I wasn’t too involved with Warren during the 2020 election or earlier, so I wasn’t aware of her past or what she fought for. She’s very well explained and I liked to read about what she was passionate about and how she wanted to solve it. I never understood why people cared about cancelling student loan debt, but she explained the history behind it, who it affects, and what it could do for Americans that I began to understand. I appreciate her hard work, research, and dedication when it comes to equal rights, women, and effective government. I especially like how she has a plan for things.

I’ll be keeping an eye on her.

I had to take a break in the middle of this because it was making me so angry. And then all I came back and got to the end, listening to the section of time in there 2020 primary season between highest polling to withdrawing from the race, as Warren read her own words, it was an emotional kick. Listening to her warn about Roe being on the line and what that would mean the week I read it was extra eerie.

"She has a plan for that" wasn't just a tagline.

In the end, I'm not sure whether to feel pessimistic about real changes ever being possible the way we've let our government be bought time and again, or optimistic because maybe in time others will get further with similar plans.

Loved it. I have seen her speak enough times - including on her virtual book tour for this book - that I often felt like I could hear her voice. She has such genuine hope for our country, and the plans on how to make it better. I'm still so heartbroken that she had to drop out of the presidential race, but I'm glad she's still working for the people. Throughout the book, I feel like she demonstrates the skills of a true leader - asking questions, truly listening, caring, service, teaching. Proud to have a signed copy of this on my shelf.

I learned a lot about Senator Warren’s life before politics and the influence her pre-Senate life had. I knew she was a Harvard Law professor, that she created the CFPB, and that she has a lot of detailed plans, but I didn’t know about her family’s financial situation when she was growing up or that she taught disabled students.
I listened to the audiobook, which she narrated.

Insightful & moving. We need people like Elizabeth Warren in charge. She doesn't just have pie in the sky ideas, she's got plans to back them up. Smart & thoughtful, the world needs more people like her.

I went into this with an extreme bias, because I think Elizabeth Warren is brilliant and wonderful and the best of us. That being said, this book was still somehow better than I expected. Persist had this perfect mix of policy, her experience on the presidential campaign trail, and some new stories from her life. I really enjoyed reading A Fighting Chance, because it was full of her lived experiences that wowed me a bit. Wistfully, I was hoping for a bit more of that in future books, so I was more than pleasantly surprised when they showed up in Persist.

The book was organized in this perfect flow of memoir and policy positions, discussing the plans she's famous for, but woven together from her lived experiences and the characteristics that drive her- being a mother, a teacher, a fighter, a learner, and a woman. The narrative felt seamless and I often lost myself in it. It's been quite awhile since I savored the last of a book, hoping to make it last a little longer. The 2nd to last portion broke my heart with her candid feelings on a difficult loss. The final pages surprised me as she used them almost exclusively to praise several women around her and one in particular- using the last words of her work to lift someone up and pass the torch. If there's any advice I'll take, it's Liz's.

This is an excellent memoir and breakdown of Warren’s policy positions, plans, and the 2020 election. She satisfyingly addresses every issue or question I had with/for her, and I now feel even better about supporting and having voted for her. I wish she were president.

I was already primed to like this because I admire her so much, but I also learned so much by reading this about what went into All Her Plans and how they were formulated. I admired her ability to explain when she had made mistakes and how she tried to go about learning from them, and loved her ability to break complicated topics down into digestible bits. It did make me wistful that she is not our president right now, but I still appreciate all she is fighting for (and I’ve lived in DC long enough now to get excited when someone I know is name checked in an election year memoir!)

I enjoyed some of the anecdotes in the book, and it’s a solid book, it’s not my favorite, but it by all means isn’t the worst.