alyssa’s Reviews > War and Peace > Status Update

The Rostovs are rich losers who can’t accept the fact that they are has beens. I hope the book ends with them living in destitution

“Sometimes Pierre remembered what he had been told about soldiers in a shelter under fire with nothing to do, trying their best to keep busy and thus make the danger easier to bear. And Pierre pictured all men as soldiers like these, escaping from life through ambition, cards, law-making, women, little playthings, horses, politics, sport, wine, even government service.”