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How easily we forget--we in the business of storytelling--that life was the point all along.
It took me forever to finally start this because I was worried it couldn't live up to A Gentleman in Moscow. And while it definitely didn't (in my mind), I did find the beauty I've come to expect from Towles' writing. It took me until the last few pages to figure out why the book began in section 10 and went down to 1, but I have to admit, seeing that on the first page made me flip through the book to ens ...more
It took me forever to finally start this because I was worried it couldn't live up to A Gentleman in Moscow. And while it definitely didn't (in my mind), I did find the beauty I've come to expect from Towles' writing. It took me until the last few pages to figure out why the book began in section 10 and went down to 1, but I have to admit, seeing that on the first page made me flip through the book to ens ...more
Ten days, four boys, a cross-country trip, and a book about heroes and adventurers
I grew up in Nebraska and in a community through which the historic Lincoln Highway travels so was particularly excited to read Towles' latest novel. I anticipated rich descriptions that would transport me to the countryside of open skies and cornfields. But the majority of the action takes place in New York City and unfortunately, the cross-country travel across the Midwest--other than the era-appropriate overnigh ...more
I grew up in Nebraska and in a community through which the historic Lincoln Highway travels so was particularly excited to read Towles' latest novel. I anticipated rich descriptions that would transport me to the countryside of open skies and cornfields. But the majority of the action takes place in New York City and unfortunately, the cross-country travel across the Midwest--other than the era-appropriate overnigh ...more
3.5 - this is a very good novel. It's main flaw is that I couldn't help but compare it to This Tender Land, and feel like William Kent Krueger did the thing better. Certainly they are not the same novel, but much of the structure is so similar that the comparison was inevitable. I will say that I enjoyed Towles' writing enough that I do now want to read his other books, so that's something.
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I enjoyed this much less than Gentleman in Moscow. Definitely well done, but not a pleasure to read, IMO.
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