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lakedarling 's review for:
Rules of Civility
by Amor Towles
After finishing Rules of Civility by Amor Towles I’m let a bit underwhelmed. I’m wondering if when listening I zoned out at key moments that resulted in me missing the nuance and beauty of this book. I found the characters wonderful and quite vivid, but I never quite grasped what I was supposed to be taking away from the story. Often times I wanted more depth and detail than I got. I was reading this alongside Astor by Anderson Cooper & Katherine Howe which I do think impacted my perception of the story somewhat. While this set well past the Gilded age, I still was waiting for more of the glitz and glamour of New York that I thought a good majority of the characters were a part of. I’m certainly not upset having read the book, but it did not live up to my expectations after having loved A Gentleman in Moscow. I’ve got The Lincoln Highway on my shelf already so will give that a go at some point.
In the end this got 3 stars from me and did not become the Amor Towles book I’d recommend folks read to try him as an author.
In the end this got 3 stars from me and did not become the Amor Towles book I’d recommend folks read to try him as an author.