kirbyhunt 's review for:

War and Peace: BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation by Leo Tolstoy

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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: Yes

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I can’t say that I’ve truly read war and peace, but even this abridged version has resonated so deeply. The characters feel so incredibly real and deep, provoking a sense of sonder that pervades my own life. That each character and each person lives a life as vivid and complex as my own, which I had always acknowledged cerebrally, is evoked through this amazing novel. The grandiosity of the napoleonic war, figures like the Tsar, Napoleon, and Kutuzov, hold so much less importance than friends, family, and the minutia of one’s day to day. I will be so glad to eventually read the real thing.