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[themabbi]

I started reading War and Peace in February, and 10 months and 1200+ pages later I've finished. It's a very strange book. It's this huge, sweeping, epic story, in which the larger events are almost trivialized next to the minutia of the character's lives. At the same time, there's no main character, and no central thrust to the character's stories

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[muerte]

You win $5. I didn't think you had it in you.

[loradona]

I am super impressed. I have never had a desire to read War and Peace. I do love a number of classics, including Crime and Punishment (another crazy Russian novel), but War and Peace? Never crossed my mind. I now know that if I am ever on a quiz show and I have a War and Peace related question, you will be my lifeline.

[themabbi]

Let me assure you that you have read the better of the two.