kiterature 's review for:

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

4.0

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I loved this book until I got about 90 percent through. It reminds me of a modern take of the Great Gatsby, 10 years later- the story follows Kate through the year 1938. Kate, a middle/low class woman in her mid 20s finds herself in the the midst of high society in New York and attempts to navigate it. I loved the pictures of day to day life in pre-WWII New York. This story was superbly written and made me feel like I was there. However, I didn't really like how one of the plot lines ended. It was a little too startling for the tone of the rest of the book. And while I appreciated the references to art and literature, it did seem like it was bogging the story down at many points, as if the author was trying too hard to make many high-brow metaphors.

4/5 stars from me!