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Okay, it was interesting, creative, extremely thought provoking and we have a skillful, talented author on the board but hmmm�� I think this concept didn’t work for me!

I always loved “what if�� based story-lines: opens to alternated realities and parallel universes. What if we choose the other path, what if we do the quite opposite thing and rethink our life choices, how will be the consequences? Will be happier, wealthier, healthier, more successful or will we live in regrets, suffer from resentments, depression?

I think semi-autobiography merges with fiction and some kind of retelling, it may be a little confusing. I respect the author’s challenging and truly provocative story-line choice. But two things bugged me:

First: reading an alternative fictional life story of Hilary Rodham narrated by her was confusing because especially at the second part of the book which life changing-sliding door moment later: after Hilary says “no�� to Bill for the third time and as the alternated life story begins, I couldn’t connect with the character when I normally do with the characters who tell their story firsthand. In my opinion, third person narration would work better to approach the character from outside and give us opportunity to get a better, objective, non-biased opinion.

Other thing was steamy let’s so called love-making scenes: If they were not fictional characters based on real life and it could possibly work fine with me but as you may imagine playing a sex-tape of Bill and Hillary in your head wasn’t the most entertaining life experience and it is not healthy for your churning stomachs! (big yikes)

The book’s feminist undertone and Hilary’s ambition and determination to find her place at the political jungle, her struggles, her self-discovery to test her limitations were the favorite parts of the novel but long chapters about political campaign slowed down the pace and put the story into repetitive cycle.

Overall: the book answers this question: What if one of the most powerful first ladies in the world wouldn’t stay as the first lady and decide to be a leader! Do you want to know what would happen, you gotta read to know about it!

If I wouldn’t get so confused between fictional and real life characters, this book could easily fix my expectations. But I think, autobiography meet fantasy-fiction genre combination wasn’t my dreamy reading option!