War & Peace

God, this book is such a slog to read. I'm barely done with second volume and thinking of dropping it.
Is Anna Karenina the same?

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Why did you read 800 pages already if you didn't like it?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I forced myself to be consistent because of read along threads on IQfy (which are also dead af now)

      Filtered.

      Yeah, probably. I will try to read it again after some time

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >read along threads on IQfy
        That was your first mistake, no one in IQfy reads

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          They're often done just badly, in my experience. If someone starts a readalong of certain book, then OP should be obligated to initiate discussion, keep threads active and such. In this one readalong the thread was just made and left, and people started dropping from it day by day. Also, daily threads suck, would probably be much better to do weekly ones (it should be done at least to experiment with other format)

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Filtered.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      but its not hard

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >he thinks it's a matter of difficulty
        ngmi

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    How old are you, OP?
    Just read this shit when you're 25+

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I'm 22, and yeah, this book feels like I should be older to enjoy it.
      Will definitely try to read it again some day

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        There are a lot of stuff that didn't click for me or went over my head when I was your age. Just read other classics and come back to the ones that filter you later on.
        On a kinda related note - you should return to the great books every 10-15 years anyway.

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I liked War and Peace but I took a few months break once I hit page 700. It's a good book, my favourite character was Pierre and I liked War and Peace better than Anna Karina

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I first read it in eighth grade. I enjoyed it up to the eve of the Battle of Borodino. One of my few memories of it are the descriptions of a neurotic Napoleon taking snuff from a gilded box.

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >God, this book is such a slog to read.
    Is this your first Tolstoj? You're not supposed to start with this one.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Which one would you suggest?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Kreutzer Sonata
        The Devil

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    who still following the readalong?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Only a few. There is not even an active thread on IQfy right now, and the last one died with only 40 posts. It's over

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >such a slog
    I'm surprised you think so. This is one of the few classics that didn't feel like a slog to me. Basically entertaining all the way through until we get to his philosophy of history section at the end, which I still found interesting.

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Enjoy. good book senpai

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Anna Karenina is the greatest work of fiction I have ever touched. It made me weep. And what endearing characters too, all of them.

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