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A Train to Moscow
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bookshelves: russia, amazon-prime-first-reads, 2022-free, fiction, historic-fiction
Jul 01, 2022
bookshelves: russia, amazon-prime-first-reads, 2022-free, fiction, historic-fiction
I was deeply disappointed by this novel.
I have both the author's autobiographies - A Mountain of Crumbs and Russian Tattoo - and I loved them equally. I thought "If she can make such interesting books about her own life, surely she'll write a stunning novel when she doesn't have to stick to what actually happened".
I was wrong. Very wrong.
A Train to Moscow was dull, dull, dull. I didn't care about most of the characters, and found the plot to be overly slow and plodding. It was absolutely not what I expected. I was mildly intrigued by the story of her uncle during the war but not interested in Sasha's on again off again romance with her childhood sweetheart.
I will stick to her non-fiction in future and recommend her earlier books highly. This one is a miss for me.
I have both the author's autobiographies - A Mountain of Crumbs and Russian Tattoo - and I loved them equally. I thought "If she can make such interesting books about her own life, surely she'll write a stunning novel when she doesn't have to stick to what actually happened".
I was wrong. Very wrong.
A Train to Moscow was dull, dull, dull. I didn't care about most of the characters, and found the plot to be overly slow and plodding. It was absolutely not what I expected. I was mildly intrigued by the story of her uncle during the war but not interested in Sasha's on again off again romance with her childhood sweetheart.
I will stick to her non-fiction in future and recommend her earlier books highly. This one is a miss for me.
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June 24, 2022
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June 30, 2022
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July 1, 2022
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July 1, 2022
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russia
July 1, 2022
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amazon-prime-first-reads
July 1, 2022
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2022-free
July 1, 2022
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fiction
July 1, 2022
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historic-fiction
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Dec 04, 2024 06:55AM
I completely agree. I loved The Russian Tattoo but this one was a complete bore. I wondered how much of it was founded on her sister’s journey tho and for that reason, I finished it. Thanks for your review!!
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