Reviews

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

angel07141789's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

thebrowse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

genderfluid_cocktail's review against another edition

relaxing 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? N/A

5.0

rehssingh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

junyan's review against another edition

3.0

在人的阶梯上愈高就愈不自由
鲜明体现唯物史观的小说

gaby_azzarini's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

decu777's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

If you plan to read this book, be ready for an extremely slow-paced, detailed retelling of everything there is to note about the lives of Russian nobility and soldiers during the Napoleonic wars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Classism, and Suicide

balefulknight's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

Absolutely boring. A bunch of slave owning pedos live their lives in times of war and peace, while the author periodically takes a sledgehammer to the plot so he can winge about philosophy at a middle school level. I guess for a book written in the 1800s I shouldn't expect much more than that. I wish I would've quit this book after 50 pages, what a waste of time.

imissyou's review against another edition

5.0

NIKOLAI MY BELOVED

kbkittyb's review against another edition

2.0

Well written but not worth the effort. Tough going. Forgettable. Pretentious. Unlikeable characters. Could use heavy editing.

Not terrible. But just NEVER again!

The last 30/40 pages of intellectual drivel was akin to actual torture.

Nah. It's...just...meh. I'm sorry for this, fellow classics lovers, it's just too much.