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Wow. This book left me emotional, more so than I have ever been about a piece of literature. Such a wonderfully crafted world built upon history and the author’s own experiences; each character was alive and breathing on the page. I fell in love, grieved, and hurt alongside of them. Gorcheva-Newberry unburies the unheard stories of the perestroika generation and examines them by interweaving the novel with the lives of four soviet teenagers. Family, politics, and friendship all play a part in how the concept of identity is formed. Could not put this book down, and, admittedly, cried multiple times when I began to think of my mother’s own experiences with the USSR. Thank you, Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry, for putting your pen to paper. The world needed / needs this novel.

_anne_reads_'s review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

verommm's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

scotti_mp's review against another edition

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dark informative sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

unicornprincezz__'s review against another edition

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dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

0novanebula0's review against another edition

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5.0

One of my favourite books I read this year definitely 5-stars is deserved Christina Gorchrva- Newberry's debut novel review sheds light on how it was to grow up in communism the late Soviet Union, and how the mindset of loving leader in more than life itself affects a person and and and their families their brothers and sisters their relationships and their and a life has a hole. I love this book through an address who in it sucks you went into the storyline and the character death that fits the booking to really does it Justice you even talks about modern times and reading it made my night, I finished it in one sitting

radbrenfro's review against another edition

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dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

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