Morgan Knell’s Reviews > A Gentleman in Moscow > Status Update

What can a first impression tell us about someone we've just met for a minute in the lobby of a hotel? For that matter, what can a first impression tell us about anyone? Why, no more than a chord can tell us about Beethoven, or a brushstroke about Botticelli. By their very nature, human beings are so capricious, so complex, so contradictory, that they deserve not only our consideration, but our reconsideration.