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A review by girlnextshore
State of Terror by Louise Penny, Hillary Rodham Clinton
4.0
4.5 more like. I've not read a political thriller that had me gripped in quite a while. Forget your politics, this was quite the page turner. But I'm not going to lie: I enjoyed the "fictitious" swipe at a certain former US president. For Hillary, this was definitely a bestselling clapback.
Granted this was meant to be a cautionary tale, I can't help but see the parallelisms in real life and it's quite nice how the authors have drawn from their extensive knowledge and experience to reflect the realities of extremism - whether it be of religion or of politics or of power. There have been hard-hitting truths that felt too soon to read about, though may have seemed prophetic at the time of writing: the American forces ruling out of Afghanistan, Russian leaders and blackmail, a previous administration's near-criminal incompetencies... But here we are.
As far as mysteries go, I loved that Louise Penny's Armand Gamache makes a cameo that fits nicely with the story. And whilst my suspicions of who the traitor was had been proven right, the journey of getting there was well executed. It was consistently entertaining nonetheless.
Unsurprisingly, I love that there was a big focus on female friendship and solidarity, and I liked how the Secretary of State had been unafraid to level it out with most male counterparts in the story.
Really good, highly recommended.
Granted this was meant to be a cautionary tale, I can't help but see the parallelisms in real life and it's quite nice how the authors have drawn from their extensive knowledge and experience to reflect the realities of extremism - whether it be of religion or of politics or of power. There have been hard-hitting truths that felt too soon to read about, though may have seemed prophetic at the time of writing: the American forces ruling out of Afghanistan, Russian leaders and blackmail, a previous administration's near-criminal incompetencies... But here we are.
As far as mysteries go, I loved that Louise Penny's Armand Gamache makes a cameo that fits nicely with the story. And whilst my suspicions of who the traitor was had been proven right, the journey of getting there was well executed. It was consistently entertaining nonetheless.
Unsurprisingly, I love that there was a big focus on female friendship and solidarity, and I liked how the Secretary of State had been unafraid to level it out with most male counterparts in the story.
Really good, highly recommended.