Hillary Rodham Clinton’s weighty tome about her stint in the Obama administration may fit into her political schedule, but New Yorkers shunning her latest book say they’ve got other priorities as summer approaches.
“It’s very serious and I want a couple of beach reads,” said social worker Lori Hiller, 48, explaining why she bypassed “Hard Choices” in a Dumbo bookstore.
“Right now, it’s the end of a very long work year. Do I think it [the book] is going to be 100 percent honest? No. But I don’t think any politician is 100 percent honest.”
Clayton Crocker, 33, a creative director from Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill (honest!), said the volume isn’t on his must-read list because he’s had it with politicians.
“I don’t care about politics at all,” he said. “I find it hard to believe someone of her stature could tell the truth. She has to appease everyone in the world.”
Even those following events in Washington are skeptical of finding juicy nuggets in Clinton’s carefully crafted reminiscences.
Mike Koski, 67, told The Post he likes Clinton, but is unsure she could be candid about her past while trying to appeal to voters for her presidential run.
“It feels like it’s future campaigns rather than a reflection of the years she was secretary of state like it’s purported to be. It would be different if she retired and had no future plans,” he said.
About 1 million copies of the 656-page book were shipped last Tuesday, but only 60,000 hardcovers and 24,000 e-books were sold, the Weekly Standard reported.
Clinton received a $14 million advance, but there’s only a slim chance the book will pass the 150,000 copies the publisher expected to sell in the first week.
What the book lacks in sales, it makes up for in Amazon comments. Reviewers have submitted close to 700 reviews to the online behemoth’s page for the memoir, with the majority giving it the lowest one-star rating.
“I didn’t like it at all,” wrote Amazon reviewer David Funk.
“It’s amazing how she tried to rewrite history. Belongs in the fiction section. Don’t waste your money.”
Many wondered what kind of choices Clinton has really faced, suggesting that the book’s subtitle be, “Which multimillion-dollar mansion should we buy?”