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victoryforthereads's review against another edition
3.0
It took a lot of effort to finish this book. I didn't quite like the main character, but the premise of the book kept me going enough. The last quarter of the story was much better and more compelling reading than the first three quarters.
simalova_00's review against another edition
4.0
All I have to say is, "Please, someone! Make this into a movie!!"
ketsu_onyo's review
5.0
I can't believe this came free as an Amazon Prime member. This book certainly doesn't shy away from the sensitive issues of the period, or gloss them over. I didn't particularly like the characters in the novel's beginning, but I was intrigued by them and they wound up growing on me. I wondered if the wealthy industrialist's niece would ever start being useful, and if the protagonist would figure out his best friend was a rat. This story was full of tasty morsels, including appearances by fearsome Josef Stalin himself. There's room for a sequel or two, here, and I hope the author's already working on them and optioning a script. This should be a black and white movie with the full Hollywood treatment.
deb_reads_books's review against another edition
4.0
I'm not sure what I think about this book. I got it via Book Bub, so it was a cheap deal, but it intrigued me. The story revolves around Americans caught up in the Depression, who decide to emigrate to the USSR and work in the car plant set up by Henry Ford. Our protaganist is full of anger, lust and is struggling to find direction and purpose in life other than making money, not easy in Satlin's Russia. He falls in lust twice and finally in love and thankfully, finds his way. The premise is based on fact, the characters are fictional mash-ups between real people. I'm not sure if it is because the book is tranlsated from the Spanish, or if it is just the way it is written, but it didn't flow smoothly for me. However, I gave if 4 stars because it is a page turner albeit it with an odd ending. It finished and then the Epilogue seemed to leave more questions rather than tying up loose ends.
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