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Originally Posted by Keely~B
I finished it. I liked it for a $1.99 read. I enjoyed the history aspect of it. I had mixed feelings about the characters, they could be pretty frustrating. I probably won't read the rest of the series, too "romancy" (making up words as I go  ) for me. |
Spoiler below for those who are still in the first half of the book...
I liked the history too. I was also intrigued by many of the ancillary characters; Colonel Stepanov, Crazy Slavin, Inga and Stanislav, Tatiana's boss at the Kirov factory, etc. Although they played minor roles in the book, it felt as if they each had a story that could be a novel in it's own right.
I found the book the most interesting when the characters were enveloped in the war or life in Leningrad - the 100+ page honeymoon and regular fights about the same issues drug on for me.