A review by clairepeep
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

4.0

Beautiful prose. A bit slow in some places, but I can imagine that spending decades of your life in the same hotel might feel much the same—dragging days punctuated by the occasional appearance of a troubled childhood friend or fabulous (if fading) celebrity. Towles takes care to develop his characters—both their inner and outer selves—and the reader reaps the rewards.