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Ian
is on page 1215 of 1392
Finally entering the epilogue. It's been very good but it lost some steam in the second half and the journalistic endeavors Tolstoy attempts are good but incongruent with the work it seems to me. Finally, the character of Pierre... Gosh I don't know. Tolstoy also too often uses the phrase 'looked the same but everything had changed.' That phrase comes up way too much for a writer with such psychological depth.
— May 25, 2025 06:38PM
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Ian
is on page 1230 of 1392
Was worried for a second Nikolai and Princess Mary’s weren’t going to get together. Tolstoy teases us for a couple chapters in the epilogue.
— May 26, 2025 07:21AM
Ian
is on page 1170 of 1392
These strange journalistic endeavors into the maneuvers of the Russian and French militaries in 1812 seem out of place - I much more care about the Rostovs and Pierre! But the 'great man' theory hate is well taken. The quote 'Napoleon - that most insignificant tool of history who never anywhere, even in exile showed human dignity - Napoleon is the object of adulation' Could similarly be used for many tech savior.
— May 24, 2025 09:25PM
Ian
is on page 650 of 1392
On par with Wright’s Falling Water or The Sistine Chapel in terms of artistic achievement. So forcefully and brutally good it needs new categories created to talk about it.
— May 09, 2025 08:10AM
