A review by bubblewombat
That Night in Tallinn by Natalia Kurki

adventurous informative tense fast-paced

4.0

That Night in Tallinn was an interesting novel and a very fast read (only 130 something pages). It follows a Finnish cleaner who gets into the smuggling business to provide a better life for herself and her daughter, but as time goes on, it gets more and more dangerous.

Now, I wouldn't say Kaisa was completely sensible in continuing to smuggle things after it was clear she was being followed, but I can *kind of* understand. Like a one last hurrah type of thing. She's not exactly likable, but I had fun following her on this journey.

As an Eastern European, I understand the core of the story very well, I feel like most of us know what our relatives had to go through to get simple things people in Western countries took for granted. This is just one of those stories.

I'm so curious what other books this author wrote, what her other pen names are etc, because I'd love to read more from her. Extra bonus points for writing this story, and setting it in a place that's rarely written about in historical fiction.