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4.5 stars; Buddy Read with MichelleCH and Willow
Book 2 of the Leo Demidov series does not disappoint. Similar to the first book, I was on the edge of my seat and the twist and turns kept coming so fast that I found it difficult to put the book down. The book picks up shortly after the first one ended with Leo focusing first on his family and second as a homicide detective in Russia. Things are not going so well at home, and then they start to get real interesting when a secret speech that Khrush ...more
Book 2 of the Leo Demidov series does not disappoint. Similar to the first book, I was on the edge of my seat and the twist and turns kept coming so fast that I found it difficult to put the book down. The book picks up shortly after the first one ended with Leo focusing first on his family and second as a homicide detective in Russia. Things are not going so well at home, and then they start to get real interesting when a secret speech that Khrush ...more
One star from two of my respected friends--do I still want to read this?
Agh! Wonderfully complex and gripping. Leo Demidov, apparently invunerable, goes form Chekist to Militia to Gulag via Vory to counterrevolutionaryrevolutionary I think. His past just wont go away, and I had the most paranoid dreams ever after this book. Imagining life in this time in place is beyond scary, but a great read.
Smith gets a lot of interesting mileage out his exploration of whether or not people can change or atone for their past transgressions - he captures the Catch-22 of life in Soviet Russia perfectly.
This a a great book, the second in a trilogy. I'm torn between three and four stars, so I'm giving it three for now, but may change it.
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