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kurmismedituoja's review
5.0
Not that it matters much, but Emma Goldman was born in Kaunas (LT), which makes her not Russian-born, rather Jewish-Lithuanian born in occupied Lithuania... It doesn't changed a lot, but still some.
So, even though on paper that doesn't change much to the story Malice is telling, but... it makes, in my opinion, a difference in a person's life to be born and living your childhood in a country that is being occupied and suffering? I believe this little detail might bring a little more context on what lead for her to seek for escape in USA. She wasn't living in a free country. (not to mention not the best general situation concerning family matters). Things add up.
Although I haven't finished the book, so I might be wrong that it is not there.
So, even though on paper that doesn't change much to the story Malice is telling, but... it makes, in my opinion, a difference in a person's life to be born and living your childhood in a country that is being occupied and suffering? I believe this little detail might bring a little more context on what lead for her to seek for escape in USA. She wasn't living in a free country. (not to mention not the best general situation concerning family matters). Things add up.
Although I haven't finished the book, so I might be wrong that it is not there.
panireads's review
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
A must read especially for those readers that didn't live the end of communism . Malice manage to make some of the most disturbing od 20th century's history baerable.
camscampbell's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.0
I’ve read a lot about Soviet and Russian history. Some of it is dry and challenging. This book is not. It has led to a pile of books appearing on my desk as I have a strong urge to follow up on some of source material.
It’s the first book I’ve read that juxtaposes the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact with what was happening concurrently in the UK and USA; that added a lot of context for me that I hadn’t thought about before.
I was born in 1971 in the UK, so I was aware of some of what was going on geopolitically and politically—thanks, largely, to Spitting Image—but I was much more interested in BMX and booze.
I would really have liked for the story to have gone further forward, through Yeltsin’s presidency and into Putin’s era. Is the white pill still a possibility? I hope Malice is researching for the sequel!
It’s the first book I’ve read that juxtaposes the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact with what was happening concurrently in the UK and USA; that added a lot of context for me that I hadn’t thought about before.
I was born in 1971 in the UK, so I was aware of some of what was going on geopolitically and politically—thanks, largely, to Spitting Image—but I was much more interested in BMX and booze.
I would really have liked for the story to have gone further forward, through Yeltsin’s presidency and into Putin’s era. Is the white pill still a possibility? I hope Malice is researching for the sequel!