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(7) Snow Line
There are several things that make this book a tough read, and these things are pretty common to Russian novels in general. First off, the book is really long, and it introduces so many characters over so many chapters that it can be really tough to keep them straight.
It's not just that there are tons of characters. On top of it all, these are Russian characters, so they've all got three or four variations on their names. Check out our Summary for some deets on that front.