jamiethomasss 's review for:

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

2.0

funny lighthearted mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I was so close to DNFing this book so many times. It's such a disappointment because I loved 'A Gentleman in Moscow' so much, but this novel was just not up to the same standard. The prose was fine, which is what gave it the 2 stars, but the characters were flat and unrelatable and there was no plot to speak of. The few small mysteries that were there, were just not intriguing enough to carry the weight of the book for 350 pages. If a book is going to have no plot, the characters need to be interesting enough to make up for it and these people just weren't. I felt like I didn't get to know the characters at all, but I also felt the novel was too long, so I have no idea what to say. I probably will read another one of his works, just out of pure curiousity but this one was definetly a miss for me.