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A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

Start date: May 15, 2017

Finish date: June 1, 2017

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Jul 12, 2021 Loretta rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, library-books

I quite enjoyed this and also am left a bit...empty by it. The premise is fascinating, and the glimpse into 3 decades of Moscow and Russia from the 1920s-1930s was really interesting to me. It's also got me wanting to read more Russians so I started George Saunders book A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life, and I can already tell that's going to be a slow (one short story at a time) but very valuable read.

Anyway, Rostov. The thin ...more

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Mar 28, 2023 Theresa rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I’m happy to report that I finished another book! I am on a roll in 2023 after a reading dry spell lasting several years.

Unfortunately, the more I read A Gentleman in Moscow, the more I came to loathe it, or at least certain [several!] aspects. This is likely an unpopular opinion, as I know that many people loved this book. In fact, on two different occasions complete strangers came up to me as I read in a coffeeshop and gushed about how much they loved it.

For me, it was like reading a huge, c ...more

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Feb 11, 2018 Ardita rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

An epic weekend read. Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov is probably the world's last true gentleman. If the British literature produced Mr. Darcy, would it be fair to say the contemporary American literature produced Count Rostov? Probably not. This is just a personal review.

A must read for gentleman wanna-bes out there. If chivalry is not an archaic concept that is.

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Jul 23, 2017 Joyce rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorites, 100-nyt-books, book-club-choice

What a delight from beginning to end. Count Alexander Rostov survives the Russian Revolution of the early 1900s only to be confined to the Metropol Hotel for the rest of his life. It is wonderful to follow him as he makes the very most of his confinement and reveals that in all circumstances he is ever a gentleman.

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Oct 09, 2018 Elaine rated it really liked it

I enjoyed this book, though it was a little slow. The characters were interesting, as was the plot. I liked learning a bit about Russia during that time period.

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