Best book I’ve read in a long time!! One of the few I’ll read again.

I can appreciate the historical significance of this book, but I'm not sure it was worth all the effort.

I read it late at night over the course of over a year. The imagery brought to mind with the clear and simple writing kept the story fresh in my mind. I love the serenity with which the author treated the subject of a complex time in history by focusing on a man with elegance. Caleb Johnson - Maine

Excellent !

Beautifully written book will draw you inside another world. Well done!

The beauty of this novel has left me speechless. So much depth and intertwining themes; joy, gratitude, loyalty, patience, acceptance, love, community, neatly undone (and yet NOT) by hypocrisy, envy, humiliation, and atrocity. This is a book that I could only afford to put down through sheer exhaustion though readily and easily picked right back up after a few hours repose. Simultaneously distressing and hopeful, one could imagine himself in the shoes of the majority of proud Russians forced into obscurity by a futile ideology begun by the Bolsheviks and co-opted by Communists.

A wonderful read, full of surprises.

Just finished my second read. This will share the top spot of my favorite book of all time alongside …of Mice and Men.

Very engaging story and a pleasurable read.

One of the best books I’ve ever read. Engrossing, entertaining, thought provoking, and absolutely delightful. Well done.