Review: the little book that could
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2014
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It has been described as a book that doesn't fit neatly into a genre, and indeed it doesn't. It is sometimes raw and confronting, but the thing about Aleksandr's books is that they always feel real. Francis is such a complex character and even at the end of the book, he is still an enigma, the ending is not a traditional happy ending, but rather the completion of a successful business transaction, but it suits the story the author is telling. The romantic in me would have liked an epilogue, to see the characters together and happy, knowing that their limitations would have made achieving it hard, but also strong because of it.