Midnight in St Petersburg by Venora Bennett | Book Review

Book Review:
Midnight in St Petersburg by Venora Bennett

I have been reading this book for too long and just couldn't make myself read more of it faster till now.

Title - Midnight in St Petersburg
Author - Venora Bennett
Publication - January 19th 2016 by Thomas Dunne Books Format - ARC, 384 pages Genre - Russian, Historical Fiction, Romance, Adult
Source - given to me by st martins press in exchange for honest review

St. Petersburg, 1911: Inna Feldman has fled the pogroms of the south to take refuge with distant relatives in Russia's capital city. Welcomed by the flamboyant Leman family, she is apprenticed into their violin-making workshop. She feels instantly at home in their bohemian circle, but revolution is in the air, and as society begins to fracture, she is forced to choose between her heart and her head. She loves her brooding cousin, Yasha, but he is wild, destructive and devoted to revolution; Horace Wallick, an Englishman who makes precious Faberge creations, is older and promises security and respectability. And, like many others, she is drawn to the mysterious, charismatic figure beginning to make a name for himself in the city: Rasputin. As the rebellion descends into anarchy and bloodshed, a commission to repair a priceless Stradivarius violin offers Inna a means of escape. But which man will she choose to take with her? And is it already too late? A magical and passionate story steeped in history and intrigue, Midnight in St. Petersburg is an extraordinary novel of music, politics, and the toll that revolution exacts on the human heart.

My Review:

I've had this book for months now and since I've been reading a few pages at a time. Till around a few months back I hit a wall and wasn't reading much of anything. Today I finished reading it and I can now understand why it was that it took me so long. I didn't like it. 
I just couldn't relate to any of the characters and yeah I know it was a different time but that doesn't justify the thoughts I have on the characters. I didn't like any of them.

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Midnight in St. Petersburg by Vanora Bennett

Midnight in St. Petersburg by Vanora Bennett

St. Petersburg, 1911: Inna Feldman has fled the pogroms of the south to take refuge with distant relatives in Russia's capital city. Welcomed by the flamboyant Leman family, she is apprenticed into their violin-making workshop. She feels instantly at home in their bohemian circle, but revolution is in the air, and as society begins to fracture, she is forced to choose between her heart and her head. She loves her brooding cousin, Yasha, but he is wild, destructive and devoted to revolution; Horace Wallick, an Englishman who makes precious Faberge creations, is older and promises security and respectability. And, like many others, she is drawn to the mysterious, charismatic figure beginning to make a name for himself in the city: Rasputin.
As the rebellion descends into anarchy and bloodshed, a commission to repair a priceless Stradivarius violin offers Inna a means of escape. But which man will she choose to take with her? And is it already too late? A magical and passionate story steeped in history and intrigue, Midnight in St. Petersburg is an extraordinary novel of music, politics, and the toll that revolution exacts on the human heart.

Thoughts:

I had been given the opportunity to read and review the book The Violinist of Venice which I did review. So when I was sent an email asking me if I wanted to read another historical fiction book I had a strong feeling that I had to say yes and read and review it. Sadly I had a terrible experience when I was reading The Violinist of Venice and it wasn't a bad book it was just too big for me and it was the kind of book where you had to use your brain a lot to not get lost and confused so I got a bunch of headaches and high blood pressure at times. 

Now I have to read Midnight in St. Petersburg and I have a bit of trauma. Like I got this book a while back and I have only read 22 pages and its 371 pages long.

I may one day finish this book and go and write a review and post it but for now, I'll just do a book talk because it really is such an interesting book. It's about love, survival in revolutionary Russia.

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