by Jennifer duBois, Silvia Pareschi
wasn't enthralled
When the chance of success becomes impossible, what do you do? The easy answer, the answer taught to children everywhere, is to keep going and continuing trying. What happens when the impossible success is a suddenly brief mortality? Such is the question facing Irina Ellison in A Partial History of ...
Let's just start with: I adored this book. It's going on my list of all-time favorites. It was beautifully written, with hilarity and sarcasm etched in to take the sting out of the overall sadness of the characters' situations and the painful, ridiculous decisions made along the way. To be honest, I...
Dubois gets 4-5 stars for scenery. Obviously some research went into those little details than made the Soviet/Russian cities come alive. There was some great writing, but I would give 3 stars for pacing and overall story.
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