So obviously the elephant in the room is that this book is huge, it’s pretty daunting. You’re 500 pages in and realise you’re not even halfway. However, I’ve read 200 page books I’ve wanted to finish sooner. Tolstoy’s rambling opinions on different views of what history should be so become tiresome towards the end, but the actual story is pretty gripping and enjoyable. There’s some bonkers romances as happens in these kind of books (people fall in love completely randomly), but still a good read!