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kstokesbalt 's review for:
A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles
I loved this book. A friend just said he thought it was a slow (but good) read. It was slow in the sense that it was about characters (and what quirky characters there are!). The plot doesn't move forward very fast till the end. But describing life exiled in a Moscow Hotel over 40 years is quite a feat. I would love to have the charming Count as a friend and someone over for dinner, though I might be nervous around such a polymath. It is beautifully written and I just escaped into this book for hours. There are so many great observations and statements about ways to live -- "Human beings deserve not only our consideration, but our reconsideration." If only we could do that in America today!
I believe I have found a new definition for my retirement life ---when he says he has "opted for a life of the purposefully unrushed." Other well-known quotes from this book include: "If one did not master one's circumstances, one was bound to be mastered by them (great advice) and from Montaigne - "the surest sign of wisdom is constant cheerfulness." I sadly finished this book today wanting it to go on for another 100 pages. But I also felt happy and cheerful when I came to the ending.
I believe I have found a new definition for my retirement life ---when he says he has "opted for a life of the purposefully unrushed." Other well-known quotes from this book include: "If one did not master one's circumstances, one was bound to be mastered by them (great advice) and from Montaigne - "the surest sign of wisdom is constant cheerfulness." I sadly finished this book today wanting it to go on for another 100 pages. But I also felt happy and cheerful when I came to the ending.