Rules of Civility in Around the World in 80 Books

Jun 15, 2017 Nancy rated it it was ok

Shelves: new-york, 2017-read, audiobooks-2017, worst-of-2017

Anachronistic, overwritten and preposterous.

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Jul 05, 2020 Wes F rated it really liked it · review of another edition

My second Amor Towles book, after A Gentleman in Moscow. This one was an audiobook that had an excellent narrator. Borrowed from the library. Ah, the writing! The style! What prose! What an all-around pleasure! Towles knows how to weave a great story, with fully fleshed-out characters, and to draw the reader in & keep them engaged. This book is, for the most part, set in New York City in 1938 towards the end of the Great Depression. Its setting, though, is among the more generally well-to-do who ...more

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Jan 20, 2020 Andy Plonka rated it really liked it

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Interesting look at New York City during the 1930's from the twenty to thirty somethings. ...more

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Oct 13, 2021 Sylvie rated it really liked it

So much like his writing style !

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Mar 13, 2017 Susan rated it liked it

I read this because I absolutely loved the author's book, A Gentleman in Moscow. This is not as engaging or well written, altho it did keep my interest. (Probably because I kept waiting for some of the type of writing in his other book). The characters were a bit flat and the events after the first half of the book seemed like they were just fillers to get to the ending. ...more

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Sep 17, 2012 Jessica rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical, new-york-city

Towles does a very nice job of highlighting an oft-ignored historical moment here, and his love affair with NYC comes through clearly. But more than anything, I find Katey to be an intriguing character that's well-balanced between being influenced by other characters but also an independent actor in her own right. ...more

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