by a New York Times reporter disappoints, mainly because Hillary is so absent from the narrative (the title gives that away) but, more than that---too much more--- the book is about the author herself. And, sorry, but I didn't find her all that engaging. Indeed, for anyone over the age of, maybe 55, the window into the mindset and lifestyle of the Millennials, of which generation I assume Ms Chozick fits, comes across as a bit creepy, certainly crude---not worthy of someone entrusted to cover a Presidential campaign.

It's clear this author was, and remains, a Hillary acolyte who thought herself the 21st century T.H. White (of the Making of the President series) who would be the court chronicler of Hillary's impending eight year reign. Or, alternatively her Press Secretary.

Thankfully, we were all delivered from that dreariness by Trump's victory, a victory that was a triumph of the vox populi over Hillary and the unshakable reputation she earned ever since she became a public figure, namely that of a corrupt, venal, lying, self-serving, loathsome arrogant person.

That Hillary made the one, final, mistake of (once again) skirting the law with her illegal, private e-mail server scandal, one that was central to her defeat, is a fitting and proper end to her political career---enough voters, in just enough places, simply could not stomach this last outrage. And. at last voted her off the stage.

So, at least, this account has a happy ending when Hillary finally loses---the account of Hillary's Election Night unraveling is certainly entertaining, but the fact that the author who spent so much time covering Hillary and seems unaffected, much less, aware that Hillary was so flawed renders her credibility wanting. Well, maybe not wanting, but certainly revaltory.

Received my book today, was looking forward to reading it - but just found out that Chozick included several references to Chelsea Clinton that are evidently not true - with no attempt to fact-check w Clinton. So for me, this calls into question the veracity of all the other details. How can we know if what we're reading is true? Very disappointing. And yes, I really purchased the book, and this is a genuine comment.

The ONLY thing Amy Chozick is chasing in this book is attention.

She can't get it from her charm or brains - and as this book make painfully clear, she certainly can't get it from her talent as a writer. Trust me, Chozick is, hands down, the worst writer in journalism; she couldn't string a coherent sentence together to save her tiny life. She's equally incoherent with facts. Instead of explaining them, she simply dumps facts onto the page with all the grace of someone tossing fertilizer onto the lawn hoping something will sprout from it. Sigh, the only thing that 'sprouts' from her horrible writing is a throbbing migraine from trying to make sense of what on earth she's talking about. But one thing IS crystal clear - little miss Chozick has an ego you couldn't fit inside an airplane hangar which means this book is totally about her, not Hillary. Hillary is simply the tool Chozick uses to bring attention to herself, a whiny little Jewish princess from Texas. And 'tool' is the appropriate description of what the author reduces Hillary to; nowhere in this exasperating book does Chozick display the slightest understanding of who Hillary is as a person or a politician, etc. Indeed, Chozick is so clueless on her subject that when she first hears of Hillary's unsecured State Department emails, Chozick's initial reaction is to wonder what the big deal was? And from her bored description of the ensuing brouhaha over the emails, it's clear Chozick not only didn't grasp the horror of what Hillary did but also didn't care to. I mean, so what if Hillary used those unsecured emails to 'out' an Iranian doctor as a possible American spy thereby causing the panicked Iranian government to hang the wretched man by his neck until dead? What really occupies Chozick's attention is herself - her frizzy hair, her weight gain, bad hotel rooms, her worries about getting pregnant and, most of all, how Hillary 'hates' poor little Amy which makes Amy whine constantly about bad this makes her feel. (Take that, you dead Iranian doctor, for REAL suffering!) Like I said, this book is all about Amy Chozick and absolutely nothing else. And 'absolutely nothing' is what this book is worth if you're looking for an explanation as to why the first female nominee for president of America collapsed in ruins on November 8, 2016. The only thing Chozick has in common with Hillary is that both of them are clueless as to 'what happened'. And as 'Chasing Hillary' makes clear, Chozick doesn't care to know.

Overall this wasn't a bad book, sustained mostly by Chozick's lively writing style. Contrary to the title, this is mainly about the 2016 election (2008 gets brief mentions). It's also a memoir about the author's experiences with the traveling press, not a deep insightful look into how and why Clinton lost. It does give some interesting insights into how fraught Clinton's relationship was with the press. On the downside Chozick has a habit of slipping in a bit too many elite cultural references, name-dropping fashion designers, foody foods, etc., that can make her come across as somewhat elitist. If you want deep insight into the 2016 election, look elsewhere, but this is good for a fun read.

Brilliant writing! Wonderful descriptions e.g. a NY apartment hallway that smells like "a hippie's armpit." important insights into how a national campaign actually works by a reporter not trying to curry favor with the powerful. Honest reporting and reflections.

"I just wanted to tell good stories that helped explain the world to people."

Well, Amy didn't succeed here. Adding her own autobiography to the tale of Clinton's 2016 road to failure doesn't give us a new look at the campaign trail, from the candidate's perspective, or the press'. The reader is just doomed to relive a horribly run campaign from the perspective of someone who desperately wants to have something to say but misses the boat.

I am an avid reader of campaign memoirs and especially appreciate ones that are, like Chozick’s, equal parts scintillating and sober. I also love the touches of humor and biography that help explain why we, as a nation, feel so strongly about Clinton—regardless of what that feeling might be—in spite of or maybe even due to Clinton’s reticence. And if you need any more endorsement, both the National Review and pro-Clinton zealots on Twitter seem to take issue with the book. If you’re interested in books chronicling campaigns, or ones trying to examine our nation’s current ugly politics, I cannot recommend Chasing Hillary more highly.

A fascinating account of life close to Hillary and the flaws of her campaign, which were many. It was obvious though that though Hillary wasn't a strong candidate, the NY Times newsroom was extremely confident in her victory. There were a lot of interesting anecdotes about the campaign and reflections about Trump and Hillary. I think I would've liked even more information about their interactions. What was interesting is that the author seems to think that somehow she played into Russian intelligence by talking about the DMC emails. No offense, but that was journalism worth pursuing and worthy of reporting. The public probably has a right to know that Bernie Sanders campaigned was sidelined by the Democratic establishment. Speaking of Bernie, I also don't think that the author gave Bernie his due. Hillary, after her loss, has failed to make much headway. On the other hand Bernie continues to have a strong political influence, for better or worse.

I did enjoy reading the book quite a bit. It was engaging and read almost like a New Yorker was talking, very quick paced and overall a fun and interesting read about a historic election.

Chasing Hillary is a fast paced, interesting, and a very well-written book. The insight I was given to the life of a pool reporter following a candidate gave me an increased respect for news reporters. This was a side of the election (or any presidential election for that matter) that is rarely seen. On the news, we are exposed to seven-second soundbites from candidate appearances without realizing all the work and effort expended by the people involved, including reporters, in making that happen. Reading about the life on the road, dealing with deadlines, and especially the impact of the election on Ms. Chozick's personal life made the book highly readable and hard to put down.

I bought the audio version of "Chasing Amy" and listened for a couple of hours before I wanted to throw my phone against the wall. Ms. Chozick should have asked someone else to read this. She reads at break-neck speed, sentences full of commas her voice does not record. She hops from one thought to the next so fast that it made my head spin. Right away I was offended by her pettiness, her fully displayed ego, and smart-ass approach to her subject. She may be a fine reporter, but she wrote an annoying book. .

The beginning piqued my interest. That interest faded steadily as Ms. Chozick droned on and on and on. Attempts at humor became cliched and repetitious.Ms Chozick tells of the rough life of a campaign reporter/journalist, (both on as well as off that trail) with the big takeaways being junk food, deferred pregnancy, backbiting, chronic sarcasm, organized chaos and poor hygiene. Ms Chozick must want readers to get as tired as she got while wasting her life on a self inflicted decade long Hillary crusade. Story line is not a montage. It is disjointed and rambling. Ms Chozick admits to doing frequent cut and paste thrown- together articles for the NYT- apparently, she wrote this book using that very method. Ms Chozick employs the use of silly titles to mask identities of people, clearly thinking this to be a clever, unique literary device. It’s not clever, it’s painful. This book is simply awful. A waste of money plus time for a really bad read. By its end, I considered burying my Kindle in the beach sand where I suffered through it.

The beginning piqued my interest. That interest faded steadily as Ms. Chozick droned on and on and on. Attempts at humor became cliched and repetitious.Ms Chozick tells of the rough life of a campaign reporter/journalist, (both on as well as off that trail) with the big takeaways being junk food, deferred pregnancy, backbiting, chronic sarcasm, organized chaos and poor hygiene. Ms Chozick must want readers to get as tired as she got while wasting her life on a self inflicted decade long Hillary crusade. Story line is not a montage. It is disjointed and rambling. Ms Chozick admits to doing frequent cut and paste thrown- together articles for the NYT- apparently, she wrote this book using that very method. Ms Chozick employs the use of silly titles to mask identities of people, clearly thinking this to be a clever, unique literary device. It’s not clever, it’s painful. This book is simply awful. A waste of money plus time for a really bad read. By its end, I considered burying my Kindle in the beach sand where I suffered through it.

I like this book, particularly at the beginning. She is a good writer. The book is too long and could have been shortened. It seems like the same stuff over and over again -which it apparently was. I was a little tired towards the end. Her use of nicknames for people without mentioning their name or showing us their photos is annoying. We learn almost nothing about Hillary in the book.

Despite some of the other reviews, I found this to be the most interesting book yet on the 2016 election. I listened to the audiobook version by the author, and you could tell she has great admiration for Hillary but was able to see her faults and the reasons why she lost. I think it would be a great book for Hillary herself to read so she can see for herself what really happened.

Interesting read of a reporter following Clinton's campaigns as well as what goes on in the reporting/newsroom. Could have been edited better here and there, and a few of the time jumps are a bit difficult to follow. There were also a few stories of Clinton that gave her more depth and humanity than ever before, e.g., how she turned from being a Goldwater Girl to a Democrat--would have liked more of that since HC is such an enigma. Don't really get the sense of the New York Times being particularly biased pro or con Hillary-just chasing a story as always, making some mistakes and correcting.

Amy Chozick is one hard working journalist! Her audio narration makes Chasing Hillary come alive. I laughed, I cried, and I felt every emotion with Amy as she ran for the bus/plane, ate bad food, constantly disappointed her fiancé, and kept going on pure adrenaline. The dedication of journalists who follow political campaigns is amazing. Amy put her life on hold to "get the story" and give it to us. Thank you, Amy.

Liberal Hillary fan girl covered the election but writes such a totally myopic view. The old story of the blind men describing an elephant from feeling the different parts comes to mind. Author rode the bus for the entire campaign yet was totally blind to why ANYONE NORMAL would vote for Trump. Interesting for anecdotes but so sad.

I am a political junkie. I always enjoy reading these type of books after every election. Amy Chozick is a very funny writer and this is the best book I have read about the 2016 election. I enjoyed reading about what happens to the political reporters who cover the whole thing from beginning to end. Makes me wish I were or had been young enough to do it. Great job, Amy....

The ‘true grit’ inside view of the campaign trail. The Travelers. Everyday Heroes. Tireless hardworking reporters on the beat. Bringing us the story. Scrambling everyday, chasing deadlines, competing with friends, constantly ridiculed by cruel bullies and not even getting to sleep in their own beds. Personally stronger for having made it through to the end of the trail. In the end heartbroken but not beaten. Tomorrow another byline.

I read the book after hearing an interview on the fivethirtyeight podcast because Amy seemed relatable, funny, and open. The book exceeded my expectations- I can’t put it down. She’s so honest and she invites the reader to process the events with her instead of dictating how they’re supposed to understand the story. Her humor is amusingly dry and she’s self deprecating, which is the only combination that makes the overtold story worth reliving.

The worlds better off without another Bush or a Clinton in the White House but you can't convince some people of this. The writer is pro Hillary but she speaks candidly about her flaws.Nonetheless if you're looking here for any secret confessions you're going to be disappointed.

An engaging look at the reality behind an election and what it takes for a determined journalist to find her story on a day to day basis. I found this to be such a fascinating read after living through the 2016 election as an American voter. Very eye opening to see that the signs of Hillary's loss were right there in front of her campaign and only became highlighted in retrospect. Chozick tells a story of her life on the campaign trail, dealing with Hillary, the NYTIMES editors, fellow journalist and once in a while even her personal life. Recommended for anyone hoping to be part of a smarter election process in 2020.

Searingly honest look inside not just the Hillary Clinton car crash campaign, but also the failure of major media to investigate fully the Russian meddling and the source of the WikiLeaks disclosures that changed the election. Hillary comes across as a person in full, by turns distracted, cold, capable, compassionate and ultimately done in by dark forces and a poor campaign staff too much in love with their electronic blankies to sniff the air outside or listen to the wisdom of Bill, the ultimate vote-getter who was insanely dismissed as past his prime.
Amy Chozik has written a book that will join the great campaign works

Clever, amusing and entertaining read. As an HRC fan, I must say I bristled at some parts of this story- but it is a personal insider look at Hillary, her team and their relationship with the beleaguered "travelers" of her press corp.

Very entertaining and informing. The author has a good sense of humor that makes the book a fun read. At the same time I learned a lot about the press and campaigning. I felt she gave an honest and fair picture of the Clintons and the people working for them on Hillary's campaign. I have read several books about how the election; I liked this one the best.

Amy has written an important memoir that both gives significant insight on what happened in 2016, and bares the soul of a journalist. Anger, laughter, profound sadness, this read is a journey on the way to coping with the debacle of our lifetimes.

Amy Chozick’s book could have been informative and interesting except for the fact that almost every paragraph managed to include several forms of vulgar language. Maybe a thesaurus would be of help.

As an undergrad at Berkeley in the seventies, Timothy "Boys on the Bus" Crouse came to our journalism class. Tim was a Rolling Stone reporter at the time. He always wanted to be a reporter and bought a trench coat which he didn't wear that day. His backstage tales were as hilarious as his book.

Chasing Hillary is the fantastic reprise to Boys. Amazing how reporter genders switched in the interim years. Mostly women reporters following the FWP. I've enjoyed listening to Amy Chozick on audible and was quite impressed by her reading. She's very folksy, easy to listen to, and would be great on the radio.

Insider stories are the best and I learned new factoids throughout. Chasing was a better listen than Shattered. Please don't Donna Tartt us, Ms Chozick, and do another book sooner than later.

The majority of the book focuses on the plight of traveling reporters, pros and cons, and mostly cons. Minimal information on the candidate, Hillary, Bill Clinton, Huma Weiner, the main characters of the Democrat campaign.

This is an insight and informative piece by an embedded, objective journalist who reveals that no political side is more virtuous than the other and that moral highground does not exist in political campaigns, despite what the public is led to believe. Politics are a dirty business and Ms. Chozick reveals the ugly truth about a candidate who wanted voters to think she was above the fray.

I loved this book. The audio book is especially wonderful because the author does a truly fabulous job of reading it out loud. She should win the "best audio book" narration award. It is seriously that good.

You know the awful ending, but Amy Chozik’s book about being on the Hillary campaign shows you the story from the perspective of a great story teller. This book is hilarious and heart-breaking all once.

This is a wonderful account of the trials and shortcomings of the Hillary Clinton campaign for President. As someone who was there at the beginning (we hosted Bills first fundraiser in DC) , we were close observers of Hillary at the beginning and always wondered ...What happened? The author comes close to explaining it all and in the process shows us in frighting detail the face of the technocrats and the left wing crazies who would be king.

We also wondered what happened to the Hillary we knew and discovered much of the good was still there but much had been blinded by money and the allure of Hollywood types..We also learned just how hard the life of a reporter assigned to a candidate can be and how coarse the behavior of millenniums has become. Highly recommended.
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I have been a Hillary Clinton fan for years, actually having an opportunity to meet her when she was First Lady of Arkansas. She was instrumental in a domestic violence program which Oklahoma basically copied from Arkansas. I stopped reading this book halfway through because of the language. I think another reviewer mentioned this also so maybe it was an issue for others. I have recently heard there are some fact checking issues with the book and not sure I will go back and finish it. Maybe I thought the book would be more about Hillary Clinton and it was more about Amy Chozick who I had not heard of before.

Incredibly insightful read into the rigors of a presidential campaign. Amy beautifully tells her own story while weaving the story of a woman she deeply respected but fairly covered. A fantastic read for anyone interested in raw, funny and compelling political history. Great work!