daveac1215 's review for:

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

5.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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What a novel. What a journey. It was like living in Napoleonic era Russia, with some truly incredible people. I really loved many of these characters. Prince Andrew, Nicholas, Princess Mary and Natasha were the ones I cared about most. I experienced so many emotions from joy to sadness and everything in between. Tolstoy added a fair bit of writing that I found quite humorous as well. I was equally engaged in the moments of war, which were absolutely harrowing, and the moments of peace, which were filled with love, kindness and enough drama of their own. Truly a sweeping novel in every sense. I’m going to be thinking about this book for a long time.