189 Books
See allStarts off stronger than it ends; the more abstract the empire gets, the less revelatory it is. But at least half of this book has some stunning thing on every page that we all should have learned in middle school.
This got so incredibly good at the end when it became a personal story. The rest of the time I felt like there was a much more complete book to be written by someone else. Probably only after Putin dies and records possibly become more available.
Probably should be more stars, but that was a little too dark and close to home for comfort.