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

4.0

My first foray into Russian non-fiction. It was a febrile read, about the heady months leading up to October 1917. It was a thrilling account of a constantly changing, barbaric and fatal revolution. The text was not necessarily an easy read, though, for two reasons: firstly, the dizzying number of individual’s and political groups’ names as well as their implied politics; and secondly the many obscure and seldom-used words. I’ve never looked up so many words in reading one book.