A review by nothingforpomegranted
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

I really love the beginning of this and was totally immersed in the New York world of the 1930s, by then it really started to flag after about a third. I liked Katie. I thought Tinker was fascinating and Anne Grandon was engaging and exciting. Eve, though, why is shallow and manipulative and not a good friend. After the accident, I was disturbed to see the dissolution of Katie‘s relationship with Tinker. It also became very internal. Katie stopped talking to Tinker and Eve as the two of them went off on their Italian adventure that nobody seemed to want, and I couldn’t keep track of all the other people Katie was hanging out with or their relationships with Tinker and Eve. the truth is this is mostly disappointing because I was particularly excited to read this before I finish the final story in Table for Two,  but it’s just didn’t do it for me and now I’m not especially interested in reading the continuation of Eve’s life in Hollywood. Amor Towles’ writing is beautiful, and the setting is one that I absolutely love, but I just didn’t love this. Still excited to see the next thing that he produces.