“The movie motivated me to read the novel. Both were good, both required intense concentration.”
“i am determined to finish this book before school starts again in three weeks...so far i am 350 pages in. Engrossing, but challenging, as I'm weak in military and european history.”
“I started trying to read it for the third time this summer and I must say if you have don't get scared by the initially plentiful characters and the books status as a classic, and just let if flush over you (is that a correct expression, I'm not a native speaker of English) then you will discover a true masterpiece.One of the reasons why it is a really great book is the storytelling technique and how the author portrays the characters, they are seen from the inside and from the outside, sometimes through their thoughts and sometimes through the eye of the storyteller. Sometimes the story will move on through a letter. Tolstoy also have a an eye for personalities and how to make them come alive and seem real, I actually have to remind myself that I'm reading about fictional persons.As so many classics, the story also got many layers and angles from which it can be read. It's both the development and struggles of the individual persons, and how they try to overcome their own weaknesses, and also a description of a world, the world of aristocratic Russians in the 19th century. It have kept me up at night on more than one occassion, and that is maybe the best way to tell if a book is really brilliant!”
“Are there any discussion groups on War and Peace? I feel like it takes a village... Maybe it is just the translation I have.”
“war is peace peace with war tolstoy causes trouble with and but peace overcomes war through war peace restored”
“i read the book many years ago.it was fantastic .very beatiful, full of character and very real.it described beatifully the life at that time and i could really live in those characters.all the writer's book are very splendid.”
“it is dense and has a lot of characters, and there is a lot of french.”
“I'm half way through the Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky translation (2007). Heard them interviewed when they released this new translation. It's an amazing book and and exceptional translation. Rubbed my eyes, tried to remember all the characters, and am ready for the second half.”
“I've got about 200 pages left in this book and I have to say, Tolstoy is a bloody genius! There are a lot of characters to keep track of, but this book is magnificent and a must read! Despite the girth!”
“I'm planning on getting the latest translation for my wish list - started this several times but never got through it. Heard the latest translation is THE one to read.”
