A review by deb_reads_books
The Last Paradise by Antonio Garrido

4.0

I'm not sure what I think about this book. I got it via Book Bub, so it was a cheap deal, but it intrigued me. The story revolves around Americans caught up in the Depression, who decide to emigrate to the USSR and work in the car plant set up by Henry Ford. Our protaganist is full of anger, lust and is struggling to find direction and purpose in life other than making money, not easy in Satlin's Russia. He falls in lust twice and finally in love and thankfully, finds his way. The premise is based on fact, the characters are fictional mash-ups between real people. I'm not sure if it is because the book is tranlsated from the Spanish, or if it is just the way it is written, but it didn't flow smoothly for me. However, I gave if 4 stars because it is a page turner albeit it with an odd ending. It finished and then the Epilogue seemed to leave more questions rather than tying up loose ends.