Possible PopSugar Prompts: Set in a city that has hosted the Olympics, about a World Leader, By or about a Journalist, More than 20 letters in the title.

So I apparently went HARDCORE into Russia and Russia themes this year. Maybe it's the Russian heritage I have, who knows. Anyway, I had heard amazing things about this book and while it was really good and had tons of well-researched information, I find myself just..whelmed. Not over or under, simply whelmed. The story is told part biography, part memoir, and I find Gessen's voice so interesting and wonderful, and the more I listened to the audiobook the more astounded I became at Putin's rise to power. A very interesting book to be sure!