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[–] hackeryarn 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

War and Peace. Heard so many good things about it. Despite everything, went in not having super high expectations.

The whole book turned out like a reality tv show. All the characters had some petty drama that they blew out of proportion. Hundreds of pages where nothing really happens, people just complain or bad mouth other characters.

I had to stop half way through.

[–] Nuke_the_whales 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I really liked the series with Paul Dano

[–] hackeryarn 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That looks really well done. And a lot of stuff would be condensed by having viduals.

Doesn’t look like my preferred style… Maybe that’s why I couldn’t get into the book either 😅

[–] Nuke_the_whales 2 points 1 month ago

I tried reading the book but it was too much for me, so the series was easier to follow. I also tried listening to an audio book of tale of two cities but couldn't get past the narrator constantly changing voices and accents for characters. I prefer when they just read

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