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balthazarlawson's review against another edition
4.0
This is six interconnected short stories set in 1956 in Eastern Europe. All told from a different point of view, but the one main story overlays them all.
They were and the way they interconnected was an interesting reflection of the cold war period.
They were and the way they interconnected was an interesting reflection of the cold war period.
hdegrave's review
4.0
I don't typically read short stories, I find most too short with not enough detail to engage me. This book, however, was 6 short stories in one book, and they intertwined. Characters overlapped stories and it was all came back to Russia.
joseperth's review
5.0
Each short story is gripping and interesting in its own. After a couple of then I realised that they were related and told a wider story. Great craftsmanship. Which one of her books continues the thread of the story?.
jo_kay's review
3.0
This was exactly what the title said, six interconnected short-stories of espionage and murder set in Cold War era and spanning the territory from Greece to Moscow: bizarre, grotesque, and invoking a kind of 'non-nostalgia' - as you really have no wish for the repeat of the era the feel of which that Dougherty brings to life is all too familiar.
Somewhat open-ended, but with enough of a hint that one can guess the culmination of the events and their final resolution, Welcome to the Hotel Yalta was a 'nice' change from my recent reads but not really unusual for my tastes and reminded me that I do enjoy good historical fiction.
Somewhat open-ended, but with enough of a hint that one can guess the culmination of the events and their final resolution, Welcome to the Hotel Yalta was a 'nice' change from my recent reads but not really unusual for my tastes and reminded me that I do enjoy good historical fiction.
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