Al Franken, Giant of the Senate Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Al Franken
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
438

Al Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken Book Summary

From Senator Al Franken - #1 bestselling author and beloved SNL alum -- comes the story of an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that.

"Flips the classic born-in-a-shack rise to political office tale on its head. I skipped meals to read this book - also unusual - because every page was funny. It made me deliriously happy." -- Louise Erdrich, The New York Times This is a book about an unlikely campaign that had an even more improbable ending: the closest outcome in history and an unprecedented eight-month recount saga, which is pretty funny in retrospect. It's a book about what happens when the nation's foremost progressive satirist gets a chance to serve in the United States Senate and, defying the low expectations of the pundit class, actually turns out to be good at it. It's a book about our deeply polarized, frequently depressing, occasionally inspiring political culture, written from inside the belly of the beast. In this candid personal memoir, the honorable gentleman from Minnesota takes his army of loyal fans along with him from Saturday Night Live to the campaign trail, inside the halls of Congress, and behind the scenes of some of the most dramatic and/or hilarious moments of his new career in politics. Has Al Franken become a true Giant of the Senate? Franken asks readers to decide for themselves.

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Book Name Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
Genre Biographies & Memoirs
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Language English
E-Book Size 56.58 MB

Al Franken, Giant of the Senate (Al Franken) Book Reviews 2024

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Keeping Hope Alive!. Great read...great insight...and the ending is brilliant!

Terrific!. Hilarious and insightful look into Washington politics. I could not put it down.

Read this book. Read this and Milo platypus' book in the same week... Al hits everything on the head and has the intelligence, wit, and humor to back it up. Actually being on the ground in the senate proves his statements, while Milo just whined like a baby. GREAT READ!

Al Franken, Giant of the Senate. Truly enjoyed Mr. Franken's book. As a Social Worker, I found his life journey interesting, inspiring and rewarding that people have the ability to change, adapt and make a difference within their community/country. Thank you Al for helping me see some humor and develop some patiences at a time when I feel our country has lost it's way. I wondered how you found time to write this with all the demands of serving. Have recommended your book to friends and colleagues. With gratitude. Sue McMunn

Fix the iBooks Store review process, please, Apple. I marveled that so many dittohead illiterates had bought Franken's book just to leave it bad reviews without reading it, so I tried to leave it a review without purchasing it first, and the iBooks Store allows this. I think only purchasers should be allowed to review books. The up side is, I get to review Donald Trump's books next.

A must for the feeble minded and brain dead aka Democrats. Great story how a failed comic makes it big amongst fellow liberals with the combined IQ of a box of rocks. Frankenturd proves time and again how dumb Democrats are as he rises to be a giant in a toilet bowel of other giant turds. This book could not be any dumber had it been written in crayon. Unfortunately for Al though is most democrats can't read and the ones who can only read leftist mantra such as Sal Alinsky garbage. This book is a must for the feeble minded and brain dead

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Liberal Trash. Waste of money.

It's Hard Being Serious When You're Naturally Funny, But Harder Being Funny When You're Ted Cruiz.. Having succumbed to severe bouts of nostalgia for a time that probably never existed, mixed with rage and depression exasperated by the combination of Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell and FOX News, reading "Giant of the Senate" was a boost to my immune system. In a world where I fear looking at messages on my mobile phone, this literary masterpiece gives me hope for a better tomorrow - or at least a reprieve from the knowledge that you can't fix stupid. (You still can't fix stupid, but it's a reprieve nonetheless.) If you ever read one book in you're life, read Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States." If ever read two books, "Giant of the Senate" is a nifty choice.

Only in his own mind, if he has one?. What a waste of air.

Wonderful book - buy and read. Engaging throughout. I love how Senator Franken connects the work of the Senate to how it affects people's lives. His "theory and practice" comments on how Congress - especially the Senate - are highly informative. I love his passion for getting it right ("Neo-sticklerism" sign me up.) His affection for his staff, family, constitutients and (most of) his colleagues shines through. Oh, and the book is hilarious - do not miss the footnotes I'm going to buy the rest of his books.

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Glad he found the time. It's awesome that a man of the people was able to put some time aside from helping constituents so he could write a book about helping his constituents, or whatever. Hope he finds more time for similar to keep from making more mistakes as senator. Good luck!

Giant of the senate. He's smarter than I thought. Good read.

Best contemporary big time political book. He can write, does the reading and tells the goddam truth. And he has a light touch. So he's already four times better than your goddam president. Buy, read, grow.

Loved it. I learned a lot from this book. Read it and make up your own mind. A very smart man in my opinion.

Loved this book. Very enlightening! Great writing!

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I haven't read it. I'm merely curious. Will iTunes iBooks publish a review from someone that has not purchased any form of the book (or app) Same problem with Amazon. People can say bad things about sellers and products. There's got to be an "algorithm" that prevents non-purchasers from opinions.

Al Franken Giant in the Senate. We need this man to be our president. He's super intelligent, relatable, tells the truth unless he's making an ironic point or telling a joke. His heart is in the right place and he works his butt off too! Great informative and inspiring book.

An Interesting, Entertaining and Educational Book. I have enjoyed reading this book. It can be difficult to find a book that deserves all three of the adjectives I used in my title for this review. I enjoyed watching Al Franken in his comedic roles, and it has been a pleasure to read this account of his experiences in politics.

Laughing hard. This book is a hilarious recount of the senators career-he writes well and very funny.Also he is very honest (see no help from Obama) and one can learn quite a bit.the content overall is serious but every 10 pages I burst out laughing.As he is moving up in the senate there is a good chance that he will be one of the most influential players in Washington-just hope he stays Al Franken.

Horrible. Can't say much more. Puked in my mouth.

Great book. I only read autobiographies and they often leave me drained. However, this book has humor, and lots of light moments to get me through the next four year. Favorite chapter is when he finally explained how ACA was supposed to work, and what the other party did to sabotage it.

Well done, sir.. This may not be Sen. Franken's best book, it is still funny, surprising, blunt and as in your face as expected from Mr. Franken. The book is a great view into the politics of D.C. Shaped by Mr. Franknen's sarcastic and sardonic views. This book does not mire in the hopelessness of Republican politics. I do not want to give away anything. This is a book to enjoy with surprise.

a true American. wonderful read by a great man. Trumpettes, go buy a book with lots of pictures

Yuge. Thought the title was tongue in cheek but Franken truly is a giant of the senate and the book was hilariously fantastic.

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Crusty old dem Hillary sicophant. How did this guy get elected? As interesting as watching paint dry

Not worth it.. Total waste of time

Superb. Franken is just telling it like it is, and sadly things aren't very good. If you see a reviewer giving the book one or two stars they're either Trumpites, unless it's 2 stars, then they're just conservative.

A giant unfunny libtard in the senate. With more half-wits like this in the senate the republic won't make it out of the 21st century. The slobbering comments by all the lib toadys underscore this fact.

Outstanding. I agree with the other reviewer: you should not be able to rate a book without buying it. Just ignore the sheep leaving one star reviews and read this funny and insightful book by our smartest Senator.

Wonderful!. I loved reading this book. Truly inspiring. Humorous and interesting. I hope you like it too.

Top 5 in books I've read. Al's ability to keep the reader engaged is wonderful. This is a must read for anyone who wants to find out what being a Senator is all about. Great read.

Loved This Book. Al Franken's like ability is only outshone by his integrity.

Great, as usual. Won't bore you with my opinion of the book. It's great. Will say that you should be required to purchase (and hopefully read) the book before being allowed to review it.

Scholar and a Gentleman. You're a scholar and a gentleman, Senator Franken. Well, you're a scholar, and you're funny. Aww... Who am I kidding? You're a scholar, a gentleman, funny AND HOT! Seriously, thank you. Fine job. "Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you...." Maggie

Al Frankenstein. I learned a lot from this book about the way the Senate works and why. It was enjoyable and I'll have to say ...I wish Al Frankenstein was my Senator! I respect him which is more than I can say for most politicians!

Al Franken, Giant of the Senate. Probably one of the worst books I’ve ever read.. I’m not sure whether the book represents a comedian attempting to be a politician or a politician attempting to be a comedian...The book is laborious reading, factually incorrect, and, of course, politically biased. I do not recommend it.

Good medicine at a bad time.. Excellent book. Serious topics covered with detail, humanity, and humor. Fair treatment of complex issues. Even where I disagree with Franken, it's hard not respect and like him. Minnesotans are lucky to have him. Great read. For the record, I'm more of a centrist than a "progressive". I read this book, including every footnote. As books from sitting politicians go, this one is spectacular.

Ted Cruz is the worst. Ted Cruz is the absolute worst coworker. God bless Al Franken.

Donna H. Entertaining and informative; also affirms Ted Cruz is a dunderhead.

Puke. Puke, he is a mindless ,puke!

Back to comedy?. Is Franken back into comedy? What a joke.

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Great book! Loved it!. Smart, funny, funny, endearing, I couldn't put it down. Did I mention Funny? Not a "staff error".

Buy it!. I bought the audiobook and recommend it for the Senator's reading the book and his expressions...priceless. His anecdotes and reasoning behind decisions and the detailed milestones of his life told, of course with some humor and gravitas when necessary. This book is a must for the political junkies as well. Lastly, I admire men who speak highly of their wives and Senator Franken meets the criteria. Enjoy!

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The Al Franken, Giant of the Senate book written by Al Franken was published on 30 May 2017, Tuesday in the Biographies & Memoirs category. A total of 438 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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