Apeksha Bhateja

It’s a beautiful book. It has everything that you want from a novel: interesting characters, romance, art, philosophy, tragedies and hope. The Count says you have to master your circumstances and he does that, even when incarcerated for life in a hotel. He makes friends, he gives optimistic speech and he confounds you with his ability to master anything. He’s inside, looking outside at the changing world, and he’s not bitter about what has happened. Instead he realises that he’s the luckiest man in Russia. I wish there was more, although some have said it’s a long read. It’s an epic and one of the best books I’ve ever read.