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927 reviews for:

Doctor Zhivago

Boris Pasternak

3.7 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense
challenging dark 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: Yes

It took me forever to read this book. Struggled to get through, although I do have some appreciation for Russian literature, I did not like this.

One of the best books to come out of the Soviet Union. I read the original 1957 English edition, history plus a wonderful story.
emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

Am stärksten ist mir die Beschreibung der Natur im Gedächtnis geblieben.

Putting this down for now, would like to read at some point.
challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
challenging dark informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Pasternak is no Tolstoy nor Dostoyevsky…

Some men can write female characters and some cannot. Pasternak cannot.

Oh my god there are so many characters I don't even what is going on