A review by orangeblood
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

5.0

When I purchased this audiobook, I did so with the mindset that it would be my commuting companion for at least a few months. The excellent writing easily carried me through, and I was almost sad it ended -- 62 hours after it had begun. This is a superb, broad, sweeping epic that covers an important period in Russian history from two points of view: that of the upper class, and that of the military. The co-mingling of the two is excellent. If you're listening to it instead of reading, it might help to follow along with Cliffs Notes (available free online) in order to keep the characters and flow of the story more manageable. To sum it up, I'm much the better for investing 62 hours in this classic!