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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
Read it for a class which gave me the opportunity to disect the book into small pieces. Therefor Tolstoys story didn't seem as heavy as presented, but I found more understanding and depth than expected!
dark
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It occurred to him that his scarcely perceptible attempts to struggle against what was considered good by the most highly placed people, those scarcely noticeable impulses which he had immediately suppressed, might have been the real thing, and all the rest false.
As someone working on a degree and entering a field partially because it's what my parents want and it feels like it's what I'm "supposed" to do, this hit a little too close to home. I will be thinking about this story forever, tbh.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-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
Esto fue espectacular, no tengo mucho mas que decir, es tan corta que cualquier cosa es "spoiler", y ademas no se trata de mucho mas que lo que dice el titulo.
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I only read this right now because it was next on the list for where I am in The Literary Life Podcast. It was about as rough as I was anticipating at this moment in my life -- near the end I had to grit my teeth a bit because I feel like Death is a pretty constant companion right now and it was difficult.
Ultimately, though, I don't even think this book was so much about *death* as life lived. Grace for a life lived imperfectly. It very much reminded me of some of Flannery O'Connor's stories.
Ultimately, though, I don't even think this book was so much about *death* as life lived. Grace for a life lived imperfectly. It very much reminded me of some of Flannery O'Connor's stories.
Beautiful and haunting. Essential Russian reading.
dark
reflective
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes