923 reviews for:

Doctor Zhivago

Boris Pasternak

3.7 AVERAGE

isabel4321's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous emotional sad slow-paced

mangazico's review against another edition

3.0

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It is indeed a really complicated book that has to been read it in a slow pace in order to understand, it has so many characters and each could me named on a different way, the plot reflects the era on which the main character lived. The poems at the end are a highlight of this book.

emilyreadily's review against another edition

5.0

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i feel so empty now

em_fairfield's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

niamhszn's review against another edition

3.5

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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he's a twat 😭

kata_strofa's review against another edition

3.0

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Nu historia męcząca, nikomu nie посоветую, ale wierszy w końcu książki jest bardzo ładnych. Tylko że tylko przez nich udaje się choć trochę zrozumieć logika samego Żywago, o którym już 400 str czytasz - trochę smutninko.
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Utwór pomogł zrozumieć Дмитрий Быков (<3) na YouTube. Wsio jaśniej, a jednak było męcząco

coreym9's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

laurajades's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sebas83bi's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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An epic, gut and heart-wrenching tale about a love triangle before, during, and after the Russian revolution. Starts a bit slow, and the wealth of characters is confusing, but turns into a pageturner, and a really heartbreaking love story with the backdrop of Russian history. It's an excellent mix of history and (tragic) love story. The book shows what war and communist ideology did to people, destroying lives, loves, and country. It makes clear that the lives of people are sacrificed at the altar of great, abstract ideas, and that there is nothing glorious in it, it is just an immense personal tragedy. It must also be one of the first descriptions of a polyamorous couple in modern literature. Obviously, Pasternak wouldn't use this term, but I couldn't help but read it that way. 

br1's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes