Brilliant in every way. The story telling, the characters, the language, the twists, the morals. Loved every second while reading this collection of stories.

In every short story and novella in this book, a phrase or sentence about human nature or behavior stopped me in my tracks. Stopping so that I could read it again and think about it more slowly. What could be better? I loved it.

Very enjoyable. What nice writing.

After much extraneous verbiage, Towles finally discovers a plot one third of the way through. It then takes off as a wild whodunnit, but ends with a yawn.

A departure from reading a traditional novel - in the best way.

Amor Towles is a wizard with words. So good!!

Bravo! Again I am unable to explain why this book is so amazing because I’m not a writer but the brilliance is shocking and I’m so sad to have completed it!

Amor Towles is our generation’s greatest living author. This book, along with all his others, is compelling, suspenseful and full of life’s wisdoms, it’s truly hard to put down. His writing takes you to a higher level and your magically transported into the scene with just the right amount of description and I just love how he goes into the minds of his characters. As I read each short story in his book, I kept thinking how does he come up with these incredibly creative stories that you can’t stop reading. The addition of Rules of Civility Eve’s time in Los Angeles read like many of the short stories but combined into a beautiful short novel with a detective novel feel. Loved, loved, loved this book!

I am a big fan of the author. He is a storyteller, philosopher and humorous all rolled into one. The short stories were all very interesting. I thought the Novella was very slow to get to the set up. Too much focus on philosophy in each sentence and not enough on the storyline. Got a little bit annoying. However, about 3/4 of the way through, no surprise, he pulled it all together and the last section of the book was a good read. (Not so sure about the need for the general philosophic comment on the last page or two but didn't hurt the story.) If you haven't read his other books, I would read those first. If you have, I think you wouldn't enjoy this.

I like everything written by Amor Towles. His writing is imaginative. When he uses humor it is quite subtle. I loved his short stories. The novel about Eve makes me want to re-read Rules of Civility. I continue to love this author’s style and be amazed at his talent. Pure genius.