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mogreig's review against another edition
4.0
As always Erika's storytelling of her travels is gripping, exciting and sometimes a little bit scary. The people she meets, the hard to get to places she visits and the interesting foods she samples.
giadamalu's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
apochemu's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 rounded to 5. The only downside to this book was the length. Sometimes, I just had to skim a few pages in order to keep going. It was really interesting, just so much information for my brain to digest... However, I'm not sure you could write about the history of Russia with all its neighbors in fewer pages. There's just so much to unpack. I mostly picked this up to read the part about Estonia before I spend the summer there, so I was a bit disappointed when it was only a few pages. But having lived in Russia, I've always been fascinated by it so all the other parts were interesting as well. I had never even heard of several places she went. It reads really fast and isn't a slog like you would expect from a book that contains so much history and is so long. The travelog was the best part though. I loved when she wrote about interactions she had with the people best of all.
kristinvdt's review
5.0
Helt enestående. Ikke vanlig for meg å bli så sugd inn i sakprosa. Ble klokere av å lese denne, samt underholdt.
kristianemk's review
5.0
Kjempe spennende bok om hvordan det er å grense til Russland. En spennende reise jeg anbefaler å legge ut på.