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Re:8-Part Film Adaptation of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina Is Free... by rodgerd on Monday July 11, 2022 @09:08PM (#32064328)
War and Peace is only as long as Lord of the Rings, after all. It's odd to me that people will read something like ASOIF and then punt on that.

> It just so exhausting to work with people that see leadership as some ego trip.

I think that my biggest surprised on reading a book by a Russian count was that he was a strong opponent of the Great Man theory of history.

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Re:8-Part Film Adaptation of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina Is Free... by TMWNN on Monday July 11, 2022 @09:31PM (#32064495)
>War and Peace is only as long as Lord of the Rings, after all. It's odd to me that people will read something like ASOIF and then punt on that.

I read the first four ASOIAF books in two weeks (before the TV show). I read the fifth one in two days straight after buying the ebook at midnight on release day.

I have repeatedly failed to read more than a few dozen pages of LotR.

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Re:8-Part Film Adaptation of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina Is Free... by nextaccountic on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @06:43AM (#32067981)
The beginning of LotR is rather slow, and specially the Old Forest section is a slog. Almost made me give up on the book.

After they reach Bree, the entire thing was a breeze for me

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