This book was required reading for a class I took on Russian Art and Architecture, and I assure you that if it wasn't required I would not have wasted my time. I feel that Gray's writing is dense, boring, and difficult to understand. She often includes images that she does not discuss or that she discusses in totally different parts of the book, leaving the reader to constantly flip through the book and piece together information in a totally inefficient way. I feel like better organization would have made this book more reader-friendly.

This book was required reading for a class I took on Russian Art and Architecture, and I assure you that if it wasn't required I would not have wasted my time. I feel that Gray's writing is dense, boring, and difficult to understand. She often includes images that she does not discuss or that she discusses in totally different parts of the book, leaving the reader to constantly flip through the book and piece together information in a totally inefficient way. I feel like better organization would have made this book more reader-friendly.