Reviews - Rules of Civility

4.84k reviews for:

Rules of Civility

Amor Towles

4.06 AVERAGE

lindseylayton's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 stars

courtenay_h's review against another edition

2.0

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

lanaremenar's review against another edition

5.0

4.5

akw334's review against another edition

4.0

It took me a couple tries on this one but I’m glad I stuck with it. I wound up attached to the characters. Loved the paper airplane chapter.

rosabelle's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

suvata's review against another edition

5.0

I hesitated to read this book for a long time. I read that it was about high-society in New York City of which I have absolutely no interest. I loved A Gentleman in Moscow so much that I decided to give it a go. Well, hat’s off to Amor Towles! His writing drew me in after just a few chapters and I absolutely adored this story. Quite an accomplishment — from 0 interest to 5-stars in 350 pages.

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rachjtx's review against another edition

5.0

My senior year of college, I studied Edith Wharton. Then and since then, I have found her aristocratic New York society intriguing, but slightly unreachable. Rules of Civility is a different time period and a different set of people, but it felt Wharton-esque to me, only more graspable.

If I don't know what to do with myself for the next few days, it will be because I so thoroughly enjoyed reading this that anything else will be a bit of a let down. That's the mark of a great book, if you ask me.