The Last Russian Doll

With some fairytales, history, dolls, and mystery, this book has a little bit of everything. Mixed together with beautiful writing, [b:The Last Russian Doll 61261034 The Last Russian Doll Kristen Loesch https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1659622031l/61261034.SY75.jpg 93581745] is a lovely read.Rosie's mother dies, leaving her behind with questions she needs to answer to put her turbulent past to rest. Spanning from the 1910s-1990s, we follow the story of Tonya and her lineage as well as the connections to the dolls that ended up in Rosie's mother's possession. The several points of view threw me off at first. I would have preferred just Rosie's and Tonya's as both of their stories were incredibly intriguing. However, there was a benefit of the other perspectives as the book went on. There's a lot of action which kept the book exciting (which admittedly made it somewhat tricky to keep everything straight). I enjoyed it.

I understand the reasoning for the two different timelines in the narration, but I would have preferred a full focus on Tonya's one and more historical details.