REVIEW: A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
Author: Amor Towles
My rating: 4/5
Premise: On 21 June 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is escorted out of the Kremlin, across Red Square and through the doors of the Hotel Metropol. Deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the Count has been sentenced to house arrest indefinitely. But instead of his usual suite, he must now live in an attic room while Russia undergoes decades of tumultuous upheaval. Can a life without luxury be the richest of all?
This is a very reflective novel. The Count is a very graceful man who pays attention to the smallest of details, so his various musings of life and people makes this book a thought-provoking read. What struck a chord with me was the father-daughter relationship. I'm rather close to my dad (in fact I'm moving back home to live with him now I'm done with uni!) so it was really lovely to read a book with this sort of familial relationship. I loved subtle humour in this book; since the Count is a very suave gentleman, his calm and collected nature even in serious or ludicrous situations was very humorous. Overall, a very nice book!