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A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

Start date: July 1, 2018

Finish date: July 31, 2020

Discussion: 2020 Monthly Reads

Why we're reading this: July 2020 group read for "a book set in an Olympic city"
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Mar 28, 2018 Ellen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: book-group-selection, all-time-favorites

This book has been added to my small shelf of all-time favorites. I loved everything about it---the writing, the wonderful characters, the setting in the Hotel Metropol in Moscow and the pace and feel of this book. My book group gave it almost a perfect ten and our discussion was wide-ranging and entertaining. I have since recommended it to both men and women who have felt the same way about it as I did. Highly recommended.

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May 02, 2020 Megan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: acrma8, historical-fiction

I’m wavering between four and five stars on this one. I understand why all the authors who read this novel have given it rave reviews- this is masterfully written, both in language and structure. It seems at first like there are all these random characters and random stories shared, and then you realize that all the pieces are, of course, there for a reason and Towles seamlessly weaves them together in the end. The only reason I’m not sure about giving this a five star for my own reading of it i ...more

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May 13, 2020 Lennis rated it liked it

It was interesting to read a book about a man under house arrest during my 8th week of stay at home orders due to COVID-19. With moments of both charm and tedium, this novel is hard to rate. I think it is highly dependent on your preferred writing style whether you will enjoy this. I found myself falling in love with the characters while wading through mountains of extraneous information to get to their stories.

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