Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made headlines last month with the release of her new book titled "Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty."

Yet much like the former secretary of state's 2016 presidential campaign, her book has fallen far short of expectations. 

New memoir selling far fewer copies than previous memoir

In an article published on Wednesday, Washington Free Beacon contributor Andrew Stiles cited industry sources as saying that "Something Lost, Something Gained" only sold 27,000 copies in its first week.

He noted how this is a far cry from the 167,000 copies which Clinton's 2017 memoir "What Happened" sold over the first week following its publication.

Stiles had earlier pointed to an odd passage in which Clinton recounted an encounter she had with an FBI agent who apologized for the agency's "devastating and unfair" investigation of her.

"I stared at him for a minute, trying to contain my anger," she recalled. "You're sorry? Now? Finally, I said, 'I would have been a great president,' and walked away."

Even reviews from left-wing outlets have been negative

Interestingly, Clinton's memoir has even received negative reviews from some left-leaning publications, including the UK's Guardian.

Something Lost, Something Gained by Hillary Rodham Clinton review – the pain of post-Trump stress disorder https://t.co/zOog5NyU2t

— Guardian Books (@GuardianBooks) September 23, 2024

"Just as Donald Trump continues to grouse about the supposedly stolen election of 2020, so Clinton shadow-boxes her way through endless reruns of her wonky, uncharismatic 2016 campaign," Guardian writer Peter Conrad remarked.

Conrad spoke of Clinton exhibiting "a sense of entitlement" and coming across "as uptight as the Statue of Liberty" while "ruefully revisiting her glory days."

Clinton defends "basket of deplorables" remark

Meanwhile, Clinton wrote an op-ed piece adapted from "Something Lost, Something Gained" in which she defended her infamous decision to call Trump supporters a "basket of deplorables."

"I was talking about the people who are drawn to his racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia — you name it. The people for whom his bigotry is a feature, not a bug," Clinton explained.

"It was an unfortunate choice of words and bad politics, but it also got at an important truth. Just look at everything that has happened in the years since, from Charlottesville to Jan. 6," she continued.

"The masks have come off, and if anything, 'deplorable' is too kind a word for the hate and violent extremism we've seen from some Trump supporters," the failed 2016 candidate went on to argue.