It seemed to be off to a good start, but it declined so quickly and so much. All the telling and not showing was extremely tedious, and the characters felt so flat and interchangeable. Not to mention the switching between past and present -- this style of historical fiction needs to go away! -- espe...
The Patriots by Sana Krasikov is the story of Florence, a young American woman in the 1930s who goes against her family and moves to Russia. This perspective makes this book unique. I love the historic premise of this book, the idea of exploring what happened to the foreigners in Russia in between t...
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Not keen on recreational drug stories; I could just open the tabloids in any country for that!