A review by katiescho741
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

3.0

I was surprised at how readable this book was. There are certainly sections that get a bit dry and heavy, but overall the tone is accessible. The author writes with a sort of dry/dark humour and often speaks directly to the reader.
I liked the way the book is set out, with each section being about one aspect of the Gulags. It was interesting that the opening chapters were about arrests and interrogations and so the reader is taken on a journey alongside the prisoners.
An important book and very readable.