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A review by ronanmcd
Riot Days by Maria Alyokhina
5.0
Brave, forthright and defiant. I've no idea and no frame of reference whether all in here is absolute truth, but I'd imagine it is. Ms Alyokhina is so awe-inspiring in ways i could never be so brave to follow.
Having read other diaries where the writer was targeting an audience (World War 2 commanders, revolutionaries' travails & travels, politicians' justifications) with a definite aim in mind, I question a book where the writers' aims are pure as driven snow. But this didn't feel like that. It's raw and engrossing. It's terrifying and invigorating. It makes you want to scream with frustration or defiance.
Not that any of us ever would in Russia.
Having read other diaries where the writer was targeting an audience (World War 2 commanders, revolutionaries' travails & travels, politicians' justifications) with a definite aim in mind, I question a book where the writers' aims are pure as driven snow. But this didn't feel like that. It's raw and engrossing. It's terrifying and invigorating. It makes you want to scream with frustration or defiance.
Not that any of us ever would in Russia.