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polar_fox 's review for:
A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book was magical! It isn’t quite 5 stars, but it well deserved its 4 stars from me. The writing was superb, and I loved all the characters in this book, except for Marina. I found her character a little inconsistent, and by the end of the book she became rude to the Count. I didn’t see a point in it.
I didn’t understand the close bond of the Count and Nina. I loved it, don’t get me wrong, but a few more interactions between them would have solidified this friendship, in my opinion. Basically, after Nina gave the Count the key to all the doors when she was nine (?, I don’t quite remember her age), they practically stopped interacting.
The relationships the Count had and has developed are wonderful, I was always engaged in his conversations and felt sad when he couldn’t interact with many of his friends due to just life being life. Given all the philosophy in the book, I expected more thoughts from the Count on confinement, his losses, and his grief.
Overall, I liked this book a lot. I believe it is a perfect reread, so I will definitely pick up this book sometime later to spot foreshadowing and the details that I missed.
I didn’t understand the close bond of the Count and Nina. I loved it, don’t get me wrong, but a few more interactions between them would have solidified this friendship, in my opinion. Basically, after Nina gave the Count the key to all the doors when she was nine (?, I don’t quite remember her age), they practically stopped interacting.
The relationships the Count had and has developed are wonderful, I was always engaged in his conversations and felt sad when he couldn’t interact with many of his friends due to just life being life. Given all the philosophy in the book, I expected more thoughts from the Count on confinement, his losses, and his grief.
Overall, I liked this book a lot. I believe it is a perfect reread, so I will definitely pick up this book sometime later to spot foreshadowing and the details that I missed.