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challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Leon Trotsky was assassinated in Mexico City in 1940. This novel, told in a series of diary excerpts and newspaper clippings and such, is about a (fictional) young man who was Trotsky's cook. I definitely found myself wishing he was real!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence
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