A review by angelsbeforeman
The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

i do love it when russian authors start analysing death in their work, which is exactly why i read this. i typically like tolstoy's style, and i did here as well. i didn't love it the way i loved ana karenina, but i do appreciate that it's much shorter than ana karenina. sometimes i want to read tolstoy but not 800 pages of tolstoy, so this is quite nice