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A review by a_chickletz
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
4.0
This is one of those very interesting books that focus on a select group of people, or one person in particular and the world changes and or goes on without him being involved.
I like the Count, he is the perfect gentleman. Reading of his life in the hotel and how his life affects those around him and vice versa was charming but at times sad. He constantly has this invisible wall separating him from everyone else. Because he can never venture out of the walls of the hotel he can never watch Russia change (for better or for worse) without him.
I think the chapters that are a big punch are those with his friend Mikhail.
This is one of those books that is lovely to read and certainly memorable but to me I found no re-reading charm. Once you figure out the story an experience it it looses it's luster and you realize it's too contained.
It's difficult to explain but that's why I rate it down a star.
Still, I encourage you to read it and how such a perfect man can exist.
I like the Count, he is the perfect gentleman. Reading of his life in the hotel and how his life affects those around him and vice versa was charming but at times sad. He constantly has this invisible wall separating him from everyone else. Because he can never venture out of the walls of the hotel he can never watch Russia change (for better or for worse) without him.
I think the chapters that are a big punch are those with his friend Mikhail.
This is one of those books that is lovely to read and certainly memorable but to me I found no re-reading charm. Once you figure out the story an experience it it looses it's luster and you realize it's too contained.
It's difficult to explain but that's why I rate it down a star.
Still, I encourage you to read it and how such a perfect man can exist.