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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Explaining it badly- All four stories contained objectively a pathetic man both hating and lusting after women, with some differences-one is from POV of the wife (admitting how "silly and hate-able she has turned out to be), one takes a turn and additionally deals with the closeness of death and feelings of a dying man (he still hates his wife, just multitasking), the mad lad in train and the "throw your life away and blame the woman" one. All in all good, interesting, the madness was portrayed craftfully, and the historical context must be considered etc. but not my favourite choice of Tolstoy and by personal preference didn't speak to me as much.
challenging
dark
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not a five star because I didn’t enjoy the first few short stories, but once I hit “God sees the truth but waits” I was hooked in by these
Grim. Did not appreciate the spoilers in the introduction.
Tyckte inte riktigt om The death of Ivan Ilyich, men gillade de andra
dark
reflective
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
The Death of Ivan Ilyich has become one of my favourite stories. It is harrowing, darkly funny and gives a remarkable insight into the mind of a dying person and his struggle at coming to terms with and accepting his death. His life is so ordinary and thus so very terrible. And he gets caught unaware when he knows of his impending death.
Confession has some incredibly profound thoughts. The sections until about half the essay, Tolstoy tries to reason the meaning of his life, falls prey to nihilistic thoughts and contemplates suicide is absolutely brilliant and riveting. It also serves as the basis of the ideas that were explored in the death of Ivan Ilyich so we can understand it better when they are read together.
But I didn't get as clearly his arguments for the return to faith except to remove the mental struggle of dealing with that meaninglessness in everyday life. It is just the case of me criticising my own inability to comprehend some of his ideas as they were intended.
This is my first Tolstoy read so probably I will understand it better once I know his other works, his life and once I read more philosophy in general. May be the ideas are too deep for me to be understood on the first read. The first half of Confession was soo good that I will re read it in the future and hopefully then will have a better understanding of the second part of his argument.
Confession has some incredibly profound thoughts. The sections until about half the essay, Tolstoy tries to reason the meaning of his life, falls prey to nihilistic thoughts and contemplates suicide is absolutely brilliant and riveting. It also serves as the basis of the ideas that were explored in the death of Ivan Ilyich so we can understand it better when they are read together.
But I didn't get as clearly his arguments for the return to faith except to remove the mental struggle of dealing with that meaninglessness in everyday life. It is just the case of me criticising my own inability to comprehend some of his ideas as they were intended.
This is my first Tolstoy read so probably I will understand it better once I know his other works, his life and once I read more philosophy in general. May be the ideas are too deep for me to be understood on the first read. The first half of Confession was soo good that I will re read it in the future and hopefully then will have a better understanding of the second part of his argument.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this was my introduction to tolstoy and i loved it!!
my favourite was the kreutzer sonata - incredibly written madness and jealousy leading up to the murder. i really liked the train setting.
the death of ivan ilyich had such good description of grief and despair and guilt.
in general, the way leo writes emotion is outstanding and i definitely want to read more.
my favourite was the kreutzer sonata - incredibly written madness and jealousy leading up to the murder. i really liked the train setting.
the death of ivan ilyich had such good description of grief and despair and guilt.
in general, the way leo writes emotion is outstanding and i definitely want to read more.