g1lg4mesh 's review for:

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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

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Tolstoy distils the very essence of disease and death, and bottles it for our literary consumption. Quite literally breathtaking. You will never think about death the same way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent