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The Future Is History

How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
Apr 10, 2018SJM7323 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I was really excited to read this book but was left completely disappointed! I only made it 60 pages into a 486 page book (with very tiny print at that!) and I just had to stop. I couldn't read another page. The book description talks about the author following the lives of four Russians from childhood to adulthood and the experiences that they acquire. This sounded very appealing to me, especially considering Russia's history. However, 60 pages into the book and the only thing the author was continuing to go on and on about was the lack and/or outright ban of the fields of sociology and psychology in Russia. It was hard to follow, but more so the content was boring and dull. I kept waiting to read about the four individuals mentioned in the description, with only a small snippet of one of them given here and there throughout the first 60 pages. Maybe if I gave it more time, the author would have gotten to their stories? I used to hate quitting books before reading them through, but now I'm of the mindset that life is too short for bad books! If you can't catch my attention and make me enjoy what you're writing (definitely by page 60), then I'm moving on! To each his own, but this one was just not for me!