A review by schnauzermum
October: The Story of the Russian Revolution by China Miéville

2.0

This is a highly partisan account of the Russian Revolution. As Miéville is honest about his views, that is not necessarily a problem in itself. But I missed the human element. It seems to me that the benefit of a novelist writing a work of history is a deeper insight into human motivation. Yet that was missing. I didn’t gain a greater understanding of why the Russian Revolution happened when and in the way that it did. I wish Miéville had written a novel instead. If you want to understand the Russian Revolution, read Orlando Figes.