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A review by harryreadbook
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
5.0
This was a great book for me. The author did a great job of combining what was important to him: current events and soviet society, religion and philosophy, and past works. He does make you do a lot of work to fill in the gaps and much of the context is not easy to interpret as an american in the next century.
Most of the fun of reading this book comes from the humor and absurdity. The first few chapters were a whirlwind that got me so excited for the book, but it didn’t exactly go where I thought. The book just kind of keeps moving and doesn’t care if you’re struggling to keep up. It also makes you form the connections between all the stories going on and in the stories themselves. But, if you can form your own interpretations of the events and are happy with some ambiguity, this is an amazing book.
Most of the fun of reading this book comes from the humor and absurdity. The first few chapters were a whirlwind that got me so excited for the book, but it didn’t exactly go where I thought. The book just kind of keeps moving and doesn’t care if you’re struggling to keep up. It also makes you form the connections between all the stories going on and in the stories themselves. But, if you can form your own interpretations of the events and are happy with some ambiguity, this is an amazing book.