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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
May 2022:
Still my favorite. I will say though that I did not enjoy the P&V translation as much as the Garnett translation. I found the P&V translation to be too thorough and it is easy to get lost in all the technical parts of the translation which distracts from the story.
July 2021:
Officially my favorite book of all time. It really contains everything you need to know about life and i feel so comforted by Tolstoy's words.
Sept 2020:
This is the greatest book I've ever read and it's only one book but I am convinced that Tolstoy is the greatest author of all time. I plan both on rereading this in December and collecting various editions.
Still my favorite. I will say though that I did not enjoy the P&V translation as much as the Garnett translation. I found the P&V translation to be too thorough and it is easy to get lost in all the technical parts of the translation which distracts from the story.
July 2021:
Officially my favorite book of all time. It really contains everything you need to know about life and i feel so comforted by Tolstoy's words.
Sept 2020:
This is the greatest book I've ever read and it's only one book but I am convinced that Tolstoy is the greatest author of all time. I plan both on rereading this in December and collecting various editions.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
I have many thoughts on this whopper of a book & will need a few days to mull it over before I can draft a proper review.
İkinci cildin ardından yazacağım bu inceleme ilk cildi de kapsar nitelikte... Elden geldiğince spoilersiz yazmaya çalışacağım.
Rusların 1812 Vatanseverlik Savaşı adını verdiği süreçte Fransız ve Rus orduları arasındaki mücadelenin insanlar ve ülke üzerindeki etkilerini, o dönem koşullarında halkın çeşitli kesimlerinin savaşa bakış açısını değerlendirebileceğiniz nefis bir eser.
Napolyon ve ordularının Rusya'ya girişi ve gidişi arasında geçen olaylar bazen bir tarih kitabı gibi net betimlemelerle bazen de karakterlerin gözünden aktarımlarla okura sunulmuş. Karakter çokluğu ilk başta yorucu gelse de okudukça kimin ne olduğunu anlıyor Tolstoy'un anlattıklarını okumuyor adeta yaşıyorsunuz.
Eserin her iki cildinde de dikkatimi çeken karakter Piyer Bezuhov oldu. Özellikle özellikle Piyer'in kendini arayışı diyebileceği olarak adlandırdığım süreçte Karatayev ile yaptığı sohbetler düşündürücüydü. Hem savaşı hem de savaşın insan ruhunda yarattığı değişiklikleri kavramak için bu eser biçilmiş kaftan. Daha önce onlarca incelemede olaylar ve karakterler kritik edildiği için bu konuda ayrıca yazmaya gerek görmesem de hayatın hangi döneminde okursanız farklı bir tad alırsınız diyeceğim sadece. Bu yüzden bir kere okumakla yetinmeyin...
Rusların 1812 Vatanseverlik Savaşı adını verdiği süreçte Fransız ve Rus orduları arasındaki mücadelenin insanlar ve ülke üzerindeki etkilerini, o dönem koşullarında halkın çeşitli kesimlerinin savaşa bakış açısını değerlendirebileceğiniz nefis bir eser.
Napolyon ve ordularının Rusya'ya girişi ve gidişi arasında geçen olaylar bazen bir tarih kitabı gibi net betimlemelerle bazen de karakterlerin gözünden aktarımlarla okura sunulmuş. Karakter çokluğu ilk başta yorucu gelse de okudukça kimin ne olduğunu anlıyor Tolstoy'un anlattıklarını okumuyor adeta yaşıyorsunuz.
Eserin her iki cildinde de dikkatimi çeken karakter Piyer Bezuhov oldu. Özellikle özellikle Piyer'in kendini arayışı diyebileceği olarak adlandırdığım süreçte Karatayev ile yaptığı sohbetler düşündürücüydü. Hem savaşı hem de savaşın insan ruhunda yarattığı değişiklikleri kavramak için bu eser biçilmiş kaftan. Daha önce onlarca incelemede olaylar ve karakterler kritik edildiği için bu konuda ayrıca yazmaya gerek görmesem de hayatın hangi döneminde okursanız farklı bir tad alırsınız diyeceğim sadece. Bu yüzden bir kere okumakla yetinmeyin...
A good book overall. Felt I have learnt a lot from this period in history and how Tolstoy views the events leading up to and of 1812.
Dry in parts but super pleased I've finished it.
Dry in parts but super pleased I've finished it.
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
The only book I have never finished. I just could not get into this book no matter how much of a classic it is
Before you start this book, think long and hard about why you want to read it. Do you, as I did, want to read it for the sake of lording your cultural elitism and intellectual superiority over your friends? While that’s a great reason for any undertaking, I would caution you against reading W&P solely for that purpose because this book is a slog like no other.
Come page 700 you’re going to need more than your preconceived conversations around the office coffee maker - where you brilliantly and subtly mention that you just finished War and Peace and everyone is super impressed - to get you through 700 more pages of, admittedly, engaging, beautiful characters, but who are cruelly interrupted with long essays about Tolstoy’s philosophy of history and the fact that Napoleon wasn’t that smart.
Don’t misunderstand. Tolstoy writes like no other. Every sentence is smooth and he writes characters as if he’s lived a thousand lives, but you pay dearly for this literary gold with more and more frequent treatises on the study of history, why the generals made stupid decisions informed by self-interest, and, most importantly, why Napoleon wasn’t THAT smart.
The essays pop up in places where the other plot lines are most interesting and you’re most desperate to find out what happens, and the further the story is developed the longer the essays. This isn’t necessarily a knock on Tolstoy. At the time he wrote the book, his ideas on the causes of war and the movement of peoples were probably quite progressive, and he couldn’t know that a 2019 reader could just watch a much more engaging TED talk on these things instead, but unfortunately for me, these essays ruined my enjoyment of the book.
All I’m saying is that you should consider carefully before you read this, and think about what you want to get out of it. It took me five months. Do you have 2-6 months of your reading life to give? Are you a good skimmer? Do you harbor a burning passion for Russian literature? (No shame in that, many do). Do you want to know more about Napoleon?
If the answer to these questions is yes, then go for it. If not, my advice to you is to read Anna Karinina and call it a day.
Come page 700 you’re going to need more than your preconceived conversations around the office coffee maker - where you brilliantly and subtly mention that you just finished War and Peace and everyone is super impressed - to get you through 700 more pages of, admittedly, engaging, beautiful characters, but who are cruelly interrupted with long essays about Tolstoy’s philosophy of history and the fact that Napoleon wasn’t that smart.
Don’t misunderstand. Tolstoy writes like no other. Every sentence is smooth and he writes characters as if he’s lived a thousand lives, but you pay dearly for this literary gold with more and more frequent treatises on the study of history, why the generals made stupid decisions informed by self-interest, and, most importantly, why Napoleon wasn’t THAT smart.
The essays pop up in places where the other plot lines are most interesting and you’re most desperate to find out what happens, and the further the story is developed the longer the essays. This isn’t necessarily a knock on Tolstoy. At the time he wrote the book, his ideas on the causes of war and the movement of peoples were probably quite progressive, and he couldn’t know that a 2019 reader could just watch a much more engaging TED talk on these things instead, but unfortunately for me, these essays ruined my enjoyment of the book.
All I’m saying is that you should consider carefully before you read this, and think about what you want to get out of it. It took me five months. Do you have 2-6 months of your reading life to give? Are you a good skimmer? Do you harbor a burning passion for Russian literature? (No shame in that, many do). Do you want to know more about Napoleon?
If the answer to these questions is yes, then go for it. If not, my advice to you is to read Anna Karinina and call it a day.
This was fine. It is not my classic. Parts of it I liked okay, but will never read again and on the order of "glad I read it just to get it off the list"
I think Anna K is better, if you're looking to read Tolstoy go that way. I've read it, and I am movingon.org
I think Anna K is better, if you're looking to read Tolstoy go that way. I've read it, and I am movingon.org
adventurous
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No