671 reviews for:

The Last Russian Doll

Kristen Loesch

3.78 AVERAGE

zoecrainfields's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

lastpaige111's review against another edition

4.0

---

The main character, Rosie/Raisa, took me on a tour of 20th C Russia that taught me more than I’ve learned reading history. The only reason I didn’t give the book five stars? I kept getting confused. However, I’m now thinking that if Loesch is paying tribute to Russian novelists as she claims, then she did well to confuse me, as being confused is part of the experience of reading a great Russian novel.

The prose is lush and I came to know modern-day Russia a page at a time, relishing this new intimacy.

jebba_debba_doo's review against another edition

2.0

---

DNF. It was bad, but it wasn’t good enough to hold my interest. I listened to over half and was bored so I decided to return it to the library.

lexlibris's review against another edition

3.0

---

It’s no Tolstoy

megmak's review against another edition

3.5

emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

e_yanicky's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

amberf22's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

reba85's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

stevenott's review against another edition

4.25

challenging mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

readingonthehudson's review against another edition

4.25

dark informative inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated