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**2015 Reading Challenge W/Josh: #5 A Book With A Number In The Title**
This book was waaayyy better than I thought it was going to be. Great story, superb writing... I couldn't put it down! I'm now even more excited to see the movie!
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Must read this book before the movie comes out later this month. And I WILL be seeing this movie.
Because Tom Hardy, y'all.
Tom motherfucking Hardy
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This book was waaayyy better than I thought it was going to be. Great story, superb writing... I couldn't put it down! I'm now even more excited to see the movie!
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Must read this book before the movie comes out later this month. And I WILL be seeing this movie.
Because Tom Hardy, y'all.
Tom motherfucking Hardy

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This is a chilling thriller set during the paranoid height of Stalinist Russia. The paranoia, isolation and lack of trust was palpable throughout the pages. It was hard to imagine living in a time when you didn't know whether your wife, husband or neighbour was actually your friend or ready to turn you in to the KGB to a fate from which there was generally no return.
My only criticism of this book would be the ending which I found fell a little flat after the breathless pace of the rest of the st ...more
My only criticism of this book would be the ending which I found fell a little flat after the breathless pace of the rest of the st ...more

Didn't think I'd like this...but I loved it. Ending was a bit too "neat" but other then that this was a great read!
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