My rating: 4 of 5 stars
What to say about such a well known and revered work such as this? I hardly feel qualified for the task.
What I will say is that I am very glad that I finally got around to reading it. It took me almost 11 weeks to accomplish, but it was worth the time spent. I greatly enjoyed learning to know the characters and following their lives. There are many happy points as well as tragic ones, but such is life.
I admit that I skimmed and even skipped the very last section where he was waxing philosophical about war, nations and society. Maybe I will return to it another day but I was not into right now. I liked to read the thoughts of the characters when they mused but this was more narrative in nature and I was not in the mood for it.
All in all this is a classic for good reason.
LOL, I skipped that last bit, too — both times I read it. I just must not be much of a philosopher.
How funny! You know sometimes I am in the mood for it, but not so much this time. Glad I am not the only one. :-)