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The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
3.0

I really enjoyed the romantic descriptions of Eastern Europe and the beautiful setting. It made me homesick for Russia. The premise was fun, but also I needed a little more detail as to why they were in danger to feel like it was truly high stakes. Also, it's optimistic (naive) to assume a movement will die with the death of its leader (see Vladimir Lenin, Martin Luther King, L. Ron Hubbard, Joseph Smith, etc.)