dansumption 's review for:

October: The Story of the Russian Revolution by China Miéville

2.0

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I just couldn't get into this: it didn't engage me at all, and right up to the end I found my mind wandering and confused over details. I might have coped better if I'd read it on paper, at my own pace, rather than being forced to the pace of an audiobook (with many rewindings), but I think the book needs to do more to introduce the huge number of characters. I've often noticed that fiction writers switching to academic writing tend to try a little too hard, and I think that's the case here.