4.08 AVERAGE

slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Hot take: overrated! It’s just an aristocratic Russian soap opera with occasional historiography essays from Tolstoy on why HE thinks Napoleon was a dumbass. 
slow-paced

I am a different person now than I was before I had read War and Peace.

”Yet it was necessary to live on.”
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ireri's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 29%

Soft dnf, not in the mood
reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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declanj's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 1%

not the right time but planning to revisit later
slow-paced
reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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challenging reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

What do I say? This is the book.