Reviews tagging 'Death'

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

37 reviews

caidyn's review against another edition

3.75

emotional reflective sad 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: Yes

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Okay, I managed to read it and actually enjoyed it quite a bit. A sweeping epic and it's a book that will take multiple reads to appreciate entirely.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Injury/Injury detail

audreybelle's review against another edition

3.5

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-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

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Undeniably worse than the actual published text. At first it seemed like Tolstoy was writing in a more grounded, character focused voice (for example: wherein actual War and Peace, Tolstoy says something to the effect of "ippolit told a nonsensical story in his terrible Russian with his French accent" in this we are actually given the dialogue of that story and can tell how nonsensical it sounds) but eventually Tolstoy shifts into his normal philosophical bullshit prose. The Andrew Bromfield translation is terrible, and often awkwardly modern, including such poorly chosen phrases as "Anatole is trash" and "Ippolit's stupid face". I suppose it's worth a read if you're obsessed with the same mid-tier villains I am and want the two chapters in which they are slightly more fleshed out. Overall it is still War and Peace (but shorter!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, Death of parent, Pregnancy

Minor: Domestic abuse, Incest, Miscarriage

helene_kuragina's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Suicide

dani007k's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging informative tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy

Minor: Incest, Sexism, Terminal illness

bibilesa's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective tense 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

gm_vak's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Grief, Death of parent

fyodoralekseyev's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative sad slow-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Pretty good. Volume 4 is really nice (Especially Part 3). Epilogue Part 2 could have not existed

If this review was for only Vol 4 I'd give 5 stars its very good

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gun violence