pshaw_raven: (Books and coffee)
So I'm still rolling along with War & Peace, and I'm certainly far enough into it that I can absolutely relate to this meme.


Leo, please stop. I cannot keep track of all the Annas, even with their patronyms. Even the family trees and list of important characters in the back isn't helping in some cases, though I guess as I re-read it will get clearer. My most recent head-scratcher was, "Boris is related to Natasha? HOW. Did he ever mention this ... *scans the first few chapters again* ugh, I guess he is, whatever. Natasha shouldn't marry Boris anyway, he's a jackass."

Anyway, I'm on volume two, part three.

I'm also curious as to why this isn't published in multiple physical volumes. Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn was a series of long, thick books, and the third one, which was close to 1,400 pages in paperback, was published in a split edition. It doesn't seem like it would be a bad thing to do the same with W&P, though I'm pretty sure what I've just said is somehow literary heresy.

On an unrelated note, it's supposed to cool off more this weekend! Can't wait! :D

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