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Russian Winter: A Novel (P.S.)
Russian Winter A Novel - P.S.
Author: Daphne Kalotay
When Nina Revskaya, former star of the Bolshoi Ballet, decides to auction her remarkable jewelry, she hopes to draw a curtain on her past. Instead, she is overwhelmed by memories of glorious and heartbreaking events that changed her life's course half a century before. In Russia, she discovered the theater, fell in love with a famed poet, and ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780061962172
ISBN-10: 0061962171
Publication Date: 5/1/2011
Pages: 496
Rating:
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 23 ratings
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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23dollars avatar reviewed Russian Winter: A Novel (P.S.) on + 432 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I read RUSSIAN WINTER for this month's "Winter" theme in my online book club, The Reading Cove. I'd added it to my TBR pile a few months ago and was really looking forward to being swept away by a Russian love story set in the times of Stalin.

But, oh, what a bland and flavorless narrative this was!

Nina Revskaya is in her twilight years and decides to put her famous jewelry collection up for auction. So we go back with her in time to her childhood, her marriage, etc. And we also get into the lives of two other characters, who really add nothing to the modern-day plot. I fell asleep multiple times trying to get into this long-winded, 450+ page story.

The writing style wasn't for me. I was bored by all the background on Nina as a famous ballerina - you may be fascinated if you're into dancing, but this narrative had me bored out of my mind. Ditto for all the talk about her jewels. It all seemed so superficial and vein. Just champaign problems masquerading as real ones.

Perhaps a more engaging writing style would've made all the difference to my connecting with the characters and the plot...

As it is, this was a C- read for me. It was bland. It was boring. It was dull.


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anothertag avatar reviewed Russian Winter: A Novel (P.S.) on + 85 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Nina is a Russian ballerina who escaped her country in the 50's. Wheelchair bound now, she puts up her amazing jewelry for auction. Some of those pieces she smuggled out of Russia.
A story that mixes up the past with the present. I wish the ending came together more than speculation of what happens. It took me a while to finish but still a good story.
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