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State of Terror

By: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Louise Penny
Narrated by: Joan Allen
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Summary

A Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller!

Take a ringside seat in the high-stakes world of international politics...

After a tumultuous period in American politics, a new administration has just been sworn in. Secretary of State, Ellen Adams, is determined to do her duty for her country. But she is about to face a horrifying international threat...

A young foreign service officer has received a baffling text from an anonymous source. Too late, she realizes it was a hastily coded warning. Then a series of bus bombs devastate Europe, heralding the rise of a new rogue terrorist organization who will stop at nothing in their efforts to develop their own nuclear arsenal.

As Ellen unravels the damaging effects of the former presidency on international politics, she must also contemplate the unthinkable: that the last president of the United States was more than just an ineffectual leader. Was he also a traitor to his country?

State of Terror is a compelling and critically acclaimed international political thriller co written by Hillary Rodham Clinton, the 67th secretary of state, and Louise Penny, a multiple award-winning #1 New York Times bestselling novelist.

©2021 Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny (P)2021 Macmillan Publishers International Ltd

Critic reviews

"A rip-roaring, brilliant page-turner, but it’s also timely, cheeky, important and wonderfully, courageously provocative. What great fun!" (James Patterson)

"Clinton and Penny are each a force on their own - put together they are unstoppable." (Karin Slaughter)

"Smart and fast and twisty, State of Terror is a dazzlingly unpredictable political thriller. I loved it." (Kathy Reichs)

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Disappointed

I came into this book very open minded. It was getting a lot of publicity and it sounded interesting. I've always admired Hillary Clinton for her forbearance against the patriarchy. Honestly, I really did not like this book at all. Way too female centric. Too much of a Hillary Clinton ego-trip wish-list of people, events and outcomes. Thinly disguised real characters of Trump, Putin and Boris, but with different names, and the main females getting the better of each of them. No, not for me. If Barbara Cartland did political thrillers, this may be how it might look... I am not American, nor have I any agenda regarding the Clintons, but I do not feel this book matches the hype surrounding it. Disappointed. The reader was good.

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Excellent.

A gripping political thriller, very well written and narrated. Mrs Clinton, despite my reticence, is a very good writer. Highly recommend.

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Amazing. Not what I expected at all.

I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed this. I love Louise Pennys novels and I didn’t know what to expect with this. It was gripping, thrilling, funny and insightful. It goes without saying that it felt so much more than another book/TV series set in the Whitehouse because of the authenticity that Hilary Clinton brings with her. I loved the links with 3 pines which were the icing on the cake for me. I can’t recommend it enough. I’m really hoping that this is the first of a series. The narrator was excellent and really brought the characters to life in an understated way. What a great read.

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Boring and unsophisticated. Narration poor too.

Hooked by the Hillary thing I guess I tried Penny for the first time. The story didn't have any of the tension it should have. Unsophisticated; take a fight scene where an attacker falls off a cliff but handily his phone and car keys 'fell out of his pocket' first so our guy wasn't stranded! Hilarious. I got a bit jumbled with the characters names and roles, and realised it's for the worst possible reason when reading a book, it's because I didn't care. They were not interesting enough, or described well enough to differentiate one from the other - which is kind of important when there's a mole - I could never remember who was who. Final straw is the narrator, who madly over enunciates everything like she is teaching small children English as a second language - very distracting. I'm near the end and will probably let it dribble on to its conclusion, but its not a page turner. Oh, I forgot, every paragraph practically opens with 'after the chaos of the last administration ' again they feel the need to beat me about the head with that theme, showing no subtly and trust in the overall mood, an editor should have removed 80% of those and we'd still be overcooking it. We get it.

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An exciting non-stop experience

This shows the strength of two life-long women friends who deal with a worldwide crisis at the highest level. No spoilers, but be prepared to give up several hours to indulge in listening to this non-stop riveting narrative. Don’t be surprised if you are a devotee of Louise Penney’s novels that you will find familiar strands near the heart -stopping conclusion.

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Don’t waste 15 hours of your life

Absolute drivel from beginning to end. Don’t bother, lulled by the reviews but they are completely wrong.

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Boring beyond words

The monotonous tone of the narrator ! The boring long winded story ! I couldn’t even get Half way through before losing the will to live !
Don’t waste your credit

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Great story

I really enjoyed this book, great story, lots of twists and turns, good narrator too.

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A good thriller

A good thriller. Quite exciting at times. Kept me guessing long enough between enough red herrings to race through the audio book.

Despite some other reviews, a few caricatures based on political leaders and other positions of power, current and historical, which, although not impartial, did not detract from the storyline for me.

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narrators that whisper...

no, I repeat, no narrator should ever whisper, even when whispering is required. Whispering cannot be heard without turning up the volume. The narrator spoiled this book for me. There was almost no difference in voices, hard to tell who was speaking. Plot was predictable. it took me several hours to realise that the word 'trader' meant traitor. I do not recommend this book.

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