A review by chrissydh76
Russka by Edward Rutherfurd

4.0

This book was looooooong. Maybe too long. There were quite a few parts that could have been cut out, and I found myself bored on several occasions. The story of Russia, however, is fascinating, and this book tells its story through a generations of different families: a family of serfs and peasants, a family of landowners, and a family of merchants. It starts at the beginning of Russia (when it was called Rus) all the way up until the end of WWII. I found the parts about the Russian Revolution the most fascinating, as well as the time periods set during Catherine the Great and Ivan the Terrible. Overall a great book, but it's more suited to cozy winter nights rather than a summer read.