A review by liesthemoontells
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The hardest thing about reading War and Peace is the length, the content itself is (mainly) engaging and easy to read, and the characters are as fresh and believable in their motives and expressions as those in any novel written today. The peace parts are way more engaging than the war parts. Also I took a quarter of a star off for the exhausting protractedness of the second epilogue.
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