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The Death of Ivan Ilych: Annotated

Leo Tolstoy

4.01 AVERAGE

vaso44's review against another edition

4.0

reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

evan_b_k's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional funny sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

michaelj459's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

die_on_mars's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

thatswhatimtolkeinabout's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective fast-paced

katherinesigh's review against another edition

4.0

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Funny commentary about society and uncomfortable-for-a-reason ruminations about death and our own mortality.

nicksavage's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

lin_waffel's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Never thought I would cry that much for a book, but oh well, here I am at 1am sobbing (It gets real halfway through). It started of slow Introducing everything but then it got off with Ivan's struggles not wanting to die, knowing In the end that It Is no use anyway. Thinking about how his life was not actually how he wanted it to be and that it only gets darker and worse after the beginning of life...wow. For such a short read this was a pretty much realistic depiction of the dying process. Highly recommend.

alban's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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Love you Gosha <3

bela2222's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective fast-paced