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Recommended for fans of The Book Thief, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, and All the Light We Cannot See. (All very popular books that I did not care for.)
I hated every minute of this book, and I read it as quickly as I could, just to get it over with.
So many words! So exceedingly fussy. So many extraneous asides. The frequent "witticisms" and examples of the Count's charm did not charm me, they just annoyed me. So self-aware. So twee. I fear this is not the book for me.
Much of the book is predic ...more
I hated every minute of this book, and I read it as quickly as I could, just to get it over with.
So many words! So exceedingly fussy. So many extraneous asides. The frequent "witticisms" and examples of the Count's charm did not charm me, they just annoyed me. So self-aware. So twee. I fear this is not the book for me.
Much of the book is predic ...more
Count Alexander Rostov is a Russian aristocrat who is put on house arrest in 1922. He serves his sentence in one of the most luxurious hotels in Moscow. A cast of characters comes and goes throughout the decades Rostov spends in the hotel as he adapts to his new life.
This book was a long, slow read, but by the end I really enjoyed it. There are moments of humor and a lot of philosophical musings. I like the way Towles writes. It somehow feels very authentic to time and place.
This book was a long, slow read, but by the end I really enjoyed it. There are moments of humor and a lot of philosophical musings. I like the way Towles writes. It somehow feels very authentic to time and place.
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