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Mr. Book just finished Hate Won’t Win: Find Your Power and Leave This Place Better Than You Found It, by Mallory McMorrow.

This book will be published on March 25, 2025.

This book is by Mallory McMorrow, who was the youngest woman ever elected to the Michigan State Senate. She made national news when a speech she made on the floor of the Senate went viral in April 2022.

I felt like I was reading two different books. The first part of the book, when she limited herself to politics was very interesting. The author wrote about how she got started and defeated an entrenched Republican incumbent. She then was victimized by sexual harassment during her Senate initiation sessions by another member of the Senate. The speech that went viral came after she was the target of a vicious slandering by one of the Republican Senators.

But, then the second part was a mixture of life tips, as well as sometimes incorporating politics into it. When she was writing politics and was writing about her interactions with people., that part was effective, but when she started talking about politics in general, it felt too much like a “politics for dummies” book. I wouldn’t say she was talking down to the audience, but it did seem like her audience was people who are not interested in the topic. And, when she wasn’t writing about politics in that part of the book, I was definitely not the target audience for that either.

I became a fan of Senator McMorrow while reading the book and hope she has a great future ahead of her in politics. But, when it comes to this book, unfortunately, the best I can do is give it a B.

Goodreads and NetGalley require grades on a 1-5 star system. In my personal conversion system, a B equates to 3 stars. (A or A+: 5 stars, B+: 4 stars, B: 3 stars, C: 2 stars, D or F: 1 star).

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I finished reading this on December 23, 2024.

Mallory McMorrow is a state senator of Michigan. You may have seen her on various news outlets and at the recent DNC convention, holding a giant Project 2025 plan book. But you have never heard her story. How did she get the urger to run for her local state Senate? She explains her path in this book, and how you can be involved in local politics. She advocates that if you want to see change, get involved. Ms. McMorrow's story is inspiring and heartwarming, but it is also a story with dark themes, so there is a trigger warning of SA and suicide.

Ms. McMorrow is like a friend who encourages you to be a change-maker instead of sitting there and complaining. At the end of this book is a workbook showing how to start making those changes slowly. This book was an interesting read and she weaved in stories of real people throughout her book on both sides of the aisle. We learn an honest look at the world of public life and it will not be easy there is a lot of cutthroat competition. If you are interested in learning about her life and getting involved in local politics this is an excellent book to have in your lib