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I've heard a lot of good things about this book and recently read it for a book club. It's a slow start, the first couple of chapters, but when you get into his relationships with people the book really takes off. Count Rostov is an interesting character that is fully developed and multifaceted. He is an aristocrat but definitely shows a human side. He does things that I don't think any aristocrat would do but when your life becomes just that of the four walls of a single hotel perspectives chan
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I loved this book. Great insights into Russian life after the Revolution. And so much to learn from a man who is under house arrest for half of his life. Remaining positive, living in the moment, and taking chances.
Jun 29, 2017
Rochester NY Public Library
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it was amazing
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