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A review by joyceriverag
Something Unbelievable by Maria Kuznetsova
2.0
2.5 stars / Thanks to Netgalley for access to this book!
There were parts of this book that were quite great. The grandmother's, Larissa, story, could have easily been the whole book for me. The story of a Ukrainian family in exile during the Stalinist regime was told with such dry humor and wit. However, this story was interspersed throughout that of Natasha, an aspiring actress in the United States and recent mother, who is dealing with a stagnant relationship and career, as well as postpartum depression. For the purposes of the book, I could not care about how both stories were connected, and I could not care much for Natasha's story relative to her grandmothers', who is narrating her story over Skype.
There were parts of this book that were quite great. The grandmother's, Larissa, story, could have easily been the whole book for me. The story of a Ukrainian family in exile during the Stalinist regime was told with such dry humor and wit. However, this story was interspersed throughout that of Natasha, an aspiring actress in the United States and recent mother, who is dealing with a stagnant relationship and career, as well as postpartum depression. For the purposes of the book, I could not care about how both stories were connected, and I could not care much for Natasha's story relative to her grandmothers', who is narrating her story over Skype.