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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The writing is just sublime and the characters feel like friends, but it just moved a touch slow for my taste.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
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
I love Amor Towles. His writing is so good, fun to read, just delightful. I need more books by him! I thoroughly enjoyed this book, evidently I like stories about women in the mid 20th century in New York City.
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Honestly too sentimental for me and I couldn’t keep track of the characters. Disappointing after I enjoyed A Gentleman in Moscow
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
as always, the writing is undeniably beautiful. i had to read slowly to fully appreciate the thoughtfulness and wit used to construct each sentence. that may have contributed to my feeling that the plot was a bit slow and meandering, which is something i appreciated in Towles’s other books but not so much in this one. my least favorite of his four, though that’s not much criticism as i absolutely adore the other three!
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
There’s so much witty dialogue in this book that it’s hard not to wonder how it is that everyone always knows just the right thing to say in the moment. Towles likes a sharp Russian protagonist, for sure. So many of the characters are great, but at the same time as I love them lots make me want to pull my hair out, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. The story went places I wasn’t expecting at the outset— in particular the ends of chapters 20 and 23 had my head spinning. There are these great little twists and payoffs throughout that are surprising in the moment but were set up so well that they seem obvious in retrospect. Great historical fiction. I’m clapping but you can’t hear me.