The house of special purpose

My least favourite book by one of my favourite writers It took me ages to read because I never felt the urge to go back to the characters. While I liked the structure of the book and thought that the ‘Georgy and Zoya' parts were well-written and presented a touching image of two people going through life and growing old together (albeit in reverse), I found the pre-1918 Russian bits lacking in substance. Ultimately they did not provide a good foundation for the post-1918 part, causing the whole thing to come crashing down. I hate to say it, but I thought the book was a bit... pointless?