A review by lil_juulnieb
October: The Story of the Russian Revolution by China Miéville

3.5

A thorough and wholesale description of everything surrounding the Russian Revolution of 1917. This is also, however, also it's greatest flaw: it is almost too full of names, information, plots and places that it's really hard to follow for those without much prior knowledge about the people involved. Although I've without a doubt learned a lot from this book - which is, by the way, remarkably well written - its narrative approach to history gets in its own way if you aren't adequately prepared for it. I still recommend it, but would really advise you to prepare for it.