A Gentleman in Moscow

Summary:

He can’t leave his hotel. You won’t want to.

From the New York Times bestselling author of “Rules of Civility”—a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel.

In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery.(Summary and cover courtesy of goodreads.com)

Review:

This book was absolutely adorable.  Once I got into it, I couldn’t put it down and it was the perfect book to pick up during quarantine.  Count Alexander Rostov the best, and the worst, kind of gentleman and he’s punished for the honor.  The story evolves as the Count is frozen in time while the rest of the country seems to be moving on.

The descriptions of the book were so vivid it created the a completely immersive experience.  I loved the Count’s insistence in being proper and ensuring that everything is as it should be.  If you pay attention the small details evolve telling a story of their own. And the best part of the dynamic is his relationship with Nina and how that develops later in life.  I would highly recommend this read for anyone who has an interest in history and is willing to give an unusual story line a try.  It truly is something that is completely worth the time!

Warning: Contains some violence.

Rating: 5 stars!

Who should read it? Everyone, no seriously – it’s so endearing.