But there was a lot packed into this book, and in order to really understand it, I think I would have had to see it written, to be able to flip back and forth and reread sections, and to take it a lot slower than I did. In the end, this worked for me, as it kept me mostly engaged. I doubt I would have finished it, had I read it in print, and I’m glad I did. It didn’t sound like someone reading a serious work of nonfiction. Her narration took a little while to get used to. I listened to it on audio, and while I usually love nonfiction on audio, this book was dense enough that I drifted it and out, and didn’t always follow Gessen’s twisting thought process.
Rather, I let it wash over me, and I learned something about Russia, and about totalitarianism, but the finer points escaped me. I can’t adequately review this book, as I feel I didn’t quite read it.
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