I have seen so many mixed reviews about this one so I began with trepidation, but also with extreme curiosity. As I read I could definitely understand the variety and scope of the reviews I have seen. I decided to approach this from a place of neutrality and read it from the angle of a fiction book with a political narrative. (I don't really know anything about Rodham Clinton's background, platform, personality or education other than what I've seen splashed across the news.) I didn't associate or even picture the characters as the true figures they're based upon; perhaps the only exception being Trump.

I quite enjoyed the story if I were to separate it from the factual figures of who it was written to represent. I am curious as to what Rodham Clinton would make of her representation in this book as well as feeling slightly irked that this alternate reality has been imagined and published whilst she's still living. I do find it to be somewhat bizarre if not ambitious. I thought that the structure was strong and it was written well. (I did read this in two days, which for a 400+p book is an achievement.) There were a few plot points that I didn't overly enjoy and thought the approach taken in those specific scenes was slightly awkward and cringe worthy. I did find it to be slightly too long; I thoroughly enjoyed the first half but the second half seemingly dragged somewhat. Dependent on the approach one was to take reading this I'd still recommend it, especially if you're fascinated by Sittenfeld's ambition to create this piece of speculative fiction.