Karen
The main idea I have about this book, having just finished it two hours ago, is that Navalny understood his place in the world. Towards the end of the book, he writes about faith being a great help to him as he lived in prison and tried to keep fighting corruption from there under very difficult circumstances. It's not the glitzy TV evangelist type of faith he was talking about, but the knowledge that the work he was doing was right, and he was the person to do it. In that sense, he was called by God to do it, and while it was painful to have so much taken away from him, it was more important to keep doing his work. I find his clarity about this so touching and so powerful.
I read a review when Patriot first came out that said it was cobbled together from bits and pieces, and it showed. I think it's appropriate that it shows, actually, given that Navalny wrote much of it from prison in one hour chunks when he was allowed to have writing materials. The "cobbled together" feel adds to the power of the book. Highly recommend to anyone who cares about Russia, US relations with Russia (especially DJT's relations with Russia) and American politics post 2024.
The main idea I have about this book, having just finished it two hours ago, is that Navalny understood his place in the world. Towards the end of the book, he writes about faith being a great help to him as he lived in prison and tried to keep fighting corruption from there under very difficult circumstances. It's not the glitzy TV evangelist type of faith he was talking about, but the knowledge that the work he was doing was right, and he was the person to do it. In that sense, he was called by God to do it, and while it was painful to have so much taken away from him, it was more important to keep doing his work. I find his clarity about this so touching and so powerful.
I read a review when Patriot first came out that said it was cobbled together from bits and pieces, and it showed. I think it's appropriate that it shows, actually, given that Navalny wrote much of it from prison in one hour chunks when he was allowed to have writing materials. The "cobbled together" feel adds to the power of the book. Highly recommend to anyone who cares about Russia, US relations with Russia (especially DJT's relations with Russia) and American politics post 2024.