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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Didn’t care for “A Gentleman in Moscow”, at all. Mostly because nothing happens, but also because it’s completely unrealistic so it was hard to suspend belief (I’m originally from Russia). In real life, he would’ve surely been executed, or at best sent to a labor camp which essentially amounted to the same thing. [/quote] OP here, that is a valid point about realism. Normally that is a major sticking point for me but for whatever reason I was able to set it aside for this novel. I have read a good amount of 'real' Russian literature which I also enjoy, but that genre is known to be difficult. AGIM felt like an easier-to-read version of that while still staying in the realm of literary fiction rather than 'beach read'. [/quote]
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