3.76 avg rating — 137,532 ratings

"I tried for a long time - I got quite far - more than half way - but I found myself forcing myself through, looking at the pages while understanding very little and enjoying even less
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4.10 avg rating — 927,177 ratings

"I just can't relate to high society Russians or care about their problems - at least Tolstoy didn't manage to make the characters relatable or sympathetic"

4.09 avg rating — 726,205 ratings

"I love Capote's fiction and I'm interested in this true story but for some reason the prose here puts me to sleep everytime I try to read it
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